Applicant Numbers for 2010

[Batignolles]

I know that logically looking at the applicant pool doesn't really help you estimate your chances any better, but I still find it comforting. I thought I'd start a thread where we can post an info we find on how many people have applied to government affairs programs.

My start:

Fletcher admissions blogs says 2010 applicant numbers are about the same as 2009:

http://news.fletcher...issions/?p=1487

Which is still about 10% bigger than the usual applicant pool:

http://news.fletcher.tufts.edu/admissions/?p=507

Edited February 7, 2010 by Batignolles

[Ashlee]

In the comments of this blog post, they said they had around 1800 applicants for Fall 2010: http://news.fletcher.tufts.edu/admissions/?p=1429#comments

[DCApplicant]

I know that logically looking at the applicant pool doesn't really help you estimate your chances any better, but I still find it comforting. I thought I'd start a thread where we can post an info we find on how many people have applied to government affairs programs.

My start:

Fletcher admissions blogs says 2010 applicant numbers are about the same as 2009:

http://news.fletcher...issions/?p=1487

Which is still about 10% bigger than the usual applicant pool:

http://news.fletcher...missions/?p=507

According to the SIPA website they usually receive 2500 for MIA and 900 for MPA (see quote and link below). Now if you read their blog the day after the deadline for the MIA and MPA they say they received 1200 for both programs online. Unless they receive a very large portion of their applications in the mail and after the deadline it appears they received less then what they report as normal. Just an observation.

http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/resources_services/admissions/faq.html#4

“We receive approximately 2,500 applications per year for the fall semester of the MIA program. We receive approximately 900 applications per year for the fall semester of MPA program.

While the number of applications received can vary, the number of spaces in the incoming fall class each year remains fixed at approximately 350 for the MIA program and 110 for the MPA program. The average acceptance rate for both programs is approximately 35%.”

http://rtl.lamp.columbia.edu/sites/sipa/2010/01/06/

In the 24 hours leading up to the deadline . . .

• Over 1,200 people submitted applications through our online system