<p>Harvard does allow joint programs with other schools. You just have to get it approved on a case by case basis. I know people who have done and are doing it currently.</p>
<p>While I don't mean to sound rude, you need to understand that it's very difficult to get accepted to Princeton's philosophy Ph.D. program. </p>
<p>If you really are outstanding enough to get accepted to both Princeton's Ph.D. program in philosophy and Harvard Law--which, frankly is unusual--you can usually work things out.</p>
<p>I am not interested in Princeton for philosophy, but I do appreciate your comments. No probs:) </p>
<p>I do have a question though...from your experience how does the coursework load work out for people in joint-degree programs? Do they graduate on time?</p>
<p>Note**: Although I am involved in some philosophy right now--I am unsure If I want to carry it over into an advanced degree. After attending an APA conference--I am having second thoughts;)</p>
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<p>Whoops, sorry! That is even better for me, then:)</p>
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<p>That is not exclusive to Princeton Philosophy, though. I spoke with Gilbert Harman over Easter, and he said Princeton admitted 20 out of 250 applicants, which is not bad at all as far as Ph.D programs in philosophy are concerned. Harvard admits around 4-6 applicants out of 200+.</p>
<p>You alternate yearly. Say, Harvard one year, Yale the other, and so on until you graduate -- which is usually one year less than if you did both degrees separately.</p>
<p>why is there all this talk about these joint degree programs? has anyone been accepted, or even has a reasonable chance of being accepted to both HLS and princeton/yale grad? i mean that is just nuts. alternating yearly sounds bad anyway. you would always be leaving your group of friends and your professors and you would graduate late in both. you would live a double life. just like in fight club, except you'd be nerdy and probably wouldn't blow up anything.</p>
You alternate yearly. Say, Harvard one year, Yale the other, and so on until you graduate -- which is usually one year less than if you did both degrees separately.
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<p>oh, I was thinking they did the degrees concurrently.</p>
<p>"oh, I was thinking they did the degrees concurrently."</p>
<p>Well, that is exactly what it is! One year at one school, the second at the other; then, it could be a matter of alternating semesters -- unless the two schools are close to each other and commuting is feasible, then you could take classes at both places in the same semester (I still think the first year is spent entirely at one and the second entirely at the other).</p>
<p>You ought to check and make sure the school honours a joint degree programme. Sometimes, they will not let you take courses at the other school, e.g. if you want to do gtown sfs and law you can only do gtown. But, I know specifically with Virginia you can enroll in SAIS, Fletcher, and WoodyWoo at Pton. And if you want to get your J.D. at Harvard, you can get also go to Fletcher. So, you have to look into it. I'm not sure on the other programmes, but that is the general set-up for the International Relations programmes. I'm planning on doing that, so I've been researching it lately.</p>
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<p>While this is not a JD example, Harvard Medical School has an extensive relationship with MIT for its MD/PhD program. It is actually fairly common for a person to get an MD at Harvard and a PhD at MIT at the same time.</p>
<p>You can definitely combine a Harvard JD with a degree from MIT, i.e. a PhD or an MBA from the MIT Sloan School. You can also get a joint degree with the Tufts Fletcher School. </p>
<p>Harvard also has a working relationship with the law program at Cambridge University in which you can get a joint Harvard JD and Cambridge LLM. </p>
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<p>I don't personally know anybody who has done that, but I do know quite a few people who have gotten into both HLS and another Harvard graduate program (usually the MBA program at HBS, but I also know a few who got into a Harvard PhD program). Heck, a guy I know I think is trying to figure how to combine both a JD at Harvard with a PhD at MIT. </p>
<p>I have also read of Lisa Schwartz, who got a perfect GPA at Harvard College (one of only 3 people in the last 20 years to have done so), and then pursued a joint MBA-JD at both HBS and Yale Law.</p>
<p>"except you'd be nerdy and probably wouldn't blow up anything."</p>
<p>That's hilarious!:D</p>
<p>It's about personal choice. If people want to ask about something, why stop them? Are you advocating for censorship? Worst case scenario, people on herely would merely learn about those "grandiose" opportunities that none of them will ever have.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that these threads are not entirely superfluous. Had I not known that Ph.D and J.D. programs could be combined, I would not have started preparing for the GRE or planned to take one this year.</p>
<p>Sorry, I should have qualified my statement: had I not known that Ph.D and J.D. programs from different schools could be combined, I would not have started preparing for the GRE or planned to take one this year.</p>
<p>wouldn't alternating years on different campuses make it very difficult to establish the 'connections' that make business school worth going to in the first place?</p>