Tom-MPP

This is an older post here on the forum: Posted 14 April 2011 - 03:47 PM JAubrey, I’m glad to hear that you know anecdotes of people doingwell. At no point did I say people in the HKS MPP are not bright or that the educationisn’t fantastic. But it is just reckless to ignore the stats that HKS puts outitself. These are not my numbers. Look at the settled rate (http://harvardcitize...ring-recession/)and the employment report (http://www.hks.harva...entOverview.pdf).They are terrible. I don’t know of any other degree program at HKS, Harvard, orany other university that requires you to incur so much debt (because of thelack of Financial Aid and the high costs of tuition) and then gives you solittle earning potential. The return on investment is by far the worst I’veseen. MPAs and MPA-IDs incur the same debt but have higher earning potentials.That’s a fact; which means employers generally consider MPPs less valuable totheir organizations. Denying that is nonsense. If you get an MPP from HKS you should probably plan ongetting another master’s degree as well. Shouldn’t potential students be awarethat they are getting the master degree with the least earning potential fromany of the 4 major professional schools at Harvard? And know that they are gettingsometimes even more debt than other programs (because of the lack of financialaid at HKS)? MPPs have low earning potential, high debt, and carry a sign thatsays “less than MPA”. Who cares if MPAs look down on you or not? I never saidthat. What I said is that you accumulate the same debt and get paid less. Anyone can get thehint of what it means to get paid less. No one needs to go to Harvard to serve. And in regards to brand power, HKS already doesnt carry the same "wow" factor as the other professional schools at Harvard, such as HBS, HLS, and HMS (ask anyone who went to the other professional schools), and on top of that, the MPP has the least "wow" factor from all the HKS programs. People should have the opportunity to know that and weigh that in their balances when choosing what school to go to and how much debt is it really worth.

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Nice that school admissions respond on the forum. I also like that they keep you posted via Twitter. Why do HKS and others not do the same??? As far as I'm concerned they're miles behind..

Starting to get the feeling that HKS is really lame. I mean look at the other schools, they have later app deadlines, and they are able to send out notifications earlier. Honestly, if HKS would not have the H in front of its name, I wouldn't have even bothered to apply. The quality of its admin seems not very H like to say the least.

Just got the email, admitted !! Yeah But no mention of funding though. Good luck to the ones waiting..don't give up.. Tough call now between Harris and Goldman. Still waiting for HKS..

Just got an email from Harvard's Committee on General Scholarships. Did not make it into final round of Zuckerman Fellows. I guess that means also good bye to my HKS application. Strange though that HKS hasn't sent out decisions yet while HCGS has..

My sincere apologies.

I'm terribly sorry, I'm new to this forum and just realized that I posted accidentally in the HKS forum instead of the Goldman forum. I was admitted at Goldman, not HKS. Sorry folks for the confusion. Was overexcited and didn't check properly. Still good luck with HKS !!

I've called admissions to confirm. You're welcome to do the same. I thought others would congratulate me but instead am sensing the opposite here. Sorry if my post troubled others. Am sure you'll get your letters too sometime soon..

I have a distinct feeling that you may be spying in the forum on behalf of admissions. Why don't they send someone official here instead of resorting to a student?

Yes just got the email this morning. Am still in complete shock and awe !! Good luck everyone else.

Admitted !! Just got my admissions letter by email