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Summer Admissions Webinar (August 2024)
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Still coming? Yes, please keep, keep them coming. So what I am going to do is I'm going to start so you can see and hear me clearly. That's fun and great. I can only see your comments and I have Alejandro Sanchez Flores whom some of you may have chatted with at either the APSEA Open House.
Or the PPIA Expo. Or the Foreign Affairs Virtual affair.
Advait A
06:02:41 PM
Washington DC!
And he is here also, which is very exciting. He's a current rising second year student and he is obviously indispensable to me when I'm doing these things because he is available to answer a lot of the questions that you guys put into the chat, you know, just so that I don't have to keep stopping what I'm talking about, but.
If there's something that he's not able to answer, I will obviously do that. At the end, I am going to close out of Outlook so you don't hear those annoying beeps.
OK, so.
Obviously, you are able to put your comments and stuff in. I'm seeing them. So I'm going to move those into the chat. Alejandro, you can take a look and answer them there and that way that those will be answered. And in the meantime, I'm going to go ahead and get started. So I am right now, I don't know if you can see I'm right now in, I guess it's looking backwards. I'm in Quechee, Vt.
Which is obviously not New Haven.
But I am here for a week and that's why I am doing the webinar from here.
And little bit more about me.
And here are some welcome and logistics a little bit more about me. I am the Dean of Admissions for the Jackson School of Global Affairs. I have been at Yale as an administrator for going on close to 20 years now. I was the Dean of admissions at Yale Law School for 12 years.
Jeff Zhou
06:04:48 PM
Calling in from Los Angeles!
Before coming to Jackson and Jackson, I both teach and oversee admissions. Before coming to Yale, I actually graduated from the law school myself at Yale in 2000. Then I left. I spent a year in Puerto Rico working for a federal judge on a clerkship. And then 911 happened and I joined the FBI as a special agent, and I specialized in counterintelligence investigations.
David Munoz
06:05:00 PM
Tuning in from Washington DC
So, you know, the courses I teach at Jackson are national security related. I teach national security law. I teach a course on Russian information warfare and social media, and I draw on my experiences as an FBI agent. And I have a policy background myself. I went to Princeton for undergrad. I was a major in the then Woodrow Wilson School, now School of Public and International Affairs.
It's a school that's near and dear to my heart, so you know, I don't hold it against you if you were also thinking of applying to them. It's a fantastic school. But I think that what I'll be focusing on a little bit in my presentation today is.
Anthony Boadi
06:05:44 PM
I am interested in the MPP program and planning to apply for the fall of 2025. Can I get an admission officer to assist me through my application process
Ways in which we're different than several of the, I think even the top policy programs in some fundamental ways that you may want to think about when you're thinking about how you want to design, you know, the next steps of your career.
So let me tell you a little bit more about the Jackson School, which is relative to the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton or CIPA Columbia or the Kennedy School at Harvard.
Is much newer and but it's it's not as new as you might think. So basically.
The, you know, Yale has had an international relations department under the Graduate School for a very long time. You could go get a Master of Arts in international relations, move on to a PhD that was there for, you know, decades. And I think it, it was very well regarded, had a great reputation. Yale didn't have a policy school. The law school sort of de facto operated as a policy school for, I think most of the time that Yale has been in existence.
Nashwa Seliman
06:06:45 PM
Hello everyone, calling in form North Carolina
In 2010.
We received a generous donation from John Jackson, class of 1967, who wanted to fill this gap at Yale in Policy Studies and specifically Policy Studies in global affairs. So the International Relations Department of the Graduate School became the Jackson Institute of Global Affairs. It was still under the Graduate.
School umbrella The degree that was offered was a Master of Arts in in Global Affairs.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:07:19 PM
Hi Anthony! While we don’t offer personalized one-on-one consultations, we encourage you to attend our upcoming webinars and events where you can interact with admissions officers and get your questions answered. You can reach out to us at jackson.admissions@yale.edu with any specific questions you have during your application process. We’re here to help!
As that institute developed kind of became more robust, the the design of the curriculum and program began to be shaped more as a professional policy program. The Board of Trustees in 2021 approved Jackson becoming its own professional school. So it's the first professional school.
Stand. And that that just means that it's now like independent. It's like the law school or the Business School or the School of environment.
Anthony Boadi
06:08:13 PM
Thanks very much
It has its own funding sources, it can hire its own faculty, but it's the first one in 48 years. The last one was the School of Management, which is our Business School in in 1978, so or 1974. I'm doing my math so.
Depending on where you're kind of putting your marker, we've been a school for two years, but really our history draws on this much longer history at Yale.
Jeong Eun Im
06:08:28 PM
I
Arnulfo Acedo
06:08:29 PM
Is there specialization for any of the M.A. programs within the school? I focus a lot of my academic research and professional experience in Eastern Europe, specifically in the Balkans. I recently finished an intensive language program in Bosnia/Croatian/Serbian with the Critical Language Insititute an have been in the region extensively.
Of international relations and global affairs and also has a number of storied alumni as well. So actually it's right here, 1976. I can't do my math. So that is the history and I think it's going to become a little bit relevant when I talk about, you know, kind of our alumni networks and things like that. This is sort of the quick way I'm going to summarize or or get through all of the features at Jackson, the five FS.
Flexibility, faculty, future family and funding so we can dive in right now. We'll start with flexibility, which I think is really the cornerstone of what makes Jackson unique from even its very well regarded and excellent peer schools. The way that Jackson was designed again, you know this is really recent. We were able to kind of look at the landscape and.
Figure out what? How do we create?
A professional policy program that really leverages all of the amazing resources that Yale has. I mean, we have the law school, which is sort of the jewel in the crown, I guess, if you will, of law schools, as well as, as I mentioned before, the environmental school, medical school, school, public health, the Business School. How do we leverage all these resources? And so the way that Jackson was created was really with an idea to allow students to come in and utilize all of.
Jeong Eun Im
06:10:06 PM
I'm very interested in 1) US National Security, International Law 2) Korea + US + Indo Pacific Regions Security and Defense Policy and International Solutions 3) Next Generation
The courses and resources across the university. So to that end, this is a truly interdisciplinary program which allows students to draw on all of these other resources. We have two degree programs. The 1st is the two year MPP program that's a master of public policy in global affairs. It's 16 courses. That is a small cohort of about 30 to 35 students and I'll return to our small size.
Again, because that's again another unique feature. And in that program, the there is a core curriculum, but it's only four courses.
It's, I think Alejandro can probably put into the chat exactly the names of those courses, but there's two quantitative courses, a history course and a political science course. And beyond those four courses, you basically design your own curriculum. And so just to use an example if you are interested.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:11:19 PM
Learn more about Jackson's core courses and our extended course catalogue here: https://jackson.yale.edu/academics/mpp/courses-and-curriculum/
In umm, you know, women's, you know, human rights for women in umm, Africa, you might take some human rights courses at the law school. You might take some regional courses, uh, regional studies courses. Umm, you might want to take some development related courses that are offered in, you know, the, the Business School. And I think Alejandro just put in the course catalog for Yale. And just so you know, when you search that course catalog.
Literally everything in there is open to you. If you want to look at what the what the Jackson School offers, you can search by just the Jackson School. Those courses are, you know, Jackson students are given first preference to those, but just to be clear, you're not limited to those, but those are some pretty exciting courses as well. We also offer a one year master of advanced study. This is one year, eight courses, 4 courses per semester. Also that similar flexibility.
Except that there's no core. This is a very small cohort. I don't know how many of you on this webinar are interested in that program, but I just want to kind of emphasize this really small program. It's really intended for mid, mid career professionals who you know, are usually being funded by their employer, like it's a foreign ministry or a bank or something like that who come they need some very specific skills or knowledge or training.
That they're coming to get and then they go back to their positions and this the different kind of places in the career that we're imagining for these two programs is really important when we get to the funding piece. The two year MPP is for people who are bit earlier in their careers. Usually they've been working anywhere from two to seven years or average years of work of our incoming cohort is five.
But they're relatively early and they're kind of looking to launch into their next step of their policy career.
So I think I just said all of this stuff.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:13:22 PM
Arnulfo and Eun Im, The M.P.P. program at Jackson offers the flexibility to tailor your studies to specific regional and thematic interests. For example, you can focus on Eastern Europe and the Balkans by selecting courses across Yale’s departments that align with your academic research and professional experience. Similarly, for interests in U.S. National Security, International Law, and security policies in the Indo-Pacific region, you can design a curriculum that addresses these areas through a combination of relevant courses and faculty mentorship. This allows you to build a specialization that meets your academic and professional goals. Feel free to review our full course catalogue here: https://courses.yale.edu/
It's flexible designing your program. Again, you can look through the course catalog and we also have professional skills, also a writing course. And then I'll add also that as a part of the graduation requirements, there is an ethics and leadership course that is our workshop that is.
Stanley Shao
06:13:40 PM
Hi Asha and Alejandro!I am interested in potentially pursuing a MBA/MPP joint degree between Jackson and the SOM. Would it be possible to apply to Jackson as a 1st year MBA student at Yale SOM?
Offered and and students must take and. Students are required to also have proficiency in a foreign language. If you already are proficient in a foreign language, as many of our incoming students are, you can test out. You have to test at the L4 level in order to fulfill that requirement. But if you can do that, then you don't have to take another language. So many students do. We have an amazing language department at Yale, so students will.
Often take up a third, fourth, fifth language when they're there, but that is the requirement if you don't have any language proficiency.
You can still apply.
You are eligible then to do an immersion program at Middlebury before you enroll, which can help you get that proficiency because I think students who come in with no foreign language at all typically find it difficult to get to that L4 level within two years.
So it's rare that we have students come in with no foreign language background, but there is, we do offer resources for students who come in with without it. So it's it's not a bar to applying if you don't have it.
So faculty we have sort of a layered system of kind of how we conceive of our faculties. So obviously we have your traditional academic tenured faculty and lecturers who are.
Arnulfo Acedo
06:15:34 PM
Thank you for that Alejandro
You know, work are appointed full time at Yale and at Jackson. They're cross appointed between Jackson and another program. So Jackson and political science, Jackson and economics, Jackson and history. And they, you know, teach all their amazing courses, their Yale professors. But we also have something called senior fellows. Senior fellows are practitioners who come to Jackson and they are appointed for usually 1:00 to 3:00.
And these are people who are.
Esohe Irabor
06:15:54 PM
What constitutes “no foreign language”? Is that not knowing another language fluently? Or never having taken a foreign language course at the undergrad/graduate level? What does this mean?
You know, they've been out in the field like doing actual stuff. Not that I mean, no offense to the faculty. They're, they're really smart, but often they haven't really done like, actual stuff. So these are people who've done actual stuff. So what I mean by that is, you know, right here, for example, in in these photos at the top, we have Susan Binach, who was the UN envoy for climate change.
Gabe Stephan
06:16:18 PM
Based on what I know about the program, the overwhelming majority of the students have at least 4 years of work experience. I will only have had 2 full years of work experience since graduating from college in the US. However, I’ve spent both of those years at the World Bank and need a masters to advance. Would it still be premature to consider this program as someone who would be 24 when they started?
Harry Thomas, who was U.S. ambassador in Africa, Emma Sky, who's a journalist who has been embedded in war zones and she runs actually our International leadership Center.
Howard Dean, who is former governor of Vermont and presidential candidate back in Oh my gosh, the don't remember the year, but he has taught a course on foreign policy and visa Williams, who's also a former.
U.S. ambassador And you know, they can really bridge that gap between theory and practice. And I just want to emphasize that, you know, a lot of programs will have fellows of some kind. Usually those fellows, especially when they're kind of high profile people, are often affiliations or research positions that they get in office and kind of get to hang around.
That institution at Jackson or Senior Fellows are required to teach courses.
And they typically teach courses that are relatively small. And the courses that they teach, they give preference to Jackson students. So you really get to learn one-on-one from the senior fellows and be mentored by them, and then also have access, by the way, to all of those actual professional networks that they have in this picture over here on the right, we also have World Fellows.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:17:37 PM
Hi Stanley! Yes, as a first-year MBA student at Yale SOM, you can apply to Jackson for the MPP program to pursue a joint MBA/MPP degree. When applying, make sure to indicate your interest in the joint degree on your application. If you’re already enrolled at SOM, an exception may be made not to re-take the GRE for our application. Please feel free to connec with us at Jackson.admissions@yale.edu.
And these are world fellows are really cool and maybe Alejandro can put in a link to.
Umm, I think our, our incoming cohort of, of world fellows should be on our website right now. Umm, they're basically like the coolest movers and shakers around the world and they come and they spend 3 months at Jackson.
To give you a sense of the kind of profile we're talking about, Alexei Navalny was a world fellow at Jackson back in the early 2000s, so.
Antonia Abarca
06:18:12 PM
Hello Asha, what is the required work experience for M.P.P.?
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:18:12 PM
Check out our Class of 2024 World Fellows here: https://worldfellows.yale.edu/class/class-of-2024/
Rest in peace. But you know those the people who really are impacting the world in in kind of profound and important ways and they're there to take classes right next to you and give talks of their own and to basically also create be there to be a part of the Jackson network for you. And I think there are an amazing resource.
So in terms of future, I mentioned before that for our MPP class, we're very small, 30 to 35 students are incoming cohort this fall, for example, is 34 students. What that means is that we can give a lot of individualized counseling and attention and we definitely do that. On the career front, we have a Dean of students or sorry, a Dean of career. We also have a Dean of students, a Dean of Career Development. Elizabeth.
Stanley Shao
06:19:10 PM
Thank you so much Alejandro!
Who meets individually with every student to figure out what their career goals are, kind of what skills and toolkit that they need while they're at Jackson so that can help them choose their courses in order to launch into their dream job.
And in order that the kind of interim step in that is that students are required to complete a summer experience, basically an internship, and Jackson offers up to $6000 of funding.
To do that, which means that if you have your dream position and you know the stepping stone for it, or you have the actual organization or, you know, agency or whatever it is that you know is you want to get your foot in the door to move into that. You can basically tell them that you're going to work for free because Jackson will provide you with the financial support to do that in the summer. And then Elizabeth Dean Gill meets with the students after that to basically line up their post.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:20:40 PM
Hello Esohe, the formal M.P.P. requirements include completing 16 credits, demonstrating proficiency in a modern language*, and fulfilling a summer internship or project. For students who have not studied a modern language other than English, there is an opportunity to enroll in an accelerated language course at Middlebury College during the summer prior to starting at Yale. Jackson School has a streamlined application process with the Middlebury College Language Schools and will fully cover the course, including tuition, room, and board.
Graduation job, we have had 100% employment placement rate for the last, you know, four or five years. I'm pretty sure it was the same before that, but I know for sure it has been that for the last four years. So we are very good at placing our students and you can see in this slide some of the places or some of the kinds of both summer experiences and jobs after graduation and locations that.
Our students go into and then here's another slide in terms of the breakdown and what I think is really interesting about this slide, you know, the jobs after Jackson, I mean, there are students who come in and are doing like a big pivot and that that's fine. I'll talk a little bit more about that when we get to the application part of this. But you can see that we have students going into, you know, public sector, the private sector nonprofit.
Joe Kiernan
06:21:12 PM
Hi, I have been a U.S. Navy SEAL sniper and medic for the past 8 years and I am interested in Yale's dual MBA/MPP degree program. With regard to my VA education benefits, do you know what the potential out of pocket expenses I can expect once the Post 911 GI Bill and Yellow Ribbon program benefits are applied to the school tuition?
And I think that that kind of reflects the diversity of experiences that students are coming in with as well, precisely because everybody's, except, with some a few exceptions, people are coming in with work experiences. I think Alejandro would probably agree that our students really learn as much from each other as they do from in the classroom because people are coming in with so many.
Cool backgrounds, contacts, etcetera of their own and also from so many different places.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:22:09 PM
Hello Gabriel, while the average work experience of incoming M.P.P. students is around 5 years, we do consider applicants with fewer years of experience. It's not necessarily premature to apply but do ensure that your application highlights how your experience aligns with your future goals and how the program at Jackson would help you achieve them.
OK, so family, I know this is kind of hokey, but I think that it really captures the ethos of Jackson because it's so small. It really, you know, this is not the place that you are going to hide and be anonymous. So I'll just be upfront about that. You know, you will if you owe a paper to some professor or senior fellow, you're going to see them in the hallway because it's there's just not.
A lot of you know.
Solene Vielfaure
06:22:27 PM
do international student have access to CPT during the program to do a part time Internship? DO we have access to an OPT at the completion of the MPP program? Thank you !
Uh, it, you're not a nobody, I guess. And some people, sometimes people like being in large places where they are, but this isn't one of those places. Our students get to know each other very well because the cohort takes those four core courses together. They bond pretty tightly. Also I should mention that, you know, both, both in orientation and as a part of the career services students do.
You know, trips and retreats together.
Halkano Boru
06:22:51 PM
Is GRE Compulsory or optional for MPP?
Including, you know, trips to network and visit employers in DC and New York. So.
You know, they get to know each other very well. One thing that has really helped the sense of kind of community and.
Connectedness is that you know our physical building is basically this large mansion on this tree lined St.
And there there is like a student lounge in the bottom that's, you know, this big room people hang out. I will say that part of becoming a school is that we have actually acquired two additional buildings across the street. They're beautiful. So our footprint is getting a little bit bigger, but I think it will still be very much, you know, students being able to see and interact and run into each other in in all of those spaces because it's still within this contained environment. But the new.
New buildings are really super exciting.
Advait A
06:23:49 PM
What are the requirements for demonstrating modern language proficiency such as to place out of the Middlebury course?
Umm, I had our alumni, uh, director of alumni add in this information, umm, about some of the things that, umm, our graduates are doing. Uh, just to kind of drive home that we, you know, have a pretty robust alumni network despite the fact that we're relatively new, because again, we are.
Solene Vielfaure
06:24:28 PM
do we have access to all the facilities of Yale campus alongside Jackson school's buildings?
Going back to, you know, this, this entire history of this international relations program. And so here are some of the positions that our students are doing.
And here are some of our centers and programs at Jackson. This is.
There are too many to go into, but basically we have a number of.
Faculty and people who are focusing on a lot of different things. And because I think it's new, there is very much this entrepreneurial atmosphere. So there's always new things popping up, but all of these centers are ways that our students can get involved.
At Jackson and I'm happy to answer more questions about that. OK, So this is the part that I get really excited about. So this is the funding.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:25:32 PM
Hi Joe, regarding your question about VA education benefits, Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs covers the M.P.P. portion of the dual degree program, and for the M.B.A. portion, you'll need to coordinate with Yale School of Management's financial aid office. If you need more information or have specific questions, feel free to reach out via email to jackson.admissions@yale.edu. We can provide further guidance.
I mentioned before the generous funding that we offer during the summer, but separate and apart from that, for our MPP program, we do offer a full tuition fellowship for everyone who is admitted to Jackson. So your tuition is covered. Now some people are coming in with other sources, Fulbright.
You know, Pickering and Wrangle fellowships, Trumans, things like that. We just we top it up. So whatever you're coming in with.
Including if you're coming in with nothing, we make sure that you will not owe any tuition. Beyond that, about half of our students receive a full cost of living stipend as well. So you know, their entire cost of attendance is covered. And this year basically, I think about a little bit more than half the classes getting the full cost of living stipend and the rest of the class is getting a half cost of living.
And which is leaving them with a small gap to fill. But many of our students are teaching fellows R as and they're able to fill that gap. So, you know, we are really aspiring to get to a point where we can cover this for everyone. Every year we're getting a little bit more and more. I'm really proud of where we are. But you know, we want to make sure that Jackson is accessible to everyone who is admitted and that also that they have the freedom to pursue.
Arnulfo Acedo
06:27:08 PM
What a great financial opportunity and financial freedom
Gabriel Joó
06:27:09 PM
How heavily does undergraduate GPA weigh in on admissions?
Gloria Kalunga
06:27:10 PM
How holistic is the admissions process?
Whatever job they want after they graduate without feeling burdened by loans. And obviously, many of the most pressing challenges in global affairs to really be impactful in the policy arena. You know, let's face it, like they're not necessarily going to be the most lucrative positions. And so we want you to be able to follow your heart and not the money necessarily.
The.
Caveat to that is that we do not provide funding for the MAS program.
And again, the reason for that is that it's just a different program with a different focus. Typically these are people who are being sponsored by governments, employers coming in and that is, you know, and, and we're not really focusing our career resources and other counseling resources on them either because they're, you know, generally going back to the positions that they're in. And so that is not something that that is not the program that we offer funding for. And I just want to be.
Mia Lei
06:27:59 PM
This is amazing and appreciate the intentionality of financial accessibility, as well as the financial ability to pursue low-paying social impact jobs!
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:28:02 PM
Hello Solene! International students enrolled in the M.P.P. program at Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs are eligible to apply for Curricular Practical Training (CPT) to engage in part-time internships during their studies if the internship is directly related to their field of study. This is normally the avenue followed for summer internships. Additionally, upon completion of the M.P.P. program, students are typically eligible for Optional Practical Training (OPT), which allows them to work in the U.S. for up to 12 months in a role related to their field of study.
For more detailed guidance on CPT and OPT, including application procedures and timelines, it's recommended to consult with Yale's Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS): https://oiss.yale.edu/employment-taxes/employment-for-international-students/f-1-students/optional-practical-training/opt-application-process
Very affront with that because I know that people apply to that that program and then funding becomes a difficulty. So please think about that when you are deciding which program to apply to.
OK, let's see.
So here are the admissions requirements and I'm going to eventually revamp this slide because there's a lot of text here, but let let me just take it program by program. So the MPP to your program.
That deadline is January 2nd by the way. The application should become available and open.
Hopefully by the end of this month and definitely by the beginning of September. If it's not by the end of August, the MPP deadline is is a January 2nd.
Umm, but if you submit your application by December 1st, you get an automatic fee waiver. So submit your application by December 1st. Umm, you do not need to, uh, have your recommendations or test scores, which I'll get to in a second, umm, by December 1st. It's OK if those come in later by the later deadline. Umm, just need your part of the application submitted, umm, and otherwise the application fee is $75.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:29:22 PM
Hi Halkano, the GRE is a compulsory requirement for the M.P.P. program at Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs. All M.P.P. applicants must submit official GRE scores as part of their application.
Jeff Zhou
06:29:24 PM
Is there a word limit for the Statement of Purpose?
Anastasija Mladenovska
06:29:26 PM
What about international students that have gone to undergrad at an institution in the U.S? Do we also need to take the TOEFL?
So just make a note of that. The MPP, as you might have just heard me allude to, is required for the MPP application. Umm, and if your undergraduate education was in a language other than English, uh, you do need a TOEFL or other.
Approved English language test. Umm, so those are the two things. Those are the two tests that you potentially need. Definitely the GRE, maybe the TOEFL.
In order to apply for the MPP, the MAS application deadline is November 1st. Umm, there is no fee waiver and the application fee for that program is $100. Uh, there is. You do not need to take the GRE to apply to the MAS. So I hope that those two separate.
Programs, umm, make sense?
Feel free to ask any questions. Uh, for both of them, you do need to submit a resume, uh, and a statement of purpose. This is open-ended. There's no prompt. I mean, what we're really looking for is you to explain, you know, what you're interested in. Uh, because Jackson is a self-directed program. I mean, self-directed, meaning not that you don't have, you know, guidance and, and counseling and things like that, but it's a lot of flexibility and a lot of.
Of latitude So what we really want is people who come in really having a sense of what they're passionate about what they want to what they want to focus on the skills the knowledge they want to gain and you know a pretty.
Jeff Zhou
06:31:11 PM
Also, how are applicants with only private sector experience viewed? Is there a bias towards applicants with public sector experience?
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:31:12 PM
Hello Advait, for native English speakers, we require you to leave Yale University with the equivalent of foreign language proficiency at the L4 level - essentially the intermediate level, ready for the advanced level. To fulfill this requirement, there are three options. You would: 1) need to show a 3rd year language course on your college transcript; 2) complete a full second year language course (L4) at Yale; or 3) take a language proficiency exam at Yale and place into L5 (advanced level). Note that you can choose to earn up to four credits (or two years) of language towards your Jackson degree if you would like to continue your language study. If you are a joint-degree candidate, you can earn up to two credits toward the Jackson degree requirements.
General and sometimes more specific depending on where you are in in your career idea of where you want to go. And if you're if you have that focus, I think you'll not only be more competitive in our admissions process, but I think you'll get the most out of Jackson. And I think it's for that reason that we want people who.
Nicolas Gasto
06:31:45 PM
Only enrolled SOM MBA students can use their GMAT score? What about people applying to the Dual Degree?
Arnulfo Acedo
06:31:46 PM
Are there opportunities to study abroad within the Jackson School? in the capacity of global relations, foreign policy, etc.?
Have that work experience before they come in because it's really hard to get that, you know, to really know where you want to start focusing and specializing if you're coming straight out of undergrad. I'll add here just in case we have some Pickering or Wrangle fellows or people who are applying to the Pickering or Wrangle fellows. We do make exceptions for the coming straight out of undergrad for Pickering and Wrangle fellows.
And because those fellows are typically announced at the beginning of December.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:32:14 PM
Solene, MPP students have access to the majority of Yale campus buildings, except for residential colleges housing undergraduate students.
We will grant a fee waiver if you are selected as a fellow after December. You just need to e-mail us because we have to do that, you know, manually on a on a individualized basis.
Let's see recommendations. We require three recommendations.
I think you should tailor your recommendations to the strengths and weaknesses of your application. You should absolutely have at least one academic reference from someone who has taught you.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:32:52 PM
Hello Gabriel, undergraduate GPA is an important factor in the admissions process, but it is just one component of a holistic review. The admissions committee also considers work experience, personal statements, letters of recommendation, test scores, and other aspects of your application. Demonstrating a strong professional background, leadership potential, and a clear commitment to global affairs can also significantly bolster your application.
We do have faculty readers. Faculty care about what other faculty think. So it's to your benefit to have a strong academic reference and then look at the rest of your application. If there's some weakness, you know, in your undergraduate record, in your test scores, you may want to have a second academic reference, which will kind of bolster that piece of your application.
And then, you know, a third reference, a professional reference from someone that you.
Have worked for or who can speak to kind of the the area that you're focusing in and you know what you whatever your research or things that you've done in in that area are are great too. But I don't think there's any kind of cookie cutter except for do try to have at least one academic reference.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:33:29 PM
Hi Gloria! The admissions process at Jackson is very holistic. This means that while academic performance is important, the committee also carefully considers your professional experience, personal statements, letters of recommendation, standardized test scores, and any other relevant experiences or qualifications. The goal is to understand the full scope of your potential as a student and leader in global affairs, rather than focusing on any single aspect of your application.
And for your transcripts you can submit your application.
With an unofficial transcript, but you will be required to provide an authenticated transcript. But when if you're admitted and when you matriculate.
Ikram Mohamed
06:34:03 PM
Hello! For the foreign language proficiency, does the Jackson School of Global Affairs have a list of approved foreign languages or can any language studied in undergrad be sufficient for the foreign language L4 proficiency requirement?
OK, I got, I got this a lot faster than I think the last webinar I did so and and I'm going to go over to the chat and maybe answer some of the other questions that you have. Here are some of our, you know, social media platforms, other resources.
Gloria Kalunga
06:34:13 PM
Thank you, Alejandro!
And, you know, I think the question I get asked the most is, you know, what do you look for in the application? I think we're really looking.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:34:16 PM
Hello Jeff! There is no word limit for the statement of purpose, as long as it is between two to four pages long.
Main We're looking for people with a demonstrated interest in global affairs. I think that should be obvious, but and that can be conveyed in a lot of different ways.
You know, for many of our international students, it's sort of by virtue of the fact that, you know, they've, they, you know, either experienced or worked in some aspect of, you know, a country that they grew up in. And they can, they're usually able to speak to that pretty easily.
For US students, you know it, it can be a little bit harder. You don't necessarily have had to have traveled abroad, though most of the students that we admit have spent some time abroad. But you do. We do want to see that you have.
Joe Kiernan
06:35:08 PM
Thank you!
You know, spend some time professionally, academically, focusing on global policy issues.
Reyna Stovall
06:35:09 PM
Hello! Thank you for this informative webinar. What is the average GRE score of your admitted applicants?
Maggie Hewitt
06:35:10 PM
Does Peace Corps language training fulfill the language requirement? Or would I have to test?
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:35:11 PM
Hello Anastasija, the TOEFL is only required for students who received an undergraduate degree from a university wehre English is not the primary language of instruction. More here: https://jackson.yale.edu/admissions/mpp/application-process/testing/
And then beyond that, you know, I think of.
Both in admissions and the the carryover from law school to now, you know, I think of it really as A2 prong decision or kind of criteria. Generally speaking, it's, you know, Yale is a rigorous program. There is no way around it. We want to admit students who will thrive academically, who will keep up with the rigor and the pace of the courses that we teach. And it is a graduate program.
And it can be challenging so.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:35:53 PM
Jeff, applicants with private sector experience are valued just as much as those with public sector experience. The Jackson School appreciates the diverse perspectives and skills that candidates from all sectors bring to the program. What’s most important is how your experience—whether in the private sector, public sector, or nonprofit sector—has prepared you to contribute to and benefit from the MPP program. The admissions committee looks for candidates who can demonstrate a strong commitment to global affairs and leadership potential, regardless of their professional background.
Jeff Zhou
06:35:54 PM
Is the two to four pages single or double spaced?
Jieyu Deng
06:36:01 PM
For the joint degree with the business school, shall I apply separately to both departments, or only through Jackson school?
To that end, we do want academic excellence. We want people with strong academic undergraduate records, umm, And because we do have these quantitative courses that are a part of our core, uh, the GRE, we're really looking umm, at, I mean, the, the, the most weight is given to that quantitative aspect. How much weight we put on that is really dependent on kind of your own quantitative background if you don't have any quantitative courses.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:36:42 PM
Nicolas, yes, only SOM students can use their GMAT scores. All other applicants should submit their GRE scores in their MPP application. More here: https://jackson.yale.edu/admissions/mpp/application-process/testing/
In your undergraduate, you know, or, or any other studies, we will weight your quantitative GRE a lot. If you have a lot, you know, you're working at some, you know, finance Wiz, you know, for your government or something like that, you know, let us know or let us know what your other coursework is in your quantitative coursework. And then we may not need to rely so much on this one standardized test score.
But we do those, I think. I think Alejandro would agree that.
The quantitative courses in the core are the most, are the ones that our students find the most challenging and we just want to make sure that students are set up to succeed in those courses. And on that front, if you are admitted and you don't have, you know.
Economics 101 and 102, micro and macro, it's not a bar to applying, it's not even a bar to being admitted. But we will want you to take those courses prior to matriculation.
Just so that you can be in a position to hit the ground running with, with the coursework that we have. So academics is, is the one thing like, you know, can this person thrive? Are we setting them up to, are we admitting someone who's set up to succeed here academically? And then the other is really we're looking at what is this person bringing to the table? As I mentioned before, our students, I think really do gain a lot from each other.
And we want people who are bringing a rich.
A variety of experiences, perspectives.
You know, focus areas, you know, we want people who are doing different things so they can cross pollinate and really, you know, make our community vibrant. And then also is this someone who really is going to be able to take advantage of the resources that Yale has to offer? And I, I've been kind of clicking these questions into the chat very quickly, but I did see one briefly that asked, you know, do can students take advantage of the other resources and.
Things at Yale? Absolutely.
If you know, and maybe Alejandro can can, I know he's busy as answering all these questions, but you know, our students get involved in.
Organizations, centers and programs in other parts of the university. So just one that I know well at the law school, there's the Information Society project. This is sort of about data governance and privacy and and things like that sort of adjacent to the space, but I teach and and write about.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:39:03 PM
Arnulfo: Yes, there are opportunities to engage in international experiences through the Jackson School. While the MPP program itself is based at Yale and we do not have exchange programs with other schools, students can take advantage of international internships, research opportunities, and a wealth of classes that involve international travel compoments (I myself took a class that took me to Algeria and Senegal in the spring!)
And I know that a lot of Jackson students have have gotten involved in that, that are interested in things like tech policy and disinformation and stuff like that. So you can definitely be involved in, I'll add here, you know, I mentioned that our students take courses at other schools and other departments because we're a small cohort and because our students are so diverse in their interest and their focus areas.
You know, there's no particular class outside of Jackson that, you know, is overrun by Jackson students. So, like, what I'm getting at is professors who teach courses at Yale in other schools and departments love having Jackson students. It is not hard to get into those classes, whether it's at the law school or the School of Environment or whatever.
And conversely, there's a lot of demand from other students who you know, might, might have an elective in their program to take Jackson courses. But.
You know, there's not always room for them because we give preference to the Jackson students and our courses are really small. The courses that I've taught have been seminars that have ranged from, you know, 8 to 15 people. And I get to know my students really, really well and follow them in their careers, write recommendations for them. So, you know, it's an ongoing, this is, I can only speak for myself, but.
I'm, I'm hoping that it's probably, you know, emblematic of, of the kind of relationship and, and teaching that other Jackson faculty have. So I think our students get to benefit from the best of both worlds.
Arnulfo Acedo
06:40:42 PM
That is great! Thank you so much
Umm, let me see, I think.
Alejandro Business has been so great in answering these questions that I think.
Oh my God, a U.S. Navy SEAL sniper. Oh, that's exciting.
I think most of these questions have been OK. So the question was on the do you have access to all the facilities of Yale campus alongside Yale Jackson School buildings? Yes, you do.
Great.
Sorry, I'm just making sure that there's nothing that.
I don't know if Alejandro answered the foreign language question. There's no list of approved foreign languages. Any language can be sufficient. Umm, and assuming we can test for it. But I think again, we have a very robust UMM language.
Uh, department, umm, Margaret's asking. Does Peace Corps language training fulfill the language requirement You would still need to test.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:42:09 PM
Hello Ikram, we require it to be a modern language (i.e., not Latin). Please feel free to email us with any specific questions.
So we do have Peace Corps, returning Peace Corps volunteers who come in, who have received training during their service, but they do test while they're there.
Let's see. Oh yes, thank you. Not Latin. It does need to be a modern language.
Isaiah Williams
06:42:24 PM
What changes or improvements have you observed in repeat applicants who were not initially admitted but later re-applied and gained acceptance? Are there specific qualities or experiences that tend to make a difference in their re-application?
What changes or improvements have you observed in repeat applicants who are not initially admitted but later reapplied and gained acceptance to be honest?
Isaiah I would say it's work experience. Umm, usually the, uh, the thing that is the biggest, you know, issue for students that we really, really love, uh, but don't admit is that they just don't have enough work experience. And I know that it can be, you know, students are applying to law school, they're playing all these other schools. So they're kind of throwing their application in the mix. But we have had students that we didn't admit and then they went and they worked for three years.
And they reapplied and then they were admitted. And I think, you know, in speaking to them, they come back and they say thank you for doing that because I really feel like I'm coming in with just a much deeper perspective on what I'm interested in and much more ready to take advantage of what Jackson has to offer, so.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:43:22 PM
Hello Reyna! You can find our median GRE scores here: https://jackson.yale.edu/about/meet-us/grad-students/class-profile/
That that would be the main thing.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:43:24 PM
Jeff, the two-to-four page statement of purpose can be either single or double spaced.
Let's see.
Ikram Mohamed
06:43:27 PM
Do internships and volunteer work count has work experience?
Do internships or volunteer work count as?
Work experience We're really looking for full time work experience post graduation. So you know, we want you after you know, if if you graduated last spring.
Probably this wouldn't this should this would not be the best most competitive time for you to apply. We should try to get at least a year apply next cycle at the earliest, ideally maybe the the cycle after that.
Let's see.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:44:04 PM
Hi Jieyu! You must apply separately to both the Jackson School of Global Affairs and the Yale School of Management for the joint M.P.P./M.B.A. degree program. Each school will review your application independently.
Pet Prayonghom
06:44:14 PM
Are there advisors there related to research specifically in education policy?
Oh, thank you. This is a question about or I guess Alejandro's answering this, but let me go ahead and talk about joint degrees because that's what I was looking for, the prompt about something that I missed.
OK, So joint degrees, because this is important and some of you may be interested in this and maybe Alejandro already answered this, but I'll go ahead and talk about it.
So we offer, I mean as I've already mentioned a million times.
We have amazing professional schools at Yale and many students want to do a joint degree, so come and do an MPP, MB, AM, PPJDMPP.
I forget what the degree is in the school's environment, but anyway, the masters in in the school of environment, it's a it's a specialized degree.
And and you can do that. So here is the process and then I'll I'll tell you how you do it and then give you some thoughts about to consider on whether you should do it. How you do it is you can do it one of two ways. You can apply to both programs simultaneously.
They're separate admissions processes. I don't have anything to do with any other schools admissions process and they don't have anything to do with ours. We do know if you're you're applying to both schools because we ask you, but it doesn't increase or decrease your chances at all in terms of each process if you are admitted to both programs. So let's say you apply to Jackson, you apply to the School of Management.
You get admitted to both, you would defer the other program. So you would request a deferral from the School of Management, which they will grant you because this is all understood and you will start at Jackson. We do not offer deferrals because we have such a small incoming cohort. You know 35 students. You can imagine if you know five people that took a deferral that decimates, you know our class.
By almost 20% so.
We, we don't grant deferrals. We really want to keep our cohort together. You would start at Jackson, You would complete your first year at Jackson, then you would start at the other program. In this case, in this example, the Business School, you would do the first year of the Business School and then in your last year, you would spend 1 semester in residence at Jackson, one semester in residence at the Business School. And you can do that in either sequence. It doesn't have to.
There's no specific order for that.
What that allows you to do is shave off one year from the total combined period of study, and that's because.
Jackson gives you one semester's worth of credit towards the MPP, and in this example, the School of Management will give you 1 semester's worth of credit towards the MBA. So you're able to complete both degrees in three years rather than four, which saves you time, which saves you money.
I should note that.
You only your financial aid, your funding is for from from Jackson is for the semesters that you're in residence at Jackson. So if you apply to another program, let's say the Business School, then the semesters that you are in residence there, you would be under whatever financial aid package you get there. So you would get basically 3 semesters of funding from Jackson. The 2nd way that you can do the joint degree is.
You can apply to Jackson and then if admitted during your first year, you can apply to the other program. Or you can apply to the other program and if admitted during your first year, you can apply to Jackson and then.
Rose Delle Fave
06:48:03 PM
Hello! It sounds like the Jackson School values individuals with really specific academic interests. My career goal is to become a Foreign Service generalist, and as such I have really wide-ranging interests in a number of topics that I'm not sure how to scope down into a specific academic proposal. Do you have any advice of how to frame a statement of academic purpose if you have such a wide range of interests?
Ikram Mohamed
06:48:04 PM
Are there any occasions where individuals straight from undergrad are admitted?
Jieyu Deng
06:48:05 PM
Thank you, Flores!
Tandi Nunes
06:48:06 PM
Thank you. This session has been very informative. I was wondering, are DELE / DELF exams considered to determine proficiency in Spanish or French respectively? Would a person with those credentials still have to test for the language requirement?
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:48:07 PM
Hello Petcharat! While a wealth of our faculty has specialized in different aspects of global affairs, to my knowledge, we currently do not have specialists in education policy at the Jackson School. We do, however, draw many students from the education space who have tailored their degree with education specialists across Yale's graduate schools, such as the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Law School, among others.
Damilare Oyebobola
06:48:14 PM
Hello, I am a rising senior at UCLA. I understand it's hard to attend Jackson straight from college, but it is possible. What can an undergraduate student do in their application to be admitted to Jackson?
You know, basically do the same, you know, sequence that I just mentioned, which is, you know, after you complete your first year, you go to the other program and then do the other two. So I hope that that makes sense. One more thing.
We do allow joint degrees with programs outside view so.
Let's say I'll use the law school here because the law school is really, really hard to get into and you want to do an MPPJD. You apply to Yale Law School, say, and you don't get in. It happens. And but you got got into Jackson and maybe you got into another great law school. We, we will allow you to do an MPPJD with that other program.
Brandon Brooks
06:49:15 PM
How would all this work for one who is in the process of completing a Masters degree currently? Also, im over 40 years old, so age becomes a concern for consideration (I've previously experienced this while applying for other fellowship/internship programs). I'm liking what I'm hearing so far...thanks for hosting this presentation!
Here's the caveat, you would still need to get a deferral from the other program to start at Jackson. Umm, we can only control what we give you credit for. So we might say, umm, listen, it's we will give you credit for a semester of law school coursework towards the MPP, even if the law school is, you know, Harvard or something like that.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:49:16 PM
Hello Rose! We recommend you focus on the skills and perspectives you want to develop rather than narrowing down to one specific topic. Highlight how the diverse curriculum at the Jackson School aligns with your broad interests and how it will prepare you for a career as a Foreign Service generalist. Emphasize your adaptability, eagerness to learn, and the value of a multidisciplinary approach in achieving your career goals.
But we cannot, you know, we can't do anything about the other program. So you would have to arrange for that program to give you credit for Jackson coursework and some places.
Vik Kapoor
06:49:40 PM
Hi there. What about for folks who might be ten or 12 out of school. Is this still a possibility or is the program really tailored to that 3-7 years of work exp?
Well, I won't name any names, but some places will not do that unless you're doing the joint degree at their institution. So that's just a little extra homework for you to do, but I just want you to know that it's possible. I think the other question is should you do the joint degree? And I think that's a really interesting question to think about when it comes to Jackson, because we have this flexibility, you know, if what you really want is just very, very specific, specialized.
Pet Prayonghom
06:50:13 PM
Sounds amazing, thank you Alejandro.
Matic Cvelbar
06:50:15 PM
Hello, I am coming from EU. My question pertains to the formal eligibility for masters of Advanced Study (M.A.S.) in Global Affairs at Yale.
In the USA, a bachelor's degree typically takes four years to complete, while in Europe, the duration can vary between three to four years. I have done my bachelor degree in a member state of the European Union in three years. My question is therefore how would Yale treat my degree which is a must to have when applying for a master’s programm at Jackson School of Global Affairs? Would I be eligible to apply with a three year bachelor degree from the EU or not? Thank you very much for your answer. Kind regards, Matic
Eva Gari
06:50:16 PM
Hi- Question regarding Letters of Recommendation. Do the Letters of Recommendation requri
Eva Gari
06:50:17 PM
require a specific format***
You know, I use a human rights example before with, you know, law, you know, you can go take those two courses at the law school, the human rights law or whatever international law and get that knowledge and, you know, interaction with that professor without necessarily having to get a law degree and spend three years and a lot of money to do it. So I, I think the best way to, to look at it is.
To think about what your career goals are and ask yourself, do I really need?
This other degree to to get into the career path or the job or whatever it is that I'm looking for. If you need AJD to do what you want to do, you should get a you should obviously go to law school and get the JD. But if you don't, if what you if you don't want to be a lawyer, that may not be worth the time and extra effort, especially since you'll have the flexibility to do it even at Yale Law School. Because even if you don't, if you may not get into law school, Yale Law School, you as a Jackson student, you can still take courses there.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:51:01 PM
Ikram, as Asha mentioned, we strongly appreciate candidates who have some years of professional experience. We make exceptions for students in particular fellowships, such as the Rangel Fellowship.
Matic Cvelbar
06:51:04 PM
Additionally, is there any thesis at the end of M.A.S. besides completing 8 courses? Thanks once again for your effort and kindness. Matic
So that's kind of the exciting aspect of Jackson. And I think, you know, I, I don't want to discourage anyone. I just think that that's a question that is always worth asking when when you're looking at our programs specifically.
Let's see.
Magic is asking if there's any thesis at the end of the MAS. Umm, there is no thesis. Uh, I think. I think you can write one if you want. Umm, but there's no requirement. Uh, let's see.
Let's see, any other things. Alejandro is so quick and thorough.
I think I pretty much covered everything I'm gonna.
Leave it open just in case there's anything else that pops up.
Or is on your mind.
Let's see.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:52:14 PM
Hello Tandi, your DELE / DELF could help you fulfill the language proficiency exam and place into L5 (advanced level).
Matic Cvelbar
06:52:17 PM
(IMPORTANT) Hello, I am coming from EU. My question pertains to the formal eligibility for masters of Advanced Study (M.A.S.) in Global Affairs at Yale. In the USA, a bachelor's degree typically takes four years to complete, while in Europe, the duration can vary between three to four years. I have done my bachelor degree in a member state of the European Union in three years. My question is therefore how would Yale treat my degree which is a must to have when applying for a master’s programm at Jackson School of Global Affairs? Would I be eligible to apply with a three year bachelor degree from the EU or not? Thank you very much for your answer. Kind regards, Matic
Oh, you know what, Let me talk about one more thing because just because I get, we get this question a lot, we people ask whether our program is STEM designated. It's not.
That's above my pay grade, but I think it is something that's under consideration.
But you know, I, I will say that I think.
I think that, you know, it's for international students who want that designation because it it helps them.
Claire Dorfman
06:53:08 PM
What exactly is the Brady Johnson Program in Grand Strategy and how does that relate to the MPP program?
Uh, post graduation, uh, in terms of jobs and things like that, umm, but I know that our umm, Dean of career services has said that, you know, our students have not had problems even in the absence of that, like kind of being able to get to the jobs where and where they want to. Umm, So, uh, I just want to throw that out there.
Claire's asking what is the Brady Johnson program and grand strategy?
So, Claire, I think the best way to answer these centers and programs, Jackson is sort of like an umbrella for for them and they're operating a little bit independently under that Jackson umbrella. The Brady Johnson program is a spring semester and fall semester.
Program that really looks at grand strategy, it kind of explores how I think they pick like a one big major global challenge and you know.
How that plays into or how how to look, use the lens of brand strategy to examine, how to analyze it and solve it. And it brings in a lot of exciting lectures and stuff and, and it's I think a selective application process.
It's separate and apart from kind of our curriculum, but our, our students do participate in it. I, I don't know if that was too big, but maybe Alejandro knows people who've done it and can.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:54:22 PM
Hello Dami, as posted above, we value years of professional experience before applying to Jackson. At the undergraduate level, do focus on strengthening your leadership experience, academic excellence, and extracurricular activities. These will all add up in your Jackson application!
Gabriel Joó
06:54:25 PM
Any special tips on how to be selected as a Kerry Fellow?
Umm add.
Claire Dorfman
06:54:27 PM
Thank you!
So Gabriel, OK, I have to fess up. I didn't, I didn't review these slides before I did today's session 'cause we just were, it was just announced like a week ago that the carry fellows, the carry program is not.
Continuing, so we're not going to have Carrie Fellows anymore. So I apologize, I should have taken that off the slide, but we do have these other centers and programs as well, so.
Please do check those out on the website.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:55:06 PM
Hello Brandon, we would definitely recommend you take a look at our M.A.S. degree for mid-career professionals like yourself: https://jackson.yale.edu/admissions/mas/program/
OK.
Nicolas Gasto
06:55:12 PM
Personal circunstantes are relevant when looking into the work experience? For example in my country if you're not close to the political party in government is almost impossible to get a good position in global affairs/public policy
Umm Nicholas, personal circumstances relevant when looking into the work experience. Umm.
Yes, you know, Nicholas, what I would say is, umm, we do. Please do explain that if that's the case, Uh, but you don't need to have.
The work experience does not necessarily have to be in global affairs and public policy.
And we work experience we're using really as a catch all for like experience out in the world doing something. Umm, you know, I commented on Peace Corps before. Umm, we have returning Peace Corps volunteers who come in and I mean, they're working, but they're doing service in this very, you know, specific program. You know, it's not necessarily the kind of, you know, government policy work that you might necessarily think of, but we value that very, very.
We have people coming in from the private sector, we have people coming in from tech companies, we have people coming in from, you know, NGOs. What's more important is what are the things that what are your takeaways from that experience that connect the dots to your interest in global affairs and public policy?
In other words, what what questions did those raise? What gaps did they reveal and kind of your own experience or knowledge or skills that you want to fulfill or what did it make you realize about what you the kind of job that you want to do moving forward, a career that you want to move?
Virnalisi Velez
06:57:12 PM
When do the courses start? Spring 2025 or Fall 2025?
So I understand if you know it and it's often difficult to get a a government policy job, but that do not think that the work experience is limited to that type of position. It's more broad than that.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:57:14 PM
Vik: Likewise. Check out our M.A.S. degree program for folks with more advanced careers. https://jackson.yale.edu/admissions/mas/program/
Isaiah Williams
06:57:17 PM
Thanks for this great info. Obviously the Jackson School is world class, but like any institution, there are always areas for growth. What are some specific initiatives or improvements the Jackson School is currently focusing on? You mentioned funding, are there any other areas that come to mind?
OK, let's see.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:57:19 PM
Hello Matic, Jackson accepts three-year bachelor’s degrees from the EU for the Master of Advanced Study (M.A.S.) in Global Affairs. Your three-year degree from an EU member state makes you eligible to apply. If you have any further questions or need additional clarification, feel free to reach out to our admissions office.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
06:57:21 PM
Hi Eva, there is no required format for the letters of recommendation.
Matic Cvelbar
06:57:28 PM
I have done my bachelor degree in a member state of the European Union in three years. My question is how would Yale treat my bachelor degree which is a must to have when applying for a master’s programm at Jackson School of Global Affairs given the fact that in USA bachelor degrees usually take 4 years? Would I be eligible to apply with a three year bachelor degree from the EU or not? Thank you very much for your answer. Kind regards, Matic
Eva Gari
06:57:29 PM
Do the Letters of Recommendation require a specific format or is it the prerogative of the writer?
Uh, magic, uh, we for your bachelor's degree question, umm, yeah, we understand that there are, especially in Europe and UK that some bachelors are done in three years. So it's a four year bachelor's or its equivalent. And usually especially the three-year bachelors in Europe should fit that. So that's, that shouldn't be a problem.
Umm, I'll just wrap up here. Umm.
Asking questions about some specific initiatives or improvements, umm, that Jackson is currently focusing on. Umm, I think just really building out our faculty and areas that we cover. Umm, you know, faculty hiring is not something that's done overnight. Umm, but I think that one of the things that we've definitely been continuing is to hire, hire people in very in different areas so that.
We really are able to offer the breadth of resources.
And expertise even within Jackson, you know, setting aside everything that you can find everywhere else, funding is another one as I mentioned. And as as Isaiah you're, you're asking in your question, I should also know by the way, that.
Some of these additional fees that are a part of the cost of attendance, for example, the specialized medical coverage, we will also cover that for all students if you don't have any alternative coverage, so.
When you're looking at that cost of attendance, know that everything they are, you know, the tuition, the medical fees and then potentially all the living expenses can be covered as well. And then I think we're really, you know, the big project has been to expand this physical footprint, take these, take over these two very beautiful buildings and add to that. So I think.
It's a we're building basically, and it's kind of an exciting time to be at Jackson because as a student.
You're there to really, you know, I think, and I can say this having been at the law school, which is I think celebrating is 250th anniversary this year at the Yale Law School. You know, there's something really exciting to be at, you know, an institution like that with this, you know, that's really already built and, you know, fantastic. However, those are often very slow to change or, you know, they they have a very established way of doing things.
When you have something new or like Jackson, you're actually a part of creating what is going to become and I think.
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
07:00:23 PM
Hello Virnalisi, our yearly terms start in the Fall,
Hussain Cheema
07:00:24 PM
Can you talk a bit about the SOP structure?
Matic Cvelbar
07:00:25 PM
Thank you very much! Thank you.
We're really excited at all the ideas that our own students bring in terms of shaping the character and vision of of what Jackson is going to be. I'm going to end there since we're right at 6:00.
Antonia Abarca
07:00:27 PM
What about work experience in global affairs but not necessarily at the specific field of work I wish to pursue? for example, if I am working on climate change topics but would like to pursue a international security specialization
Antonia Abarca
07:00:29 PM
What about work experience in global affairs but not necessarily at the specific field of work I wish to pursue? for example, if I am working on climate change topics but would like to pursue a international security specialization
And.
Jieyu Deng
07:00:41 PM
Thank you, the webinar is wonderful!
I think I'll leave this open a little bit, but thank you so much for joining UMM. I hope that this was useful to you. I am in the process of.
Lindsey Price Neblina
07:00:46 PM
Thank you so much for this presentation, it was very helpful and informative!
Virnalisi Velez
07:00:47 PM
Thank you for the information and time. All the best, Virnalisi
Rose Delle Fave
07:00:50 PM
Thank you Asha and Alejandro!
Antonia Abarca
07:00:55 PM
Thank you very much! all was very clear
Alejandro Sánchez Flores
07:01:01 PM
Hello Hussain, not sure what you mean by SOP structure. Please email us at jackson.admissions@yale.edu.
Umm, getting all of, uh, my schedule together for the fall. Umm, I'm going to be doing some traveling. Umm, uh, might be doing some coffee chats in Europe, Indonesia and Thailand. So if I am in your neck of the woods, I would love to see you. Umm, just keep an eye on our events calendar and you should be on our mailing list now. So I'll be sending out some blasts as those, umm, additional things come up.
Jean Paul Niyonshuti
07:01:12 PM
Thank you for the valuable information and clear explanation. Everything is well understood.
Best of luck to all of us!
Damilare Oyebobola
07:01:13 PM
thank you
Pet Prayonghom
07:01:14 PM
Thank you Asha and Alejandro. This was very insightful. Appreciate all the work you’re doing!
Becca Bauman
07:01:15 PM
Thank you for the presentation!
Tandi Nunes
07:01:18 PM
Thank you so much! This was most insightful!
Matic Cvelbar
07:01:19 PM
Thank you for all of the effort you have put into this webinar. I sincerely hope we see you. Matic
Gloria Kalunga
07:01:20 PM
Thank you!
Gregor Hrelja
07:01:21 PM
Thank you, Asha and Alejandro! This was super helpful -- have great rest of your day!
And thank you again for joining and I really look forward to reading your application. Take care.
Nicolas Gasto
07:01:30 PM
Thank you very much! I will have to start preparing the GRE
Isaiah Williams
07:01:31 PM
Thank you! Ciao from Panama.
Joshua Musana
07:01:52 PM
Thanks for this