Virtual Open House Masters in Economics Transcript

George Mason Online Admissions: Good evening, good evening. Welcome to our virtual open house for the, online Master of Arts in Economics program. We’re excited to have you. I guess we’ll give just another minute or so, for a couple more people to hop in. We’re super excited to have you tonight. And if you don’t mind, if you can hear us okay while we’re waiting, just put in the chat where you’re joining us from. Let us know if you can hear us okay. Yeah, joining from Maryland, awesome, awesome, welcome, welcome! We’re excited to have you. Oh, you’re very welcome. They said thank you for the presentation. I’m excited also, so we’re glad to have you here. Dr. Coyne, would you like to go ahead and get started? I know we’re at 7.05, if that’s okay with you. Yeah.

Chris Coyne: Let’s, let’s get started, and others can join as they, as they, come.

George Mason Online Admissions: Yeah, awesome, awesome. So again, we’d like to welcome you to the Master of Arts in Economics Virtual Open House. Super glad to have you tonight. Just a little bit of a review here. The agenda for tonight, we’re going to meet our amazing director, Dr. Coyne. Review, the Masonomics tradition. Super excited to hear about that, also. Then we’re gonna take a, deeper dive into the curriculum details and learn a little bit more about the faculty at George Mason. And what does the online classroom look like? We’ll talk a little bit about that as well. And do a deeper dive into the admissions requirements. And at the end, we’ll have a, Q&A session, so feel free to, to, you know, be putting those either in the chat, or, actually, I’ll go over the instructions here. You can either, you know, feel free to raise your hand if you’d like to, you know, it’s a super, intimate group here, so feel free to raise your hand. To talk, or just, you know, type it in the chat, or put it in the Q&A, and we will make sure we get those questions answered for you. And I am super excited to introduce our presenter, Dr. Coyne. I’d like to thank you so much for joining us tonight, and I’ll go ahead and hand it over to you, if that’s okay?

Chris Coyne: Sure, thank you so much, Tabitha, and let me second the welcome and thank you all for being here and for watching. Let me introduce myself. My name is Chris Coyne. I’m a professor of economics in the Department of Economics here at George Mason University. I serve as the director of the online MA program. And I should also mention that I am an alum of George Mason. I did my master’s and PhD here starting in 2001, and I finished in 2005. And after being away at two other academic jobs for 5 years, I returned to my home at GMU as part of the faculty in 2010, and I’ve been here since. This is my 15th year back as a faculty member. And so I truly love, George Mason University. I love the Department of Economics. And I have a very intimate knowledge of the department, both as a student who went through the program. Here on the ground, and I’m now back as a faculty member. And so, I, as you can imagine, I love everything we do here, and hopefully that will come through in our conversation, but I also am in a position to answer any questions you might have, both from a student perspective and from a faculty member’s perspective as well. And I oftentimes find that’s useful For people who are considering, attending our programs. Tabitha, next slide, please. So, the Department of Economics here is truly unique and one-of-a-kind, and the reason it is one-of-a-kind is because of the rich tradition of people associated with our program. And so, what we call Masonomics is really a confluence of three different traditions that come together. One is F.A. Hayek, who’s associated with Austrian economics. He won the Nobel Prize in 1974, and although he wasn’t a formal faculty member here. He did come here in the early 80s and give a talk to the Department of Economics when the department was just getting up and running. And I still think that’s up on YouTube for anyone who’s interested. Hayek was talking about his, what would become his final book, The Fatal Conceit. And so that tradition associated with Hayek and those in the Austrian tradition is foundational to the Masonomics tradition. The next two people I’m gonna mention were faculty members here. And the Department of Economics is truly unique because it is home to two former Nobel laureates. The Nobel Laureate is the ultimate award in… multiple disciplines, including economics, and it is reflective of significant contributions to the field of economics. And so our first Nobel laureate, James Buchanan, who won the prize in 1986, Buchanan is one of the founders of a field called public choice economics. Public choice economics is the application of economics to politics and issues of political economy. And so, that strand of, or field of economics is central to the Masonomics tradition, along with the market process Austrian tradition. And then the third person I want to mention is Vernon Smith. Vernon Smith won the Nobel Prize in 2002, and what he won the Nobel Prize in Economics for was being one of the founders of a field called experimental economics. Experimental economics uses the tools of experimentation in the laboratory setting to illuminate economic theories and various economic mechanisms at work. And so these three thinkers, along with others, but these are the three main ones, are really foundational to what we do here at George Mason, and they put the Department of Economics on the map. In my experience, and I came here as a student because of this tradition, I was especially interested in the market process, public choice aspects of the program, which is what I studied as a graduate student. But in my experience, many, but certainly not all, many students come here because of these unique features of our program. And I want you to keep these three thinkers in the back of your mind. Because I’ll reference them when I come to our course layout in a moment. Next slide, please. So, before I move on to this, I want to just mention that what we’re talking about here is an online MA degree. And the George Mason online MA degree is a master’s degree in economics. So I want to just say this and clarify it, because one of the most common questions I get is, okay, you have an on-the-ground program where students are at George Mason in Fairfax and in Arlington, Virginia, and then you have the online program. Is that some kind of different degree? Am I still getting a master’s degree like the on-the-ground students get? What’s gonna show on my transcript? Am I still gonna get the same diploma? And the answer to all those questions is yes. You are getting a legitimate full, with all privileges and rights, a George Mason University master’s degree. It is the same degree in terms of accreditation and status that on-the-ground students get. It doesn’t… it is not marked on your transcript or diploma in any way that you took it through the online modality. So the only difference between the two programs, the on-the-ground and the online, is the modality, the mode of delivery. It has nothing to do with the degree itself, and so I wanted to clear that up at the beginning, because it’s really important to know that this is not a different degree in and of itself in any way, shape, or form. So. What we do here at George Mason is we value economics, and we value different kind of ways of thinking about and applying economics. So, as faculty members, we teach. We teach… PhD students, master’s students, undergraduate students. We engage in scholarship, academic research, that’s it. crucial for understanding the world and improving our knowledge of the world, and how economics can improve human well-being, but we don’t stop there. My colleagues and I are also very involved in the policy realm. and also in public communication and outreach. So another reason that many applicants know George Mason University is because of our outreach. So, for instance, you might know Marginal Revolution, the blog, or Marginal Revolution University. Marginal Revolution. blog is… was founded and is run by two of my colleagues, Tyler Cowan and Alex Tabrack, and last time I checked, it is the most popular and most well-read economics blog in the blogosphere. Marginal Revolution University is an extension of Marginal Revolution Blog, and has a whole host of economic content. My colleague Tyler Cowan does podcasts and interviews, that’s called Conversations with Tyler. And, several of my other colleagues run blogs as well that are widely read. For instance, Don Boudreaux. runs a blog called Cafe Hayek, where he is, on a daily basis, commenting and engaging on issues of policy, economic research, and so on. And so, our programs take communication and outreach and the relevance of economics for policy quite seriously. And so, while we are traditional academics in the standpoint that we teach and research, like all academics do, we are not narrowly focused on staying in the ivory tower, if you will. We recognize the importance of communicating these ideas to a broader audience, precisely because they’re so important for both understanding and improving human welfare. And you see this reflected in the type of work That our faculty and students do, both when they’re in the program, and oftentimes then when they go on to have successful and flourishing careers. Next slide, please. Okay, I mentioned that we were going to talk about curriculum, so here we are. So again. This is a standard master’s program, and the way this works is it’s a 30-credit program. There’s a mix of core classes, and by core, I mean required classes. Those are at the bottom, and then there’s electives. So let me start at the bottom with the core classes, because those are requirements and foundational to the program. And these are similar to core classes that you would find across almost any economics MA program. And so, students coming in start with Econ 630, Math Econ 1, Then they move into microeconomic theory, and we have two microeconomic theory courses, Microeconomic theory 1 and 2, so you take those sequentially, they flow one into the next. There’s one macroeconomic theory course, and then one applied econometrics course. Those are required courses. Alright, so you’ll see that there’s 5 courses there. 3 credits each, that’s 15 credits. That’s half of your MA degree, which is 30 credits total. Now, that leaves 5 classes left. So what you’re gonna have is 4 electives, and then 1 more required class, although it’s not a core class. And let me start with the electives, and I’ll come back to that final required class. You get to pick 4 electives, and you can see the electives that are offered here. Causal inference, which is focused on statistical analysis. Comparative Economic Systems, which is focused on institutions and issues of economic development. I’m gonna skip Tapstone, I’ll come back to that in a moment. Experimental economics provides an introduction to that work that’s associated with Vernon Smith that I mentioned a few moments ago when I was talking about the Masonomics tradition. Gender economics is focused on the role and the manifestations of gender and economic outcomes, so in a whole host of different settings, from labor markets to households and so on. To really analyze economic activity and the implications for gender on different economic relationships and outcomes. Market process theory is that connection with Hayek that I was discussing earlier. And public economics and public choice is that connection with Buchanan and public choice, as well as public finance that I mentioned in the Masonomics tradition. And so, those three thinkers that I mentioned at the outset, you see the three electives, experimental, market process, and public choice. Those are associated with that tradition and reflect that tradition. You don’t have to take those three courses, they’re electives, so you can pick and choose to match your interests for your program of study and your career goals, whatever those might be. Now, I mentioned so that you pick 4 of those, so you have 5 core classes, 4 electives, that leaves 1 more course to get to the 10 total courses, 30 credits, and that’s the capstone course. The economics capstone course is a required course, and it’s the final course that students take as part of their program of study. And it’s really a culminating experience where you tie together the various insights and concepts and skills that you’ve learned in your earlier courses, and especially those core classes, and it gives you an opportunity to Practice those skills, refine those skills. do some applied work, which many students are interested in doing, and then to complete your program of study. And so once you complete that capstone, you will have completed your degree, you will graduate from George Mason University, as I mentioned, with all rights and privileges of a GMU degree. The final, thing I want to mention before I move on, because, again, because of the online modality, students oftentimes think that they’re outside the university. And they are physically outside the university, so they’re not typically located here in Northern Virginia. But I want to make clear that once you are enrolled in a GMU program, you are a GMU student with all rights and privileges. So you get GMU ID, GMU identification number, GMU email. But you also get access to the various services and opportunities that any GMU student would get access to, because you are formally a GMU student. So what might that look like? Well, one thing. which is a great resource, is our library. And now, of course, the way libraries are, almost everything is virtual and online anyway. So very rarely do you actually have to go physically in person to a library to access things, whether it’s journal articles, e-books. Specific resources, and so on. And since GMU is a major state university, an R1 university, we have an R1, that means top-level research university, R1, it means we have a state-of-the-art library and library facilities. And so the research librarians here are really top-notch. I’ve asked them to dig up dissertations that, you know, are somewhere in one location in the country in some dusty library bin on microfilm, and they’ve been able to get me PDF files of this stuff. And so they’re really wonderful. I’m able to do it from my office. You can access all this, and it’s all there. There’s career services. that you can access. Again, you can access that even from a distance. And so, if you want to talk to someone about your resume, about interviewing skills, and practicing those type of things, those resources and opportunities will exist for you. And so I want to make that clear again, because a common misconception or question that people have is, because they’re not located here, they feel that they’re going to be outside the university, and I want to make clear that you will have access to those services as you so choose to use them. Next slide, please. Alright, I already mentioned a little bit about our faculty, but I wanted to return to this and give you some, kind of illustrations and examples of what I was talking about. So this relates back to the What We Do slide, two slides ago. Up in the top corner is a screenshot of Marginal Revolution, the blog that I was mentioning earlier. And Tyler and Alex post on this blog regularly. The content is amazing, and I highly recommend, no matter where you end up in your life and career, to incorporate it into your daily reading. As someone who is interested in economics. I think you’ll benefit greatly. And they cover such a wide range of things, from academic papers and books, to podcasts. to cultural discussions. Here you see a conversation when Top Gun was out a few years ago. On the bottom, below that, you see a article from my colleague, Thomas Stratman. I should mention Thomas Stratman, who’s a public choice economist, designed the public economics, public choice, and causal inference courses that are part of the online program. And this is an article about testimony he gave. Do you remember I mentioned earlier that my colleagues and I, we traverse different areas. We teach, we research, but we also are engaged in policy and outreach. And this is a really great example of that, because what my colleague Thomas Stratman did is he did academic research on Certificate of need loss, and what Certificate of need laws are, very briefly, if you don’t know, in the United States, in order to expand medical facilities, you need to get pre-approval from regulators. And the idea behind this is we don’t want overlapping, wasteful use of medical facilities and medical resources. And that sounds interesting. It sounds like that makes sense on the face of it, but there’s a flip side if you understand economics, which is you’re also restricting competition. You’re restricting the quantity of services, potentially, available to consumers. That can affect things in terms of price. That can affect things in terms of availability, especially for people, for instance, who are in more rural locations that make it more difficult to access medical facilities and medical care relative to people, for instance, by large cities or more populated areas. So what Thomas did in his academic research is he looked at, empirically, the effect of certificate of need laws on healthcare provision and quality. And what he found is greater restrictions led to lower quality healthcare and accessibility. And if you think about it, that academic research has really important real-world applications for human well-being. So, this article talks about how Thomas testified in front of Georgia’s House of Representatives, their Rural Development Council, and presented his research on Certificate of need laws to help inform policy related to healthcare. And so you can see the interconnection here, and how my colleagues and I think about how these things all relate to each other. And so we… although I presented them as kind of quadrants of what we do for discussion purposes, really, these things are all interrelated with one another, and really… kind of, how should I put it? They create a unified whole in how we view our programs, as part of a broader mosaic, if you will, of economic research, teaching. Policy work and communication. Finally, to the side, you see a book cover from, co-authored by three authors, and one of them is my colleague, Peter Bettke. Peter Bettke designed the Comparative Economic Systems course that I mentioned earlier that’s part of the online program. So he’s done a lot of work in development economics and institutional economics. But he’s also done work in public administration as well. And this book, applies the tools of economics in the Masonomics tradition to public administration, how governments are operated and run. And I chose to highlight this because it nicely highlights, I think, how my colleagues and I, and our program as a whole, is really interdisciplinary in nature. We are economists by training, and we teach economics, and this program’s economics, but one of the things we emphasize in our program is the applicability of those economic tools to a whole host of really important topics and issues. And so you can begin to see, just by looking at these few images I shared with you, and the few words I said about each of them. How we have a very broad view that we view as empowering both our faculty and our students to be very relevant and broad critical thinkers on crucial topics that affect human flourishing. Next slide, please, Tabitha. One of the common questions we get is, okay, so this is online, but what does that mean? What does this look like? And I wanted to give you a little taste of what it looks like. These are some screenshots from two of the courses we offer. So that’s me in the upper corner. I designed the Micro Economic Theory 1 class and the Market Process Theory class, and so the top two slides are from my Market Process Theory class. And these classes are all based on Canvas. Canvas is the platform we use for delivery, that’s GMU in general, uses Canvas. So all the courses are housed in Canvas, Canvas, pardon me, and when you are enrolled as a student, you get access to the course, and they’re broken down by modules. And so each class is 8 modules. Each module corresponds to a week. and there’ll be material for you to do each week. So these classes and the program as a whole is online and asynchronous, meaning that there are not regularly scheduled class meetings. So that’s one of the differences, the key differences between the online classes and… or the online program, I should say, and the on-the-ground program. The on-the-ground program is regularly scheduled classes every Tuesday from 7 to 10 p.m. You’re in a classroom. That’s not the case for the online classes. There’s still an instructor, you have access to that instructor, they are there to aid and guide you. but they are not meeting with you on a regular, predetermined basis as a class. And of course, this is one of the features of the program that students who participate tend to find quite attractive. The reason being that it grants you extreme flexibility with your schedule. So, there are guardrails. Each module’s a week, you have to do work each week, so there’s that… Categorical delineation, if you will. But within that, there’s lots of flexibility. And so let’s say you have the type of job or personal commitments where Monday through Wednesday, or Monday and Tuesday, you’re really busy, or maybe your schedule’s open. And then later in the week, you’re either busy or your schedule’s open. And other people might have a different schedule, and different flexibility. Maybe they’re really busy in the morning, but at night they’re free, or vice versa. Either way, the program allows you to have flexibility so that you can complete each course and your degree as a whole, while maximizing the flexibility you have to do what you need to do to meet your other obligations in life. And in my experience running this program, this is one of the things that is typically reported to me as something that people find attractive when applying, but also something they appreciate when they’re in the program and when they leave the program with their degree and they’re reflecting back on the program itself. The bottom two? Images are from my colleague Joanna Mullerstrom. She designed the gender economics course and the econometrics course, and these are videos or screenshots, pardon me, from the gender economics course. And so the classes are a mix of readings. of slide presentations, of videos, of interactive exercises. Some of them have discussion forums where you engage in discussion with your instructor and your colleagues in the class. Not all of them, but some of them. And so it’s a mix of materials that is meant to provide students with an array of different methods for exposing them to the material and interacting with the material. And then the structure of the classes differ. Some have quizzes every week, some have exams, or some mix of those things. They differ greatly, depending on the class itself. But this gives you at least some general feel for how the online interactive environment, what it looks like, and what you’ll be experiencing if you choose to enroll in the program as a student. Next slide, please, Tabitha. So this is the admissions process, and Tabitha’s just gonna say a few words about each of these nodes, and between the two of us, we can try our best to answer any questions that you all might have following the overview. So, Tabitha, please.

George Mason Online Admissions: Yes, yes, so, and thank you so much for that overview, Dr. Coyne. It’s fascinating. I always love getting to hear more about the program. I always learn something new, as well, when I, when I’m in these, as, you know, to be able to help students also, so… But before we go into the, Q&A portion, I’d like to just briefly go over the admissions process. That is actually one of the things that I do on behalf of George Mason. I love getting to work with applicants and helping, through the process. It’s amazing to get to interact with y’all and help help with that process. So, you know, obviously you have the application that’s out there on the application portal. There’s some pieces that we do need for that is your, transcript. We prefer officials, but as long as, you have the degree conferral, we can accept unofficial for the application decision purposes. We do need official, you know, by the time you’re starting classes. An up-to-date professional resume is also needed. Two letters of recommendation, and we like to see those from, you know, professional, we don’t want letters from your best friend or your uncle, we want, professional. I say this a lot, you’d be surprised how many times we do get those, so anybody that works with me, they hear that, I say that several times over again, you know, and, and I always encourage, get those early, because you can control what you can control with your information, but sometimes, you know, a lot of times, I will tell you, I’m waiting on those recommendations to send those applications over for Dr. Coyne to review, and we need everything to be able to send it over for our faculty. We want everything together, packaged nicely, so they are, able to make their decision in a timely manner. And last but not least is your personal statement. I always tell people this is kind of like an interview on paper. Tell… tell them about yourself. What has you interested in the program? What have you done in the past? What are your goals? And most importantly, I feel like anyway, why George Mason? Why are you wanting to come to George Mason? What attracted you to the program? So it’s a great way to share who you are and, you know, help them get to know you. We are happy to help you with any questions you have. Our area of expertise is, helping through the application process, and we have a great team, we love what we do. And if you don’t have an admissions, you know, person yet, if you don’t have an enrollment coordinator, we’re happy to get you connected with one, so definitely let us know. But yeah, that’s a little brief overview there. And I’m gonna go ahead and switch over to the last slide, that’s our contact information, and, a QR code, for the application, too, so… Yeah.: We do have a question here, asking, is there a summer term for the online economics program?

Chris Coyne: Yeah, wonderful question, thank you very much. And the answer is yes, there’s a summer term, but I wanna, I wanna clarify to make sure that I’m being clear. A summer term is different than admission, so we admit classes in the fall and spring terms. We do offer a summer term, meaning there are classes offered, but we don’t have summer… a summer cohort that enters. And so there are certain classes that are not offered in the summer because, there’s just not demand. Like, an example being Math Econ. As I mentioned, the math econ class is the first class, so if you came in in the spring cohort, for instance, you would have already taken that, and so there’d be no need to take it over the summer. And so we offer electives over the summer, and classes that are needed for students who entered in the spring. So, yes, there is 3 terms, fall, spring, summer, but there are fall and spring admissions for cohorts.

George Mason Online Admissions: One thing I forgot to add is that, spring is getting ready to, getting ready to start in January, so those applications are out there ready for you, and we encourage you to get those started right away if you’re thinking about spring, so we can get them over, in time for you. So I forgot to mention that, sorry, in my previous slide.

Chris Coyne: Yes, Tabitha, do you know the hard deadline for applications for the spring term?

George Mason Online Admissions: For spring term, it is, December 15th. That’s right. Yes, if you have not quite finished your degree yet, if you, if you’re, still working on it and you’ll have a graduation date before that January start date, we would just need a, control letter from the registrar. We work with a lot of people that are still working on their degrees, but will be finished before that term starts, so definitely You know, that is okay, as long as we have the documentation that’s needed, and that degree is conferred before classes start, which is January 12th. So, great question there.

Chris Coyne: And if it wasn’t… if it wasn’t conferred by then, you’d be looking at fall… Right. …admissions, fall 2026 admissions. Prerequisites, great question, thank you for asking. And so, our program does not have any required prerequisites, meaning that you do not have to have an economics undergraduate degree or certain classes in order to be admitted. And I’m serious about this, both in the classes, but also the admissions process. No application is excluded or rejected because of a lack of classes. And I should mention, in our program, you know, one of the fascinating things for all our graduate programs across all different modalities. We have a very diverse student body in terms of, of backgrounds, and so students have come into the, program, and, you know, with all different degrees. Some of them have just finished undergraduate, others have been out of school for 5, 10, 15 years. And that’s pretty… I view that as a pretty amazing feature of George Mason and our program, is our openness to students of different backgrounds and kind of walks of life. That said. We do suggest, and it is just that, that if you have some economics and math and statistics, it is useful. So, if someone said to me, you know, with a blank slate, I want to get a master’s degree, what classes should I take? I’d say, look, you know, it would be helpful, certainly, if you had principles of micro and macro, maybe intermediate, micro, and macro at the undergraduate level, because then you’ll have some… at least some knowledge and background coming in. You know, some algebra and basic calculus would be useful. Some statistics would be useful. I put together, which I’m not going to share it here, but people can email me at my GMU email, which is CCOYNE number 3 at gmu.edu, that’s CCOIN. 3 at gmu.edu. I put together, because I get the question oftentimes about specific course concepts, so for instance, in Math Econ, what do I need to know? What I did was I reached out to each professor that teaches those classes and asked them for, like, a list of concepts that they would recommend Students at least be comfortable with, even if they haven’t been exposed to them or were exposed to them several years ago. And I have that in a Word document, which I’m happy to share with people by email if they want to contact me. And it’s not just for one course, it’s for all the core classes, so that’s all in one place. Acceptance rate. I don’t know what the acceptance rate is, to be honest with you. I haven’t paid attention to the rate. You know, usually for the online MA, it’s usually pretty high. In my experience, because the students that apply are typically qualified. and so, it makes my life easy as the person overseeing the program, that those that apply, are usually have the background, interest, and qualifications, and as Tabitha said, and I just want to reiterate, that statement of purpose is really important For the application. It’s the one part of the application that you kind of control and customize, because everything else, like your letters, other people are writing, your transcript is your transcript. It’s still important. But your statement of purpose is really you coming through. So as Tabitha put it so nicely, you know, tell us about yourself. Tell us about your background, your goals and aspirations, how our program fits with those. And it doesn’t have to be super long, a couple pages, but it’s really a powerful statement. Is there a fee waiver for attending the webinar? Tabitha, I don’t believe so.

George Mason Online Admissions: Not that I have been told. There are some situations that there are fee waivers available out there on the GMU website, and I’m happy to share those with you. I can get your information and share those with you, but they’re very specific situations. In my experience, there’s not a whole lot. Unless you’re currently a grad student at GMU, there is a code for that. And that’s where I… I always tell my online students, get your student ID, use those discounts! So, and I know you mentioned that you’re a student now, so, there are lots of discounts out there for, for students, so, you know, even though you’re online, those IDs come in handy, just not, not only being able to access things through your, university, but also, you know, different restaurants and different services, too, so… So I tell students, get their ID, so I was glad you mentioned that. But, yeah, not to my knowledge to answer the question about the fee waiver. Yeah. Do you have any other questions? Great questions that you have there. I believe our office has the, That word document as well.

Chris Coyne: Okay, great. That’s right, I shared it as well, so you all can share it. And I put it together for public consumption, for people that are interested in the program and want to reach out, so it’s a good resource to give people an insight, because it is one of the common questions. That, that we get.

George Mason Online Admissions: Absolutely.

Chris Coyne: We turn… I should mention, we turn applications around once… so as Tabitha mentioned when she was going through the application process, everything needs to be in for the Office of Graduate Admissions to process it, but once it comes to us and the Department of Economics, we review applications very quickly. Because it’s all, it’s all virtual, and they come directly to me as the director. So I’m alerted when they’re completed. through the Office of Graduate Admissions.

George Mason Online Admissions: And we appreciate the quick turnaround as well, for the future students!

Chris Coyne: Yeah, it’s important, it’s important.

George Mason Online Admissions: Yes, yes. Great questions tonight, and if you have any others that come up, definitely feel free to reach out. Our contact information is on the screen. We are happy… I will… and if you want to share your email address with me, you’re welcome to send that privately, to us as the presenters. I will make sure that, you get further information, make sure that you have had contact from someone on our team. If… if you’re not assigned to an enrollment coordinator, I would love to personally help you, you know, if you don’t have an assigned one yet, I’d, you know, be happy to… To walk you through the process. And thanks so much for joining tonight.

Chris Coyne: All right. Well, thank you, and thank you, Tabitha, for hosting. It’s been a pleasure speaking with you.

George Mason Online Admissions: Oh, thank you so much. I appreciate you too. I’m gonna go ahead and stop the recording.