Archive for application tips – Page 17

Decisions

Many of you have been patiently waiting for news from us… We’re not there yet but we are very close to the finished line.

On Monday we will begin releasing decisions.  As a reminder, you will receive an email from us when your decision is ready to be viewed on the application web site.  Not all decisions will be published on the same day and at the same time — unfortunately, we cannot provide estimates on when individual decisions will be published.   But the goal is to have all (minus a few exceptions) of them published next week.

After all these weeks of waiting for news; some of you will be pleased and others… well there is always next time.   We have been very impressed with the quality of applicants this year so thank you for sharing your experiences and knowledge with us.  It’s been a pleasure getting to know you.

Have a great weekend.

 

the clock is ticking

we’re actively reviewing applications — unfortunately, keeping you abreast of our daily activities was put on hold (not on purpose — we lost track of what day it was ).  with hopes of releasing decisions beginning on march 18th, we are  identifying all the candidates who would be a great fit at SIPA and those who we have to unfortunately turn away this year.

during our application review process, we are also evaluating candidates (who have applied by the fellowship deadline and those who have submitted the separate SIPA scholarship application) for a SIPA award/fellowship.  unfortunately, SIPA does not award as many fellowships to entering first year students as we do for our second year students.  you would think that with so little money to offer, the task of giving it away would be easy… but in reality it only makes it that much tougher because we want to give money to so many qualified applicants.  so we only hope those we admit without funding will still come and make SIPA and new york their home for at least two years.  luckily, our second year funding is much larger so the opportunity to receive a second year award is that much greater.  in the meantime, you should also check out various external scholarship sites such as the one posted on the APSIA website.

the review process continues… stay tuned…. and breathe.

Did you receive…?

We have received a number of frantic emails and calls asking if we have received a document or two that was mailed to our office.  I can completely sympathize with the concern especially if it is the last piece of material keeping your application from being reviewed by the Admissions Committee.

But please be patient — We are trying to process and match these documents to your application.  Unfortunately, we receive hundreds of documents each week around the application deadline period; each document must be manually processed.  Apologies for the delay.  For your convenience (and ours), you should upload your documents directly to the online application — official documents are only needed if you are admitted and plan to enroll in the program.  So when you call or email us asking about your “missing” document, we most likely have it (if you emailed us the attachment or mailed it through a reliable carrier) but we are still sorting through the mountain of papers so that’s probably why we have not uploaded or updated your application status yet.

documents

Don’t worry.  We do not leave applications unread (unless you purposely did not complete it).  Happy Friday :).

You didn’t win the lottery but you can still apply for a SIPA scholarship

All admitted students are automatically considered for SIPA merit awards if the application was submitted by the January 7th (January 20th – MPA-DP) application deadline; no additional application is required.

However, if your application was submitted after that date, do not despair; as we mentioned in an earlier post, this year SIPA applicants have an additional opportunity to secure a SIPA scholarship.  Some specialized scholarships made available by generous donors are based on specific criteria and require a separate application; you can learn more about those awards and find the application here .  Please note that the deadline for those awards is at 5pm EST (New York) on Friday, February 22.  So hurry and apply.

 

the “INCOMPLETE” email mystery

If you submitted your application for the January 5th  (January 20th for MPA-DP) deadline, but sent pieces of your application by snail mail or by email, and your application status still states “incomplete”; rest assured if all pieces of your application were either submitted electronically or postmarked by the fellowship consideration deadline you will still be eligible for funding consideration.

If you have received an email notification stating that items may have not been received and your file is not complete.  Please do not panic!  This message is system generated so we request that you review your online SIPA application and drop us a quick email ([email protected]) if you believe you received this message in error (please put your name and the word “incomplete” in the subject line).   In many cases, your submitted materials are in our possession but still need to be processed and it will just be a matter of time for your record to be updated.   In other situations, your materials did not reach our office so   monitoring your application status is always a wise thing to do.  We will work with you to resolve these issues but we do request your patience.

Looking forward to processing your applications!

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