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.

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April 23, 2024

Meet the Latin American Caucus

By Juan Pablo Pietrini Sánchez MPP/MBA (Stanford) 2025

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April 19, 2024

Navigating clubs, community, and identity at HKS

By Caren Yap MPP 2025

Holocaust survivor Jack Trompetter delivers a speech to members of the Jewish Caucus in a classroom

April 17, 2024

Meet the Jewish Caucus

By Nitsan Machlis MPP 2025

April 16, 2024

HKS Insider: Zander Cowan MPA-ID/MBA 2026

Anupama, her son, and husband visit with Santa Claus at a holiday event hosted by Graduate Commons

April 10, 2024

My journey as a student parent at HKS

By Anupama Thekkinkat Vadukkoot MC/MPA 2024

HKS 2023

April 09, 2024

Read the Class of 2023 Employment Snapshot

April 08, 2024

HKS Insider: Isabel Jurado MPP 2025

AFC members welcome new admits at a table during the Student Organization Fair

April 03, 2024

Advice for admitted veterans and servicemembers

By Rita Graham MPP 2025

April 01, 2024

HKS Insider: Zubair Merchant MPP 2025

aerial image of HKS students working on laptops are tables

March 28, 2024

Tips on balancing your workload and thriving at HKS

By Hector J. Ortiz Domenech MPA 2024

Shivangi Chopra speaks at a podium during the India Conference

March 25, 2024

HKS Insider: Shivangi Chopra MPA/ID 2025

doctor in white coat sitting at a laptop

March 22, 2024

Student stories: Alvaro Morales MPA 2024 is using AI to combat medical misdiagnosis and improve patient care

aerial view of HKS buildings

March 15, 2024

Facing the financial realities of graduate school: Addressing admitted students’ most frequently asked financial questions

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March 14, 2024

Admission and financial aid decisions have been released

Professors Erica Chenoweth and Julia Minson

February 21, 2024

What we’re listening to: We can productively discuss even the toughest topics

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February 16, 2024

Student stories: Equity Fellows are addressing injustices in the Black and African American communities—in education, healthcare, IT, finance (and beyond)

Bryant and Zipporah Heng stand in front of an HKS sign in their wedding attire

February 14, 2024

Bryant Heng MC/MPA 2023 and Zipporah Gatiti Heng MC/MPA 2023 found love at HKS

HKS Professors seated on stage during a panel event in the JFK Jr. Forum.

January 31, 2024

Engaging in candid and constructive conversations at HKS

Professor Joseph Kalt lectures in front of a classroom full of students

January 24, 2024

What HKS students learned during January Term

Carolyn Bruckmann standing on grassy lawn in front of the Connecticut State Capitol

January 17, 2024

Student stories: Carolyn Bruckmann MPP/MBA 2025’s summer at the statehouse