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Hi, I'm sort of on the same boat with pritinsp. Now I'm choosing between HKS MPP and Maxwell MPA. I'm thinking of working for NGOs after graduation, and will maybe persue a phd degree in public policy/social policy/public affair several years later. Pros for HKS: - A great school name - Public Policy courses might help me if i want to persue phd study Pros for Maxwell: - Only one year, save a loooot of time and money - More contact with profs Advice will be greatly appreciated!

Accepted by MPP, and my stats: Undergrad Major: International Affairs (no economic or quantatitive courses at all) GPA 3.76 (major 3.9) GRE V610+Q780+3.5, Toefl 107 Several internships in local NGOs, worked as an international volunteer in India for 6 weeks. no professional working experience (now a senior undergrad student) As for advice, I do think that recommendation letter is very very important.

Just got the admission of HKS MPP! The financial aid will be released by Apr 1st. I'm still not sure if i should go to Syracuse with probably full tuition scholarship, or should i attend HKS, who might not give me much scholarship?

Thx and congrats to you too! Well I think it might because Chinese students are usually good at test..?

Thx. I posted my profile in the "MPP/MPA 2011 Applicants", you can have a check if you want. Well my GPA is 3.76/4.0, Major 3.9/4.0, GRE 610+780+3.5, TOEFL 107. No professional working experience, but interned in 3 NGOs and did a volunteer project in India. And I finished my application before Nov.

No, I'm from a not very famous university in shanghai.

I got the offer from CIPA this morning, saying that i'm admitted, and was granted $23,000 per year. By the way, I'm also an international student, about to graduate from undergraduate school by June 2011. And good luck to everyone~

Best wishes

THX! I submitted everything in late October, and my three rec letters were also completed and submitted by then. Maxwell is rolling i guess?

just accepted by Maxwell MPA, scholarship will be notified on March.

Program Applied To (MPA, MPP, IR, etc.): MPP/MPA Schools Applied To:HKS(mpp), UCLA(mpp), USC(mpa), Cornell(mpa), Syracuse(mpa) Undergraduate institution: an international univ Undergraduate GPA: 3.75 (major 3.9/4.0) Undergraduate Major: international relations GRE Quantitative Score: 780 GRE Verbal Score: 610 GRE AW Score: 3.5 Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 0 directly apply as a senior univ student Years of Work Experience: 0 Describe Relevant Work Experience: No full-time working experince, but have several internships: conducted a project in India as an international volunteer for slum children educational fund raising; project manager in a small foreign NGO in China, interned in another two local NGOs in China. And tons of volunteer experience. Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc): i talked about some experinces in the field in sop, and explained my commitment to NGO and my understanding to the cross-sector collaboration. Strength of LOR (be honest, describe the process, etc): 1 from my dean, a brief but good one; 1 from my formal prof, a HKS alumni, a very strong rec to prove my study ability; 1 from my Holland supervisor in an NGO i worked for, a detailed and strong one. Questions: 1. I havent taken any economic, maths or statistics classes in univ at all. and my quantatitive background is only my 780 GRE q score. will that be enough? 2. My AW score... ...will it be a big problem during my application? 3. No full-time working experience--can my internship experinces compensate for that? THX!