Admissions & Financial Aid Blog | Harvard Kennedy School

Read the HKS Admissions & Financial Aid blog for admissions tips and updates, information on financial assistance, reflections on the HKS student experience, and more.

Nargiz Mammadova stands behind brick Harvard Kennedy School sign

May 16, 2025

Nargiz Mammadova MPA/ID 2025's experience as the first Azerbaijan MPA/ID student

Woman sits on brick wall with Harvard Kennedy School engraved on it

May 15, 2025

Pathways in Public Service: How Rachel Chang MPA/ID 2023’s HKS experience led to a career at the intersection of economics, finance, and technology

May 13, 2025

Two Graduate Student Ambassadors reflect on the 2024-2025 academic year

Child in a tiger costume looking out at HKS campus

May 09, 2025

Life of a student parent at HKS

By Mathias Esmann MC/MPA 2025

SaMee Harden and her family pose for a picture while wearing all white in front of an HKS sign

May 09, 2025

Pathways in Public Service: How SaMee Harden MC/MPA 2024 enhanced her leadership capacity at HKS

Four panelists sit in front of a backdrop that reads "A student conference at Harvard Kennedy School"

May 01, 2025

Recapping this year’s student conferences

Renata Koch Alvarenga stands in front of research poster

April 30, 2025

Pathways in Public Service: How Renata Koch Alvarenga MPP 2023 formed new connections in the social entrepreneurship space at HKS

Collage of Tufts, MIT, Harvard Kennedy School, and Harvard Business School campuses

April 28, 2025

What you should know about cross-registration

Vinicius Bueno wears graduation regalia and stands holding his Harvard diploma

April 25, 2025

Pathways in Public Service: How Vinicius Bueno MPA/ID 2024’s experiences shaped his understanding of what it means to pursue public service

HKS 2024

April 24, 2025

Read the Class of 2024 Employment Snapshot

Patricia Bravo Morales at HKS graduation

April 23, 2025

Pathways in Public Service: How Patricia Bravo Morales MPP 2023’s vision for climate resilience developed in the Caribbean and carried onward

HKS campus in the fall

April 22, 2025

Tips on reapplying to HKS

By Katie Kelsall, Assistant Director of Admissions & Financial Aid

Jeanne Pidoux holds her toddler son at MIT graduation

April 18, 2025

Reflections on life as a student parent

By Jeanne Pidoux MPA/MBA (MIT Sloan) 2025

A group of students pose smiling after learning how to make dumplings at a Lunar New Year celebration

April 17, 2025

A concurrent degree student’s perspective on the draw of pursuing an MPA/ID and MBA simultaneously

By Cassandra Torres Mason MPA/ID-MBA (MIT Sloan) 2026

Students studying in library

April 16, 2025

You’ve been admitted. Now what?: Tips from current students on finding school-life balance

A group of women pose for a picture during a Women for Colombia Commission visit.

April 15, 2025

My experiences with imposter syndrome—and what I’ve learned along the way

By Lorena Mejía MC/MPA 2025

Spring 2025 Graduate Student Ambassador headshots with HKS campus in the middle

April 14, 2025

Why our Graduate Student Ambassadors chose HKS

MPA/MBA combined degree students smiling at a holiday party

April 11, 2025

Reflections on life as a concurrent degree student

By Cameron Davis MPA/MBA (MIT Sloan) 2026

Four students stand at front of room presenting to people seated around conference table

April 10, 2025

You’ve been admitted. Now what?: Explore experiential learning opportunities at HKS

Rohan Sandhu poses with MPAID classmates

April 09, 2025

Pathways in Public Service: How Rohan Sandhu MPA/ID 2022 made the most of his HKS experience in the midst of a pandemic

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