Admissions Blog

Advice to incoming students: digest version

May 11, 2023May 10, 2023 Daniel Birdsall

While there’s still a bit of activity around the margins, the incoming class for fall 2023 is taking shape. Matriculating students can expect a regular flow of communications from various Fletcher departments in the coming months about lots of “on-boarding” tasks for the semester. All of that is important and (hopefully) helpful information, but is relatively transactional and may not get at some larger questions incoming students may have about how to prepare for grad school.

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Capstone haikus

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 Daniel Birdsall

Big news today, readers – capstone haikus are back! “Back” may be something of a relative term, as it’s entirely possible they’ve simply flown beneath my personal radar in the past year or two. In any case, the student Social List is positively abuzz with one of my favorite Fletcher traditions.

General Admissions News

June 10 – Map Your Future application deadline

May 2, 2023May 1, 2023 Daniel Birdsall

I’m coming at you with an unexpected deadline reminder today, readers. Yes, yes, I am indeed aware that it’s early May, and you’re forgiven if you thought we were through with application deadlines for a while. The current college seniors among you, however, have an important remaining deadline to be aware of. June 10 is the final deadline to apply to Fletcher via the Map Your Future (MYF) pathway.

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Fletcher news roundup

April 26, 2023April 25, 2023 Daniel Birdsall

Some odds and ends of interest to share today, readers. This is the time of year when Fletcher students tend to win things, so we’ll start with some happy updates in that vein.

Our Students

Christine’s spring break Camino de Santiago pilgramage

April 25, 2023April 24, 2023 Daniel Birdsall

This year for spring break my mom and I traveled to Spain to hike the Camino de Santiago. The Camino de Santiago is a pilgrimage to the burial place of St. James the Great in Santiago de Compostela Cathedral. Each year, thousands of pilgrims walk for days, weeks, or even months to Santiago.

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Birendra’s spring break

April 19, 2023 Daniel Birdsall

Spring break just went by, meaning differently for different students. For some this was an opportunity to explore the USA, some visited family and friends, some just did some unwinding and as for me – I took the opportunity to engage in some more in-depth research in topics relating to humanitarian justice and writing two papers (with support of two of my professors, one in the UN and another at the world bank).

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Aki’s Israel spring trek, summer plan, and classes

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Daniel Birdsall

Hello again! I am excited to post a mid-spring post and restart my classes after a well-deserved break. In this post, I will describe my spring break in Israel, summer plans, and classes.

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Emma’s Spring Update

April 6, 2023April 4, 2023 Daniel Birdsall

It’s hard to believe Emma and her fellow second-year students are weeks away from finishing their time at Fletcher. While there’s still plenty left to do in a short time, having a job nailed down is surely a big item checked off her “to-do” list!

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PhDs, too!

April 3, 2023March 29, 2023 Jessica Daniels

Hi Blog readers — I’m Jessica, former blogger-in-chief, and now an occasional guest writer.

As you probably know, Fletcher released admission decisions a few weeks ago, and nearly all those yeses and nos went to applicants to our master’s-level programs. A relatively small number of responses winged their way to applicants to the school’s PhD Program in International Relations. You might be one of the handful of newly admitted PhD students but, since there are very few, you’re more likely to be wondering why you would care about the PhD program, as you’re researching graduate schools. I’m here to tell you why!

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April 1 application deadline – final reminder

March 29, 2023March 28, 2023 Daniel Birdsall

April 1 is upon us, readers! By this point you’re surely aware that this is our last application deadline of the year, and for those of you planning to submit, this final call is nothing more than a tip o’ the cap courtesy reminder of a date you’ve long since internalized. Right?