publicpolicy2022
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are the MPA decisions out? ?
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Rejected
sigh
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Thank you for starting this!! I've been anxiously updating my email hour by hour... last year the results came out on the 12th (according to posts on GradCafe hah) so I thought they'd be out by now
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Program Applied To (MPA, MPP, IR, etc.): MPP, MPA, MIP
Schools Applied To: HKS, Yale Jackson, Stanford MIP, Oxford Blavatnik, Columbia SIPA
Schools Admitted To: Yale Jackson
Schools Rejected From: Pending
Still Waiting: HKS, Stanford, Oxford, Columbia
Undergraduate Institution: Top 25 U.S. University
Undergraduate GPA: 4.5
Undergraduate Major: Political Science & Economics
GRE Quantitative/Verbal/AW Scores: 166 Quant / 166 Verbal / 5 AW
Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 4 years at time of application
Years of Work Experience: 4 years full timeDescribe Relevant Work Experience: 2.5 years at a think tank, 1.5 years strategy consulting
Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc.): Generally writing and essays are my biggest strength -- but had a personal setback that derailed my writing process quite a bit, so not sure how good the essays turned out. But I tried my best! Managed to take time off work to deal with the setback + focus on essays so that might have helped
Strength of LOR's (be honest, describe the process, etc.): Largely should have been good -- two senior members of my firm and a professor from Columbia were kind enough to write my recs
SIPA - Fall 2022
in Government Affairs Forum
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A batch of MPA decisions just went out!