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  1. I'm surprised to hear that schools explicitly state that they require master's degree. To my knowledge a master's degree is not a requirement for most pubpol PhD's. People entering Pubpol PhD programs tend to have a few years of experience and some do have MPP's. However, it is not a requirement and I'm sure you can sell your research experience at the UN. I would say finding a Pubpol program with a strong focus on international development is the harder task since most pubpol programs focus more on domestic (social, health, urban) policies. If you want to focus on international policy issues I would suggest that you look into the affiliated faculties in poli sci or econ and check if they research on international development issues. KSG is obviously the best choice. WWS would be good as well. I don't think Chicago's Harris School focuses on international development isues. Michigan's Ford School would be OK too. Maryland has international stuff too, but I believe it's focused more on security issues. LBJ(Texas Austin) focuses more on social policy. Duke has a new program so I can't tell what it's going to be like but presently it does not have much faculty focused on international development. NYU's Wagner School is mostly social and urban. CMU's Heinz as well. I'm not sure of Syracuse's Maxwell School. RAND's program is strong on security and health but not much development issues. If you really are into development and are certain you don't want to do economics than you pool becomes much smaller. I haven't done this but you could look for Development Think Tanks and look where the people did there PhDs.
  2. Brown; urban, development & growth
  3. I have a question to those in grad school already. (1) How many people in your department receive no aid from the department during their 1st year? (2) Are there cases where students don't get assistantship(RA/TA) in the second year even if they successfully finish their first year self-funded?
  4. Well, I called Cornell's dept to ask what the possibilities of becoming admitted for those on the "not yet decided status". The guy told me that the bulk would be rejections. This was somewhat expected as there seems to be a lot of "yet decided" applicants here.
  5. asquare, great post! Wish I get the "opportunity" to bargain. By the way, just got rejected from the Ford School.
  6. It would be great if those who already have better offers than Cornell that you are certain about, send the dept a note asking them to terminate your application process. It could save many people's lives here. ^^
  7. lyos

    Ksg?

    I called the office and all decisions have been made. I'm out. Also, she said that there is no waitlist. Good luck!
  8. lyos

    Ksg?

    Congratulations commodore! You seem to be on a role. Which professor called you? and were there any info concerning other admits(like how many were admitted)?
  9. lyos

    Ksg?

    Congrats! what a great admit! What was the aid package like?
  10. lyos

    Ksg?

    commodore, out of curiosity would you prefer KSG over Yale?
  11. lyos

    Ksg?

    There's one post on the gradcafe with an acceptance to KSG's pub pol program via phone. Has anyone heard?
  12. lyos

    Cornell?

    I just got the same mail. "To date, no decision has been made concerning your application."
  13. lyos

    Cornell?

    When did you send the e-mail. I sent mine this morning but still haven't heard back. By the way, what was the e-mail that you used?
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