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So...who all are joining HKS then?

Loved how you said,"It seems like if you are impressive enough to get into HKS, you're impressive enough to not need the degree to do what you want to do... " I am exactly in that spot!! I don't really need the degree. But, heart wants what the heart wants!

What is your sample size? How do you have this data? You are saying that you know everyone from India who applied for the program? This is absurd!

This is pure evil to say! It is not super-easy graduate school!! I know many highly qualified people who did not get in.

Also, don't feel bad about CPL. One of the current students told me that this year they had spots for only 4 Dubin fellows as compared to the usual 7-8 spots and there are almost similar reductions in other scholarships. And, for those 4 spots almost 400 people applied! So, I don't feel bad about CPL fellowships anymore.

Do you know how this $1.7 billion was used? I am sure all of it was not used for scholarship purposes.

I know how things work and that's why I resent what they are doing. It all boils down to what their priorities are! Endowment funds go for perpetuity but are rarely restricted in nature for renovations and stuff. Do you know that they are constructing a new building? I am sure that they must have prioritized that building construction over scholarships! A similar thing happened at my undergrad university. They had centennial celebrations so student scholarships were cut short! All sorts of things happen at university level. The honest truth is that they don't have the inclination to reduce tuition burden else they would have found a way to do it.

No funding I am very disappointed in the school. If they truly want graduates to go into public service then they should take it upon themselves to reduce the financial burden. And, I think them being a new school is a bogus argument. The university has an endowment of $80 billion!!! Where there is a will, there is a way! If I decide to join without any funding, it will just force me to take up a consulting gig to payback the loan..and I don't want to be in a place where my post graduation career decision is solely based on monetary burden.

Got in!!

Lol! And, I was superrr productive on the other hand... have nothing to do tomorrow but worry for the result haha

I think the results will be announced tomorrow. They are still uploading the decisions and Matt mentioned in the blog post that they will do some test runs before sending out the decisions. That should take the whole day. So, we can all go back to work for today. Tomorrow will be the day of non-productivity.

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