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I remember Deloitte being mentioned several times at the USC info session. They host a "case challenge" each year where students are offered a policy problem to solve, and present in two days. No doubt a recruiting mechanism. This link also shows PricewaterhouseCooperc and KPMG interviewing at USC. And at UCLA, I attended the career fair about 2 years ago and remember seeing a lot of economics consulting firms interviewing (CRA, Analysis Group, Bain & White,etc.) though the career fair was also geared towards the Econ Phd and MBA types. There was also ICF. Not sure about the others.

Still no decision made by CMU for me...called and they said next week.

Program Applied To : MPP, MPA Schools Applied To: Univerysity of Maryland SPP, UC Berkeley GSPP, UCLA SPA, USC SPPD, UT Austin LBJ, NYU Wagner, Carnegie Mellon Heinz Schools Admitted To: UMD (half graduate assistantship), Berkeley, UCLA ($1k fellowship), USC (full tuition scholarship), UT Austin, NYU Schools Rejected From: Still Waiting: CMU Heinz Undergraduate institution: University of California Undergraduate GPA: 3.67 Undergraduate Major: Public Policy GRE Quantitative Score: 790 GRE Verbal Score: 580 GRE AW Score: 4.5 Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 2.5 Years of Work Experience: 2.5 Describe Relevant Work Experience: During college, one research assistantship and one internship with mayor's office. Working as a paralegal since, work experience is mostly unrelated to area of study. Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc): Worked on them for about two months, sending to a few friends for review. I found visiting a few schools during the application season to be helpful. Mainly wrote about the policy area I am interested in, interspersing with family and work history. The statement was written, keeping in mind that it was in lieu of an in-person interview. Strength of LOR (be honest, describe the process, etc): I have a letter from 2 professors, both of which were very supportive of the MPP idea since university. Not sure how strong the letters were since I did not speak to them much in the 2 years since graduation. Another letter from the boss, who was very supportive of my ambitions.

Same here. I called yesterday and that person said they'll have all decisions up by the end of the week.

Welcome event for UCLA is on April 11, 2011, a little more than 2 weeks after USC's Dean Merit event, though I think USC has an April 8 visit day planned as well.

Nothing yet either. Last name begins with "C," so it's probably not an alphabetical issue.

Though not MPA, I did receive a packet from both the graduate school and SPPD for admission into the MPP program. It should all be coming soon.