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Raftergirl

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5. Harvard rejected me for MPP program. I ended up at University of Chicago. It was great though because I learned

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Sat Feb 14, 2026, 11:51 AM

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first hand how the other side thinks. Every solution to every issue was let the free market decide. It was weird though because all us students were interested in actual policy ideas to improve things, while all the profs were on the other end of the spectrum.

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