OregonGal Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Gradcafe is freaking me out. I'm going on a long lunch break. Sorry, job, I'm useless right now. Indeed! Too bad I can't go on break yet; this thread plus my venti iced coffee have me absolutely useless for work
converse3 Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 I'm going to escape and do a field visit where there is no internet/phone coverage... this should distract me from logging into my e-mail every 5 minutes
espresso_eyes Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 I'm going to escape and do a field visit where there is no internet/phone coverage... this should distract me from logging into my e-mail every 5 minutes Logging into email every 5 minutes sounds relatively healthy, trust me- it could be worse!
rebmaLS Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) Logging into email every 5 minutes sounds relatively healthy, trust me- it could be worse! Yeah, really. I just keep mine open and I place it underneath my other windows in a way where I can still see the top sliver of my browser..that way I can watch for the "(1)" that pops up in my gmail tab...too bad that "(1)" is usually not what I"m looking for =/ Edited March 13, 2012 by rebmaLS
converse3 Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 HA.. When I'm at my desk I have the mail program open, every once-in-awhile a little number (1) pops up and makes the incoming mail noise. If I'm not, then I obsessively check my e-mail on my phone. Any e-mail with a school's name in it makes me jump!
erry3779 Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 a friend of mine who is a current student and works with admissions told me they will be released today... its 11.14 already.... hahaha I'm going crazy.. anyone received the email already?
hello.operator Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 can i just say that this thread has a very unfortunate (heart rate-raising) title? rebmaLS 1
understatement700 Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 You better believe that when the emails get sent this thread will blow up.
converse3 Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 I think it'll be around 4/5pm ET when the e-mails are sent out.
hudwa Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 I think it'll be around 4/5pm ET when the e-mails are sent out. Is this a guess or do you have this info from someone who knows? God, this is driving me crazy.
msal Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 According to the grad cafe, SAIS is the most wanted school in Gov't affairs. what is wrong with all other rankings?
domnulsl Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 I couldn't sleep last night even though my face needs a lot of beauty sleep. And I don't want to take a nap now cause I'm freaking myself to death. One way or another I want this to end ASAP!!!! And 4/5 pm sounds about right since that is the same time frame that Elliott released their decisions and I don't think SAIS committee wants to be in their office when they release their decisions.
espresso_eyes Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 I couldn't sleep last night even though my face needs a lot of beauty sleep. LOL! <3
avr2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Author Posted March 13, 2012 According to previous years' stats, 15-18%. Data?
hudwa Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 According to previous years' stats, 15-18%. Oh god I hate admission rates for the schools I applied to. They're so low and scary.
OregonGal Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Hmm sorry I was thinking of SIPA and GWU ESIA which do list the number of applicants vs the size of the matriculated class; however, both of those range around 17-18% with much smaller class sizes compared to the 600 at SAIS so I would assume the rates are comparable.
Coloradical Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 600 at SAIS? Wow I thought it was half that size. Anyone have stats off the top of their head for GWU, MSFS and SIPA?
understatement700 Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) A lot of times the schools are really sneaky about how they list that data though. They say, "This year we had X amount of applicants for only Y amount of spots" but that's not the ratio of the acceptance rate- just those who actually decide to matriculate. It seems to me that most schools don't actually want people to know their real acceptance rate. Edited March 13, 2012 by understatement700
OregonGal Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 True but that means the "admit" rate is higher, since they are counting on not everyone accepting admission, so the % you can calculate is actually a conservative estimate of your chances--which I'd prefer over a more optimistic number. As for SAIS stats--this is straight from their admissions page: SAIS At A Glance 2011-2012 Student Body600 full-time students in Washington, D.C.190 students in Bologna, Italy180 students in Nanjing, ChinaInternational students from about 70 countries comprise more than one-third of the student bodyBy Concentrations: Functional Studies, 60% Regional Studies, 40% For SIPA: We receive approximately 2,600 applications per year for our MIA and MPA programs. We look to enroll a class of approximately 470 new students per year.
understatement700 Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 That's true, I guess I was just trying to give a more realistic number and keep everyone's hopes up! In some cases if the yield rate isn't that high the admitted to the program rate vs. the matriculation rate could easily be three times as high. But anyways, if the program is a good fit and everything else, I don't see why the admit rate should make a big deal to me personally anyway, unless I just wanted to feel that much more special about myself. Of course maybe the programs that we think are the "best fit" for us naturally have lower admit rates, ha!
hudwa Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 So for SIPA, the enrollment is 18% of applicants. Which means that the admittance rate is higher than that, since not all of those who are admitted will actually enroll. I remember seeing on a stats sheet for the different colleges and schools at Columbia that SIPA had an acceptance rate of over 40%, but I haven't been able to find that spreadsheet. I've also heard here and elsewhere that SIPA's acceptance rate is quite high compared to other IR and PP/PA programs. Any info on how many applications SAIS receives so we can put the enrollment numbers in a little more perspective?
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