For those of you that have applied and have yet to hear from us, thank you in advance for your patience. We are creeping toward the 95% completion mark and as decision are made, emails are sent to the email address you listed on your application.
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The admitted student Message Board is now live. Today I sent all admitted applicants an email with details and the same information is also detailed on the Welcome Page referenced in the admission letter. Applicants who receive an admission letter going forward will be able to view the instructions for logging in to the Message Board on the Welcome Page.
I do wish to stress the importance of reading the instructions carefully prior to registering. You will need to register and once you have, you will receive an email message with a confirmation link. You will not be able to participate until you have checked your email and clicked on the confirmation link. All of this is detailed in the instructions.
Also, as a reminder, admitted applicants can also register for Admitted Student Day scheduled for Tuesday, April 13th. Information on registration is contained in Welcome Page referenced in admission letters. Admitted Student Day is open to admitted students (we are unable to accommodate guests) and registration is required.
Categories : Admissions, Application Tips
I wanted to take an entry to touch on a few details for admitted students. My first encouragement is to keep reading this blog. I will continue to post information that is relevant to enrollment, financial aid, and a host of other topics.
Second is to thoroughly review the Welcome Page noted in your admission letter. The Welcome Page contains important information about your offer and detailed information on a number of topics that you are likely to have question about.
Admitted Student Day will take place on Tuesday, April 13th. It will be a full day program starting at 9 AM and ending around 7 PM. One of the highlights will be a presentation by Jeff Sachs during the lunch portion of the program. Details regarding Admitted Student Day are on the Welcome Page and a draft schedule will be posted soon. The Welcome Page also contains a link directing you to the registration page, and this page also contains travel information.
This week the Admissions Office will open an Internet Message Board where admitted students can exchange information with one another and with current students. You will receive an email invitation if you have been admitted and an announcement will be posted here when the Message Board goes live.
The Admissions Office is regularly sending out email messages from faculty, administrators, alumni, and students so make sure to keep an eye out for these in your email in box.
Our Financial Aid Staff will be working on sending out award letters. The University has moved to a new software system recently and we are in the final rounds of testing. If you have been awarded a SIPA fellowship, this will be indicated in the admission letter. The financial aid letter will contain information about programs costs and other possible sources of financial aid. We send out an unofficial financial aid letter shortly after admission decisions go out to provide a preview of what you might expect.
Finally, we will be mailing admit letters via postal mail however in an effort to reduce the impact mailing materials has on the environment and on our budget, we do not mail welcome packets via postal mail. Instead we utilize the welcome page, email, and this blog to communicate important details concerning enrollment. Information that you will need to submit to enroll can be found through our on line resources and we will be happy to work with you to make sure you complete everything that is necessary to confirm your enrollment.
Thank you for your attention and we continue to process the final group of applications still under review.
Categories : Admissions, Paying for SIPA
We sit at just below 90% as far as admission decisions that have been published and are working diligently to wrap up as fast as we are able. Thanks again for your patience.
Categories : Admissions, Application Tips
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I do not think that Tom Petty has a graduate degree, however the chorus to his song “The Waiting” is appropriate this time of year. The lyrics to the first chorus are:
The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more card
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part
I know that waiting to hear of an admission decision is hard. Believe it or not, it’s hard for me too. I would love to be done just as much as everyone would like to get an email from us. As I have said before though, the coordination involved requires that we take a bit more time with some files than others.
I am happy to say that we have eclipsed the 80% mark in terms of decisions being sent out. This does mean that we still have a sizable chunk of files that we are working on.
One major piece of advice if you are still waiting is this – do not panic. Do not read anything into receiving a decision a bit late. It has to do with the internal process we use, not the applicants being reviewed. So I ask you to have faith that we are working as quickly as we can, taking decisions to heart, and we will reveal your card soon if you have yet to hear.
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