Graduate School Admission Results

Harvard Kennedy School of Government , MPP program 8 months of public service experience pre graduation Fresh grad - Dual Bachelor's in Economics and Political Science

SM80!!!!!!!!!! Over the moon :)

DrPH

Engineering major, 3.3 GPA Bachelors student. Three secondary author publications in journals with impact factors >6, one first author work in progress. Email was link to portal. Very irritating to pay over $100 to apply and for them to wait until March to send any communication, especially when many rejects went out earlier.

4.0 Masters GPA and strong LORs ~10 years of experience (3 in public sector)

MC/MPA Edward Mason Program. Over the moon on this. but, No information on Financial Aid as yet. The Fin Aid portal is apparently having tech issues.

Congrats to those admitted! Math/Econ double major. 3 yrs as a military officer with a tour abroad. Took the GRE twice and these are my best scores from both tests.

Disappointed. That is what makes it "Harvard", I guess. Got into other great programs but no. 15a/4r Email to check the portal

email to check portal

Ignore Waitlist: Looks like its been a tough year for HEP-th. I got into one program, but its not a very big HEP-th program. 5 students, 4 faculty (One string theorist with H-index of around 27, 3 lattice gauge theorists, another string theorist that *just* retired ), minimal funding, no classes on string theory etc offered. I'm wondering; is it possible to be successful in such a program? By success I mean is it possible to continue a career in HEP-th in academia or otherwise after graduating from such a program ? If not, should I try to switch subfields ? I really want to do HEP-th but I also don't want to graduate with no career prospects and another 5 years of regret. Honestly just feeling a bit lost and unsure of what I should do. When I visited I didn't get a good feeling about the HEP-th group. If I decide to switch, should I consider reapplying next year for something else, or should I just take what I have and make the most of it ? The university I got into is very very very good (best in the world) for a few select subfields, but I'm not sure I would want to switch into those subfields. My background is in experimental physics and condensed matter, so maybe if I applied again for something more like condensed matter I'd have better luck ? Re applying would be a giant pain, and who knows, maybe I wouldn't even get in anywhere if I reapplied, but I really don't feel great about the place I got into. (Also I really don't want to do anything other than HEP-th, but I'd rather spend 5 years being successful at something else than 5 years failing at HEP-th) TL;DR- I got into one HEP-th program, but I don't have a very good feeling about it and don't know what to do. Also sorry for posting this here, I didn't know where else to post this.

Notified via Zoom conversation on March 1st by mentor (unofficially)! Mentor emailed to set up a time to meet over Zoom to "share news". Received official offer of admission through the portal on March 3rd. For future applicants: it is helpful to better understand Harvard's admission process by going to their ProTip page on their website (it explains how, unlike most other programs, a mentor "recommends" you for admission, and then it has to pass through 2 committees before you are approved/notified). So it takes a little longer than possibly other programs to hear your decision after interview day. Hopefully this is helpful!

Went to undergrad at a competitive east coast university. Did two years in industry working at a small biotech startup. Had one year of undergraduate research experience. Very excited about this!

not a good fit maybe. Farewell, my dream school.

Harvard AP Ph.D. program. Two previous NSF REUs. Two+ years of research experience during undergrad in physics/ECE. Two primary-author publications. Had an interview on Jan. 5 with non-POI. All good, I got into another program that I am happy about! Good luck to everyone!