Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and Security Studies 2015

[deletethisname]

I got word that admissions decisions for international students have already been released. Anyone from the states get anything yet?

[ReinventOneself]

I got word that admissions decisions for international students have already been released. Anyone from the states get anything yet?

 

 I applied Georgetown MA SSP as well, and haven't heard a thing.

[acm14]

I applied to Georgetown MA SSP and haven't heard a thing yet either. When you say you "got word", do you know of someone who's been admitted?

[deletethisname]

I applied to Georgetown MA SSP and haven't heard a thing yet either. When you say you "got word", do you know of someone who's been admitted?

I called and was told that. The results page shows that as well.

[acm14]

Obviously if you called, your information should be good. But when I check the results page, I only see results from the Asian Studies MA program and the Eurasian/Russian MA program. What am I missing?

[deletethisname]

Obviously if you called, your information should be good. But when I check the results page, I only see results from the Asian Studies MA program and the Eurasian/Russian MA program. What am I missing?

Those were the entries I was talking about. Edited March 3, 2015 by kingthearab

[ReinventOneself]

Obviously if you called, your information should be good. But when I check the results page, I only see results from the Asian Studies MA program and the Eurasian/Russian MA program. What am I missing?

 

What results page are you guys referring to?

[deletethisname]

What results page are you guys referring to?

 

http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php

[Money]

I called and was told that. The results page shows that as well.

 

 

http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php

 

 

There aren't any SSP results anywhere.  Some Asian studies, but no SSP.  I haven't heard anything/gotten any emails, and I just checked my ApplyYourself page at 2pm PST - no decision yet.

[ZebraFinch]

No decision here as well, although I did get a small heart attack at seeing this thread updated suddenly

[Money]

I think we can all agree that the results aren't in as of today.

 

I checked the last two years' timelines on GradCafe's results page, there were results as early as 12 March for F13 and as late as 30 March for F14.  We can probably expect ours to be somewhere in that range.

 

In the meantime, let's humor each other with our GPA/GRE scores and a snapshot of our backgrounds...I'm curious to see who the competition is.

 

GPA 3.92/4.0

GRE 158 V / 154 Q / 5.00 W

4yrs active duty military officer, relevant specialty work to program, 9mos overseas work, Spanish language proficiency

[ZebraFinch]

GPA: 3.39 / 4.00

GRE: 158 V/146Q/5 AW

Lived almost two years in Moscow, Russia while studying (part of it as a Boren scholar), strong econ background... internship at the Foreign Service Institute, also speak Spanish.

 

I think Georgetown is a massive longshot for me, but I got accepted into Korbel with funding so I have a teeny bit more hope for Georgetown now (although I expect no funding). 

Edited March 6, 2015 by ZebraFinch

[deletethisname]

GRE: 155V/153Q/4.0AW

GPA: 3.8/4.0

Critical Languages: Arabic

Experience: Middle Eastern Partnership Initiative with the State Department over the course of 3 summers. Traveled throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Taught in Turkey for FEBA.

Edited March 6, 2015 by kingthearab

[deletethisname]

Apparently they have a twitter account made specifically for SSP Admissions: http://twitter.com/sspadmissions

 

Last update was on January 15 talking about the deadline. 

 

Last years tweet congratulating admitted students on March 27: https://twitter.com/SSPAdmissions/status/449260709793501184

Edited March 6, 2015 by kingthearab

[Apkallu]

Yeah, we might have to wait a few weeks on this one. As for me:

GRE: 163V/148Q/6 AW.

GPA: 3.0

Languages: German, with some Spanish and Russian

Experience: 3 years at a U.S. refugee resettlement agency (including 2 in management); 2 years as a researcher and journalist in Thailand covering politics and conflict in Myanmar.

Accepted to Korbel's security program with funding.

[ir_gradstudent]

Is this where Masters of Science in Foreign Service should set up shop while we wait, too?

[deletethisname]

Is this where Masters of Science in Foreign Service should set up shop while we wait, too?

 

You are more than welcomed to do so.

[IR2015]

Anyone have any insight into when MSFS decisions might come out? It's the last decision I'm waiting on...

[ir_gradstudent]

Last year SFS MSFS announcement was today. This Friday in this week in March. I think at the very end of the day around 6:00pm EST? Don't quote me on that last part.

 

I haven't heard anything concrete for it this season, though.

Edited March 13, 2015 by ir_gradstudent

[ir_gradstudent]

Nothing yet. At least I got SAIS + $$ so I know I have a TOP TOP choice already. It would still be nice to know if I got Georgetown, and how much institutional funding.

[deletethisname]

Anyone from the SSP crowd hear anything?

[ZebraFinch]

No

[ajs48]

Still nothing from SFS...

[dnr16]

From the website: "Our target date to publish all decision letters in ApplyYourself is on or before April 1."

 

Ughhhhh the waiting

[ir_gradstudent]

From the website: "Our target date to publish all decision letters in ApplyYourself is on or before April 1."

 

Ughhhhh the waiting

 

Last year they announced by this time in March. So I'm optimistic we'll hear today. If not today, then tomorrow. If not tomorrow, then day after tomorrow. If not then, then...