Hey guys,

did anyone receive a scholarship/financial aid with their admissions offer?
Or do we need to apply to that seperately?

Thanks.

Hi Sofia:

You need to apply separately for a couple of scholarships. For example the global health one requires you to write a separate essay. Apparently no decisions regarding financial aid has been made yet. I received an e-mail from g-town today saying that scholarship will be announced throughout April. I applied through the early action program, received my admission in December and still no news about the scholarship. I guess we will just have to bear with them...

Thanks ad2900!

But this does not make sense as the deadline to respond to the decision is 1 April 2015. We need to know the decisions for scholarship prior to accepting the offer. The scholarship part has a big impact on my, and other people's, decision.

So we need to wait until after 1 April 2015?

YES. We have to wait. We might even have to make the first non-refundable deposit without having any scholarship information. Without that information I don't think I can spend that money. Anyways, it's going to be a couple of interesting weeks and we are running out of time.

Hey !

I got in at G-Town for IBEL, requested them for transfer to Tax. ANy clue whether that will happen ?

Hey !

I got in at G-Town for IBEL, requested them for transfer to Tax. ANy clue whether that will happen ?

Hey!

Any news on the scholarship?
Any idea about the procedure to defer it for a year?

Thanks ad2900!

But this does not make sense as the deadline to respond to the decision is 1 April 2015. We need to know the decisions for scholarship prior to accepting the offer. The scholarship part has a big impact on my, and other people's, decision.

So we need to wait until after 1 April 2015?

Hi guys,

I have just received my admission letter to IBEL at GULC and a separate message with a scholarship offer of 20K. Deadline is 15th of April.

I know how bad waiting is, but I guess they should start sending scholarship offers any time now. I am a Fulbright scholar and perhaps that's why I got it a bit sooner through the local Fulbright office. I'm also considering transfering to Tax as I am waiting to hear from other schools (20K might not be good enough for me).

Good luck to all of you! Fingers crossed!

Hi guys,

I have just received my admission letter to IBEL at GULC and a separate message with a scholarship offer of 20K. Deadline is 15th of April.

I know how bad waiting is, but I guess they should start sending scholarship offers any time now. I am a Fulbright scholar and perhaps that's why I got it a bit sooner through the local Fulbright office. I'm also considering transfering to Tax as I am waiting to hear from other schools (20K might not be good enough for me).

Good luck to all of you! Fingers crossed!

Kats_K,

My application as a fulbright scholar went through a NYC based officer of IIE. I made it clear that I need scholarships to be able to afford GULC or NYU and he must have communicated this in some way.
I have not applied specifically for the public interest or global health scholarships as my background and interests are different. (I applied for the Hauser at NYU, but have not heard from them yet).

You will be able to defer the enrollment for the next year, but not the scholarship. At least this is how it works for the tax program

Hey!

Any news on the scholarship?
Any idea about the procedure to defer it for a year?

Bad news. They got back to me saying that they couldn't offer me a scholarship at the time, but maybe after April 1st, when they confirm the class.

I have to ask, am I the only one that thinks that Georgetown's scholarship system is weird?

Nowhere in my application to GU via LSAC did I have the chance to explain my needs for Scholarship. So how will they know who needs it and who doesn't? Based on the country of one's origin?

This is all very absurd.

So today they clarified something. The global health scholarship (and I would assume all the other specialized scholarships as well) are still being decided and the decisions are pending.

This means that if you didn't apply for any of the specialized scholarships/fellowships the chances you will get a scholarship at this point are really low. Particularly because many people have already received good merit awards.

For the tax program they have merit-based scholarships, but not needed-based. And for that you don't need to ask about people's needs. Thought I don't know about other programs.

I have to ask, am I the only one that thinks that Georgetown's scholarship system is weird?

Nowhere in my application to GU via LSAC did I have the chance to explain my needs for Scholarship. So how will they know who needs it and who doesn't? Based on the country of one's origin?

This is all very absurd.

Kats_K,

My application as a fulbright scholar went through a NYC based officer of IIE. I made it clear that I need scholarships to be able to afford GULC or NYU and he must have communicated this in some way.
I have not applied specifically for the public interest or global health scholarships as my background and interests are different. (I applied for the Hauser at NYU, but have not heard from them yet).

Bad news. They got back to me saying that they couldn't offer me a scholarship at the time, but maybe after April 1st, when they confirm the class.

ad2900,
That is so cool, congrats!!!

Hello all,
Hope some of you are still registered to this thread, although you have finished your LL.M. by now! I'm applying for a general merit scholarship and was wondering the type of information relevant in the supplementary documentation, as there is no explanation on GT's website re: what they're looking for. I'm wondering if I should put a budget, explain my financial situation and/or adopt a more merit-based approach. Thank you in advance,