Is Harvard’s Kennedy MPP program prestigious?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a lot easier to get into than Harvard Law. That does not mean that it is not worthwile.

Harvard Law isn’t hard to get into either, assuming you have a high enough GPA and LSAT score. It’s not like Yale or Stanford, where even a 4.0 GPA and 810 LSAT score will only give you a 75-78% chance of admission for early decision.

https://7sage.com/predictor/

HAHAHAHA! There is no 810. Yale's stats have always been a tiny bit higher because it is so small (625 students)and attracts the future professor type. Harvard has an enrollment of 1,990, so can be more diverse and has far more interesting students. Stanford, too, has only 572 students. If you are interested in practicing, not teaching, you pick Harvard, as I did. If you think you want to teach, you go to Yale. If you want to do BLM stuff, you go to Stanford.

[Anonymous]

KSG grad and now work at a government agency that hires mostly MPPs. Yes, it's a good school, but just getting in and graduating won't get you a great job: At least when we are reviewing resumes, we look for directly relevant experience, in work before grad school or in the year before, or directly relevant coursework, especially independent research or similar. And at least at my agency we get a lot of applicants who have very impressive experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a lot easier to get into than Harvard Law. That does not mean that it is not worthwile.

Harvard Law isn’t hard to get into either, assuming you have a high enough GPA and LSAT score. It’s not like Yale or Stanford, where even a 4.0 GPA and 810 LSAT score will only give you a 75-78% chance of admission for early decision.

https://7sage.com/predictor/

HAHAHAHA! There is no 810. Yale's stats have always been a tiny bit higher because it is so small (625 students)and attracts the future professor type. Harvard has an enrollment of 1,990, so can be more diverse and has far more interesting students. Stanford, too, has only 572 students. If you are interested in practicing, not teaching, you pick Harvard, as I did. If you think you want to teach, you go to Yale. If you want to do BLM stuff, you go to Stanford.

It was clearly a typo, you dolt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know two people from the Kennedy School. One hosts a podcast you all probably listen to and another is an ER doctor now.

Bill Simmons and Ryen Russillo went to Kennedy?!

(only podcasts I listen to, because they're the only ones my husband listens to)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know two people from the Kennedy School. One hosts a podcast you all probably listen to and another is an ER doctor now.

Bill Simmons and Ryen Russillo went to Kennedy?!

(only podcasts I listen to, because they're the only ones my husband listens to)

Don’t even bother. PP is being stupidly cagey, trying to increase some sort of pathetic mystique.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I worked in politics in DC for many years and we made fun of people that had a Harvard Kennedy MPP. 99% of them never worked on a campaign and that is where you learn everything and make connections.

And they're all quick on the draw that they have a HARVARD degree. So cringe. It's one thing if you went to undergrad there, or at least JD or MBA...but most of their grad programs are cash cows targeting status-conscious unimpressive strivers.

L.O.L. agree. I know someone who went to the Ed. School at Harvard which is even lamer than Kennedy School + always drops Harvard in any convo

[Anonymous]

This thread is so weird. I didn't go to Harvard at all (or any Ivy) and don't have an MPP, and yet working in policy in DC it's obvious that KSG is a well-respected school and that many of its grads wind up doing terrific high-level work in a variety of policy roles in DC.

Most of the criticism on here comes off as uninformed sour grapes. It's weird.