su1234 Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Hey has anyone heard back for the MIDS program at Duke? Have they started sending out interview invites? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PranavM98 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) Hey! I'm also waiting for the MIDS program at Duke. Please keep me posted if you receive an interview invite from them! Edited March 2, 2020 by PranavM98 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
su1234 Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 12 hours ago, PranavM98 said: Hey! I'm also waiting for the MIDS program at Duke. Please keep me posted if you receive an interview invite from them! Sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoSugar Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 I received an interview invite on 3.5 and will take the interview tomorrow. su1234 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
su1234 Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 21 hours ago, LeoSugar said: I received an interview invite on 3.5 and will take the interview tomorrow. Hey! Do you mind sharing your profile and interview experience? How was the interview? What did they ask? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoSugar Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 On 3/12/2020 at 12:17 PM, su1234 said: Hey! Do you mind sharing your profile and interview experience? How was the interview? What did they ask? Thanks! Hi! I am an undergraduate majoring in Economics. The interview was mainly based on your background (your application materials)and the professors were really nice so there's nothing really to worry about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
su1234 Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 Hi everyone! I just received an admit from Duke MIDS dated March 19th. I received the interview invite on 16th and took the interview on 18th. I was asked the following questions: 1. What are your strongpoints and areas where you want to hone your technical skills? - to which I answered: my strongpoints would mostly be analytics and basics of data science. Potential development areas - public policy, stats, computational social science, big data 2. What experience do you have working in teams with people from different backgrounds both geographically and technical background wise? It was a very short 10 min casual interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest123 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 @su1234 Did you get offered funding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PranavM98 Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 4 hours ago, su1234 said: Hi everyone! I just received an admit from Duke MIDS dated March 19th. I received the interview invite on 16th and took the interview on 18th. I was asked the following questions: 1. What are your strongpoints and areas where you want to hone your technical skills? - to which I answered: my strongpoints would mostly be analytics and basics of data science. Potential development areas - public policy, stats, computational social science, big data 2. What experience do you have working in teams with people from different backgrounds both geographically and technical background wise? It was a very short 10 min casual interview. Congratulations!! su1234 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
su1234 Posted March 20, 2020 Author Share Posted March 20, 2020 @Guest123 The offer letter says that the financial aid package will be sent separately by the admitting dept. Not sure if it means that I will necessarily receive financial aid. Would you have any idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest123 Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 (edited) @su1234 interesting, my offer letter makes no mention of financial aid. It sounds like they are giving you some funding, but I think it can't hurt to email the department and ask if that's the case Edited March 20, 2020 by Guest123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
su1234 Posted March 20, 2020 Author Share Posted March 20, 2020 @Guest123 Right that makes sense. I will probably mail them once I get all my decisions. But from what I've seen they don't offer too much funding. Not sure though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
su1234 Posted March 21, 2020 Author Share Posted March 21, 2020 @Guest123 Hey received financial aid letter yesterday. They're giving me 25% tuition scholarship. The program is too expensive for me to be able to afford it without a loan. Do you have any idea what we can expect in terms of placements? Median salary etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest123 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 @su1234Their first class hasn't graduated yet so there's no data. I'm in the same boat, I can't afford this program without financial aid and it doesn't seem like I'm getting any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
su1234 Posted March 21, 2020 Author Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) @Guest123 What are your thoughts on education loan? Also, are you an international applicant? Edited March 21, 2020 by su1234 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest123 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 @su1234I'm international but Duke's tuition for this program seems to be the same for Domestic or International. I'm personally would not take out a loans unless it's an amount I can pay back quickly. I don't want debt to dictate my decision making when it comes to post grad employment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
su1234 Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 On 3/21/2020 at 12:29 PM, Guest123 said: @su1234I'm international but Duke's tuition for this program seems to be the same for Domestic or International. I'm personally would not take out a loans unless it's an amount I can pay back quickly. I don't want debt to dictate my decision making when it comes to post grad employment. That makes a lot of sense. Thank you for your inputs Guest123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PranavM98 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) Hi All! Received the admission offer letter from Duke MIDS today! Hoping to connect with you all! Edited April 1, 2020 by PranavM98 su1234 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
su1234 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Hey everyone! I have made a whatsapp group for Duke MIDS incoming class of 2022. Please feel free to join We can discuss all the documentation that needs to submitted for I-20 and also get to know each other better. https://chat.whatsapp.com/K9Hhlk91kx45i4LLdoYdgn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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