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2.2 and you're thinking about HKS? lolz

Bump...any other suggestions?

It never ceases to amaze me that lower-ranked schools have and publish numerical cutoffs while highly-ranked, prestigious programs are more holistic about their approach.

Haha, I love how people disliked the question above "what is an MPP?", no te preocupes George, aqui la mayoria son una bola de mamones.

Are you at Berkeley? What grades do most people get? And yes, according to my friend who became a PMF, they ask for current transcripts (so your MPP)

Yes, exactly! My Latin American Studies degree, as its name implies, was a language and regional-focused degree (I took intensive Portuguese classes and classes in the humanities and social sciences to develop expertise in the region). I think that If I want to work on the policy-side of development, however, I must be proficient in econ and stats, which I lack. I don't like being pigeoned-hole into a specific area (for example, everytime my firm wants to bid for a project through the IDB, I'm the one who writes the EOIs, RFPs and eventual proposals), but I'd like to gain general knowledge of public policy. Does this make sense? Anyway, thank you so much for your advice! I'd love to hear more opinions. P.S: I did not go to UM (but went to another top-5 public university...I don't want to be easily identified, which given my profile I probably will, lol)

TypeA--thank you for your suggestions. I need to improve my quant score, for some reason I freak out under testing situations, but seem to do fine in class. Even though the Ford School would be awesome, they don't seem to offer as many international development/policy courses as Harvard (with their new global concentration), WWW or SAIS. I'm also trying to think of other programs, any suggestions?

Hi all, I'm new to this forum and I was wondering if you guys (who seem very well-informed) could tell me what I need aspects of my profile I need to improve on before applying to the aforementioned schools. Undergraduate institution: University of Michigan Undergraduate GPA: 3.81, Highest Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa Undergraduate Major: History Master's: Stanford University (International Area Studies), full-ride (FLAS fellowship from US Dept of Education) Grad GPA: 3.8 Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 4 Years of Work Experience: 2 years at a top law firm in D.C., 1 year at a boutique international development firm in D.C. (I'm a business development associate and grant writer), at Stanford I was a research assistant for a prominent political science professor and I held an internship at El Instituto Cervantes in Madrid. Lots of volunteering (I teach ESOL on the weekends); and have worked as an interpreter at the Legal Aid Justice Center and Hospital at Michigan during college). Foreign Languages: English and Spanish (native), Advanced reading/speaking/writing in French, German, Italian and Portuguese Additional courses: I've taken micro/macro-economics (As in both); multivariable calculus (A-), linear algebra (A), stats I & II (As in both), calculus based stats (B+) all at my local community college. My GREs suck...Verbal 620, Math 580, Writing 5.0 What do you think my chances are? Should I work a couple of more years before applying? I made it a point to take all of those extra math courses to show the adcoms I'm not afraid of numbers (in fact, I really like math), but for some reason I'm not a good test taker (I know lame excuse) PS: I'm a first generation Latino student. PS2: I made another identical thread by accident and I don't know how to delete it. Sorry! Thank you for your help!