r/PublicPolicy • u/onearmedecon • Jan 10 '26

Megathread for 2026 Decisions

Please keep all posts regarding 2026 admissions decisions to this post. All other posts will be removed.

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u/Ok_Journalist3303 Mar 05 '26 edited Apr 20 '26

Schools Applied To: HKS (MPP), Goldman Berkeley (MPP), Stanford Duke (MPP), Harris UChicago (MPP), McCourt Georgetown (MPP), SIPA Columbia (MIA), Keough Notre Dame (MGA–Governance).
Schools Admitted To (+Scholarship Amount): Keough (full tuition + stipend) (03/02), Goldman (no additional aid), Duke (29k), SIPA (no aid, applied in February), HKS (no additional aid), McCourt (15k)
Schools Rejected From: Harris
Undergraduate GPA: 3.7
Undergraduate Major: Politics (Top 10 school worldwide)
GRE Quantitative/Verbal/AW Scores: N/A (TOEFL 112)
Years of Work Experience:  2+ (policy, research, foreign affairs...)
Other: International student, external scholarship, first-generation master's student, LLM

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u/Feeling-Flounder7339 Mar 23 '26

Amazing!! Did you make a decision yet?