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Meet the 2022-2023 Graduate Assistants

October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 Daniel Birdsall

Time to meet this year’s Admissions Graduate Assistants (GAs), readers! Our GAs are a crucial part of our operation each year, providing support in a lot of our communications, event planning, and application processing during the peak of Admissions season. They also are often the first people prospective students will meet or contact, and they’re great sources of information on the Fletcher student experience. We’re thrilled to welcome Chiara, Gabe, and Taehee to our team this year!

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Lots of upcoming events

September 12, 2022September 9, 2022 Daniel Birdsall

We are entering peak event season, friends, and there are several upcoming that are worth particular highlighting. This year feels exciting for us as we’re able to return to many of the in-person events that have been out of the picture over the past few turbulent years.

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Calling aspiring Foreign Service Officers

July 12, 2022July 8, 2022 Daniel Birdsall

Future Foreign Services Officers, this post is for you! Now is the time of year to be aware of three major fellowships for those interested in Foreign Service careers, two of which have recently announced their upcoming application cycles.

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Admissions annual “retreat”

June 8, 2022June 7, 2022 Daniel Birdsall

We admissions types often hear some version of a comment about how things must slow down in the summer with no students around. It’s understandable that this might seem true from an outside perspective, but there is plenty to keep us occupied in the summer months between on-boarding the class arriving this fall and planning for future classes that will arrive in 2023. Yes, we’re already thinking that far ahead.

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Admitted Student Visit Days!

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 Daniel Birdsall

Today is an exciting day, readers. For the first time since 2019 we’re welcoming admitted students to campus in-person to experience Fletcher firsthand!

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April 1 application deadline – final reminder

March 29, 2022March 28, 2022 Daniel Birdsall

Here we are in late March, and by now readers are surely aware of this Friday’s April 1 application deadline.

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Decision time!

March 8, 2022March 5, 2022 Daniel Birdsall

While the term “March Madness” has a strong college basketball connotation (at least for Americans), in the Admissions world the madness of March corresponds to the release of admissions decisions, which will be forthcoming in the next few days.

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An update from the Admissions Committee

February 23, 2022February 23, 2022 Daniel Birdsall

Around this time of year I like to update readers on our work in the Admissions Committee. This process is one of my favorite times of the year: it’s a great opportunity to work with students, faculty, and other administrators in a unique capacity, and it always reassures me that we’re giving our applicants the deliberate and in-depth consideration they deserve.

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There’s still time to apply!

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 Daniel Birdsall

Readers, I apologize for any whiplash you experience as I pivot toward highlighting our next application deadline after several posts in the past few weeks about our January 10 submission date. Yes, that deadline is characterized as “Scholarship Priority,” and yes, we receive a large number of applications around that time. There are many candidates for whom January 10 just ends up being not realistic, however, and to all of those folks I’ll mention the upcoming February 20 deadline.

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January 10 Application Deadline

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 Daniel Birdsall

As we head toward the December holidays, I’ll take the opportunity to remind readers of the approaching January 10 application deadline.