su1234 Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Please post decisions for Georgetown McCourt programs here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
su1234 Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 Hi I applied to Georgetown's MS-DSPP program on 15th January and haven't heard back yet. Any idea till when can we expect decisions for the program? ax062320 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seskande Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 I applied too. Haven't heard anything yet. What do you think of the reputation of this program and ranking compared to other top schools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
su1234 Posted March 2, 2020 Author Share Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) Since it's new we don't really have a lot of data points. But I did speak to a lot of the current DSPP students before applying and I was really impressed with how the program has turned out to be for them. One of the main reasons I applied to this program was the feedback I got from the current DSPP students. Overall, I'd rank DSPP above MSCAPP (UChicago), at-least personally. Also, the location is a big big plus since half the MSCAPP batch ends up in DC for their internships. 6 hours ago, seskande said: I applied too. Haven't heard anything yet. What do you think of the reputation of this program and ranking compared to other top schools? Edited March 2, 2020 by su1234 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seskande Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 3 hours ago, su1234 said: Since it's new we don't really have a lot of data points. But I did speak to a lot of the current DSPP students before applying and I was really impressed with how the program has turned out to be for them. One of the main reasons I applied to this program was the feedback I got from the current DSPP students. Overall, I'd rank DSPP above MSCAPP (UChicago), at-least personally. Also, the location is a big big plus since half the MSCAPP batch ends up in DC for their internships. Thank you. That’s very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ax062320 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 10 hours ago, seskande said: I applied too. Haven't heard anything yet. What do you think of the reputation of this program and ranking compared to other top schools? Applied it too. I would say DSPP >= MSCAPP in policy/data in U.S. Outside U.S., UChicago is much stronger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma1919 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Has anyone tried contacting McCourt to find out why this delay? I remember last year decisions were sent out on 1st March itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
su1234 Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 Hey just got a mail to check app status. Got through DSPP with $11.5k/ year aid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdsbr Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Hey! I just got accepted at DSPP too! This represents a great achievement for me!! But no aid offer, probably because my GRE score was not very good. Does anyone know if there is any change I can negotiate some aid, scholarships or TA at university? Can anyone give me tips on how to do that?? Good luck to everyone!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceebz Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 I was accepted to the MPP with 27k a year. I was also accepted by U Chicago Harris with similar money, so weighing my options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njapp2020 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 I was accepted to the MPP with $18k. I was also admitted to UVA's Batten School with decent money, so I'm feeling pretty torn right now. Did anyone else apply to Batten? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradSchoolGrad Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 21 hours ago, njapp2020 said: I was accepted to the MPP with $18k. I was also admitted to UVA's Batten School with decent money, so I'm feeling pretty torn right now. Did anyone else apply to Batten? What are you trying to do with your future career? If you are a person that likes to be independent, know your career interests, and you have a good idea on how to pursue your career interests aggressively on your own, McCourt would work okay for you. If you are someone who cares a lot about having a strong student culture and a collaborative community + need support to figure out what your career interests, UVA would be a better fit. I actually have friends that went to Batten and compared notes. The programs are actually decently different! Happy to talk more on direct message. w-ht-w 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradSchoolGrad Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 On 3/3/2020 at 9:30 PM, mdsbr said: Hey! I just got accepted at DSPP too! This represents a great achievement for me!! But no aid offer, probably because my GRE score was not very good. Does anyone know if there is any change I can negotiate some aid, scholarships or TA at university? Can anyone give me tips on how to do that?? Good luck to everyone!! They might change their posture based upon how many people take or don't take their offers. So basically negotiate over time. You might luck out. Unless things changed, TAing was just salary, not scholarship for McCourt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradSchoolGrad Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 On 3/3/2020 at 11:39 PM, Ceebz said: I was accepted to the MPP with 27k a year. I was also accepted by U Chicago Harris with similar money, so weighing my options. Go to U. Chicago (unless you want a Capital Hill career). It is a no brainer in pretty much every single way you can look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
su1234 Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 On 3/28/2020 at 11:03 AM, GradSchoolGrad said: Go to U. Chicago (unless you want a Capital Hill career). It is a no brainer in pretty much every single way you can look at it. Hey I have also been accepted to UChicago MPP and Georgetown DSPP. Would you have any thoughts on which course I should go for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradSchoolGrad Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 On 3/29/2020 at 12:44 AM, su1234 said: Hey I have also been accepted to UChicago MPP and Georgetown DSPP. Would you have any thoughts on which course I should go for? Assuming that you are getting the same amount of money, I think it is a 100% absolute no brainer - U.Chicago MPP... I say this because: 1. Flexibility in career choice - as in your have the opportunity to change your desired career outcomes midway through the program 2. Harris is simply a much better resourced, managed, and organized program that McCourt 3. Really strong diversity (in background) of your classmates 4. I also want to highlight that Harris is a no joke quant program - probably the hardest (supposedly WWS and Harris have the hardest quant). UNLESS - you want to have a career focused on data science / data engineer / pure data analytics (as in your title would say ___ policy data scientist or data analytics ____). If you ooze data analytics (or want to) and bath in it., then DSPP is the way to go. If you end up really loving the data side, you can just have your electives be more data focused at U. Chicago MPP. Granted, you kind of would hit terminal velocity by virtual of not being in a data analytics program. HOWEVER... if you are getting fully funded for McCourt DSPP and nothing from Harris, and you are okay with having a data focused career... I would go with McCourt DSPP. It is better to come out of a recession with 70K in the hole (assuming 35K a year living expense) than 200K in the hole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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