Hi everyone,
Here is my profile for my grad school apps. I'm not necessarily looking at going to a top 10 school but I wanted to see where I really fit in with some semi top schools and mid ranked schools. I'm currently looking at applying to USC, UCLA, Brown (my higher up schools) and Syracuse, CUNY Graduate School and UCONN.
Goal: PhD in Political Science
Type of Undergrad Institution: Small private school in MA Major: Political Science Undergrad GPA: 3.61
Type of Grad: N/A (Graduating Senior in Undergrad this year)
GRE: 149 V, 152 Q, N/A AWA
Letters of Recommendation: Great. One from a former professor who teacher at Yale now, one that publishes a great deal that I co taught a course with, and one within my subfield. All know me and my work outside the class as well .
Research Experience: Only in class research papers. Working on starting one next semester with my professor.
Teaching Experience: 2 semesters being a something close to a TA during my undergraduate.
Subfield/Research Interests:
International Relations, theory, feminism, multi methods approaches, equality
I guess I'm most worried about my GRE scores and whether they help or hurt or neither. I know my personal statement looks very strong and my letters of recs are great. Am I competitive for the schools that I am looking at though?