HKS 2018

[pumpkinturbo]

got into the Heller MPP with a 60% merit scholarship. so that'll get me through the weekend! fingers crossed for everyone getting their SIPA decisions as we speak!

[Prester John]

Eerie silence in the blog during the weekend!

[Anonymous_Walrus]

25 minutes ago, Prester John said:

Eerie silence in the blog during the weekend!

yeah...calm before the storm.

[veronicaaaaa]

Will tomorrow be the day  I am set on Wednesday, but I can't help but be hopeful that it is tomorrow.

[lackey]

28 minutes ago, veronicaaaaa said:

Will tomorrow be the day  I am set on Wednesday, but I can't help but be hopeful that it is tomorrow.

I hope so but Wednesday seems the most likely based on past years. 

[veronicaaaaa]

6 minutes ago, lackey said:

I hope so but Wednesday seems the most likely based on past years. 

Yeah. I think so too. 

[lackey]

5 minutes ago, veronicaaaaa said:

Yeah. I think so too. 

If decisions come out Wednesday, it'll be 100 days since the decision deadline.  

[Prester John]

18 minutes ago, lackey said:

If decisions come out Wednesday, it'll be 100 days since the decision deadline.  

99 days and a few hours. I hope the counter doesn’t have 3 digits?

[pumpkinturbo]

Looks like we have at least 3 blog posts to go, but we shouldn’t assume they will post 20+ entries in this series. In 2016 there were only 15 posts but the last 3 were the same as in 2017: admitted decision description, the post about reading each name individually (could see this one getting skipped), and then the post announcing the release of decisions. So probably Wednesday. Ahhhh!!! 

[Prester John]

13 minutes ago, pumpkinturbo said:

Looks like we have at least 3 blog posts to go, but we shouldn’t assume they will post 20+ entries in this series. In 2016 there were only 15 posts but the last 3 were the same as in 2017: admitted decision description, the post about reading each name individually (could see this one getting skipped), and then the post announcing the release of decisions. So probably Wednesday. Ahhhh!!! 

Lol. I think we can expect the ‘admitted’ post on Monday, hopefully. The wait had been really bad. Both hks and WWS have overshot their last years dates

[tropisk_winter]

There's a snowstorm heading to Boston on Tuesday -- I hope that doesn't mean decisions are delayed a day! 

[pumpkinturbo]

5 minutes ago, tropisk_winter said:

There's a snowstorm heading to Boston on Tuesday -- I hope that doesn't mean decisions are delayed a day! 

Gah! Matt bikes to work year-round! ?

[lackey]

13 minutes ago, tropisk_winter said:

There's a snowstorm heading to Boston on Tuesday -- I hope that doesn't mean decisions are delayed a day! 

You've gotta be kidding me. That's a Nor'easter every week for the past three weeks for us! This better be a sign of good luck!

[pumpkinturbo]

BTW - I can’t think of a more effective way for HKS to make us all feel unworthy than this Friday blog post about their alumnus who was a Navy SEAL, lost his legs, and then won an Olympic gold medal. 

Well played, HKS. And I was proud of myself for going for a run today!

[tropisk_winter]

4 minutes ago, lackey said:

You've gotta be kidding me. That's a Nor'easter every week for the past three weeks for us! This better be a sign of good luck!

I live in New England (assuming you do, too!) and ya it's definitely been a lot for us these past few weeks! I wonder if the admissions team is able to work from home. Another program I applied to delayed releasing financial aid decisions by a few days because of all these Nor'easters, so I'm nervous! Fingers crossed for Wednesday or sooner  

[lackey]

4 minutes ago, tropisk_winter said:

I live in New England (assuming you do, too!) and ya it's definitely been a lot for us these past few weeks! I wonder if the admissions team is able to work from home. Another program I applied to delayed releasing financial aid decisions by a few days because of all these Nor'easters, so I'm nervous! Fingers crossed for Wednesday or sooner  

Yup, near Boston actually. My bus went by HKS yesterday so that was nerve-wracking...

[pumpkinturbo]

They’ve mentioned WFH in prior posts but I’m concerned about that final step where they all sit in the conference room together reading names. What if one of them can’t come? Do they have to wait a day? Maybe someone else can cover. 

[tropisk_winter]

I hate to be pessimistic, but honestly it's going to be a tough commute on Tuesday if these forecasts come true... https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/03/11/more-snow-coming-our-way-thousands-remain-without-power/Vh3IroieEmr7Peq1QZmwJM/story.html

[lackey]

8 minutes ago, tropisk_winter said:

I hate to be pessimistic, but honestly it's going to be a tough commute on Tuesday if these forecasts come true... https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/03/11/more-snow-coming-our-way-thousands-remain-without-power/Vh3IroieEmr7Peq1QZmwJM/story.html

Maybe this will push them to finish tomorrow. I can dream, can't I? 

[HKSPY]

Hey everyone!

Made it through the weekend... The silence here helped lol.. Now back to feeling anxious... 

[HKSPY]

On 3/7/2017 at 5:00 PM, Obecalp said:

Twas the Day 'Fore Admissions

'Twas the day 'fore admissions, and all through the forum,
Not a person was working, they'd built quite a quorum. 
Their essays were written, with pride and with care, 
But would they get in? Not a one was aware. 

They paced through their offices and homes oh so stressed, 
While their little hearts beated away in their chests.
They gnawed at their nails and rended their flesh,
They rapped on their keyboards, and tapped at refresh. 

An email arrived! The time! It has come!
Oh, no, wait, it's just a letter from mum. 
"Ugh, Mom!" they did shout. "Can't you see that I wait?
For a letter from Harvard to come on this date?"

And far off in Cambridge, the admissions committee,
Laughed and sneered and guffawed without pity.
They sipped on their mai tais and laughed at the plebs,
"Having fun waiting, you dorks and you dweebs?"

But at last they decided, long enough they had waited, 
They'd read and reread, discussed and debated.
They gave off a shout and it rang through the city
"Behold a decree from the admissions committee!"

They turned to the students at The Grad Cafe
Who'd fretted and talked, and stopped working all day,
"We think you're quite swell, and you're so very cool
Welcome to Harvard's John F. Kennedy School!"

This was shared last year by one of the applicants. I found it so great and cool I had to share it xD

[hks mpa id]

Have been reading all your posts since long. Thank you all for making the wait process bearable!

I have applied to MPA-ID but my admission portal has not changed. It still has all the contact info. Is there any MPA-ID whose portal has changed?

Thank you!

[DIT]

Welcome and best of luck!!

[apply2017]

36 minutes ago, hks mpa id said:

Have been reading all your posts since long. Thank you all for making the wait process bearable!

I have applied to MPA-ID but my admission portal has not changed. It still has all the contact info. Is there any MPA-ID whose portal has changed?

Thank you!

Still the same for me too. 

[hks mpa id]

If none of MPA ID admission portal has changed it means that they still have not uploaded results to our portals.