ParisDreams Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 (edited) 8 hours ago, monocle said: I think so. They said in the next few weeks they'll let us know about sources of possible funding, though. That being said, none of us without funding should decline outright. There are a lot of people who will reject their funding meaning it may become free (again just maybe), so I'm certainly going to ask for some more money when the deadline nears. Just be smart about it. If you don't ask, then it's definitely $0. I may end up asking two or three times just in case money frees up at the right time. I don't know if this is helpful, but on their blog, it said that they offer students way more funding that they have. Let's say they have $1 million available in funding. But they offer $2 million to students because they know that not everyone who is offered funding will take it. Because they are offering money that they don't have in reality, people who reject funding don't actually make the money available. Good luck to everyone though, wishing you all the best! Edited March 8, 2016 by ParisDreams 6speed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ennkay Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I also got in, but no mention of funding. This is exactly what I expected. I've applied to external scholarships and will continue to do so, but Columbia is really expensive and so is NYC, so the likelihood that I'd be able to fund 50-75% via external scholarships is slim. I already have debt from undergrad and I'm not willing to incur much more. The acceptance letter was great news but the reality of funding makes it a bummer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbui Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 1 hour ago, ennkay said: I also got in, but no mention of funding. This is exactly what I expected. I've applied to external scholarships and will continue to do so, but Columbia is really expensive and so is NYC, so the likelihood that I'd be able to fund 50-75% via external scholarships is slim. I already have debt from undergrad and I'm not willing to incur much more. The acceptance letter was great news but the reality of funding makes it a bummer... Same here. The acceptance letter was great, but the reality of no funding makes it a bleak dream. Though I expected as much for masters programs. I also applied to external fellowships, so hopefully things will work out in the end. I am willing to take out another $20-40K in loans, but more than that will make me strongly reconsider graduate school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaStep Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 (edited) Have any early notification acceptances gotten notification of funding? I imagine there's probably no letter forthcoming, but here's hoping... congrats to the new admits! Edited March 8, 2016 by AlphaStep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9870Sergio Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 51 minutes ago, AlphaStep said: Have any early notification acceptances gotten notification of funding? I imagine there's probably no letter forthcoming, but here's hoping... congrats to the new admits! I did, I got the notification yesterday. They offered 60k, which is a definitely more than I was expecting. If I were you, I would wait a couple of days and if you still don't hear back, just send them an email to confirm. Congrats on being admitted though Damis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalaffiars88 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Accepted with 100% funding ... Im 100% shocked and 100% going! Honestly I cant believe it. Best of luck to everyone still waiting for a decision on funding. Cant wait to meet everyone who decides to go this fall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmkx Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 (edited) 31 minutes ago, internationalaffiars88 said: Accepted with 100% funding ... Im 100% shocked and 100% going! Honestly I cant believe it. Best of luck to everyone still waiting for a decision on funding. Cant wait to meet everyone who decides to go this fall! May I ask how much SIPA offered you @internationalaffiars88? Edited March 8, 2016 by wmkx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalaffiars88 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 12 minutes ago, wmkx said: May I ask how much SIPA offered you @internationalaffiars88? Two $56k awards and the opportunity for a teaching assistantship in the second year (subject to fit and availibility). The letter said its "the most generous fellowship package offered." @rrrruoyao thanks so much and good luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco_p Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 6 minutes ago, internationalaffiars88 said: Two $56k awards and the opportunity for a teaching assistantship in the second year (subject to fit and availibility). The letter said its "the most generous fellowship package offered." @rrrruoyao thanks so much and good luck!! congrats on your funding! I also got $56k per year ($112k total, I still can't believe how lucky I am!). but when it comes to the assistantship I don't think it is included in the financial aid - they just mentioned that there will be an opportunity to apply (at least that's what is written in my letter). BTW, I didn't have the mention about "the most generous package offered", so this probably means that these letters are personalized, which is nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AimHigh Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Congrats to everyone that got in! Waitlisted but fingers crossed for a late acceptance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmkx Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 18 minutes ago, internationalaffiars88 said: Two $56k awards and the opportunity for a teaching assistantship in the second year (subject to fit and availibility). The letter said its "the most generous fellowship package offered." @rrrruoyao thanks so much and good luck!! Thanks for sharing and congratulations to you and @marco_p on the generous offer! marco_p 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalaffiars88 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 @marco_p Congrats on also getting the award! marco_p 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowscholar123 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 (edited) SIPA held a Chat session for Admitted Early Notification applicants on February 25th which involved a PPT. If you look at Slide 3, it states "Scholarship Notification: March 11, 2016" . But it also mentions in Slide 11 that "[Scholarship] Decisions will be made along with all final admission decisions". So I'm not entirely sure what SIPA has in mind. The fact that pretty much no EN applicant has heard back about Financial Aid tells me that we need to wait, instead of telling ourselves that we were dinged in terms of financial aid... But it also makes you wonder whether it made sense applying as an EN applicant; I think we might have been better off applying in the regular deadline. That way atleast the uncertainty would not have been as bad hehe. Edited March 8, 2016 by Shadowscholar123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveglove Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 46 minutes ago, Shadowscholar123 said: SIPA held a Chat session for Admitted Early Notification applicants on February 25th which involved a PPT. If you look at Slide 3, it states "Scholarship Notification: March 11, 2016" . But it also mentions in Slide 11 that "[Scholarship] Decisions will be made along with all final admission decisions". So I'm not entirely sure what SIPA has in mind. The fact that pretty much no EN applicant has heard back about Financial Aid tells me that we need to wait, instead of telling ourselves that we were dinged in terms of financial aid... But it also makes you wonder whether it made sense applying as an EN applicant; I think we might have been better off applying in the regular deadline. That way atleast the uncertainty would not have been as bad hehe. I emailed them and they told me they will be processing my FAFSA within the next week. I'm not sure if sure if this means that they will just suggest how many loans I should receive or whether they will actually offer me aid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stars88 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I was accepted with a $25k fellowship for each year - it's something but still quite expensive especially for NY living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SIPA_MPA18 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 11 hours ago, AlphaStep said: Have any early notification acceptances gotten notification of funding? I imagine there's probably no letter forthcoming, but here's hoping... congrats to the new admits! I emailed them this morning and sent in my funding offer from Duke Sanford. SIPA told me all funding has been committed at this point and they will consider me for additional funding after the April 15th deadline. Congratulations to everyone who was admitted and additional congrats to those of you who were able to grab some $$$ from them too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaksh Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 18 hours ago, Shadowscholar123 said: SIPA held a Chat session for Admitted Early Notification applicants on February 25th which involved a PPT. If you look at Slide 3, it states "Scholarship Notification: March 11, 2016" . But it also mentions in Slide 11 that "[Scholarship] Decisions will be made along with all final admission decisions". So I'm not entirely sure what SIPA has in mind. The fact that pretty much no EN applicant has heard back about Financial Aid tells me that we need to wait, instead of telling ourselves that we were dinged in terms of financial aid... But it also makes you wonder whether it made sense applying as an EN applicant; I think we might have been better off applying in the regular deadline. That way atleast the uncertainty would not have been as bad hehe. I got accepted with the EN deadline and didnt receive any funding either. I am an intl applicant, and they said they'll send out an email about possible loans etc in the next few weeks. Very bummed given that I was really excited about SIPA...hoping I can get some funding from the other schools.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lswidan Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Any word on decisions for the International Fellows Program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6speed! Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 52 minutes ago, lswidan said: Any word on decisions for the International Fellows Program? Curious about this myself. Maybe this is part of the March 11th scholarship notification mentioned earlier in this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbui Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 5 hours ago, lswidan said: Any word on decisions for the International Fellows Program? Yeah, that's what I want to know too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkleandshinegirl Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 9 hours ago, kbui said: Yeah, that's what I want to know too. Hi All, Yes all fellowship decisions have been made. Including IFP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbui Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 No money signs over here for funding. At all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monocle Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 6 minutes ago, kbui said: No money signs over here for funding. At all. I just got my "award" package. and it was the standard federal loans, plus work study. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbui Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Are people here going to go to the Admitted Students Day event? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SIPA_MPA18 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 1 hour ago, kbui said: Are people here going to go to the Admitted Students Day event? I'll be there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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