midcmpa21

Hi all -- I have been admitted to the MPP with a full-ride (no additional stipend and no named fellowship, though I am an "alternate" for one). I will be turning down the offer today and I hope others also make their decisions quickly to help those on the waitlist.

I'm sharing the above mostly to remind everyone, whether they got in or not, that HKS is an amazing school that will unlock phenomenal opportunities but it is not the best fit for everyone! There's lot to like but also lots to be aware of. ?

Thank you!
So sorry to hear you didn't get in - hope you reapply next year!
Just for context - I didn't submit a GRE score with my application and I have 11 years of work experience (all at domestic and international nonprofits). 
 
Also, random side note -- I'm also Pakistani! So nice to meet a fellow Pakistani on here  

As Arya Stark said "Not today"

Right now we are Schrödinger's applicants - neither accepted or rejected. I'm kinda at peace with this purgatory. ?
 
Is anyone doing a Grad School result reaction YouTube video? Is anyone brave enough to do it for HKS? 

I used to wonder how people fall into Qanon traps on the internet until I started reading this forum. Now I am putting all my faith into a guy named "MPPapplicant69" and his unverified sources. 

Not for the Faint of Heart!

Not for the Faint of Heart!

I'm right here with you.  I can no longer get anything else done today.  

Not for the Faint of Heart!

I am trying my best to work from home, but OMG I can no longer function!!!!!!

Y'all are all bonkers, and I love you for it. Fingers crossed!

Matt is a real character for this one.  Cheers to you, if you're reading this! 

Last year's results came out at 3pm ish, I think in the past they've been more 12:30 - 1:00pm. 
Everyone was freaking out when that change happened to MYFAID. Maybe today really is the day? 
Someone buy Matt some more coffee to manifest this  
Perhaps you were right, @CAKHKS79

Do you mean with the alphabetical ranges per counselor?
This is interesting because I logged in earlier today and I don't recall seeing it.  Maybe it was there and I'm not that observant, but huh! Does everyone have that?

IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS -  I AS AN INDIAN SUPPORT MY PAKISTANI FRIEND

I’m at work and thinking about HKS — feels like like some sort of infidelity!
 

I’m at work and thinking about HKS — feels like like some sort of infidelity!
 

Agreed, and learning from a friend at HLS sometimes the Admissions folks peruse the various forums... they're likely already hip to our game.
Also this was a post the day before decisions were released last year. I'd bet it'd be the same answer:
https://hksadmissionblog.tumblr.com/post/612931272222867456/2020-application-reading-and-decision-process
Stay strong friends!

Y'all are crazy.?

Guys I might take one for the team and email HKS today asking if we can expect decisions this week or next, while justifying the email to "ease my anxieties" lmao. Assuming it won't effect their decision re: my status at this stage...right ? 

if I remember correctly someone here mentioned that it takes around 100 days for the whole process and I think on the 18th it’s the 100th day!
fingers crossed — good luck!
?

Just got the Magazine on the West Coast. Applied on last day. Be patient, it is making it out there.

I just received my Princeton SPIA MPA admission, I also have Yale Jackson (funding TBD) just-below-full-ride at SAIS. Although they have not come out yet, I'm not considering MSFS or SIPA. (just not my fits)
I really have a wide range of interests across security and development, and I'll have a really difficult time with my choice especially if I miraculously also get into Stanford MIP (which I don't think will happen). I have mixed thoughts about HKS MPP, as it's such a big programme and I think I would really enjoy close interaction with the faculty. But then, the simple size of the faculty would mean that there would always be a professor who does whatever I am interested in. Also, I would really enjoy the negotiation classes. Probably I will not be able to afford HKS MPP anyway but still...
How would you guys choose?

all the good luck to everyone here — seeing you all posting here and talking about what I’m usually thinking is an amazing kind of sharing!
?
 

all the good luck to everyone here — seeing you all posting here and talking about what I’m usually thinking is an amazing kind of sharing!
?