A plug today for the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program, which has recently opened its 2022 application cycle. Funded by the US Department of State, the Pickering Fellowship is a go-to opportunity for aspiring Foreign Service Officers.
Read moreScholarship funding is on many applicants’ minds around this time of year, for good reason. I’ve written recently about the importance of working on a broad-based financial plan, and most applicants hope that scholarship funding will make up as large a part of that plan as possible. Each year the release of admissions decisions triggers a deluge of requests for scholarship reconsideration and increased funding, and I figured a bit of detail on how our process works (and more specifically, why it works the way it does) could be helpful.
Read moreWith the bulk of this year’s admissions decisions recently released, it’s time to be thinking about a financial strategy for grad school. Our hope, in fact, is that applicants planning on fall 2019 enrollment have already been working on this for some time, at least conceptually. Pointing out that U.S. higher education is a significant investment is as obvious as noting that Samuel L. Jackson wasn’t pulling for Green Book to win Best Picture. As such, it’s crucial to think expansively about potential sources of funding.
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Madhuri is enjoying a well-deserved break after finishing her first semester at Fletcher. The prospective student experience is still relatively fresh for her, though, and she put together a number of helpful tips for financial planning (and you can expect additional future posts related to scholarship and financial aid on this blog). As you prepare to submit your application and await decisions, getting going on financial planning is an important process on which to focus.
Read moreThe second installment of Ariel’s Frequently Answered Questions. Dear Ariel: How can I get more information about scholarship opportunities at
Read moreNow that you’re all up to speed on admissions decision options, it’s time to turn to the other piece of
Read moreAdmissions work, as you may have heard me say, is ultra-cyclical, but I still try not to repeat myself in
Read moreIf you’re expecting to take loans to pay for graduate school, in particular if you are a U.S. citizen or
Read moreDespite all the work our applicants put into researching graduate school options, there will surely be some admitted students who
Read moreWe hear lots of questions about scholarships and how they’re awarded. (It was the hot topic at Monday’s event.) Must
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