hi every body, I am intending to apply for a respectable political science PHD program in 2015 fall, and here is my profile:
Undergraduate situation: Renmin University of China ( a top 3 university in social science in China)
Major: International Relations, GPA: 3.43/4.0
Minor: Public Administration, GPA: 3.41/4.0
GRE: V163/Q170/AW3.0 (sigh!)
TOEFL: haven’t taken yet, but I scored a 109 6 years ago, so it shouldn’t be a problem.
And here is the point, I have worked in the research division of a provincial government in China for more than five years, and my job is mainly about doing government directed researches about Chinese political systems. Unfortunately, all my researches were published under government leader’s name, so I don’t have any published works.
Here are the questions, will my working experience help me a lot in my application? What is my chance to get a offer from respectable schools?
And will my analytical writing school seriously hurt my application? Do I need to retake the GRE?
Thanks a lot!