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The Foreign Policy IR rankings have been posted here in various threads...I've not studied the methodology behind them by any means, but thought it was weird that Princeton is ranked fairly low on the list (#6). Anyone care to comment on why that is?

78% yield means 19 people declined their offers of admission. Just out of curiosity, did anyone here turn down WWS? (I'm pretty sure I know two people who went for Harvard MPA/ID.) Also, did the letter say anything about whether anyone was admitted from the waitlist?

Hi all - I've been reading this board for the past couple of weeks and really appreciate all the information and insight from everyone. I'm actually in the same boat as Billy, except I've been accepted to the MPA/ID program at the Kennedy School with no word yet on funding. I come from a math and econ background and the most important thing curriculum-wise to me is that there are strong PhD-level econ courses. Both programs seem to have that (I chose the economics and public policy field at WWS), and the two are about equal in class size. When I was applying, MPA/ID was always my top choice, but I've really been impressed by WWS the more I hear and talk to people about it. I've seen a lot of discussion on the MPP at the Kennedy School but not as much about MPA/ID. Would love to hear your thoughts on how MPA/ID and WWS compare and what you would do given the three scenarios that Billy proposed. Thanks!