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Previous Schools (Name, type, or tier): University of Piraeus (Greece), London School of Economics Previous Degrees and GPA's: BA in International Studies (3,7), MSc in European Politics (A-) GRE Scores (Verbal/Quantitative/Analytical Writing): 600/650/4,5 Previous Work Experience (Years, Type): 1 year municipal finance and tax policy consulting, 3 years international experience in EU funded projects (public administration reform, public finance, private sector development) Math/Econ Background: micro, macro, international econ, linear programming, statistics Foreign Language Background: Greek, English, French Intended Field of Study in Grad School: Health policy, social policy Long Term Professional Goals: work either for consulting firm or for international organization Schools Applied to & Results: SIPA (accepted), Harris (accepted), JHU (IPS) (accepted 60% tuition), GWU (accepted), American (accepted), U. Toronto (pending), Georgia Tech (pending) Ultimate Decision & Why: JHU (IPS), good scholarship and excellent health policy concentration. Actually the only school that gave me any funding. Also great deal of flexibility in tailoring the degree. Any advice to Future Applicants?: be brave, shoot high and show great dilligence in GRE preparation (contrary to me) and SoP.

Hello all! I thought that it would be nice to have thread for those who decided to accept JHU's(MPP) offer or are seriously thinking doing so. That would give us the chance to discuss on the various matters that might concern us. Look forward to your thoughts.

No news at all so far...it seems a fairly good program, but unfortunately they do not offer any funding assistance. I could not find any more information from graduates, but I know that it is a new program, launched 4-5 years ago. As far as it concerns me, it will be too late if they reply in two two weeks... Good luck!

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In but no funding....tough decision, this was my dream school but I think I will head for the money JHU is offering, and they are quite a lot. Good luck to all!

4:00 am here in Greece and still nothing. No further comments..... Goodnight and good luck!

I think they will just shut down their offices, will not send any email and they will notify us as of next week. Imagine how ridiculous will be to send another excuse/delay email.....fourth in a row!

Guys please do not call them or annoy them by dropping by! You will cause them breakdown, they sound already anxious in their emails, and they will never send any decisions!!!

Few hours ago I received an email from Clemmons redirecting me to the online application to check the decision. I was accepted to the MPA but without funding...which means that I will empty a seat tomorrow for the fellow applicants who are put in the waitlist. good luck to all!

I save the best for the end. The status of my online application had not change until few days ago and the supporting materials that had arrived by DHL were indicated as still missing. After 5 emails, 4 phone calls and several clarifications, I was informed that the file was indeed complete and it was a processing mistake. But to reach there I was left in 20 days of uncertainty, they were telling me that the file is not here, the committee has it but it not sure that it is complete etc etc.....Bottom line, I thing they have serious organizational deficiencies but the university is great and I am sure that the quality of education someone is going to take from U.Chicago is better than many top class universities in the field.

Same situation exactly here! To be honest I am fed up with this delay. Two days ago I was very anxious and looking at my emails every two minutes. It is madness, so I decided to leave it on its own. In any case I have a very good offer from JHU and I am seriously leaning towards it.... I wish good luck to all people waiting!

Hi sterlingcooperdraperprice and thanks for sharing your experience from the open house day. I am a an international student and my main concern is the placement of international graduates in the market. The fact that within 3 months everyone got a job, is encourging, but I am worried a bit about the reputation of the program generally in the country, and specifically in the context of private sector jobs, since an international has limited job opportunities. One of the major advantages is the close relation between faculty and students at all levels, indeed and I am happy to hear that from a prospective student (so far faculty only claimed it). Although I still expect replies from my top choices (harris, sipa), I feel that I am not going to get a better financial offer than JHU's so it seems that it will be my final choice. Good luck with your decisions and thanks again for the info.

Same situation here! I applied to and not too much info about it. I have a good feeling that the program is good, much practice oriented as far as I see in the curriculum.

This is indeed a top issue to consider as international students. I have the same reservations and perhaps the field might narrow down the choices of a graduate in comparison with a master degree in economics which is far more flexible. On the other hand, the market is so well developed in the US and I think there is space for all. Imagine that there is a specific type of consulting industry that deals only with public sector related topics, not to mention NGO's, think tanks, international agencies and so on. It would be valuable to listen to views of internationals already working there.