Program Applied To (MPA, MPP, IR, etc.): MPP, MSPPM, and 1 MPP/MBA
Schools Applied To: Heinz, Harris, UCLA, American, GPPI, NYU Wagner, Mills, Brandeis
Schools Admitted To:
Schools Rejected From:
Still Waiting: All
Undergraduate institution: Top 30 Liberal Arts College
Undergraduate GPA: 3.69
Last 60 hours of Undergraduate GPA (if applicable): 3.82
Undergraduate Major: psychology (BA)
GRE Quantitative Score: 161 (like 620 on older scale)
GRE Verbal Score: 161 (770 on older scale)
GRE AW Score: 4.0
GMAT: 660
Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 6
Years of Work Experience: 4
Describe Relevant Work Experience: Community organizing, advocacy and fundraising for political campaigns; includes 2 years of management experience, 1 year after college as research assistant for psychology professor, and a bunch of random other jobs
Languages: English, very basic fluency in French
Quant: Statistics and Calculus AB as an undergrad, Macroeconomics (no micro yet)
Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc): Shows strong interest and commitment to social change and public service, contains humor and is somewhat entertaining to read. Possible weaker points are that the writing is not perfect stylistically and it focuses almost entirely on my last job from this summer, rather than discussing anything from academics or earlier position held. I also wrote about a controversial political issue on which the country is very divided.
Strength of LOR (be honest, describe the process, etc): Professional recommendations only, which are strong, but no academic ones
Other: Co-authored 2 publications from college in scientific journals with a professor, Departmental Honors in my major field