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gradap2010, mind telling us more about your friend who got into hks with a full scholarship? do you know what his/her stats and credentials were?

trying to keep it general here... but if i want to my application to be as "competitive" as possible, i need a gre goal to work towards. i havent started studying so I dont know what my "diagnostic" is. I have a 3.75 gpa from a decent college, and *some* WE (hopefully have more by next fall, when i apply). since my gpa and WE is not great, i'm hoping good gre scores will help me a little. (i know good gre scores won't save me, but i need all the help i can get, i guess!)

[disclaimer: have never applied to mpp programs] i think you're a great applicant (particularly strong gpa). and you seem to have lots of WE. i'm interested to hear what others will say about the quality/strength of your WE.

hey adaptions, thank you for your response! i was wondering if (real world) WE would be a better use of my time than a RA? and what subjects/departments would you recommend I look to? I guess Economics.. Politics as well? i think it *might* be a tad bit difficult for me to score an RAship in those 2 (and other) departments, as I didnt major in either but I will definitely look into it! And could you elaborate on what you mean by "consulting firm"? (accounting or something comes to mind.. sorry i'm a n00b!) thank you~

hello! so many people here seem to have excellent WE (and many years of it), and i'm afraid i lack WE. I'm looking to apply for MPP or MPA programs, in Fall 2011.. so according to my tentative plan, I have a year to beef up my WE! I am currently in graduate school, but will have free time to take on a part-time internship, at least for fall semester. I might be able to take on a full-time internship or job beginning in January 2011. I am looking to intern with an NGO, but I'm running out of ideas for what else i could apply to. Can anyone suggest some internships that would help me in this regard? My only previous (relevant) WE includes 2 separate government internships that total approximately 1 year. Yeah, so basically, I am like an applicant applying straight out of UG with a tiny bit of gov't experience. If I find something for this year, I will have about 2 years of WE before 2011 applications are due. Is this completely unrealistic? in case this gives you a fuller picture, I graduated from a top30 college with approx 3.75 GPA. I dont know if this matters, but the GPA for my last 60 credit hours is higher (i think 3.83?), and my major GPA was around a 3.8 as well. I havent taken the GRE yet (i'll be studying for that this year). Thank you for your help! It is much appreciated!

bump! i was wondering this as well

this is what im in the process of doing!

bump curious to see what others think

hey Syracuse, thanks for your reply. i definitely want to make my application as competitive as possible. also, i didn't take these courses in college (i majored in English), so i want to be sure i have *some* understanding. not to mention that i feel my undergraduate degree probably puts me at some sort of disadvantage, right?

hey guys, I'm a noob here so I apologize if this is something everyone already knows! i graduated in 2009 as an English major, and spent the last academic year (2009-2010) as a 1L in law school. for a number of reasons (that's for another thread, maybe) I want to apply for MPP programs. I know econ and other quantitative courses are pretty much expected from MPP applicants, so I was wondering what "the list" was. i know there's not an official list.... or IS there?.... but what are the postbacc courses that I should take in order to be a competitive applicant? thank you is this right? (please feel free to add, subtract, edit, criticize, etc) -Macroecon -Microecon -Statistics -Calculus (is this Calculus I and II, or just one?)