Gurkha

Any news of Georgetown ???

Yahoo...got in Wyoming with full tuition remission and TA fellowship !! Any thoughts ?

Kepp the peece its still on...................................... The Reading and Decision Process - Post 10 Posted: 06 Mar 2014 09:01 PM PST We do not use a matrix to determine admission decisions at HKS, but this time of year I feel like I live in a matrix. Similar to the Matrix movie, codes cascade by my eyes daily and manipulating Excel spreadsheets makes me feel like I am living in a different reality. If you were to stare into my eyes you might see something like the following: =D5+D6 =E5+E6 =F5+F6 =G5+G6 =H5+H6 =I5+I6 =J5+J6 =D4/D3 =E4/E3 =F4/F3 =G4/G3 =H4/H3 =I4/I3 =J4/J3 =D5/D4 =E5/E4 =F5/F4 =G5/G4 =H5/H4 =I5/I4 =J5/J4 =E6/D8 =F6/E8 =G6/F8 =H6/G8 =I6/H8 =J6/I8 =G46*E45 =I45*G46 =J45*G46 =SUM(H46:H47) =SUM(I46:I47) =SUM(J46:J47) =(I9+H9+G9)/3 =(I10+H10+G10)/3 =(I11+H11+G11)/3 =E45*C46 =I8*C47 =SUM(E46:E47) Finalizing a class is a torturous task. We have a lot of historical data and we can make projections, but each year is different and each applicant pool is different. This time of year I spend a lot of time staring at formulas, coloring cells, calculating estimated yields, averaging, counting, dividing, summing, and contemplating. I know I am engaged in serious work because I have caused Excel to freeze multiple times in the past week. Thanks to a bad experience in high school when I lost a paper on my first computer (a PCJr) when it froze, I compulsively hit Ctrl-S on my keyboard. Admission is not an exact science. In a laboratory you can control for different factors, but in admissions many factors are completely out of my control. I am certainly not an artist, but I do feel like there is an art to enrollment planning. It is not art that I engage in single-handedly, but I hold primary responsibility for putting the projection models together to help lead discussions. I know all those who have applied are waiting anxiously for a decision, and I am anxious to get all of the decisions out. The process is more like an art than a science so I cannot publish particular dates. Thank you for your patience and please, don’t stare at your email account too long waiting for an email regarding your decision - turn away often and examine other things. Easy for me to say I know.

Dear boys, my first post I still havent heard from Harvard, Georgetown & Oxford, had my Wyoming interview yesterday.....any guesses ?

Which programme is the best for international security / strategic affairs ? I am military ( non US ) ? Is it better to go to a general international affairs course or something more specific like gerogetown ?

http://100rsns.blogspot.in/p/complete-list-to-date.html Are the reasons still fully valid especially job prospects ?

Thank you. The info was about Canadian schools though.How good are they ?

Thank you for a comprehensive and cogent feedback on the PhD. I think the RAND description enhances my inclination for it as it would be more suitable to my career as well as high recognition in my country. I would be grateful if you could similarly throw some light on two year and one year programmes meant for mid career professionals essentially in terms of suitability as a candidate and funding.

The RAND also offers a PhD programme in the International security / relations. How good is the programme ? Given the the large number and high credibility of RAND reports how is it that it is never mentioned in college rankings and nobody in this thread appears to be consider it as an option ?

I prefer the US as I feel that one gets a better and broader perspective in the US. Funding too is more difficult in the UK.

I am a serving infantry officer with about 26 years in the Indian Army. I am desirous of pursuing a PhD or a Masters in international relations / security studies. I wish to do a PhD for two reasons : to qualify for a post in the soon-to-be-opened Indian National Defence University as well as for career progression. On the practical side I have lots of experience in counterinsurgency, UN operations etc as well as operational planning. I have also completed my M Phil from an Indian university in strategic studies. My constraints are that I can only get two years of sabbatical possibly extended by one year to complete the course and that I would need near complete funding for tution and living, as I have a family to support. I would love to go to one of the CHYMPS / Georgetown/JHU but their PhDs appear to be very long : 5 -6 years. I would prefer a shorter programme like what RAND offers. Any thoughts ? Also do you think I would be a desirable candidate with my profile ? Is it possible to spend a couple of years resident in a PhD programme and complete the rest of the work from India ?

I am a serving infantry officer with about 26 years Indian Army. I am desirous of pursuing a PhD or a Masters in international relations / security studies. I wish to do a PhD for two reasons : to qualify for a post in the soon-to-be-opened Indian National Defence University as well as for career progression. On the practical side I have lots of experience in counterinsurgency, UN operations etc as well as operational planning. I have also completed my M Phil from an Indian university in strategic studies. My constraints are that I can only get two years of sabbatical possibly extended by one year to complete the course and that I would need near complete funding for tution and living, as I have a family to support. I would love to go to one of the CHYMPS / Georgetown/JHU but their PhDs appear to be very long : 5 -6 years. I would prefer a shorter programme like what RAND offers. Any thoughts ? Also do you think I would be a desirable candidate with my profile ? Is it possible to spend a couple of years resident in a PhD programme and complete the rest of the work from India ?