Hi guys. Just dropping in.
Applying to Polisci Ph.D from undergraduate.
I'm graduating from Michigan with a gpa of 3.74 and a major GPA of 3.9.
However, since I'm graduating in 3 years, I do not have much in the way of a thesis or too much research.
I'm hoping to study Comparative Politics, specifically immigration and ethnic politics in Japan.
In my undergraduate experience, I focused on Eastern European and Russian politics. I can read Russian, and am fluent in Chinese and Japanese.
My recs will be pretty good, one old, well known professor, one rising professor in Japanese politics, and a visiting professor in law.
Currently my application list are mostly extreme reaches:
Harvard
Princeton
Stanford
UC Berkeley
Columbia
MIT
UCSD
UCLA
Chicago
Wisconsin Madison
Upenn
Johns Hopkins
I have a feeling I will get into none of those 12 programs.
Does anyone have any suggestions for additional schools?
I would prefer not to do an MA, but I will apply to Monbusho scholarship to study and research in Japan in March if I am not accepted.
Thanks so much!