Graduate Admissions Office
The clock is ticking towards our application deadline of 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on December 1st.
Given the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, our office will be closed in the immediate run-up to the application deadline. To all who have expressed interest in our community, and those who have chosen to apply: thank you.
Email and phone inquiries are coming in at an ever-increasing pace, and we are working diligently to respond to them....
Graduate Admissions Office
We have enjoyed meeting so many of you—on the road, on campus and virtually. It is great to have the chance to chat and respond to your individual questions. Thank you for your curiosity and for your interest in the Woodrow Wilson School.
In this blog, we seek to bring some of the broad themes together, grouped around some of the most common questions we are asked.
Whether you are interested in the Master in Public Affairs, the Master in Public...
Graduate Admissions Office
Graduate Admissions Office
Our new cohorts of students have arrived!
We are in the thick of the MPP Summer Program and the MPA/ PhD Math Camp. We just held our family barbeque, and the humidity in central Jersey seems to be tapering off…
As we gear up for our next round of application review, with an anticipated application launch date of September 9, we asked a few of our recent MPA graduates to reflect on their time at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and...
Graduate Admissions Office
Building on an earlier blog post on Urban Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School, this blog post will focus on the second of our optional certificates, the Certificate in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy.
We have four fields of concentration in our two Master’s degrees—the two-year MPA for those individuals earlier in their professional careers, and the one-year MPP for mid-career policy professionals. All students must indicate their...
Graduate Admissions Office
Hi from a warming Central New Jersey.
We just wrapped our latest round of admissions, having turned to the waitlist for a very small number of candidates this year.
I love my job because of all the amazing people that comprise the broader WWS community. (Not to mention, our students are second to none!) But it is also incredibly hard at times, not least because there are so many deserving, well-qualified and accomplished applicants for whom we...
Graduate Admissions Office
It’s that time of year. The clock is ticking ever closer to our application deadline of 11:59pm Eastern time on December 1. Email and phone inquiries are coming in at a frenzied pace, and someone keeps humming the tune of “The Final Countdown.” You are putting your final touches on your application, and we are gearing up for what we call reading season.
We realize applying to graduate school can be stressful. To help ease any last-minute anxiety...
Graduate Admissions Office
Applicants ask us all the time to give guidance on our request for a policy memo as a part of the application. This blog serves to do just that. In short, take it one step at a time.
Yes, we read them. Yes, we look to see if they’re logical. Yes, we notice spelling and grammar mistakes. Yes, we can tell when the memo is a recycled term paper. Yes, we know when they’re too long. Yes, it’s obvious when something is copy-pasted from somewhere else...
Graduate Admissions Office
T-minus one month until our Fall 2018 application deadline: December 1, 2018. We have enjoyed meeting many of you on the road, and have likewise delighted in engagement with interested applicants through our online platforms and calls to our admissions team. Thank you for your interest in our degree programs.
The Woodrow Wilson School strives to be a diverse and inclusive community. We admit students from all walks of life and from a variety of...
Perhaps you are thinking about coming back to school after working full-time for a number of years. Maybe you’ve been in the for-profit sector and want to pivot to the public sector. Or maybe you are already in the public sector and want to hone your skills. Whatever the case, you may be wondering whether returning to school is the right move, and if so, whether the Woodrow Wilson School is the right place for you.
I was in your shoes at this...
The Ingredients of a Strong Résumé
Use a two page annotated format.
Begin with paid Professional Work Experience. Provide date, job title and employer. Under each one, provide a brief paragraph of your key assignments and important accomplishments. Some bullet points are fine, but be judicious; substance is more important than format.
Include a separate section on Leadership and Public Service. Include examples of leadership in college,...
WWS Graduate Admissions Office
As you put the final touches on your applications to the MPA, MPP and Ph.D. programs, be sure to review the application tips recently posted to the admissions blog. For your reference, the links are posted below.
Getting In
Policy Memo Writing Tips
What Counts as Relevant Work Experience?
2016 Application Countdown, Part 1 - Letters of Recommendation
2016 Application Countdown, Part 2 - Personal Statement
2016 Application Countdown, Part 3 -...
WWS Graduate Admissions Office
The Ingredients of a Strong Résumé
Use a two page annotated format.
Begin with paid Professional Work Experience. Provide date, job title and employer. Under each one, provide a brief paragraph of your key assignments and important accomplishments. Some bullet points are fine, but be judicious; substance is more important than format.
Include a separate section on Leadership and Public Service. Include examples of leadership in college,...
WWS Graduate Admissions Office
GRE Scores and the Dec. 15 Deadline
WWS is flexible on the receipt of GRE scores for applicants who either retake the GRE or could not schedule the test before the Dec. 15 deadline. During the past 20 years, GRE testing has moved from paper- to computer-based administration, but not in all countries. The one constant is that it is difficult to control all of the externalities that affect taking the GRE, including:
unforeseen professional travel...
