Hi,
I am applying to PhD programs this fall and in the midst of my school search right now. I've found the task to be quite daunting. I've been looking through schools that I think I'm interested in, browsing their faculty and seeing what their research areas are. Many times they don't have them listed, or they are very vague. Any tips on a more economical (time wise) way to do a search would be a big help, or recommendations on schools would be very apprecated.
For my undergrad I attended a regular state school. Graduated with a 3.93 with a major in Poli Sci. I assisted a professor with research for a book she was writing for one semester, but I didn't do much individual research. I have some writing samples that I think I could use. Finally, I took the GRE right after graduation and got pretty good scores--only my quantitative section was below the 75th percentile and it came in at 71. My research interests are US politics: interest groups, coalitions and LGBT voting behavior.
RIght now I live in South Korea and I plan on doing all my applications from here.
Like I said any advice would be a huge help. Thanks
