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    Cornell CIPA MPA 2018

    in Government Affairs Forum

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    @IRDWDTU Hi there. First of all, congratulations for receiving offers from other schools :) and nope, you are not the only one ! I am in the same situation as well. Submitted my application and interview on 30th January marking it complete. I have also emailed them (Jennifer) as well as tried calling them but nobody is picking up. 
    Furthermore, my status too is "Ready for review, applicants will be notified on or before 1st March". I am still waiting for CIPA to at least respond and I am expecting an answer by 17th March (Friday). It is making me worried and frustrated at the same time. But we cannot do anything can we?

     However, do not withdraw your application just yet - just a friendly suggestion. 

    Hopefully, we will be hearing from them soon.  

    Cornell CIPA MPA 2018

    in Government Affairs Forum

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    4 hours ago, cathyzcy888 said:

    Not yet, still waiting.

    Same here. I have also asked several of the previous year's applicants. Majority of them received offers in the mid of March.
    Please be kind to let me know if you receive any reply or admission decision. 

    Thank you. 

    Cornell CIPA MPA 2018

    in Government Affairs Forum

    Posted

    On 3/2/2018 at 6:15 PM, cathyzcy888 said:

    Yes, I did. And I just saw an announcement on the Cornell website saying that the university would be closed on March 2 because of the winter storm. I guess maybe it's the reason why their decisions are delayed.

    Did you get any reply? decision email? 

    Cornell CIPA MPA 2018

    in Government Affairs Forum

    Posted · Edited by Uzair2

    9 hours ago, cathyzcy888 said:

    Still haven't received anything. I'm going to email them.

    Did you email them? 
    I am gonna wait till Monday (4th March) before mailing them. 

    If you have already mailed them, do let me know their response. 

    All the best :)

     

    MPA/MPP vs MSc Econ

    in Questions and Answers

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    Hey guys,

    I cannot seem to decide which Masters would be best suited to me.

    About me :- 

    An Economics Graduate of LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences), Lahore, Pakistan.

    GPA :- 3.2

    Work Experience :- 11 Months so far 

    Job :- External Consultant to University of Oxford.

    Past Experience :- Finance Intern at Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan Head office and Analyst at Federal Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform (Worked directly under the Federal Minister of Planning and Development) - placed via USAID. 

    Currently working on an IPA (Innovations for poverty actions) funded joint project of University of Oxford and LUMS. The supervisor being Simon Quinn and Meki, Associate Professor at Oxford and PhD candidate at Oxford respectively. It is an RCT designed to test the new financial product. 

    Interests :- 

    *Primarily Interested in International Economics, Business, Geopolitics, Mega-Infrastructure Projects and to some extent Philosophy.*I

    *Ideal career as envisioned :- In 10 years, the ideal version of me should be travelling around the globe advising the Governments of China, Kenya and Ukraine to set up Special Economic Zones in Urumqi, build a railway network to increase Intra-regional connectivity, set up a trade policy and formulate or lead development of industrial estates in Eastern Ukraine to neutralize the secessionist movements.

    *At the same time, I would want to work on projects such as formulating a comprehensive strategy for AirAsia’s Expansion into the Brazilian Market, Design the route of Shell’s oil and gas pipeline in Kazakhstan from its oil/gas fields to the port of Aktau on the Caspian.

    *Despite the average GPA (mainly due to mathematics courses, I have always topped every group project and did most of the work/took initiative)

     *Marketing Models – Most of the work was done by me and ! Got the highest in project (Demand Forecasting using Marketing Engineering for Excel), same goes with Principles of Finance (Indus Motor’s expansion), Intermediate Finance ( Pakistan Shipping Corp Valuation), Options, Swaps and Derivatives (Designing of Shorting Strategies for Unilever and Air Canada) and more recently, was applauded for the best project ever by the instructor in ACF (Advanced Corporate Finance)  - The merger of BG and Shell’s valuation using SPSS/Advanced Excel and STATA.

    The issue that I am facing is I can't seem to decide which Masters Degree will end up opening the aforementioned options for me.

    I have considered Fletcher's MIB but it is more inclined towards Management or Corporate Firms and Social Development rather than my interests.

    Have looked at SIPA/SAIS/WWS as well as but I am really not sure. Not getting the feeling that THIS IS THE ONE FOR ME !

     

    Any insight would be highly appreciated.

    Thank you. 

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