reirameso

First Time poster! Schools Applying To: Columbia SIPA, Harvard Kennedy (as part of Dual MPP/MBA applications) Undergrad Institution: top-2 undergrad business school in Canada (Queens/Ivey) Undergraduate GPA: 3.8 Undergraduate Major: Business Admin GRE: Actually didn't take the GRE, but 750 GMAT - equivalent to 165 verbal / 167 quant Quantitative Courses: Statistics, Macro/Microeconomics Age: 25 Languages: English (native), Mandarin Chinese (native) Work Experience: 3 years out of undergrad in Management Consulting - includes 6 months setting up a Thought Leadership Centre at my firm, and 1 year writing a paper on financial services and fintechs at the World Economic Forum LORs: One from my boss at the WEF, one from the Partner in charge of Public Policy Thought Leadership at my consulting firm, one from my Global Macro Prof (highest grade in my year when I took it) SOPs: My time in consulting has exposed me to plenty of public policy issues, and my time at the WEF has allowed me to see a: the potential of fintechs, and b: how bad public policy holds technological solutions back, especially in the developing world. I want to get an MPP/MBA to merge these two worlds. Publications and Honors: Published a white paper at the WEF, and several pieces of thought leadership (white papers) at the consulting firm. Concerns: Am I too "business-y" for a school like HKS or SIPA? I think I can make the case for both degrees, but am unsure.