Matt Clemons's guest appearances

Matt Clemons

Admissions Straight Talk

Model Club TV

Kate Smith

Rosalind Franklin

Johns Hopkins

David Fisher

Matt Lawrence

Keith Bevans

Paul Gill

Clare Brady

Mary Mahoney

Isser Gallogly

Mary Tate

Nadia Afridi

Davis SOM

Alexa Mieses

Ida Valentine

OwlTail

This is a bit of somber episode for us as we remember our friend who passed away this week, Matt Clemons. We do however have an update from Mark Warthling on the upcoming Aurora box art tribute kit - The Witch. He also has another kit PREMIRE for us and some other goodies. Interested in any of Mark/Pestilence Lab's stuff hit him up on facebook https://www.facebook.com/mark.warthling or send him and email pestlabs1966@gmail.com  Corrections and the emails that we were going to answer this episode are being pushed to episode 18. We are sorry and there are some great questions we want to get to! Paul Gill of Gillman Productions has very generously donated another kit for a GIVEAWAY! A beautiful bust of Caesar from Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. Make sure you are subscribed to the channel and then send us an email at modelclubtv@gmail.com with your YouTube username and with "APES" in the subject and we will send you a ticket number. We will draw names during the first Episode in March. If you want to just pick one up right away they are $80 + shipping. It is also a very limited run of 50 kits, so you might want to act fast! You can contact Paul at 955paulmgill@gmail.com or visit Gillman's Garage https://www.facebook.com/groups/704188619991060/  All of this along with our usual blathering, enjoy! Model Club TV is also available as an audio podcast in most places you would find these things called podcasts. Oh and we are on Istagram too -@modelclubtv   Need a build up from Denis Lange? deni@langedesign.biz http://bit.ly/2P7YbEl   Jason Walker on YouTube - https://bit.ly/2YPSaOA

This is a bit of somber episode for us as we remember our friend who passed away this week, Matt Clemons. We do however have an update from Mark Warthling on the upcoming Aurora box art tribute kit - The Witch. He also has another kit PREMIRE for us and some other goodies. Interested in any of Mark/Pestilence Lab's stuff hit him up on facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mark.warthling" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/mark.warthling</a> or send him and email <a href="mailto:pestlabs1966@gmail.com">pestlabs1966@gmail.com </a> Corrections and the emails that we were going to answer this episode are being pushed to episode 18. We are sorry and there are some great questions we want to get to! Paul Gill of Gillman Productions has very generously donated another kit for a GIVEAWAY! A beautiful bust of Caesar from Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. Make sure you are subscribed to the channel and then send us an email at modelclubtv@gmail.com with your YouTube username and with "APES" in the subject and we will send you a ticket number. We will draw names during the first Episode in March. If you want to just pick one up right away they are $80 + shipping. It is also a very limited run of 50 kits, so you might want to act fast! You can contact Paul at <a href="mailto:955paulmgill@gmail.com">955paulmgill@gmail.com</a> or visit Gillman's Garage <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/704188619991060/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/704188619991060/ </a> All of this along with our usual blathering, enjoy! Model Club TV is also available as an audio podcast in most places you would find these things called podcasts. Oh and we are on Istagram too <a href="mailto:-@modelclubtv">-@modelclubtv</a> Need a build up from Denis Lange? <a href="mailto:deni@langedesign.biz">deni@langedesign.biz</a> <a href="http://bit.ly/2P7YbEl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2P7YbEl</a> Jason Walker on YouTube - <a href="https://bit.ly/2YPSaOA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2YPSaOA</a>

Model Club TV: Episode 17 - A Witch update and Remembering Matt Clemons

Interview with Matt Clemons, Director of Admissions for the Harvard Kennedy School of Government [Show Summary]Matt Clemons is the Director of Admissions for the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and he shares what the school is looking for in its applicants, what to expect while in the program, and some of the exciting things current students and alumni are doing to make an impact on society. If you are driven to solve the problems of public policy and society, take a closer look at Harvard’s Kennedy School.The Harvard Kennedy School of Government: Everything You Need to Know [Show Notes]It’s been almost three years since we last had on Admissions Straight Talk, Matt Clemons, Director of Admission, Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Matt entered the admissions field at Manhattan School of Music and subsequently served for five years as Director of Admission and Financial Aid at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs. He joined HKS in 2011 as Director of Admissions and has been there for the last roughly eight years.Can you please give an overview of the HKS MPP program for those listeners who may not be so familiar with it? [2:10]The MPP can be framed against MBA and JD programs, in that they all are teaching you to engage in professional issues. The MPP is teaching a skillset to help people solve problems, and is not traditionally academic (being concerned with theory and research), rather learning those skills to solve problems. In many ways the program is similar to business school – you learn negotiations, management, quant analysis, leadership, persuasion, communications, etc. – but the case studies, internships, and work people engage in will focus on how public policy impacts peoples’ lives, in the private, non for profit or government sectors.How do the MPP, the Master's of Public Administration, and the MPAID (MPA Int’l Dev) differ? [3:31]One of the things policy schools didn’t do is come up with one acronym used across the industry like business schools did with the MBA. I don’t want people to get confused across acronyms, but the MPAID program takes quant analysis to a deeper level, specifically to help figure out how developing economies can be managed in a way to integrate them into the global economy. Graduates tend to work for multilateral organizations like the IFC, World Bank, or IMF. 75% of the students are outside of the US, and the program is constructed with that in mind. It has uniquely rigorous quant – the first year is similar to what a first year PhD in economics would be studying.The MPA is typically for people who have either already been to graduate school or been admitted to a partner school. Since students are pursuing a concurrent or dual business degree, many go on to careers in the private sector to figure out how businesses can have a positive influence on society.What is the Mason Program or cohort in the Mid-Career MPA? [6:30]The Mid-Career MPA is a one-year program for individuals in developed economies. The Mason Program has essentially the same curriculum, but is for people from developing economies. The Mason Program students spend an extra two weeks on campus at the beginning in sort of a boot camp, as many may not have studied in an environment like HKS before, but the only real difference in programs is citizenship.What is the difference between joint, concurrent, and dual degree options? HKS offers all 3. [7:30]The joint degree programs are only within Harvard (with the business school and law school), and the faculty from both schools have gotten together and decided on what they want students to engage in - a particular set of courses/requirements/schedule.There is no difference between the concurrent and dual degrees, but they are flexible, less-organized and the other program is outside of Harvard – for example, MIT Sloan is just down the street. There is no particular set of courses that faculty have come up with in advance...

Interview with Matt Clemons, Director of Admissions for the Harvard Kennedy School of Government [Show Summary] Matt Clemons is the Director of Admissions for the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and he shares what the school is looking for in its applicants, what to expect while in the program, and some of the exciting things current students and alumni are doing to make an impact on society. If you are driven to solve the problems of public policy and society, take a closer look at Harvard’s Kennedy School. The Harvard Kennedy School of Government: Everything You Need to Know [Show Notes] It’s been almost three years since we last had on Admissions Straight Talk, Matt Clemons, Director of Admission, Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Matt entered the admissions field at Manhattan School of Music and subsequently served for five years as Director of Admission and Financial Aid at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs. He joined HKS in 2011 as Director of Admissions and has been there for the last roughly eight years. Can you please give an overview of the HKS MPP program for those listeners who may not be so familiar with it? [2:10] The MPP can be framed against MBA and JD programs, in that they all are teaching you to engage in professional issues. The MPP is teaching a skillset to help people solve problems, and is not traditionally academic (being concerned with theory and research), rather learning those skills to solve problems. In many ways the program is similar to business school – you learn negotiations, management, quant analysis, leadership, persuasion, communications, etc. – but the case studies, internships, and work people engage in will focus on how public policy impacts peoples’ lives, in the private, non for profit or government sectors. How do the MPP, the Master's of Public Administration, and the MPAID (MPA Int’l Dev) differ? [3:31] One of the things policy schools didn’t do is come up with one acronym used across the industry like business schools did with the MBA. I don’t want people to get confused across acronyms, but the MPAID program takes quant analysis to a deeper level, specifically to help figure out how developing economies can be managed in a way to integrate them into the global economy. Graduates tend to work for multilateral organizations like the IFC, World Bank, or IMF. 75% of the students are outside of the US, and the program is constructed with that in mind. It has uniquely rigorous quant – the first year is similar to what a first year PhD in economics would be studying. The MPA is typically for people who have either already been to graduate school or been admitted to a partner school. Since students are pursuing a concurrent or dual business degree, many go on to careers in the private sector to figure out how businesses can have a positive influence on society. What is the Mason Program or cohort in the Mid-Career MPA? [6:30] The Mid-Career MPA is a one-year program for individuals in developed economies. The Mason Program has essentially the same curriculum, but is for people from developing economies. The Mason Program students spend an extra two weeks on campus at the beginning in sort of a boot camp, as many may not have studied in an environment like HKS before, but the only real difference in programs is citizenship. What is the difference between joint, concurrent, and dual degree options? HKS offers all 3. [7:30] The joint degree programs are only within Harvard (with the business school and law school), and the faculty from both schools have gotten together and decided on what they want students to engage in - a particular set of courses/requirements/schedule. There is no difference between the concurrent and dual degrees, but they are flexible, less-organized and the other program is outside of Harvard – for example, MIT Sloan is just down the street. There is no particular set of courses that faculty have come up with in advance...

Harvard Kennedy School: An interview with Admissions Director Matt Clemons