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Hi all, so I just got rejected from Oxford (migration studies) and I am now trying to start thinking about what to do next.. Schools / Programs: Harvard HKS, Columbia Human Rights (still needing to look at other programs) Undergrad: good school for IA Degrees: BA in international affairs, minor in economics..chosen as the graduating distinguished scholar along with various other awards for leadership…if I would’ve been accepted into Oxford, my undergraduate university awarded me a full scholarship (which makes the rejection hurt just a bit more lol) GPA: 3.82 (summa) GMAT: haven’t taken yet Language Skills: French (basic) Turkish (working on getting proficiency) Policy Area of Interest: labor rights//global labor rights Work Experience: currently on a Fulbright ETA, graduated in 2020 so program was delayed by 6 months, within that time frame I interned at UNICEF, while also working at a large migrant labor union in the Midwest. In undergrad I interned at DOS trafficking in persons office, and had experience at other international rights organizations LOR: thesis advisor (will be good) previous prof and department head (will be good) will probably reach out to old supervisor at unicef who was a previous FSO International Experience: currently on Fulbright, because my program was delayed I stayed another year so I’ll have 1.5 years living in the country teaching at a university. During my time here I’ve also become very involved with a community organization working with refugees and doing work at migrant labor camps, I stayed last summer to work and plan on staying this summer as well. Spent a semester studying at Sciences Po and a summer in South Africa working on trafficking issues during undergrad. Quant Experience: minor in Econ, so intermediate micro/macro, international economics, statistics…worried about this though Leadership / Extracurricular Roles: did a lot of community organizing for migrant workers in undergrad which led to my role at the migrant labor union (which I still do unpaid work for now…have discussed working for them when I return building out more of their international focus with the IUF etc), had other typical leadership experience running the on campus food pantry (districting food to about 800 students a semester) as well as other human rights students organizations where I had a leadership role SOP: will write about my interest in global labor rights, tracing my experiences from South Africa to migrant labor in the US, to my current role with refugees and labor as well as speak on the barriers etc I’ve seen to combatting forced and child labor while on Fulbright due to the country's political issues I guess right now I’m a little stuck…do I apply for grad school next cycle or do I return to the US and work for a year? What would make me more competitive, should I work on research experience? Any insight would help as I’ve been spiraling since Oxford rejection this morning :’) thank you all so much

Hi all, creating a thread for those waiting to hear back from Marshall/Rhodes. Looking at last years thread, it seems we should be hearing son!