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  1. Boolakanaka
    See:http://pfforphds.com/negotiating-phd-funding-offers-this-grad-student-did-it-successfully/ Also, I have personally seen it done across peer institutions...
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    Off the top of my head CMU and UCLA.
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    Yup, as I qualified the programs I personally have knowledge of, economics and law, might be a bit above the norm.....but I get your point.
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    @bayessays Now, this is specific to Yale and some of the programs I know about, but for the PhD in Law, my offered stipend was in excess of 50k and that was several years ago. Also, I know in several departments where the current annual stipend is a shade under 38k. Obviously, at 38k in New Haven you have a fair amount of purchase power....
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    Oh for those who were applicants at UiUC and the Surge Fellowship, D received an offer late this week.
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    Also notifications from Yale should be coming out in the next couple of days. D got an admit this morning from the PhD in comp-bio this morning.
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    @kataegisPhD in bio-stats.
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    @thelilypad I’ll ask her and see if she knows. I do know that the only other places she has received official admission information is UIC, but she had/has interview weekend visits with Yale, U of Washington, and Duke. I’ll post once she gets back to me.
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    For those folks who applied to Harvard, notifications of admission are coming out today and in the preceding days, as D just found out she was admitted this afternoon.
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    Also Harvard Bio-Stats were making calls this morning for visits on Jan 24-25...
  11. Boolakanaka
    What are you germane stats?
  12. Boolakanaka
    Wow, guess the D should be very happy and proud. That’s crazy...
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    Also, she has additional interview/invites from Duke, UW, U of I, and UCSD.
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    D heard back earlier this week for an interview in late January early Feb.
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    Yale SOM and Jackson would fit the bill.
  16. Boolakanaka
    Probably not, as to needing the degree. Just by way of example, two of the more prominent legal reporters for NPR and NYT, have no advanced journalism or even a journalism degree. See:https://www.nytimes.com/by/adam-liptak and https://www.npr.org/people/2101289/nina-totenberg
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    Take look at Columbia as they take special consideration for veteran applicants...
  18. Boolakanaka
    You have to check with each respective LLM program on their requirements ....
  19. Boolakanaka
    Given that your desired programs have an inherent focus on quantitative skills, you best get your quant score in the 160 plus range and your verbal at least 150 plus....
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    @Walker3 Given your career objectives, I would give serious consideration to doing a combo MBA/MPP at Yale SOM and Jackson. If it’s international consulting work you seek, well, Boston, Bain, McKinsey all have a considerable recruitment footprint on campus among a host of others...
  21. Boolakanaka
    My counsel, is give it time. I’ve been in both grad (two degrees) and professional school (law) and the first couple of months are always a period of transition and acclimation—for all involved. Now, I will say, at an Ivy (where I ve been) there can be an initial pecking order especially for those with Ivyplus undergrad degrees, but that will soon enough fade away. Finally, it’s not undergrad and you should not have any expectations or comparisons to that social community. Folks are all feeling there way through a gamut of emotions that are tethered to the first real step of what could be potentially their life’s work, so some may not be apt to be friendly or social, or even be inclined to be even cordial—but sure enough you will find your people and crowd.
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    @DecafDogIf you do decide on Ed Tech, I would consider schools that also have graduate programs in education—notably Harvard and Columbia. As much as I love Yale and Jackson, there are no supporting ed programs or degrees at Yale....something to consider.
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    Depends on what level of program? If you are comparing the top level programs from PhD compared to say, top 5 law schools—fairly compatible on a statistical level. My experience is from the law side (served on several admission committees) and for schools like Yale and Stanford, well you are talking single digits and highly self-selective, i.e. if you don’t have mean scores and grades, do not bother applying. By way of specific example, I knew at YLS, in a single class, a former General, more than a few PhDs, a couple MDs, and a Pulitzer and an Emmy award winner.....
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    @inthelabyrinth Not at Jackson, but formerly taught at SOM, and I can tell you a couple of things that are generally true of Yale all graduate professional programs: no one hurts for funding or resources, and recruitment is quite robust.
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    Off the top of my head, you should be good at most of these schools.. By way of specific example, from the UC Davis website: The Quantitative portion of the exam is the most important and the committee is looking for a score in the 75 percentile or higher or about 158 plus.
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