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Harvard University

Data Science

RejectedMastersInternational (my highest degree is from USA)

Application Details

Institution
Harvard University
Program
Data Science
Degree Type
Masters
Degree's Country of Origin
International (my highest degree is from USA)
Decision
Rejected
Notification
on 27/02/2021 via Website
Undergrad GPA
3.78
GRE General
167
GRE Verbal
161
Analytical Writing
4.50
Notes
Classic Harvard GSAS...sending rejections two weeks later after acceptances came out. Stats: econ & math undergrad degree from an ivy league school and master's from another top 5 school. Had 3 years of quantitative work experience (1 of those as a data scientist in tech) and submitted what I thought were strong letter of recommendations from professors and managers at work. Worked on a ML paper pending submission, so still no clue what they were looking from in candidates even after looking at some of the profiles of people who reported being accepted below. They seems to either want people with 5+ years of data science work experience or people fresh out of undergrad...but nothing in between?

Institution Statistics

Acceptance Rate

27.2%

Avg. Notification Date

March 14

This data is estimated based on applicant submissions at The GradCafe.

Timeline

  • Received notification of Rejection