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Congratulations! I’m curious - why did you did you choose not to submit GRE scores as opposed to retaking? obviously the decision worked out quite well for you! Just wondering about your thought process. Very strong application otherwise?

I think I can connect the dots- always been creative, and if there’s one thing litigation teaches you it’s cleverly framing arguments. As for quant, I’m planning to study my ass off for the GRE. And congratulations on your acceptances by the way!

Are any of you guys career changers or are you all coming from a relevant background?

From the website, it looks like the requirement is before beginning, not before acceptance. I’ll have to think about it - in my case it’d just be a micro class. I placed out of introductory micro via AP, but that was a long time ago.

Thanks! The issue I have with MIPP is that this is a pivot for me, and one less year is one less year of in school networking and internships and the like. I don’t mind going to school with people who are a few years younger than me. Never really had an issue getting along with people older or younger at work. Was also hoping to avoid having to occur additional expense of taking courses before applying but maybe worth looking into.

My academic background - 3.4 undergrad GPA (with strong upward trend, started out premed against my better judgment), 3.6 major GPA in Government at Cornell. Graduated nearly 10 years ago (yikes!) Took a 300 level Econ course, and Calculus I. Did well in both, but did not pursue any additional quantitative coursework. Took a couple of IR courses but was not my major or minor. Then I went to law school. I did not like law school. It was the path of least resistance - all my friends took the LSAT, and I got a scholarship so I took it. Coasted. Been in litigation the past several years, but been wanting to go back to school for a while. Problem is, my work experience isn’t directly related. This is a pivot for me. And my work experience, while solid enough I think, is not going to make for a knock your socks off CV. I’m in New York, but have been interested in getting back into Economics and am intrigued by the apparent quant focus at SAIS (I’m also interested in SIPA since my spouse’s career is in the city). Despite my career path so far, I’ve always enjoyed math. I’d love to do something like work at Treasury, maybe something related to illicit finance. So. My plan is this: study my ass off for the GRE and, and knock it out of the park on my statement of purpose and analytic essay. So my main questions are letters of recommendation and math background. I think I can get strong recommendations from two of my supervisors, but they are lawyers, and not involved in international relations in any way. I’m not sure if it would be worth trying to switch jobs first or do volunteer work of some kind (whatever that would even be in this context)? And would it be good enough to do well on the GRE or should I enroll in some math courses at the local community college? Beyond that, anything else? Wasting my time? I know my targets are ambitious, maybe extremely so. But I made the mistake of going to law school just for the sake of going to law school. At my age if I’m going to do even more school, I want to go to my top choice or not go at all.