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  1. Boolakanaka
    Yup. Harvard has over marketed itself, and thus programs like HKS are now going to be in an acute financial situation for at least the next 2-3 years. The programs that are more nimble and have existing resources will now claim those pieces in which HKS was dominant. Make no mistake about it, HKS is sort of already heavily leveraged, and it’s not like we are talking about a grad operation with well a balanced and deep endowment, e.g. for instance like Yale Law School , many do not realize YLS has a distinct endowment that supports under 700 students in a school year, the amount of this endowment, over a billion , yes, over a billion supporting just 650 students or so....sheeeesh!
  2. Boolakanaka
    Yup. I had two two folks that work for me that were going to do an executive training, one at Stanford and the other at Yale, both were intensive 7-8 day course, at roughly 10k plus. Despite the pleas of the schools to still enroll my staff (albeit at a slight discount) I’m passing....
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    I would say it’s telling from an institutional basis they are pulling in former applicants that were declined, and then placed into waitlist status, and then ultimately accepted, but with no FA. Sort of obvious, people are either declining and/or deferring for the upcoming academic year, and that the institution is trying to cover bills.
  4. Boolakanaka
    I would say, place it in appropriate context. When my pops was your age, he was a young man of color, living in Jim Crow, and then did several gruesome tours of Vietnam. His life was never the same, he returned to social unrest, not just from a generation and cultural basis, but also the color of his skin. You have much to be thankful for....
  5. Boolakanaka
    I would qualify that top B schools command more salary than those with MPP/MPAs, as their curriculum is much more quant oriented, starting salaries reflect that as well...
  6. Boolakanaka
    Can I ask where you got that 150k figure? I formerly was at Boston Consulting and have a good grasp of peer entities and know of potentially 2-3 groups, eg McKinsey and Boston, that have salaries north of 140k, most are under 150.
  7. Boolakanaka
    If you have the resources and the ability to pay full retail-sure. But if you have to borrow the money, we are about to all go into a global recession (also limiting and shrinking career options) and it would not be the most fiscally astute decision.
  8. Boolakanaka
    A couple of items: The total resources of Yale, on a per capita basis, are unmatched—period. YLS (arguably the top law school in the world.) and SOM are much more aligned to public policy than say a b-degree from Harvard, and in fact, SOM was not an mba program until fairly recently—for much of its existence it was thought of a cradle and incubator for executives to the non-profit world. Yale is 75-90 minutes to valuable internships in NYC. I know for fact, as I have associations with SOM and YLS that recruitment is never a problem, and that there are much more potential employers that come to campus than students—period. Smaller cohort classes always results in a more nuanced education, and is the reason why most folks prefer YLS to HLS.
  9. Boolakanaka
    Whether you are paying full retail or have most of it covered via grants, one needs to seriously consider deferring for the year. First, does the institution allow such an action—and if so, will your FA package follow you to next academic year. I have a daughter about to enter a PhD program at one of the top programs in county in her area of interest, and she received a very generous package that included a living stipend that was just south of 40k annually. They have already contacted her that they may readjust the package if she is not on campus and living at home....my point is, there are many many moving parts that are up in the air, that may not be resolved until mid-summer.
  10. Boolakanaka
    I have both degrees and work in public policy for over three decades (I lead my own consulting firm, but have also previously worked for several US Senators, US State Department, large law firms and consulting firms), and while I have done both, I would say for most, both degrees are usually superfluous. Few folks actually work in both areas, and thus it’s more economically efficient and prudent to choose the area in which you have the most interest and let your educational decisions symmetrically follow.
  11. Boolakanaka
    Oh thanks! Not sure if this is for me or the original poster—as I have more degrees than I now know what to do with (lol) and have my own small consulting firm (about 10 folks)—but thanks again.
  12. Boolakanaka
    Unless you and your family have their own resources, I would seriously reconsider that option. I work in this field for over 25 years, and well, employment for the next 2-4 years is going to reflect the rest of the economy—ie it is going to profoundly shrink and that is a large amount of debt to be holding during a probable recession.
  13. Boolakanaka
    I love Yale, but if it’s solely online, then I would give serious consideration for deferring. Much of the quality of the education is based on the interactions of not just the professors and your cohorts, but also the total graduate school population.
  14. Boolakanaka
    Where are you located? Are there any local and/or state law schools in your vicinity?
  15. Boolakanaka
    Easy ... go to Yale. While Jackson is the new kid on the block to public policy, Yale is not. Whatever connections you need, prospective employers and the depth of the total institution, Yale will more than meet all your needs.
  16. Boolakanaka
    Without the GRE hard to say. D is going straight from undergrad to U of Washington for her PhD this fall, was also accepted at Harvard, Yale, Duke, U of I and CMU-Pitt. Her GPA from a fairly selective liberal arts/engineering school was .3.7 and GRE Quant score was 168 and writing 164.
  17. Boolakanaka
    Columbia does not have the resources of Yale, and it’s doubtful in my experience they would react to the leverage tactic ...
  18. Boolakanaka
    It’s Yale-period. And no worries that Jackson is the new kid on the block, Yale itself will carry whatever aspirations or connections you might need,
  19. Boolakanaka
    Yale, overall has much better career opportunities and greater depth of classes in the context of the greater university....
  20. Boolakanaka
    On the other hand, if we go into a recession, and that’s highly likely, grad schools are thought of a safe haven and folks tend to not give up their admissions...
  21. Boolakanaka
    If you are doing something outside of the traditional academic path, then bluntly, yes. I know for a fact, heaving been associated one of the schools mentioned, as well as formerly being a principal at a large consulting firm, that many many concerns outside of academia recruit from the various PhD majors....this is not true across the board at other institutions.
  22. Boolakanaka
    If you are waiting on acceptances from Udub for PhDs in Genome Sciences, they are coming out today—D got an admit earlier this afternoon.
  23. Boolakanaka
    Not true. There are a host of schools they would look at, how do I know, I was a principal at Boston Consulting, and D has a PhD in computational biology. By way of specific example, Duke, Yale, Michigan, CAL, CMU, UCLA, UCSD...etc
  24. Boolakanaka
    For whatever it’s worth, whether it was in law school, my post doc law degree or other graduate activities, after most of the primary research is done, I often write with a large 3-4 finger pour of bourbon. Now, that pour typically lasts 3-4 hours, but it certainly lubricates the tedium of writing...
  25. Boolakanaka
    Oh to be lifted by the “spirits”...
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