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.

Students walking to class

October 07, 2024

Application FAQs: Standardized tests, application requirements, and more

Three students gather around to learn about CID

September 30, 2024

Introducing new students to the Center for International Development

By Valerie Krempus

September 27, 2024

Meet the Graduate Student Ambassadors: Yong Zhin Ng MPP 2025

September 26, 2024

Meet the Graduate Student Ambassadors: Javad Mushtaq MC/MPA 2025

September 25, 2024

Meet the Graduate Student Ambassadors: Carol Jin MPA/ID 2025

September 24, 2024

Meet the Graduate Student Ambassadors: Lydia Glock MPA 2026

September 23, 2024

Meet the Graduate Student Ambassadors: Joshua “J.B.” Branch MC/MPA 2025

September 20, 2024

Meet the Graduate Student Ambassadors: Ka'Nedria Boldin MPP 2026

headshots of six HKS student ambassadors

September 19, 2024

Meet the Fall 2024 Graduate Student Ambassadors

Orientation Leader group picture

September 17, 2024

Orientation Leaders reflect on this year’s events

By Sarah Mortell MPA 2025 and Viktoria Waldenfels MPA 2025

fingers pointing to various places on a globe

September 10, 2024

Meeting with prospective students around the world

students sit laughing and talking at table in Wexner Commons

September 05, 2024

The 2025-2026 application is now live

group of Zuckerman Fellow cohort

September 03, 2024

Reflections on the Zuckerman Fellowship experience

By Nancy Hinojos MPA 2025

August 26, 2024

HKS Insiders: Antonia Foldes MPP 2025

By Antonia Foldes MPP 2025

Woman typing on a computer

August 22, 2024

Updates to our standardized test policy

Back of Orientation Leaders shirt that says "MPA Orientation Leader"

August 21, 2024

Orientation Leaders offer advice to incoming students as Orientation Week approaches

By Ike Nwaelele MPA 2025 and Aditya Bhayana MPA 2025

Balloon arch over the entrance walkway to HKS with signs welcoming new MPP and MPA students

August 20, 2024

MPP or MPA: Which program is right for you?

By Katie Kelsall, Assistant Director of Admissions and Financial Aid

Katie Chen and Prince Dhawan

August 16, 2024

MPA/ID Coffee Hours: Conversations between current and prospective students in New Delhi, India

By Katie Chen MPA/ID 2025 and Prince Dhawan MPA/ID 2025

The Rubenstein Fellowship cohort gather for a picture with Kylie Millis, Sarah McLaughlin, Brady Skaggs Jr. from the Port of New Orleans.

August 13, 2024

Fellowship Q&A: The Rubenstein Fellowship co-curricular experience

By Zander Cowan MPA-ID/MBA 2026

students seated in classroom listening to a lecture

August 09, 2024

HKS welcomes new faculty members

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