Undergrad in EE, two years Peace Corps.

Over five years development experience. 55% tuition waiver.

Received email to check application update on the website. Lack of work experience in the field.

Attorney, several years of public policy experience and research

30k funding which includes Peace Corps scholarship

$32K in funding. Grateful.

Got in with a scholarship of 17,500 per year. SUPER excited!

Interview on the 27th, acceptance email on the 30th

was notified that my acceptance was late because I turned my application fee in late

Transferred application to Master's after rejection, still feeling hopeful!

Email rejection, mentioned that they only had 4 spots this year

Emailed to the department

Most dissertations are read by one or two people max. The people reading them are other academics, since knowledge is kept behind expensive gates. These institutions want people to pay tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars for specific master's degrees to have our applications considered. Most humanities scholarship has a very small impact on its field. Scholarship that changes the world usually doesn't need these institutions. It's great on its own. Most STEM scholarship goes, directly or indirectly, to creating weapons to blow up little kids or benefit pharmaceutical companies. To any one else processing their rejections this year, please just carry your passion into education outside academia. Most of these institutions are just ego clubs for academics, indoctrination daycare for well-off young adults, and endowment-hedge funds.

Got email to check the portal. Denied from PhD but got a funded MA offer!! 3r/1a/1w

2a/1w/5r/10p

Grad Gpa. First acceptance this season!