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[lane]

any movement here - interview invites/acceptances? I feel like its been quiet for a long time

I just completed my alumnus interview, so hopefully I'll have an update fairly soon. The interview went really well, so I'm hoping that gave me the boost I needed to get an acceptance letter.

[lnick93]

any movement here - interview invites/acceptances? I feel like its been quiet for a long time

I got an interview invite yesterday. Submitted 11/17.

[accessislife]

Good luck to you both! I submitted around the same time lnick but no word yet!

[supersplittysplitter]

alumni interview about 2 weeks ago, still no word.
GULC status checker: application completed (still). Personal status checker: sad

[shamallama]

How soon after an alumni interview did people get their decisions mailed to them? I did mine right before thanksgiving break on the 25th and submitted my app/went complete around 10/23. I got the interview request in early November.

[accessislife]

How soon after an alumni interview did people get their decisions mailed to them? I did mine right before thanksgiving break on the 25th and submitted my app/went complete around 10/23. I got the interview request in early November.

how did you get an interview request prior to submitting? did you have to sign up for something?

[shamallama]

How soon after an alumni interview did people get their decisions mailed to them? I did mine right before thanksgiving break on the 25th and submitted my app/went complete around 10/23. I got the interview request in early November.

how did you get an interview request prior to submitting? did you have to sign up for something?

I didn't. I submitted my app in October (10/23, that might have been confusing on my part) and got the request early November.

[accessislife]

How soon after an alumni interview did people get their decisions mailed to them? I did mine right before thanksgiving break on the 25th and submitted my app/went complete around 10/23. I got the interview request in early November.

how did you get an interview request prior to submitting? did you have to sign up for something?

I didn't. I submitted my app in October (10/23, that might have been confusing on my part) and got the request early November.

wops no you were clear - i read the 10/23 as 11/23

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[Dream_weaver32]

At what point does it start being acceptable to get excited about opening my mailbox? Not until next week right?

I check mine every hour until the mail gets here.

[CaptainJapan]

At what point does it start being acceptable to get excited about opening my mailbox? Not until next week right?

Nah, you're good. This basically started the day after "complete" for me.

[WeeBey]

At what point does it start being acceptable to get excited about opening my mailbox? Not until next week right?

Your also in Canada, so you gotta factor that in. It took a week for the letter to get to me.

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[Lions1913]

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[louisv123]

Going to a group interview in my city soon -- can someone PM and tell me about their experience / some of the questions? Thanks!

[WeeBey]

Although most schools do need aid too, gulc actually gives a substantial amount along with scholarships. I think someone made a post were they said they got almost 30k/year as need and 15k/year as merit (or something like that)

[Hand]

Although most schools do need aid too, gulc actually gives a substantial amount along with scholarships. I think someone made a post were they said they got almost 30k/year as need and 15k/year as merit (or something like that)

hmmm that is music to my ears, bring it on with whatever aid you got gtown

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[Hand]

Although most schools do need aid too, gulc actually gives a substantial amount along with scholarships. I think someone made a post were they said they got almost 30k/year as need and 15k/year as merit (or something like that)

hmmm that is music to my ears, bring it on with whatever aid you got gtown

How can I tell if I'd qualify for need based aid? I have a spouse with a PhD's worth of student debt - would that help? Or are my parents going to fuck it all up for me?

Parents typically count till you're 30 but since you are married you might be able to not have them include your parents' $$$

[tk17]

How can I tell if I'd qualify for need based aid? I have a spouse with a PhD's worth of student debt - would that help? Or are my parents going to fuck it all up for me?

As an older applicant, I find the fact that my parent's information is considered in the need-based aid decision to be insulting and offensive. I haven't relied on my parents for almost a decade. Why on earth would they be expected to contribute to my education expenses.

[Hand]

How can I tell if I'd qualify for need based aid? I have a spouse with a PhD's worth of student debt - would that help? Or are my parents going to fuck it all up for me?

As an older applicant, I find the fact that my parent's information is considered in the need-based aid decision to be insulting and offensive. I haven't relied on my parents for almost a decade. Why on earth would they be expected to contribute to my education expenses.

Yeah this, very much.

[tk17]

Parents typically count till you're 30 but since you are married you might be able to not have them include your parents' $$$

From what I can tell, almost all schools (except for HYS, which use a sliding scale starting at age 26) take parental information into account no matter how old you are. I think Georgetown does this as well, but I'm not 100% sure.

[bethesda]

Although most schools do need aid too, gulc actually gives a substantial amount along with scholarships. I think someone made a post were they said they got almost 30k/year as need and 15k/year as merit (or something like that)

hmmm that is music to my ears, bring it on with whatever aid you got gtown

How can I tell if I'd qualify for need based aid? I have a spouse with a PhD's worth of student debt - would that help? Or are my parents going to fuck it all up for me?

You should be able to get a decent sense of what the FAFSA will calculate at FAFSA4Caster - google it and it will be the first fafsa.ed.gov link that comes up. Now, colleges may require additional financial information like a CSS profile that takes more factors into consideration than the FAFSA does.... At least they sometimes require this for undergrad - not sure about grad.

[accessislife]

Going to a group interview in my city soon -- can someone PM and tell me about their experience / some of the questions? Thanks!

last we heard, dean cornblatt was in LA - mind sharing where your interview is? I wonder if his travel delays acceptances

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