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Out. Oh well.

me neither. guess we're out?

We also shouldn't forget that HKS had a greater enrollment yield in the past two years. Unfortunately, I think this means they will extend a smaller number of acceptances this year.

Maybe they sent out responses by policy field?

DCA-John, you got it wrong! Baton twirling, not dancing.

How do you know?

Politically Aff, you're a rockstar. Thanks for calling.

Excellent...well, there goes that one!

Whoa! Do you think they are uploading our decisions? According to the results page, decisions went out on the Friday of the second week of March (March 12, 2010) last year.

With the admissions rate, I feel like I applied to the school of impending doom!

Thanks for the intel, JBrodsky! The WWS website says the following: Dates & Deadlines **Admitted Student Hosting Weekend will be held March 25-27! Details to follow upon admission.** Admissions decisions will be available on or around March 15th. Application deadline: December 1, 2011 for Fall 2012 Admission - all degree programs

I just saw in the results section that someone called HKS admissions. They said they would release MPP decisions on March 31. That seems really late! HarvardMaster In Public Policy (MPP), Masters (F11)Other via Phone on 2 Mar 2011O2 Mar 2011 report spamAdmissions officers said decisions will be released March 31st

Where did you see that? Could you provide a copy of the link?

Does anyone know how many applications HKS received this year? I'm a bit curious! I'm also wondering how many people applied for the IGA concentration.

I am afraid of this cut-off GRE score! Absolutely frightening. Is it for all programs? I applied for the MPP. If you find out what the cut off is, please post it here. A 4 on AW is more than fine. My understanding is that most schools do not care about your AW, as long as it isn't at the very bottom.

A bunch of us were discussing HKS in the "Waiting It Out" forum, and I thought it would be good to create a thread in this forum to group the conversation in one place. Does anyone know when the admissions committee meets? Who is on the committee?

I applied for the MPP as well. Does anyone know when the admissions committee meets? Who is on the admissions committee? In case you are not aware, there are a few HKS posts in the government affairs forum. We should make an official HKS thread there.

Long time lurker, first time poster. I can't wait to get this forum started this season, so here I go! Program Applied To (MPA, MPP, IR, etc.): MPA, MPP, MA, MALD, etc Schools Applied To: SAIS, SIPA, Fletcher, WWS, HKS, Georgetown, GW, SIS Schools Admitted To: Schools Rejected From: Still Waiting: Undergraduate institution: Top 50 private Undergraduate GPA: 3.45 Last 60 hours of Undergraduate GPA (if applicable): 3.7 Undergraduate Major: Political Science (international relations) and East Asian Studies GRE Quantitative Score: 550 GRE Verbal Score: 750 GRE AW Score: 5 Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 4 Years of Work Experience: 3 Describe Relevant Work Experience: I was an RA during college and interned during the summers for various campaigns. I interned for a advocacy organization for a year out of school. I currently work at a think tank in New York, and split my time as an RA working on US policy toward Asia and as a Program Assistant for outreach. Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc): To be honest, I'm struggling. I know I need to have an outstanding SOP to counterbalance my GPA and GRE scores. I'm hoping to highlight my work experience as much as possible. It's early in the process, so I hope that I can have a great SOP by the time applications go in. Strength of LOR (be honest, describe the process, etc): I'm feeling confident with my LORs. One is from a Professor I did research with and took several of his classes, another is from the Senior Fellow I currently work with, and the other is the head of outreach at the think tank. Other: I'm crossing my fingers that I get in this season! I know I'm applying to very competitive programs, and everyone on this forum has really strong backgrounds and applications.