aronofsky

Hi all, I want to get a feel for what you think my chances are of getting into some of the "top" IR programs. Candid feedback/comments are encouraged and greatly appreciated. Thank you! Schools: Georgetown SFS, Johns Hopkins SAIS, Princeton WWS, HKS, Tufts Fletcher, Yale Jackson, GW Elliott Career goals: State Department in foreign policy related role. Institution: Large public university. Major: Major in Spanish (Interpretation, Translation), minors in Portuguese, Italian GPA: 3.45 (major upward trajectory, was below 2.0 after sophomore year) GRE score: 168 Verbal 160 Quant, 5.0 writing. Work experience: Fulbright ETA/policy internships in EU country, two years for northeastern consultancy, one year working with energy tech ngo in Eurasian country. Coursework: Micro Economics, Macro Economics, Intro to Stats (all A) Language skills: Near-native Spanish and Portuguese, fluent in Russian, proficient in Persian (Dari) and Italian. OTHER: Miscellaneous internships during undergraduate, including with (D) rep from my state. A few undergraduate awards for top senior in my area of studies. Overseas experience (work, study and teaching): One year in Chile, one summer in Honduras at US embassy, another in Mexico. Year working in Central Asia. Statement of Purpose: My background has been unusual, so I believe this area will be strong once tied all together and explained. Extra Essays: Policy memos for Harvard and Princeton that I'm not thrilled to write, and I believe one for Columbia as well. Letters of Recommendation: These will be very strong. Concerns: Undergraduate GPA + multiple geographic areas of focus on one hand, potential lack of "service" requirements for WWS, which is my number one choice. Thanks again!

Can someone send me the information for the facebook group/listserv?

Got the Spain ETA!!! Email titled Fulbright Application Status received at 6:21 a.m. PST.

Well then, we can suffer together.

Are there any other Spain ETAs still waiting?

Anyone else receive news? Still waiting for Spain ETA. This is torture!

Would any of the other ETA people be interested in sharing essays/background information?

Spain ETA "should be sent out in the next few days." Congrats to everyone already accepted for their countries!

When did you hear this??

Are you a full or ETA finalist? And have you called recently?

Thank you! Best of luck to you all.

Lagio, were you just now notified? As in within the last hour?

You could always place a call to or email the Spain Fulbright Commission. So far I've made a pair of calls to Rachel's office, so I'm hoping someone else will step up and find out something for all of us.

Update on Spain: "We haven't heard anything from the Spain Commission but we hope it will be within the next two weeks." I guess all previous estimates were pure guess work. Trying to stay positive!

Thank you for calling. That's essentially what she told me last week when I gave her a ring. I think for my nerves' sake, it'd be better for me not to read anyone else's essay. I would be willing to send you mine, if you'd like.