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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It can vary greatly, OP. There are people who go to HKS because they are smart and competent and interested in policy work and want to attend the best school they can get into. The faculty and program is top notch.

But every class also has a TON of people who are there due to money and connections (often both). Much more true for HKS than for any Ivy League undergrad program, including Harvard. Senators' kids, lots of people from wealthy/prominent foreign families. And a lot of them are horrible, plus this horribleness can rub off on some of the more normal people there.

Anyway, some of the smartest, most thoughtful, and genuinely public-interest-minded people I know went to HKS. But also a lot of complete a$$holes who think they are god's gift.

You just have to judge each on the merits. I do think if you write of HKS grads as all terrible, you risk missing out on some truly exceptional people.

(I didn't go to HKS, but my spouse did)[/quote]

I haven't written anyone off. It just so happens that every HKS grad I've encountered at work is horrible. [/quote]

Maybe The best students are getting better offers and yiur  company is getting the leftovers at the bottom of the barrel.  You’d prob do better to aim for top students at “lesser” schools. [/quote]

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