linden Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 Well, it's at least good to know I am not alone in my angst. I am still angst-ridden, but at least I feel normal now. By the way, is anyone planning to attend the admitted student day? Do you think it's worth spending the money to travel and to stay at a hotel to attend?
dagger Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 Well, it's at least good to know I am not alone in my angst. I am still angst-ridden, but at least I feel normal now. By the way, is anyone planning to attend the admitted student day? Do you think it's worth spending the money to travel and to stay at a hotel to attend? I will be attending the day on the 27th. Thankfully GWs is on the 28th so I can only make one trip to DC. I'm still thinking about hotel, accommodations, etc.
policy_applicant Posted February 25, 2009 Author Posted February 25, 2009 I will be attending the day on the 27th. Thankfully GWs is on the 28th so I can only make one trip to DC. I'm still thinking about hotel, accommodations, etc. I will probably do this as well. It partly depends on what I hear on Friday, though...
dagger Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 I will probably do this as well. It partly depends on what I hear on Friday, though... I've been lost for half this thread. Is Friday the day they are announcing funding information? I double checked my e-mail and I didn't see a date indicated. It was general for me....
linden Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 I've been lost for half this thread. Is Friday the day they are announcing funding information? I double checked my e-mail and I didn't see a date indicated. It was general for me.... Dagger: The plot thickens. Your funding email did not include a date? Hmmmmm.... Interesting. (Look at it on the positive side, though: It might mean you get to hear before Friday.) Good luck!
dagger Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 Dagger: The plot thickens. Your funding email did not include a date? Hmmmmm.... Interesting. (Look at it on the positive side, though: It might mean you get to hear before Friday.) Good luck! I've received an admissions e-mail (2 days ago) that had a paragraph about financial aid: Financial Aid Decisions All students admitted for full-time enrollment are automatically considered for GPPI merit-based aid and are not required to submit a separate application for scholarship and assistantship consideration. Only students selected for funding will receive an award notification. I haven't received any additional financial aid e-mails. I was really banking on aid. Teach For America has a partnership w/ GT so that alumni get "special consideration for scholarships and other tuition assistance." I really thought GT was my best shot.
policy_applicant Posted February 25, 2009 Author Posted February 25, 2009 I haven't received any additional financial aid e-mails. I was really banking on aid. Teach For America has a partnership w/ GT so that alumni get "special consideration for scholarships and other tuition assistance." I really thought GT was my best shot. If you were just admitted two days ago, I wouldn't worry too much. It looks like last year they did scholarships in two groups. There's a chance they will ask you to submit an additional essay in a couple weeks. No funding news for you on Friday, though.
linden Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 Dagger: Ditto what policy_applicant said. I know it's easier said than done, but don't get stressed. Also, the scholarships for applicants with TFA service are probably decided separately.
dagger Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 Thanks you two for the input! I'll be crossing my fingers for you both! Now I can go back to worrying about Duke.
splic Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 Have any international students got an acceptance/rejection yet from Georgetown? All this talk of funding letters is making me jittery about admission - I need closure!
sisepuede Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 hey since we're all sitting around waiting-either for funding or acceptances--i had a quick question. am i totally missing the section of the gppi application page that lists your admission status? georgetown is my only decision so far, and when i log in, it looks exactly the same as before, just a list of all of my docs and things that they have received. where is the big flashing sign that says "ACCEPTED"? i looked through my other apps today as well and couldn't figure it out, but i'm sure it's staring me right in the face. thanks in advance, i want to have some other venue to check over and over and over.
policy_applicant Posted February 26, 2009 Author Posted February 26, 2009 sisepuede, I don't think Georgetown is going to change its admissions page. Mine still says to check with the department to make sure all my docs have been received. I think we're just stuck waiting for the snail-mail official acceptance.
number35 Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 sisepuede, My GPPI admissions page is the same as it was the day I turned in my app. Same thing with GWU. While Duke did in fact change when the admissions decisions came in, I think you can take the e-mail as your official "acceptance" until you receive their postal letter. Cheers.
policy_applicant Posted February 26, 2009 Author Posted February 26, 2009 Anybody heard anything about funding yet? Are they really going to make us wait until Friday? (Yes, I realize that's only tomorrow.)
linden Posted February 27, 2009 Posted February 27, 2009 Anybody heard anything about funding yet? Are they really going to make us wait until Friday? (Yes, I realize that's only tomorrow.) It's almost over, policy_applicant, almost over. Twelve hours to go, according to my countdown. (And, on the positive side, I have not even thought about HKS and WWS at all this week. )
policy_applicant Posted February 27, 2009 Author Posted February 27, 2009 It's almost over, policy_applicant, almost over. Twelve hours to go, according to my countdown. (And, on the positive side, I have not even thought about HKS and WWS at all this week. ) That's a good point. The wait has definitely focused my anxiety solely on Georgetown.
sisepuede Posted February 27, 2009 Posted February 27, 2009 thanks y'all. arrgghh. its friday, 1029a georgetown time, still no email about funding.
therunaround Posted February 27, 2009 Posted February 27, 2009 Ditto, no word yet and now it's 11:07am. Some people might call this sick. Look what we've become!
dagger Posted February 27, 2009 Posted February 27, 2009 Ditto, no word yet and now it's 11:07am. Some people might call this sick. Look what we've become! I'm not going to get a decision today anyway, but I was excited the internet was broke at work today. It kept me from obsessively checking. Unfortunately, you can see the first place I headed when it came back up.
linden Posted February 27, 2009 Posted February 27, 2009 This is now officially the longest day of my life. I even bought a Georgetown t-shirt, especially for this day. [shakes head] It's sad.
mpp2011 Posted February 27, 2009 Posted February 27, 2009 Nothing here either. Antsy like the rest of you.
policy_applicant Posted February 27, 2009 Author Posted February 27, 2009 I even bought a Georgetown t-shirt, especially for this day. [shakes head] It's sad. Noon now!! They shouldn't get to eat until emails go out! Maybe emails already did go out and no one on thegradcafe got funding (unlikely, I know).
dagger Posted February 27, 2009 Posted February 27, 2009 For those financial folks out there....anyone care to predict the dollar amount of lost productivity due to gradcafe? I love how they make that estimation for March Madness.
therunaround Posted February 27, 2009 Posted February 27, 2009 I doubt it. Seems quite unlikely given the people on this board. I bet they're just taking their time.
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