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I'm leaning more towards the MDess though

Still doing research on both programs and a little confused! @boeuf..what are your thoughts?

no but i asked them to send me the scanned documents and got the grant info the next day. jeha have you decided which program or will it depend on the grant package?

hey, got my acceptance for columbia mired too (got accepted to the gsd mdess RE as well). having the same issue deciding between both programs, read through real-estate 101's comparison of both the programs but i spoke to some alumni of the harvard program and they said it prepares you as well as the msred plus the brand name will go a long way. i'm also not interested in living in nyc, but my only hesitation about the harvard mdess is that its in the design school and for some reason ppl usually think of USC, MIT, Columbia and Cornell when they think real estate masters. Any thoughts? has anyone spoken to any other students in terms of job prospects??

No problem. Best of luck! I did email them asking them to give me an early decision and this is the response I got on the 4th: Thank you for your interest in the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Decisions will be sent out soon. You will receive your decision via email and, if you are admitted, you would receive an admit packet in the mail. If you have any further questions, please let me know. Thank you, The next day, I received my email and GSD grant info. Not sure if they sent me the email earlier because I emailed, but I highly doubt it. I suggest you email them or call them up. I believe the RE concentration is about 10 or so people? Any thoughts on the MDess/MSRED comparison? I've seen some people (on blogs and forums) call the MDess a "resume padding" degree implying it's not taken as seriously as other degrees within GSD or even when compared to the MSRED. This is naturally a little worrying? Any thoughts on that?

Mdess RE emails were sent out on the 5th which is when i got mine too..you can check this on the results section.

umm..i said i am trying to decide between MDESS RE and Columbia MSRED. Never said i got into both (I got into MDESS RE and Columbia will give out decisions on the 15th..really no reason to lie on this forum lol so not sure what "people" you're referring to. Not too sound over confident but i'm pretty sure i'll get into MSRED too given MDESS is a lot more selective. Most ppl i know who got accepted to both chose MDess over MSRED.

btw does anyone have any thoughts on the Harvard MDess RE / Columbia MSRED comparison??

hey guys, i applied to the mdess RE 2013 session and just got my acceptance email this morning!! Good luck to you all!