calpat33
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1 minute ago, freebirdtraveller said:
Congratulations... do share the links here...on a side note..what do your friends have to say about the college?
I've literally only heard good things! I was actually on the fence about applying but they convinced me with how much they love the campus, faculty, etc. in their prospective grad programs.
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Just got in to MIDP today too! I have a few friends who go to Georgetown currently, so I know there was a Facebook group for all admitted grad students - has anyone seen something like that this year? And if someone could post another link to the McCourt discord I'd appreciate it!
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2 hours ago, dev0900 said:
I just looked and found a group on Facebook, LSE Postgraduate Offer Holders 2022/2023. What's your program? Mine is Development Studies.
Political Sociology
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23 hours ago, dev0900 said:
Program Applied To (MPA, MPP, IR, etc.): MA, MSc, MIDP
Schools Applied To: GW Elliott, Johns Hopkins SAIS, American SIS, Georgetown McCourt, UC Berkeley, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, London School of Economics, Queen's University Belfast, University of Sussex, SOAS University of London (deferred '21 offer)
Schools Admitted To: GW Elliott (34k), Johns Hopkins SAIS (50k), American SIS (34k), Middlebury Institute of International Studies (18k), London School of Economics (0), Queen's University Belfast (4k), University of Sussex (0), SOAS University of London (4k, deferred '21 offer)
Schools Rejected From: None yet
Still Waiting: UC Berkeley, Georgetown McCourt
Undergraduate Institution: R1 state school
Undergraduate GPA: 3.9
Undergraduate Major: International Studies and Arabic
GRE Quantitative/Verbal/AW Scores: Didn't take it
Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 3
Years of Work Experience: 4
Describe Relevant Work Experience: Relevant federal government work experience, numerous internships and volunteer experience with regional studies centers, nonprofits
Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc): Pretty strong I think, worked on it for a couple of years and had the help of a fellowship advisor since I applied for some national level fellowships which are a long process.
Strength of LOR's (be honest, describe the process, etc): Pretty strong I think. Professors I have a good relationship with and my government supervisor for some schools.Do you know if there's a group for admitted students at LSE? I haven't seen anything.
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I got accepted to MGPS last week. Is there a group somewhere for admitted students?
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Program Applied To (MPA, MPP, IR, etc.): MIDP (GU), MGPS (UT), MIAPA (AU), MSc (LSE), MIGD (SP), MAIS (DA) - While they all have different names, all of these programs, except at LSE, deal with foreign policy analysis and the majority deal with international development.
Schools Applied To: Georgetown (McCourt), University of Texas (LBJ), American University (SIS), London School of Economics, Sciences Po, Diplomatische Akademie Wien
Schools Admitted To: UT, AU, LSE
Schools Rejected From: n/a
Still Waiting: DA, SP, GU
Undergraduate Institution: University of Texas
Undergraduate GPA: 3.88
Undergraduate Major: International Relations and Global Studies (concentrations in Political Economy and European Studies)
GRE Quantitative/Verbal/AW Scores: 155Q, 162V, 4.5AW
Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): n/a
Years of Work Experience: >1
Describe Relevant Work Experience: two internships with non-profit NGOs, one in Austin and the other in San Francisco
Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc): Fairly strong? I tried to answer the questions directly and spent a good amount of time writing/rewriting/editing before submitting. I mostly talked about how I became interested in IR, a lot about two independent research projects I've done (both regarding civil society networks), how that research related to the programs and my future career goals, and why diversity is important to the field and what I've done to try to promote it (this question was directly asked in almost every application).
Strength of LOR's (be honest, describe the process, etc): I didn't read them, but I think my letters of rec were pretty strong. One was written by the head of my department who is also currently overseeing my graduating thesis and the other two were written by political economy professors I've taken multiple times.
Other: certificate of proficiency in the German language, possibly unusual path to IR which may help me stand out
2022 Results
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Is there anyone else who applied to/was accepted to Diplomatische Akademie Wien? If so I'd love to talk! I know it's a super small school, but I haven't seen anything about it and I'm having trouble with my decision lol