kevin_hks

you are soooo nasty....

HKS's stinginess absolutely pulls down the quality of its incoming class! I would not attend even if I have funding because I do not want to pull myself down with those who do not get funding from the waiting list. One year's time is precious for me to keep with the high quality people. A large group from the waiting list would get accepted next week. these grapes are not sour!!!!

HKS=Harvard Kicking School.

It is time to say byebye to HKS------ a money sucker!

.01%=0. Since I do not get funding either, I do not plan to fly to Boston from India.

That is true! At least for the two-year MPP Program at HKS which I applied, more than 40 percent of the applicants from India got admitted!! I am 24.

HKS is definitely one of the three "super-easy graduate school under big names"! The other two are Johns Hopkins University (Carey Business School) and Columbia University- Teacher's College!!!!

That would be fine. go for it

Here Harvard brand works！?? Harvard boasts the best economics，political science and the sociology departments however that only refers to their FAS，but not HKS for sure. HKS only has the faculty equivalent to the social sciences devisions of a second class universities. As for the financial aid policy that it is the same: Harvard is the most generous University for his undergraduates and a PhD's which have full ride scholarships. However hks is an exception like a second class university

The sad thing is that no matter how high the tuition is，HKS could recruit enough students.the office of admission reminded us that there is a long long waiting list of students if we were to decline the offers，so there are no shortage of cash machines for them.

I cannot quite follow your logic

I cannot quite follow your logic

How did u secure this funding？if it comes from your personal savings，you can still defer it

Did u get the 70K scholarship from HKS？

A very good suggestion

Hks is notorious for its stinginess

I am also told that this year has less scholarship slots. It looks more like a trade－you use savings to buy a Harvard degree. That is it

The only thing I can tell you about HKS is that it is much less competitive than Wharton, Tuck, Fuqua or even Johnson.

HKS is roughly equivalent to the MBA from Virginia, Georgetown, UNC,

because most of people who got into HKS cannot get into HBS. or they just want a Harvard degree for a short period of time (one year)

The age matters, but no so much. consider the inflation in recent few years......

If HKS fails to expand its financial aid coverage, its alumni fund would still shrink: the reason is pretty easy--the alumni used its earnings to repay their debt and no leftover for the donation......

Or you can consider like this: for all the unfunded applicants: If HKS has a full-coverage financial aid like WWS, you could not be admitted at all! They would charge you for the money you think the Harvard brand deserves...

Cannot agree with you more.... HKS is making more money than HBS in tuition. The lack of funding is their beautiful excuse. I cannot figure out their true passion for the sake of public interest.... As a matter of fact, you are their ATM machines... or you can consider that they use the tuition from bottom 2/3 to support the top 1/3.... that is the truth....

Are you surely accept the offer without any aid?? Anyway, I do not want myself being treated as a "Cash Machine"........ If I do not receive an aid, I would not considered myself as "truly qualified". Good luck!