Program Applied To MPA, MPA-DP (Development Practice), MPA/ID (International Development)
Schools Applied To: Woodrow Wilson (MPA), HKS (MPA/ID), SIPA (MPA), SIPA (MPA-DP)
Schools Admitted To: HKS, SIPA (MPA), SIPA (MPA-DP)
Schools Rejected From: Princeton(Waitlisted)
Still Waiting: Princeton (I don't have high hope)
Undergraduate institution: The University of Chicago
Undergraduate GPA: 3.53
Last 60 hours of Undergraduate GPA (if applicable): na
Undergraduate Major: Economics
GRE Quantitative Score: 800
GRE Verbal Score: 670
GRE AW Score: 3.5
Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 2
Years of Work Experience: 1.8
Describe Relevant Work Experience: Project Manager designing a survey on household businesses in a developing country, overseeing fieldwork, budget, etc.
Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc): focusing on an experience of field management, contrasting stellar environment of academic ivory tower and reality in the field
Strength of LOR (be honest, describe the process, etc): got one letter from a UChicago professor who owns the said survey project, another one from survey project consultant (who helped with my work in the field) The last one is from a UChicago economics professor who is not involved in the project.
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