Dual MTS and ...?

[Coolidge]

Does anyone have experience getting a dual/joint degree with the MTS degree? I am particularly curious to hear from people at HDS. What did you get the second degree in and why? How long did it take? Will the fact that you have already been accepted to the MTS program make it easier (even just slightly) to be accepted to the second program?

 

Thanks!

[Balatro]

I can't speak from personal experience but from looking at the website for Harvard Law, all concurrent degree applicants apply as a standalone applicant - they're judged as such (meaning you need to take the LSAT and achieve a competitive score there as well as GPA, have the letters of recommendation, etc). It's only once accepted that your advisors will sit down and hash out a program to get you out ASAP with minimal/if any course overlap.

 

That said, usual concurrent degrees I've run across are in law, business, and, politics/public policy. I went to Yale so my experience is limited to that school where most concurrent students were in forestry, nursing, public health, etc. We all applied to both programs separately, noting it was a joint application but the applications were processed individually and Harvard seems to be the same way.

 

I don't foresee the application being easier b/c you're already a student there, especially if applying for a presitigous school like law, business, or medicine.

[Lux Lex Pax]

I would imagine letters of recommendation from faculty members in the other program you would like to gain admission to would have extra weight.

[dr. t]

I've been around the Div School for a bit in the course of my studies, and I've not even heard of someone doing a dual degree. I couldn't tell you if that's from lack of trying.

 

See you next semester!