Program Applied To (MPA, MPP, IR, etc.): MPP
Schools Applied To: GWU (Trachtenberg), American University (SPA), UC Berkeley (Goldman), UCLA (Luskin), Harvard (Kennedy), Duke (Sanford), Carnegie Mellon (Heinz), UChicago (Harris)
Schools Admitted To: American, GWU, UChicago
Schools Rejected From:
Still Waiting: Berkeley, UCLA, Harvard, Duke, CMU
Undergraduate Institution: San Diego State University
Undergraduate GPA: 3.99 (Cumulative) 4.00 (Major)
Undergraduate Major: Economics
GRE Quantitative/Verbal/AW Scores: Didn't take
Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): Applying straight from undergrad
Years of Work Experience: 1
Describe Relevant Work Experience: Worked at SDG&E (San Diego Gas & Electric) doing financial and strategic analysis, also did some policy work for them as part of a management training internship. Also working as a Research Assistant for an econ professor at SDSU where we're conducting research on the Salton Sea. I'll be presenting my research at my schools research symposium
Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc): I think my SOP's were pretty good, but writing has never been my strong suit so I spent a lot of time working on them, constantly editing them and updating them. I tried to answer the questions as directly as possible, and as honestly as possible, and overall I think they were strong and helped to compensate for my lack of GRE scores
Strength of LOR's (be honest, describe the process, etc): I think my LORs were incredibly strong. 1 LOR was from the professor i'm doing research with, the other was from a professor I've had since my freshman year who knows me incredibly well and was the one who encouraged me to apply to graduate school, and the other is a faculty advisor for an organization im on the executive board for, she was also a former professor at Harvard Kennedy School
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