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Also to add on the process of shortlist and admission process for mpaid is surely based on one criteria and that is the quality of an application. An applicant who is shortlisted for scholarship will clearly be ahead of other applicants when it comes to admission decisions too and this holds more true in the case of mpa id as class size is small. A Michael Phelps will definetely have high chances of winning in other events as he has proved himself in the olympics that he is the best.

Hi devx 40 is just an assumption made by me on the basis of hks acceptance rate of around 20%. No they have not given shortlist to all applicants having a work experience of 3 years or more in the public sector which includes me and STN and even their official mail says that they have received large no of applicants and have shortlisted few.

Hi STN In my opinion not getting shortlist do have a correlation with final decision as upto 8 scholarships are awarded each year and they would have given shortlist to a minimum of 40 applicants and obviously these 40 odd applicants would be the one with better chances of either selection or atleast a waitlist (HKS would not like to bet a full scholarship on someone whom they are unlikely to admit). MPA ID class size is around 70 out of which 50 are international students from developing countries and out of this 50 around 20 will represent private sector. Which means only 30 applicants in a mpaid class come from developing countries and have public service experience ( similar to the criteria as laid down by joint japan/ world bank). With 40 against 30 It do make chances of selection bleak for non shorlisted applicants but there would be outliers and hopefully you are one of them since you were waitlisted last year and have applied for the second time. All the best to you.

For mpa id international students from developing countries. Hi guys, I received the following mail. Dear MPA/ID Applicant, Thank you for completing the preliminary checklist for the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship. We received a large number of responses. We regret that we were not able to include you on the shortlist of candidates recommended to the JJ/WBGSP Secretariat. With this mail my chances this year looks very bleak. Was banking a lot on this particular scholarship. Applicants shortlisted congratulations and do you mind sharing your profile so that can learn and improve on my application for next year.

HKS hopeful and others would agree that this time around the thread is not that active as compared to previous year threads. I feel not many international students have applied this season. I guess POTUS effect:))...just kidding.

You do have a very competitive profile. Your GRE score is in the range and so is your gpa (based on the previous year selected applicants profile as reported in public forums). You have six years of work ex which is also much more than the average of three for mpp class.

Have any mpa id applicant heard back from HKS regarding Joint Japan - World bank scholarship?

Some really wild speculation going on here. I guess the mail was first sent to the admitted applicants and after realising the mistake adcom sent it to all the applicants. We need to check now who got the mail earliest. Just a wild speculation from me:) Guys I know these wild speculations gives us HOPE but we need to realise that what is meant to be happens no matter what. We all must be qualified and accomplished individuals since we have dreamt of the best in the world, Harvard. Lets relax do some yoga or workout and keep on our journey to make this world a better place through our work.

Hi folks! Have applied to MPA ID. I am a management graduate from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India (arguably the best B school in the Asia Pacific region). Have work exp of a year in the private sector and three years in the development sector. Since last three years have started and is leading a project related to Agricultural Education for rural schools and students in India. Have some weak links in applications as moderate gpa and GRE scores. Have applied for the first time but happy to see people like HKS hopeful in this thread as was a regular reader of your last year posts.