thechairman

not to be pessimistic, but anyone know whether they send out rejections at the same time as acceptances and whether its through email?

haha, what makes you say that. Nah, I don't go to Stanford Law. I'm at Duke Law. does that mean that it prob does not have an effect? haha, I wish I was at HYS. You seem to be at Yale, so you must be pretty confident about getting in.

Anyone have any insight about whether applying as a joint degree student increases one's chances or whether they are in the same position as everyone else. I am currently a student at one of the top law schools which HKS has a concurrent degree program with. not that it really does any good now, just restless waiting for decisions to come out.

Does anyone know what criteria they use for admissions? I can't recall where, but I think I may have read somewhere that they have a couple categories, like leadership and commitment to public service in addition to academics that they assign points for? Anyone know anything?

haha. i have my account set up to email me when this threat gets a reply. so everytime i check my email and see a bajillion replies, i'm like, is this the day? are people posting their admission decisions? lol.

Do PHD students at KSG have the same application and financial aid deadlines that MPP does? I'd imagine that PHD is a much more extensive process...so perhaps theyd do both PHD and masters announcements around the same time?

Anyone ballsy enough to give HKS a call and see if they will say anything? its unlikely but always worth a try.

So does anyone know how they tell people who got accepted (email, letter, phone call)? I have heard/read different things. And does anyone know whether they send out acceptances and rejections at the same time and through the same method? I'm going on spring break next week, and if they just do emails for both acceptances and rejections, then I dont have to worry, if they send snail mail, then its just going to bug me all break. lol.