Gov2School Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 (edited) WWS has a smaller class size than HKS, so just in terms of pure numbers, it's harder to get into (more people competing for fewer slots). But all schools are trying to create a particular class with their admission choices, with a mix of backgrounds and experiences, and that mix may not be the same for every school. That's what makes these things hard to evaluate, because it's not purely about your stats, it's also about what the school feels like they need in the class that year and how you stack up relative to the other applicants in the pool with the same characteristics and background as you. So just because you got rejected by HKS isn't 100% you're going to be rejected by WWS. And vice versa, if you look at the results search page you can see that there are plenty of people from last year who were accepted at HKS but rejected by WWS. Edited March 14, 2014 by Gov2School Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncgrad2009 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 WWS has a smaller class size than HKS, so just in terms of pure numbers, it's harder to get into (more people competing for fewer slots). But all schools are trying to create a particular class with their admission choices, with a mix of backgrounds and experiences, and that mix may not be the same for every school. That's what makes these things hard to evaluate, because it's not purely about your stats, it's also about what the school feels like they need in the class that year and how you stack up relative to the other applicants in the pool with the same characteristics and background as you. So just because you got rejected by HKS isn't 100% you're going to be rejected by WWS. And vice versa, if you look at the results search page you can see that there are plenty of people from last year who were accepted at HKS but rejected by WWS. I agree with this assessment gov2school! Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityofSand Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 I never thought I'd get caught up refreshing and refreshing again my email and the Grad Cafe results submission page. But I've been at it, while reading The Dish on the side, for over an hour. Internet is expensive in West Africa so I'm being ridiculous. Trying to keep my expectations low but whatever; we'll hopefully have word from WWS this evening. We're competing on an (hopefully) even playing field for limited spots and funding in all the highly selective programs - I salute you if you receive an admit decision. Good luck to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samiam Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Heard from a friend who's a current WWS student earlier today - the word there is that decisions have been made and should be released soon (which I understood as 'whenever in the next few days fits their timeline and processes' not 'in the next few hours). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncgrad2009 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Heard from a friend who's a current WWS student earlier today - the word there is that decisions have been made and should be released soon (which I understood as 'whenever in the next few days fits their timeline and processes' not 'in the next few hours). Their admissions blog has a post with an admissions timeline which states that admissions notifications will be released today. It looks like they were released on March 15th last year (was on a Friday last year). I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinet25 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 we can sit tight and wait for the day to end , and see whether the decisions are released today. Else, they go into next week with SIPA. But my money is they will be released today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upstater Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Seriously, these emails need to go out. I was finalizing my application over thanksgiving. I have received word back from all other schools (all of which were submitted after WWS application). Send out the emails. Now. Please. quincepessa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMM2015 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 I'm in! Although I'm kind of leaning toward's Pardee RAND's PhD program (rather than the WWS MPA). So if you've been waitlisted there's a decent chance I'll be giving up my spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaAA Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Congratulations! Did you just get an email or did you check your application status page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtong13 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 hey MAB 1980..congrats! is this for the MPA or the PhD and how did you find out?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conorpc Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 I'm In as well. Emailed 15 mins ago. Good luck to all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMM2015 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 It's for the WWS MPA and I found out via e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtong13 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 congrats all..waiting waiting waiting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavlik Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Still waiting. Logged onto my application...apparently one of my recommenders never sent anything in, which I should have checked earlier. Ouch. I updated it to a different recommender (from same employer) who is always prompt about it, but I wonder if that will derail my application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gov2School Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Still waiting, but feeling increasingly less optimistic if others found out over 30 minutes ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavlik Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Still waiting, but feeling increasingly less optimistic if others found out over 30 minutes ago. I wouldn't get that down about waiting...yesterday other people were posting about UM's Ford School almost two hours before I got my email both admitting me and granting a fellowship, so there's that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gov2School Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Yeah, but they only take 80 people, how long does it take to send out 80 emails? :-) Oh well, worrying about it won't make things come in any faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtong13 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 ohh still not got email. sigh!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncgrad2009 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Yeah, but they only take 80 people, how long does it take to send out 80 emails? :-) Oh well, worrying about it won't make things come in any faster. I know. The wait is excruciating. And you may be right. The grad school website says they took 138 people out of 1,074 applicants last year. Yield rate is 65%. NO breakdown between MPA, MPP, and PhD. I think the PhD program is very small though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gov2School Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Well, the good news is that if we are rejected, we'll be in good company! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtong13 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Hahah all of us tensed souls! Sighhhh!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtong13 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 maybe they are sending it out alphabetically! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gov2School Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Well, I am at the end of the alphabet. Or the Director of Admissions is crafting beautiful hand written notes to each of us, and he's taking his time to do a haiku for me.....or they're just waiting until 5 to send out the rejections so we can't all call the office and cry about it :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMM2015 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 maybe they are sending it out alphabetically! My last name starts with a "B" and I think I was the first person on here to get the admissions e-mail, so your theory may be correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtong13 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 (edited) rejected. ah well.I guess it Berkeley for me! Edited March 14, 2014 by tingtong13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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