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CFGauß

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  1. INSEAD and HEC are Business Schools, so they have a different orientation but they are also excellent (I personally know some INSEAD graduates and they are stellar). Their networks are similarly strong and some grads do later work in international organizations. Sciences Po, however, is at the very top for government, policy and international relations. Many of the Sciences Po graduates go on to study at ENA and become very senior French or European administrators (fonctionnaires) or politicians.
  2. For me, it's pretty likely that I would get full tuition and a stipend from an outside source which makes it even harder to shove those potentially hurting happy thoughts back down (morning run along the charles river as the sun sets is one of them right now).
  3. Harvard, for me, is a tumblr page right now: the HKS Admissions Blog. I guess it's the same for many of us. But how far further do you allow yourself to fantasize about ivy's number one? Do you see yourself on Harvard Square, browsing the shelves at the Coop, buying some discounted Harvard devotional objects? Attend The Game and cheer on the Crimson? Walk the stalls in Widener Library? I don't. I only look as far as the tumblr page because I like to be cautious with these kinds of things. Many People tend to become excited, talk endlessly with friends about the 'what if's, start decorating their new Cambridge apartment in their heads and already have new imaginary Harvard classmates and inside jokes (creepy). I'm on the other end of that spectrum: I hardly told anyone about my application and tell myself that it's not going to happen anyways, just so the rejection pain can't get too crass. How do you deal with life in this inbetween-space? Did you share your application on Facebook? Have you already put down money for a condo in Cambridge and stalked out the best coffee place along your morning stroll to HKS? Or are you as much an optimist as me and told noone so they can't rub it in your Harvard-wannabe face after Matt takes you behind the barn?
  4. Depends on what the other universities are and what career you are looking for. If you want a job and perspective in an international institution in a French-speaking country or which likes to hire from France (European Union), it is a safe bet to study there. It is by all means an excellent education and institution but networks do matter and if you are looking to get into an British or American dominated organization you should try to get into an American or British program that has many alumni within your dream organization. You are not trying to become an academic but are looking for a job. So, my advice (for any professional program as opposed to PhD programs) is to not only look for academic excellence but especially for a program's job placement history and alumni.
  5. Bonjour! Sciences Po is an excellent University - if you plan a career in France or another francophile country. Especially the networks you can get into are very France- and to a lesser degree EU-centric. Also: You will have to learn French quickly because English is not as common in France as in Scandinavia, the Netherlands or other European countries. Even within Paris you will frequently run into People who do not speak (or want to speak) a single word of English.
  6. Pseudonyms? Why I am actually the German mathematician December came and went. Same for early January. But now that I know when decisions will likely be send out, time seems to have slowed down by a significant factor...
  7. Hey everyone, fellow MPA applicant here. I have followed the forum for some time now and felt it was time to chime in with our choir of high hopes. I read last years HKS thread and have to admit that my blood pressure rose in sympathy as the thread developed up to the revelation of results. Five weeks to go! By the way: Do you think Matt & his minio...err...team are following this forum? Cheerio, G
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