Graduate School Admission Results

Interviewed on 2/25/2025

Thank you for your application to the Gerald R. Ford School’s joint doctoral program in Public Policy and Political Science. After carefully reviewing your application, I am sorry to inform you that we are unable to recommend you for admission this year. You should not view this as a reflection on your ability, but rather as a comment on the limited size of our program and the number of applications we received this year. The process of selecting students for the incoming class is one that our admissions committee takes very seriously. We must make very fine distinctions among highly qualified applicants, many of whom could be successful in our program. Given our small size, this often means having to pass on many impressive, accomplished, and interesting candidates. Again, I regret that we are not able to offer you admission to our program. We wish you the best in all your endeavors, and hope that you will receive a more favorable decision from another program.

Econ Track

On behalf of The Graduate School at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I offer my sincere appreciation for your demonstrated interest in pursuing graduate studies at the University. Your application for admission has now been reviewed by the faculty of Public Policy. With regret, I must inform you that it will not be possible to offer you admission to the Public Policy program. The UNC-Chapel Hill Graduate School receives a large number of high-quality applications each year, making admittance to The Graduate School an especially competitive process. Many factors inform our admission process, including scholastic performance, test scores, letters of recommendation, anticipated certifications, special aptitudes and coursework, background in the proposed area of study, and relevant experience. Faculty members also consider how well our program may fit the applicant's particular research objectives and professional interests. Please know that we very much appreciate the time and effort you put into the materials you submitted, as well as the opportunity you gave us to consider your application. I wish you much success in your future academic endeavors.

Got an email to check the application portal and saw I was accepted. I'll more than likely decline though, as I got accepted into a PhD program elsewhere. This is more or less to show future generations what my stats were when I was admitted. Law GPA 3.2

Did not submit GRE, 8 years work experience in government (international)

plz respond to the ****new school**** acceptance if you got in.. just got waitlisted and am waiting !!! ty

Received a call today from an admissions ambassador to let me know I had been accepted to the MPP program. Should receive a funding decision by the end of this week! 3 years of public service experience + 2 years Peace Corps. Didn't submit GRE scores.

Received a waitlist decision with an encouraging personal note from the program director. If you were accepted and have another option or don’t plan to attend, please let them know as soon as possible! This is my top choice and I’m so close ????

With generally good background in electrical engineering-Strong GPA, strong LoRs, no publication...

No financial aid information with acceptance notification

did not submit GRE; official letter to come in the next couple days

GRE waived. Accepted with $40k/year scholarship. Will not be attending (too expensive).

waived GRE; fresh out of undergrad; feeling very grateful for this offer