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For an international student, it is much easier to get university housing. No hassle with finding an apartment, no worries about which neighborhood to choose and, at least it was a problem for me in Paris, no co-signer needed.

mfprado1073, are you withdrawing from HBS?

Just completed the background check after waiting for 5 weeks

Background check done here, too! Just waitin' by the door for more swag to roll in. That thermos is sweet.

Has anyone else heard anything about fellowships/scholarships? I see that a few individuals received scholarship offers in December, but the Admissions office says that most fellowships go out in February. I assume any offers would go out before the deposit deadline (2/19), correct? I have a significant scholarship offer at another school, but would prefer to be in NYC for personal reasons, and am really hoping that CBS will match or partially match.

I'm wondering the same thing. I'm also curious about how quickly we will hear about financial aid/need based aid because I would like to take that into account when making my decision. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We won't find out about need-based aid grants until April, far too late to take into account for deposit #1. Hoping to get a merit based grant of some sort prior to 2/19 though, that would go a long way for me. Haas at least lets us know about need/merit grants by 1/21.

On a similar note, does anyone know if sending in a deposit and getting everything started before February comes around will hurt my chances to get a scholarship? Does the fact that there are others who are more "on the fence" than me hurt my chances?