petitegirl
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All the best everyone! It'll come soon enough
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A little late to the party! Didn't know there was a thread here, but glad to be able to connect with yall!
I'm admitted to MSCAPP too
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On 10/3/2017 at 1:39 PM, petitegirl said:
Program: MPP and similar programs
Schools Applying To: HKS (MPP), Chicago Harris (MSc CAPP), Wisconsin-Madison (MPA), UMich (MPP), McCourt (MPP), etc.
Interests: Mostly interested in poverty and children development work, social policy and welfare
Undergrad Institution: Local university in Singapore
Undergraduate GPA: 4.48/5
Undergraduate Major: Social Work
GRE: V 158 / Q 162 / AW 5.0
Age: 22 (in final year of undergraduate)
Languages: English, Mandarin
Work Experience: Nil, only part-time work and internship experiences
- 1 year as part time programme associate: running reading prog for low-income children (developed and was involved in initiating this new program)
- ~ total 3-4 months of internship experience in the local public service in Education and Social Issues
LORs: 2 current professors who have supervised my quantitative research work and internship supervisor currently working in the local Ministry.
SOPs: Not finalized, but will be talking about my motivations and hopes to promote equal opportunities regardless of family background, sharing experiences for my many years of volunteering, and highlighting contributions in the social sector and internship work that I have had.
Concerns:
1. Lack of quantitative coursework (have done basic statistics courses and tried to boost quantitative experience with 2 research projects)
2. Inadequate working experience
Hi, would appreciate any advice/help on whether I'm competitive for the current range of school currently! If anyone has similar pathways of going from social sciences tract to MPP, would also love to hear from you.
Thank you!
anyone?
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Program: MPP and similar programs
Schools Applying To: HKS (MPP), Chicago Harris (MSc CAPP), Wisconsin-Madison (MPA), UMich (MPP), McCourt (MPP), etc.
Interests: Mostly interested in poverty and children development work, social policy and welfare
Undergrad Institution: Local university in Singapore
Undergraduate GPA: 4.48/5
Undergraduate Major: Social Work
GRE: V 158 / Q 162 / AW 5.0
Age: 22 (in final year of undergraduate)
Languages: English, Mandarin
Work Experience: Nil, only part-time work and internship experiences
- 1 year as part time programme associate: running reading prog for low-income children (developed and was involved in initiating this new program)
- ~ total 3-4 months of internship experience in the local public service in Education and Social Issues
LORs: 2 current professors who have supervised my quantitative research work and internship supervisor currently working in the local Ministry.
SOPs: Not finalized, but will be talking about my motivations and hopes to promote equal opportunities regardless of family background, sharing experiences for my many years of volunteering, and highlighting contributions in the social sector and internship work that I have had.
Concerns:
1. Lack of quantitative coursework (have done basic statistics courses and tried to boost quantitative experience with 2 research projects)
2. Inadequate working experience
Hi, would appreciate any advice/help on whether I'm competitive for the current range of school currently! If anyone has similar pathways of going from social sciences tract to MPP, would also love to hear from you.
Thank you!
HKS 2018
in Government Affairs Forum
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The anxiety is getting to me. :< Thankful for this thread in this anxious times !