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Roundup: Final reminders before the January 5th deadline

For those of you applying for the January 5th Fellowship Consideration deadline, you’re almost at the finish line! If you’re anxious about submitting, you may instead see the finish line coming at you. I’m here with a few final pieces of advice to help you along: If you cannot submit your application by the January…

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Emily Tao

Why Alejandra Cordero chose MPA in Development Practice (MPA-DP)

Thanks to Alejandra Cordero MPA-DP ’20 for this guest post. She is a second-year student from Quito Ecuador. If you’re interested in learning more about the MPA-DP program, don’t miss out on this upcoming virtual information session. Why did you decide to pursue the MPA-DP program at Columbia SIPA? During my undergraduate studies I worked…

Posted on December 28, 2019 by Columbia SIPA

The Personal Statement: What We Look For

The personal statement is a common source of anxiety for applicants. We understand it can be difficult to articulate your past experiences, policy-related passions, professional goals, and how SIPA can help you achieve them in just 400 words. In this blog post, we’ll be anonymously reviewing two essays to give you some insight into how…

Posted on December 27, 2019 by Columbia SIPA

MPA-DP Spotlight: Urban Mobility Master Class and the Summer Field Placement

The MPA in Development Practice program has some distinct educational opportunities for students. Here we highlight two of them: 1. Master Class: Urban Mobility On Saturday November 9th, six generations of MDP students came to attend Paloma Ruiz’s, Principal Executive of Transport Infrastructure for the CAF MasterClass. Paloma (MDP’13 alumni) focused on the importance of…

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Columbia SIPA

Words of Wisdom from 1st Year student Alex Frias MPA ’21

Hi! I’m Alex Frías, from sunny Mazatlan, Mexico. I am a 22 year-old first year IFEP student at SIPA. Before starting this adventure at Columbia, I was doing my BA at McGill University, getting involved with the Mexican diplomatic mission in Montreal as well as the Mexican community in Canada. I came to SIPA because…

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Columbia SIPA