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Hi All! Did anyone on this thread interview for the Sie Fellowship? Any insight/tips/etc. would be greatly appreciated!

Hi All! Did anyone on this thread interview for the Sie Fellowship by chance? Any insight/tips/etc. would be greatly appreciated!

Would anyone who went through the GHDP interview process mind sharing any interview tips or insight? Any questions you can remember? Many many thanks in advance!

Hi everyone! Looking to apply to grad school this fall and hoping to pursue international education. I am looking at both Masters in Ed. (Harvard's IEP program, UPenn's IEDP, etc.) as well as MPPs/MAs in IR (HKS/SAIS/SIPA/WW/Georgetown's GHDP/etc.). I studied Political Science and Spanish at a top university and graduated with a 3.6 GPA but have a very limited/poor quantitative background (AP Calc credit from high school, and a D in my first semester Econ class freshman year.) (It was a rough first semester...) I haven't taken any quant classes since since, but did decent on the quant section (161) of the GRE. I also have 5 years of work experience with international organizations in DC and abroad, including a Fulbright. At this point, I don't have time to take any econ classes before applying (though I know if I were to be accepted I would have to take the pre-reqs in advance of entering). Do I have any shot at getting into any of the top IR/MPP programs with such a limited quant background? Do any of the top programs have less stringent quant. course requirements? I'd like to leave a masters program conversational in development economics, but don't necessarily feel the need to be an expert in it to pursue ed. reform (I'll leave that for someone else!)

Hi Everybody! ETA to Mexico here with a question on dependent visa issues. My husband will be joining me and plans to work remotely as a full-time, salaried employee with his current organization in the United States. Has anyone been in a similar situation? I believe this will qualify him for a non-lucrative temporary resident visa, but the Mexico Commission still hasn't sent through any info on visa. What are the tax/insurance implications of living in Mexico and earning income in the United States? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hi MDC! I came across this forum and wanted to see what you ended up doing for graduate school. I've been accepted for a Fulbright ETA for 2015-2016, and am thinking about graduate school after the fellowship. My interests are similar to yours - international ed within an international development framework - and have looked at Masters in Ed and Masters in IR. Would love to hear from you! Thanks.

JohnT-what kinds of questions did they ask in your interview? I've been recommended for an ETA in Mexico and have an interview coming up. No idea what kinds of questions I will be asked/if the entire interview will be in Spanish/who will be on the panel/etc. I'm sure ETA and research interviews are different, but any help you could offer would be appreciated!

Does anyone know if recommended ETA candidates have to go through an interview? If so, who conducts it? Is all of it, or a portion, in the host country language? Any advice on what kinds of questions are asked? I applied for an ETA in Mexico and, like you all, am eagerly awaiting the decision!