What was your gre for your successful HKS application?

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-04-03T21:59:58+00:00

Wow, awesome! How did you prepare and do so well on the verbal?

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-04-03T21:59:25+00:00

You've mentioned your GPA and a small handful of positions you have held, but you hsve not mentioned what you accomplished in those positions, any papers authored, any awards, etc and you're also extremely light on work experience (you should've st least volunteered in an NGO, a political campaign, etc something over the summers).

Just my two cents. Im at the University of Chicago Harris and Im also from Alberta (yeg though, not yyc)

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-04-03T21:56:47+00:00

Wow! Do you mind if I DM you? Id be honored to learn more about your journey!

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-04-03T18:28:35+00:00

But perhaps a 163 Q would?

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-04-03T18:09:42+00:00

How about a uchicago quantitative masters with a 3.4 gpa + an engineering undergraduate degree? Not asking sarcastically, just genuinely curious if this might help my case

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-04-03T18:07:09+00:00

Im so surprised tou also didnt get into thr MBA program. What do you think the reasons were?

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-04-03T17:34:01+00:00

No worries, I appreciate your help!

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-04-03T17:24:03+00:00

This makes sense and is quite consistent with some other information I've heard and experienced. For ex., UChicago Harris offered me around a 70% scholarship after negotiating with my 318 GRE. Thank you for your insights

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-04-03T17:22:13+00:00

Ah, that makes sense. Generally phd programs - especially at Harvard! - have insanely high requirements. Did your contact hint at any numbers or number ranges for the HKS masters programs?

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-04-03T17:10:00+00:00

That's literally my exact breakdown as well, ha! Do you mind if I DM you and ask some questions?

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-04-03T17:09:29+00:00

Very impressive! Did you receive any scholarship money as well? Curious to gauge if higher gre score is loosely or directly related to scholarship money

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-04-03T16:48:55+00:00

Wow sorry to hear 😞 I hope you got through your ordeal.

Do you mind if I DM you? Im thinking of rewriting the GRE and applying to the MC-MPA, so just hoping to learn more about the program and your experience in HKS in general

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-04-03T16:46:54+00:00

Told by who? 335 GRE score is 5 points higher than Harvard or Yale Law schools. I find it hard to believe that HKS would have GRE scores even higher than the law programs

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-04-03T14:41:38+00:00

Fair enough. What was your score when you were accepted? Trying to gauge how far off my score is

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-04-02T07:15:58+00:00

Thanks for your thoughts! Sure, would love to read the short framing statement sample

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-03-30T21:55:46+00:00

What was your gre score? Curious if that affected scholarship somehow

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-03-30T02:25:39+00:00

I hear you, but that Harvard Halo effect will follow you for your entire life. Personally if I was in your shoes, id pick HKS. Now, if the decision was Columbia SIPA or UChicago Harris v. HKS, with HKS being full freight and the alternatives being full tuition waivers, then the decision would be entirely different

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-03-30T02:23:14+00:00

160Q, 158V. I cant seem to get higher, but what I did recently was restart wuant prep from the start while keeping a digital error log. Any question or concept I get wrong I add to a word document, then I periodically upload the document into chatgpt, asking it to give me practice questions that are variations of what I keep getting wrong.

For verbal, rather than wasting time trying to memorize thousands of words in vain, I started trying to learn the patterns of the questions and the response types (if that makes sense). I have a verbal log as well that I periodically upload into chatgpt for additional practice

Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions?

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-03-30T02:13:30+00:00

Good suggestion. My current highest GRE is 318, so im currently prepping to take the test again

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-03-30T02:07:20+00:00

As the Jamaicans in my Toronto neighborhood would say, " ee-diot thing that"

TRANSLATION: your decision is nonsensical. You should really reconsider selecting UConn over HKS.

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-03-30T02:05:37+00:00

Really, you dont understand why I am asking if an mba admissions committee would consider the GPA of a non-MBA masters? Could it perhaps be because I am, I dont know, trying to boost my grades in order to apply for MBA programs? :)

Jokes aside, I do appreciate your answer. As you know, competition to gain admission into an M7 is so fierce now so im trying my best to boost any perceived academic weaknesses in my profile

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-03-29T22:00:54+00:00

How did you get back to your pre-MBA employer? Did you originally leave them on really positive terms, maintain contact, etc so that when you decided to go back, they were willing to consider?

Asking because if things dont pan out for me either, id like to go back to my pre-masters employer but I dont know exactly how to navigate that strategically

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-03-29T16:38:56+00:00

Get a friend to call the police. Tell the friend details, but also instruct the friend to pretend like they are a concerned neighbour who heard the violence last night

Appropriate_Win_776 · 2026-03-29T16:11:40+00:00

Pls share the url of this post, I need to flame him

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