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I got accepted last friday (by email) and there is still no change in the application status. Good luck!

HI Gadogado, If you don't mind me asking, I would like to know what are the differences between the MAIA, GDP, etc masters, besides the obvious. I am interested in a more econ/quant-focused master, which one would you say is better suited? Do you have statistics of the class profile/rankings/opinions on the different masters?? Any info would help thank you so much in advance,

Hi there. I would really appreciate it if you helped me with your opinion on my application. Thank you so much, Programs: MPA SIPA, MPP HKS, MPP Chicago Harris, MPP Berkeley, MPA LSE, IPS Stanford, MIB Tufts, MPA NYU Undergraduate Institution: Top 3 university in my country (in South America) Undergraduate Degree: Industrial Engineering, concentration in Information Technologies Undergraduate GPA: 3.6 GRE: 158V, 165Q, 4 AW Toefl: 112 Years out of Undergrad: I graduated on december 2012, so 1 year and 8 months Years of Work Experience: 1,5 years full-time, + 1 year part time while I finished my undergrad Relevant Work Experience: 1 year internship while I was finishing my undergrad, I worked at a technology multinational company as a sales consultant. Two of the projects I worked on where with the government of my country. 1,5 years working on the core business of a major airline as a commercial analyst, private sector again 5 years (and counting) volunteering on a nursing home in my country + 1 month volunteering for a nursing home in India Languages: English (advanced), Spanish (native), portuguese (basic for business) Quantitative: Advanced calculus and algebra, basic economy. SOP: Focus on how volunteering made me take the decision of leave the private business and turn to public sector. Contrast my current job (which is very rewarding) with what I want to do after my MPP (program evaluation/policy design on my country's government) Special mention of the work I did with my country's government while I was on my internship Special mention to a scholarship I had during undergrad that is very service-oriented. LORs: Letters from two of my bosses in my current job, one letter from my scholarship advisor during my college undergrad. Questions: 1. I am worried that my work experience is not "public" enough, that the fact that I only have professional experience in private sector will make my application poor 2. I'm worried I have very little work experience, just 1,5 years (to date) of full-time professional experience 3. I am worried I'm aiming to high on my school preferences 4. I don't have a LOR from a professor because I didn't get to know deeply any one during my undergrad (100+ students per class), I really regret that

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Hi! I am an international prospective student, I would like to apply to an MPP/MPA but I feel that if you don't have a public service background it is virtually impossible to get into a good college. I have a good enough GRE (Q 165, V 158) but my work experience is 1 year full time in a private sector company and 1 year part-time internship in another private sector company. I have volunteered for years in a non-profit organization, but I don't know if my work experience is good enough. I majored in engineering and in the future would like to work in an NGO, but when I got out of college I felt that if I started to work with non-profit right away my career would be diminished, that's why I preferred to work in for-profit first. Sory for my english. Please help! Thanks!