Our MC/MPA students often cite the Summer Program as a highlight of their Harvard Kennedy School experience. ... Columbia's MSW program apparently has a 70% acceptance rate and it also apparently has several "cash cow" masters programs. Wish I could give you a real answer. Luckily I still have Fletcher to fall back on. Former Secretary-General of the United Nations. Alejandra Sota, former Mexican President Felipe Calderón’s spokesperson, is enrolled at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Mid-Career Master in Public Administration (MC/MPA) Edward S. … Director of immigrant affairs for the city of Detroit. Do well where you are now, to gain good experience and good references. Definitely one of the things that make HKS and all the other “Foreign Service schools” unique. Nobel Peace Prize winner. That's just the beginning of an impressive list of accomplishments that graduates of the Mid-Career Master in Public Administration (MC/MPA) Program and the Mason Program can point to. My impression is that on a formal level the mid-career MPA program is easier to get into than the regular Kennedy School programs for younger students. I'm referring to the MID-CAREER MPA which is basically a vanity degree. In full disclosure, I do not work intimately or regularly with admissions, but I'm happy to provide my $0.02 as a current student. This means that for every 100 students who applied, 4 students were admitted, making Harvard's admissions process highly competitive. How to Determine if the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Mid-Career (MC/MPA) Program is Right for You. I hope I am not being over-confident, but I thought the MPA program (MPA2 is what I was applying) has like a 50% acceptance rate and it shouldn't be THAT difficult to get in. The required Mid-Career MPA Summer Program is an immersive five-week experience held each year in July and August. Prime Minister of Singapore. And it's not like I am switching drastically in career path: just from finance to financial policy/regulation. The Mid-Career Master in Public Administration (MC/MPA) Program helps established professionals like you to either take the next step in your career or transition to a leadership role—be it in government or any sector of society where public-minded leaders are making a difference. There is no “typical profile” for HKS is the short answer. Mid-Career Program in Public Administration at Harvard University provides on-going educational opportunities to those students seeking advanced degrees. President and CEO of Boston Harbor Now. During the 2018-19 admissions cycle, Harvard University had an acceptance rate of 4.6%. Unofficially, the acceptance rate for the MC/MPA Mason Program is estimated at 50%, a high rate in comparison to Harvard University other graduate schools. Decide what you wish to learn in business school. The first that comes to mind is Harvard's mid-career "masters" in public administration. Thanks for the A2A, Aaron. Acceptance Rate . First and foremost, keep in mind that your GMAT and GPA are probably only initial filters.