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I also applied to the McHenry fellowship. Did they interview you? I have heard nothing so I am suspicious.

Just finished my video response and it was pretty bad An easy question but I have severe anxiety which made me shake quite hard whilst doing it I rambled a lot

Is the video essay hard? Doing my one tomorrow.

Is anyone who gained admission to MSFS (particularly for IDEV) willing to give my SOP a read and provide feedback?

Hi - is anyone applying to this programme for Fall 2022? Also - would be super grateful for any alumni who would happy to read my SOP and provide feedback!

I'd be interested!

How are other people interpreting the second question about public policy? I'm finding it a bit confusing because my area of interest is literally directly linked to policymaking.

I know this is a really long shot. But I'd appreciate any feedback on my application stats below, as well as any advice on what to highlight in my applications. I'm hoping to go into social development and gender in Latin America, more specifically, the gender-optimisation of social programmes (like CCTs), esp. with regards to women's healthcare. Schools Applying To: Johns Hopkins SAIS MAIR, Georgetown MSFS-International Development, Columbia SIPA, Maybe Yale Jackson? Will also apply to Science Po, including the dual degree program with SIPA. Undergraduate institution: Oxbridge Undergraduate GPA: First Class Honours Undergraduate Majors: Languages, focussing on Latin American Studies GRE Quantitative Score: 165 GRE Verbal Score: 163 GRE AW Score: 5.0 Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 2, 3 by enrolment Years of Work Experience: 3 full-time by enrolment + internships during my undergraduate. Describe Relevant Work Experience: Four month graduate political advocacy internship at a women's rights organisation in Mexico. Six months as a teacher of modern languages Have been in my international-facing public service role for a year now. Can't give too many details on this here, but I have taken on a pretty substantial leadership piece here. Quant: I am lacking in quant as we do not have the same flexible system in the UK. I took a Macroeconomics course from UCLA this summer and got an A+ (99%). Strength of SOP: I'm only beginning these now (I know) but am going to take a week or so off to make sure I finish them. My deadlines are mainly late December/early January. I'm going to use my SOPs to emphasise that, despite my relatively meagre work experience, there is a nexus between my post-university professional roles. Strength of LOR (be honest, describe the process, etc): 3 very strong. 1 from a top professor at my university, the other two from senior civil servants in the UK. Languages: English (native), French (fluent), Spanish (fluent), Farsi (fluent speaker, not reading or writing), Portuguese (intermediate). Questions/Concerns: I have quite bad anxiety and self-doubt, so I am really struggling with these applications. I am worried about my lack of quant, but I'm hoping my A+ in econ and my fairly decent GRE Quant score will show some promise (?). SAIS alumni have reassured me that there are actually a fair number of people without a background in econ/quant who are on the course. Secondly, I'm a bit concerned about the fact that I have not so many years of work experience compared to other people, even though I feel confident in what I want to do.

Any MIA applicants for Fall 2022?