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Oh dear, such negative thoughts. Although I suppose I aimed a teensy bit too high, and only applied to 2 plan B schools. Speaking of which, UT Austin finally answered their @#%*in' phone so that I could explain to them that my application was not incomplete but had been, in fact, completed early...they hadn't forwarded it to the adcom yet...the deadline was a month ago and I didn't bother them about it until now because they say you shouldn't call them...dunces. :x

Thanks guys. I can accept negative predictions, but they should be tactful at least, and not offering a $100 bet against my future would be nice

Thanks linden I have been stalking that board and read all about how admissions people cut out the completely unqualified people anyway. I take it you are applying to HKG as well? What kind of WE do you have? Do you think that getting a letter of rec from someone who went there (and actually interacted with me) will help me at all? Frankdux, you're probably right, but how do you know? I just mean...do you have inside knowledge of anything that we don't? You sound very negative about it all. I wouldn't think that when the admissions committee sees my and the OP's apps they'll laugh with disbelief or anything.

It appears I'm more or less in the same boat as the OP, with slight differences. Just graduated, 3.65 GPA from decent lib arts college, A in stats, econ/IR majors, but didn't have to take calc, which I'm now regretting. My GRE scores were lower though, 620 V 710 M 5.5 AW. Work experience- no full time, but 3 internships, including congressional office, and NGO in Spain. Other qualities would include studying at the LSE for a year, foreign language proficiency, some research and some volunteer work. Any predictions? I'm not feeling so great about my chances, although the general consensus amongst Harvard grad students seems to be that HKS is the 'easier' school to get into and where all the H law rejects want to go. p.s. If WE is so important to the MPP- why wouldn't most applicants with significant WE go for the MPA/ID or MPA2? Although their website does say the average student has 3 years of WE in the MPP...just wondering what the specific difference is.