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Hi all, I just want to say thank you to this forum in accompanying me through my graduate application journey. You guys are such a bunch of kind, reliable strangers! For those who are not coming to LKY, I believe that there will be greater things destined for you. Failures are, after all, learning process and happened to everybody. Anywhere, anytime. I am myself rejected by my other graduate choices. So, cheer up and good luck for your next endeavors! For those deciding to attend LKY MPP 2017 class, we have started a group in Facebook. The keywords are "LKY MPP 2017-2019". If you do not or cannot access FB, you can contact me through personal message in this forum. Not quite sure about other programs (MPA, MIA) tho as I only know the MPP cohort. Have a nice day, guys! Best of luck for all of us!

Congratulation, @Ella16! I wish you accept the offer so we can meet on August! For those who are still waiting, I hope Ella's story can be a comfort for you

I agree with you, Ella. I asked them and they said they offer partial scholarship in previous years (only tuition, only housing, discount on tuition, etc). I don't know whether it is being continued this year or not. Additionally, I think we should remember that more than 600 persons applied for MPP this year. While in my observation, less than 60 persons are being involved in this thread. So there is a big possibility that the conversation here does not capture the entire situation happened to all applicants. I do hope more people join this thread but, you know, I even stumbled upon this thread by coincidence. I wish the best for all of you guys as well!

Correction: they don't say 30 sorry, the correct one is "around 30". So I don't know the exact number as well.

Congrats for everyone who gets the offer! For the MPP program, if there is no scholarship mentioned in your offer, keep in mind that your chance for scholarship is still open as the first batch (my batch) will provide their replies next week. If anyone of them reject, it will trickle down to others. @BharathY I was interviewed on 11 March, if my memory is correct

Yup I asked them this question as well and they said the first batch went to 30 persons and most of them got scholarship. Nevertheless, not everybody will say yes for the offer so next batches will surely see more than 50 persons invited. Good luck!

@guanyinmiao hi guanyin! Thank you for sharing. I will contact you through message to ask more detailed thing, if you don't mind. @Ella16 hi ella! I got the news at 5-6 pm Singapore time yesterday. @1309 I have 3 years working experience. But I asked them and they said the first batch accept those with 1 to >5 years experience. So you know, it really is a diverse cohort profile. Again, thank you for the kind words! I just want to say you guys have been a bunch of kind strangers along this waiting period. I really wish we all will get the best answers soon!

Thanks all for the kind words! I applied for the MPP program and they said I must send back my response in a week. The scholarship covers monthly stipend, housing, books, and settling costs. Also, flights to and from Singapore.

Yup so basically they send the early batches to those who gets the scholarship first. Eventually, as some people reject it, they will give the quota to other persons. That's why they're doing it in batches. They also said that this year, more than 600 persons applied for the MPP. They will accept around 70-80 persons. So keep your hopes high!

Guys, I got the offer! It's the official admission offer with full scholarship. I asked them and they said today is the first batch of the announcement. They will keep announcing in batches until May. Looking forward to meet you all in Singapore this July!

@Ella16 hope your prediction comes true, Ella! Good luck for all of us!

I kind of provide consulting to the financial authority. But my main job is advising financial institutions in compliance and governance topics. What about you?

Nicely put, Rita!

Yup, got no doubt about the career advancement. Seniors from my undergraduate university who went to LKY SPP ultimately go to high-flying jobs like World Bank or assistant to the minister. But aside from career boost, any idea why LKY SPP attain their No. 1 spot in Asia despiter the school was founded just a decade ago?

@Amir Shehzad @Kochito22 @kaleembogor yup the Asian Century topic is one of my reasons as well. At first I was sceptical but then China is bubbling now while USA has Trump so you know... SEA dynamic will be very interesting in near future (no offense for Chinese and Americans here). It's just in my country, people are so into with degrees from US and UK. Some even start looking degrees from Aussie halfheartedly because they think "oh it's too close from Indonesia" or "so many Indonesians there. You don't get the study-abroad feeling", which don't make any sense for me at all because a degree is still a degree right? Especially if it's coming from world-class Aussie schools. That's why I'm asking the question. It's intriguing to see all of your perspectives as non-Indonesians. Thank you all for sharing your point-of-view!

I remember there's a page in their website explaining the income increase and profile of the alumni. Additionally, you can also go to the LKY SPP LinkedIn page and check the alumni profile one by one. I found it fascinating as their profiles are quite diverse, ranging from civil servant positions, consultants, bankers, and international organisations one. Hope it helps!

Hi guys, Just out of curiosity and to divert us a bit about the decision, why are you guys applying to LKY SPP? I mean I know it's No. 1 in Asia and No. 7 in the world (based on QS). But judging from what people write here, it seems that LKY SPP is really a dream school for most people and most people shares deep love with the campus. Would any of you like to elaborate your reason? Is it just because the rank? Or does anybody have a personal reason you'd not mind to share? Thank you and good luck for us!

My interviewer said that they will announce the admission result second week of april, by the latest.

Hi @C01 About LKYSPP and their alumni, I believe you can find out more about it in this page: https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/admissions/alumni-and-careers/ The page does not mention about the private or public sector, tho. Also, check their wikipedia page. I believe they mention some of the notable alumni. In-dept searching over LinkedIn won't hurt as well. You must also remember that LKYSPP is basically founded just a decade ago (2004), explaining why they only have about 2000 alumni and small pool of notable alumni as these alumni might still in the mid-management level or so and thus, not yet in the "radar of notable alumni". Hope it helps!

@nahuja32 if it may calm you, I have been interviewed and my application status is still "Physical Application Verified". So keep your fingers crossed! You might also be the one who will be admitted without going through the interview. @Amir Shehzad My brief profile: IELTS: 8.0 GMAT: 650 Bachelor degree from the best business school in my country, graduated second best in my major. Worked for 3 years as regulatory advisor at one of the Big 4. Worries: basically it's virtually impossible for me to attend LKYSPP without getting the funding from them. So I have to score both the admission and the funding. @RG_MPA has mentioned that about 60% of all admitted students may get funding from LKYSPP. I think this might be true. Read somewhere in their orientation page that there was a scholarship ceremony where 117 persons admitted with grants. As the cohort size for the entire school is about 200 persons, the 60% percentage thus makes sense. Kinda generous for them and wow-ed me but they boast that LKYSPP is the 3rd most endowed public policy school so... nice school indeed.

Hi Amir, Yup HKS is Harvard Kennedy School. So I just finished my informal chat and it turned out a face-to-face interview! Kinda nervewrecking you know since I never associate informal chat with case interview. Btw, my interview is about private school and mine lasted about 20 minutes. The interviewer mentioned that they will start rolling out the decision last week of March until 2nd week of April. Fingers crossed! Hope I can meet you guys at LKYSPP this July!

Thank you for the kind words! Yup, I hope something better awaits us.

The chat is scheduled this saturday. Will inform you guys about it later. Wish me luck!

Anybody here applying for HKS as well? I'm just got rejected haha and wishing better outcome for LKY. Any info when we will receive the decision?

I am rejected. Good luck for those who are in! Do your best there! I also qant to thank you guys immensely for being a bunch of kind strangers for the past days. Anybody here is also applying for LKY NUS? See you on that thread!