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Applications, applications, applications...

Over these past weeks, we've been working with lots of applicants to help them get their applications submitted by the early deadline of Feb. 1. Although we will still take applications until May 1, those who apply by the early deadline get first consideration for SI Merit Tuition Scholarships. We've been working hard in my office to make sure that we connect with every applicant, and help them to know if their application is complete, or if not, what is missing.

Over the next few weeks, the faculty on the Masters Committee will be reviewing every application that is complete, and be making admission decisions. We try to get decisions back to applicants within 2-4 weeks after they have submitted a completed application. We can't always promise this, but we're pretty good about having a quick turn-around for decisions. The faculty know what an anxious experience applying to graduate school can be, and they want to get answers out as fast as possible.

In general, the admission decisions to our program are rolling, but the financial aid process is batched. So, we will be sending out admission decisions as they come in, but we will be making a first round of SI Merit Tuition Scholarship offers in early March. The additional rounds of offers tend to come in April (for the second round) and in May (for the third round). There is a little flexibility with this, but it gives a general idea of the timeframe we are working with.

If you have already applied to our program, you should be hearing a decision in the next few weeks. If you don't hear from us, feel free to email us and we can check into your application for you. I wish you all the best as you go through this process, and I'm happy to talk more with anyone about their application!

Posted by lauramb on February 13, 2007 at 11:07 AM | Comments (0)