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Can applicants post their numbers, background, softs, other factors that led to your result, admission decision? Decision: accept/WL/ding GPA: GRE (Q, V, W): Background: Softs: Other factors:

In David King's post,"right people"/"will come" means HKS too concerned about their yield protection? hope that doesn't make them rule out candidates based on individual "hunch" whether someone will attend or not. Seriously it's a little troubling to hear judgments being made about candidates based on posts on some forum or google results.

do they provide feedback on MPP ding? the only program I applied to after spending countless hours researching, talking with people, aligning recommender. V strong recs, though don't think it matters. +1

you're not alone. hks is the only school i have applied to so I looked at the last year's HKS thread and the emails came in the morning. so tomorrow morning could be it. anyone know how they weigh GRE scores into the overall assessment of a candidate for different programs? i have heard that most people are good in only one of verbal or quant and that the acceptance rate is around 20%. so if one does well in both V and Q to get say over 80% is that going to be a major advantage or would it really not matter much? Edit: just checked the Timer on hks admissions blog and it looks like it broke since today morning. it was showing 99 days in the morning now showing 2 days less at 97 days !?

Waiting on HKS to render decisions before the timer on the blog is 100 days..

any idea what the yield of HKS is for MPP, how many are waitlisted? are admits notified by phone call?

Applied to HKS mpp. My main concern in the unlikely event i am admitted is that the financial support. The more i read the more i think HKS doesn't award much aid compared to other schools. The fellowship chances and process is very demanding and difficult.

does the binding deferral at HLS that they award generously would prohibit someone from applying to a program different than JD (e.g HKS MPP) like the OP next year? i applied to HKS first this year for mpp in November. Later in the year i decided to apply to HLS also for jd. I didn't use the joint degree option in either application that you have to check and didn't write a joint-degree essay in both application. For mpp i didn't know i'd apply to any other program. It seems that harvard allows one to do joint-degree if someone gets admitted separately to each program even if they didn't fill the joint-degree parts in the application. But if one wants to only degree if admitted to both and is still undecided which one, then what would be the "right" approach to handle this question during admissions interview at HLS? Being undecided may not be good for admissions chances.

Anyone apply to HKS this cycle? This forum seems dead with no hks thread

Yeah, sounds like a PS except it's not a PS. There is really not anything specific other than broad categories for different fellowships such as "public service," "state or local policy issues" They ask for 1-page essay and the resume. Never applied to fellowships before so this is all very confusing to me. I eneded up reusing content from my PS. This forum seems to be dead for a while for HKS... Looks like the rest of 2000 applicants who don't post here probably know their shit in doing these essays, which worries me that i'd be auto-ding

I am a noob for fellowship essays and was planning to submit for HKS fellowships. HKS fellowships besides noting the the general area of the fellowship (e.g. public service) do not give much insruction for a fellowship essay. This is the instruction for one of them from HKS finaid page. Is a fellowship essay like a personal essay in its tone, or more like a proposal? ok to reuse personal essay? The instruction makes it sound like a general personal essay. Also, a proposal has to be about a specific research activity whereas these fellowships don't make it clear whether one is expected to research under their terms or do some other activity. Thanks

Presidential fellowships don't appear on HKS fellowship page https://pubapps.hks.harvard.edu/enrollment/fellowships/Default.aspx Aren't presidential fellowships only for summer unlike CPL fellowships? http://service.harvard.edu/presidential-fellowships

For HKS fin aid is it possible to apply for multiple fellowships in different policy area concentrations (PACs)? For example, Belfer IGA BIGA Student Fellowship (https://pubapps.hks.... ... spx?id=IGA) has IGA as PAC, whereas Mossavar-Rahmani fellowship at https://pubapps.hks.... ... spx?id=CBG seems to be for BGP. Should one even bother considering all these fellowships will most likely be very hard to get or should even regular applicants apply? There are some fellowships that are a lot of work as they require extra references (2 each) like CPL Dubin fellowship https://pubapps.hks.... ... x?id=Dubin. Are these fellowships very prestigious/hard to get? Thank you

Thanks for your response policygrad92. Anyone who did HKS fin aid process comment on how difficult they find the process and getting aid to be? Is it possible to apply for multiple fellowships in different policy area concentrations (PACs)? For example, Belfer IGA BIGA Student Fellowship (https://pubapps.hks.harvard.edu/enrollm ... spx?id=IGA) has IGA as PAC, whereas Mossavar-Rahmani fellowship at https://pubapps.hks.harvard.edu/enrollm ... spx?id=CBG seems to be for BGP. Should one even bother considering all these fellowships will most likely be very hard to get or should even regular applicants apply? There are some fellowships that are a lot of work as they require extra references (2 each) like CPL Dubin fellowship https://pubapps.hks.harvard.edu/enrollm ... x?id=Dubin. Are these fellowships very prestigious/hard to get? Thank you

Congrats on the lsat and hls admit! i have applied to both hls and hks this cycle. Note that when you defer admissions, then some schools may ask you to sign a binding contract that you wouldn't apply to other schools. Harvard may be one of those even though you'd be applying for the MPP program under your plan of deferring the admission. imo if someone can get 99 percentile, which is around 173 or above, the verbal portion is going to be a cakewalk for you. RC of lsat is hundred times harder. GRE math is basic and with sufficient practice you'd be scoring pretty well. HKS admission is not rolling. The deadline is something in the first week of Dec. This year it was Dec 2. They begin reviewing applications only after the deadline, so it doesn't matter how early before the deadline you submit. i don't think no econ/stat course is going to make much difference at all; dat gpa. HKS wants an analytical resume besides the regular one, where you can highlight any analytical experience that you have had. the hks fin aid process seems terrible btw. there are individual forms you have to do for different grants and doesn't look like HKS gives much aid. so not sure if it'd be worth like you're planning. Feel free to PM any question