~3 years of relevant internship/work experience, including 1 yr abroad. $28k/year renewable scholarship.

No GRE, Veteran

Accepted with no aid

The only dual-degree I applied for, was really looking forward to it.

No funding

3.91 undergrad gpa from small, average (possibly below-average) liberal arts school. IR/French double major, Spanish/econ double minor. 95th percentile verbal, 84th writing, average quant. No internships but strong recs, 1.5 years full time employment in unrelated field + consistent employment through undergrad. Would love love love to get in off the waitlist but probably lots of much better candidates also on the list. Astonished to have been put on it at all instead of outright rejection. Accepted to JHU, GW, American, Denver, UCSD

Straight from undergrad.

Financial aid offered (30k/year) covers tuition outstanding after factoring in external fellowship. Low GRE quant, but applicable work experience and coursework that shows quant skills. Phi Beta Kappa/summa cum laude. Fulbright, CLS, 2.6 years work experience at top think tank & consulting/business intelligence firm). 4 languages, 1 year abroad.

Graduated Phi Beta Kappa and highest honors in IR and languages from a well thought of liberal arts school. Did a Fulbright ETA i plus another year of work experience in Latin America. Worked in 4 countries in Latin America in college. 1-year study abroad in France with a semester-long internship at the Council of Europe. Fluent in French and Spanish, proficient in Portuguese. Accepted with no scholarship awarded.

Received an email from SFS with an informal acceptance but no scholarship (2 years work experience, 3.99 GPA, 168/168/5.0 GRE, 18 months study abroad, maybe less direction in my SOP than they were looking for in terms of scholarships)

Accepted with 10k/year in funding. 5+ years of relevant work experience (2 years in Middle East); GRE: 159Q/163V/4.5AW. Also admitted to SIPA ($$$), Fletcher ($$), SAIS ($$); waitlisted at WWS.

I received a scholarship for 50 percent of my tuition in my unofficial email. email said I should receive official offer within the week.

Straight out of undergrad at a state school (will graduate in May), but two semester-long relevant (and competitive) internships in DC and a year-long relevant fellowship during my B.A. Also studied abroad and conducted research abroad. Accepted to the program (unofficially) but waitlisted for funding.

Two years work experience as lawyer overseas, international internship and legal work experience

Email from dean saying they'd give me my official notification in two weeks

Happy that I got in! Unfortunately no scholarship offered.

Got an unofficial acceptance email from the Admissions committee. They said I was waitlisted for a partial scholarship. Hopefully, I’ll get something when they send me the official email on March 19.

$30,000 per year scholarship