[New York, NY]

OUTDOORSY PEOPLE: how do you like living in NYC? My partner and I bike a lot—road cycling and bike touring are big parts of our lives, and so is rock climbing. I love NY and have friends there that are hip to the big bike culture there, but I am wondering how I would do studying there for 5+ years. Aside from Central Park and the expensive climbing gym in Chelsea.. would it be easy to get away to less populated/woodsy areas to do such activities easily (and perhaps, without a car?). I'm mainly trying to gauge if I would be able to live in a hyper-urban area and still get my fix. I'm from a major city on the West Coast, so I'm used to the city and like it—but I feel like NYC is another animal.

It's tough. You need a car or means to escape.  A lot of people ride out of the city via the GWB, but biking here is dicey.  Dodging tourists in Central Park gets old.

[Boston & Cambridge, MA]

I'm looking for a 1BR in Cambridge <$2,000/month.  From reading this, this seems reasonable?  Moreover, does anyone have experience with getting places that allow pets (as I have a large dog)?

Thus far, I've glanced at craigslist, but it's inundated with brokers and difficult to sort for only Cambridge.  Searching craigslist for Somerville apartments is even worse.  Does anybody know any other useful, Boston-specific search methods?

[Harvard Kennedy School Admissions]

MC/MPA out. In. Whew.

[Harvard Kennedy School Admissions]

Are any MC/MPA candidates hearing anything yet (not including Mason)?

Negative.

[Harvard Kennedy School Admissions]

So...last year MC/MPA was day #3? Moreover, would anybody be able to rank the relevance of the different parts of the application for that program?

[Harvard Kennedy School Admissions]

FYI, it historically appears that the notifications start rolling out later in the day.

[Harvard Kennedy School Admissions]

What was the day-by-day breakdown last year? Did the mc/mpa decisions come down day #2?