terencetch

@Tk2356 I would definitely return to Singapore to work after graduation due to my scholarship bond. @ExponentialDecay Also, regarding the VISA, since I'm on a scholarship, all fees will be paid for by my scholarship (tuition fees, living allowances, visa fees etc), so I'm hoping that it wouldn't be a problem on the NYU admissions side. I learnt from a current MSPP student that the 2017/2018 is the first intake of the MSPP program, thus there are currently no international students in the program. For this year's intake however, I do see a lot of international applicants' video essays on Youtube, so maybe MSPP is starting to be known amongst international students, and they would likely take some international students for 'diversity'.

@ExponentialDecay My scholarship only allows me to take a One-Year full time masters. Last I checked, SIPA and HKS are 2 year masters.

Anyone? Would appreciate some feedback on this!

Hello everyone, I'm looking at applying for NYU Wagner's MSc. Public Policy (MSPP) beginning in Fall 2018 . They did not have much information about the cohort statistics, but they did mention that what they look for in MSPP candidates are: (i) Strong academic ability and (ii) Ability to Think Critically about Policy Issues. I did not fare well for my verbal component during the first attempt of the GRE (V: 155, Q: 163, AW: 5.5), and I just retook them today and the results were not much better (V: 156, Q: 166, AW: TBD) A little background: Undergraduate Institution: University of Warwick, United Kingdom (Top 3 in Economics in the UK) Major: Economics (with strong results in (i) Econometrics and (ii) Statistics; proficient in STATA, LaTeX and MATLAB) Undergraduate Dissertation Topic: Does debt give you a bad degree? The effect of Student Loans on Degree Classification: Empirical Study in the UK GPA: First-class honours (converts to 4.0/4.0 GPA), ranked top 15% in the cohort of 550 students Age: 23 Languages: English (native), Mandarin (mother tongue), German (beginner) Work Experience: 2 internships (12 weeks) in public sector, specialising in aerospace engineering and electronics industries respectively. Letter of References: (i) Associate professor who's the module leader of the "Economics of Public Policy" module I am taking now (ii) Director of a statutory board in Singapore whom I worked with during my internship Additional Information: Awarded a scholarship from the government in Singapore, sponsoring full tuition fees and substantial living allowance, will return to work in the public sector after graduation from masters program. Questions: 1. Does anyone know the typical acceptance rate for NYU MSPP? 2. Are my verbal scores competitive enough? 3. Should I submit both GRE scores to NYU if I do worse than 5.5 for my AW this time round? Thanks for your help!