Amsh_Aust

Congrats to all those who got in. Have gotten in to Bush School MPIA. 5k in funds If any current MPIA student is reading this, would you please help me choose between Bush and LBJ? I've got offers from both. PM me.

Have gotten in to MGPS with a 24k funding over two years..If any current MGPS student is reading this, would you please help me choose between Bush and LBJ? I've got offers from both. PM me.

Anyone coming for the LBJ Open House on 24th March?

Guys what were the general questions asked for the MPIA interview conference? I am a 2014 Fall Bush School hopeful.

MGPS

Admitted! Yay!!

Great! Will see you there

Anyone going for the MPIA interview conference on 28-1 weekend?

"In Review"...thanks for the link MPPGal.. All the best to everyone who has applied!

Congratulations to those who are in for MPA.. I'm still waiting for MGPS results .. hopeful!!

Indian Applicant with Masters in Urban Development Programs: LBJ- MGPS, Bush School- MPIA (Geographically restricted to Texas; please suggest other Schools/ Good Programs) Undergraduate institution: Mumbai University (India) Undergraduate Degree: Bachelors of Engineering (Information Technology) Undergraduate GPA: Probably less than 3.5 (not sure) Study Abroad experience: none other than India Masters Degree: Institution: Top Rated Social Sciences Univ in India (TISS) Degree: Masters in Habitat Policy and Practice GPA: (4.44/7) Relevant Coursework: Public Policy and Governance, Political Economy of Urbanisation in the South, Sustainable Development and Climate Change GRE: Verbal: 154; Quant: 160 (AW 4.0) Years Out of Undergrad: 5 years Years of Work Experience: 2 years (in a Govt. Software Firm) + 1.5 years (Govt. Funded Development organisation) Describe Relevant Work Experience: +Headed entire project for data collection, validation, analysis and reporting for Benchmarking for services delivery (Water Supply, Sanitation) indicators for city of Mumbai + Designed the Capacity building program for a small state in India + Involved in training, consulting, project monitoring, report writing for Urban local governments in India. Languages: English: TOEFL- Yet to take German: Basic Hindi, Marathi: Native Quantitative: Took macro, micro, quantitative methods, financial statistics SOP: working on it, should be fine with the courses taken in Masters and Work experience.. Biggest issues is how to justify the shift from Urban Dev/ policy to IR/ Global Policy Studies LOR: 1 professor at Masters; 2 @work- one is a Director of the Dev Institute i'm currently working in; other is the retd. City Engineer and Questions: - Given my low GPA, and relatively low GRE scores, do I have shot at these IR programs ? - I am restricted to applying to colleges in Texas due to personal reasons. If anyone knows, please suggest some other good programs. All feedback is appreciated. Regards, Amruta