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All other things equal, the marginal effect of a 151 verbal GRE score will make the chances of acceptance to a top 10 program very very low.

The admissions process isn't a trial: no one is trying to assess whether you actually have potential or not. Its about selecting the best applicants: and an applciant with good grades and good GREs is going to be more attractive to the committee than an applicant with good grades and a very low quant GRE score, especially when they want to do quantitative work. Your best bet is to simply retake them and reapply. If it means pushing your application season back a year, then so be it. Its worth it in the long run. You need to go to the best PhD program you can get in to. Also, having unrealized potential that could be realized if you tried harder is a bad thing. The fact that you got an A in a Master's stat course further confirms that you need to retake the GREs. Adcoms will think the same thing too: why did this applicant, who can clearly do advanced quantitative work, do horribly on this test? Are they lazy and didn't study? Why didn't they retake them? Did they not plan well in advance? There's a lot of uncertainty here, so lets pick someone else! Good math grades and low math GREs send a signal.

The brutal truth is that for a top 15 program a quant score of 150 will effectively prevent you from getting admitted. It would prevent you from getting admitted even if you were a theory applicant, but as an Americanist, its even worse. If you want a top program you need to retake the GREs and do better.

For IR? There are only a handful of schools that have political scientists who specialize in Asia and study IR.

I don't understand this. "Asia studies" would be something like comparative politics, which is regional. Most IR programs are not regionally focused.

I think that's a question for your advisors, no? Also robotics is not the same field as political science, by a long shot, so circumstances are very different.

depends what your GRE is. If its high, sky is the limit really. its a crapshoot. If the english prof knows you well then they would be worth asking

The best you can do is improve the other parts of your application. There's nothing you can do about your grade now. Why ddi teh committee say you should only get a pass?

you are fine. econ is better prep for phd poli sci programs than poli sci. just know the literature--read it on your own. know what the debates/key ideas are/scholarship of the people you are applying to.

I don't know of any programs that do interviews

b ) its on your CV/resume. mention it, dont stress it. c) mention it. its good. people will like it. d) mention it, say what methods you learned e) you mean editing papers? they dont care f) do well on your GREs and you'll be fine. knowing hindi is a huge plus

No one cares about the AWA score. It may be helpful if english is your second language, but the difference between a 5 and a 5.5 is negligble. CUNY has a horrible funding situation AFAIK. PhD programs train people to do research, they, by and large, are primarily concerned with research and not teaching, since ideally in a PhD program you won't be doing too much teaching.

Most of those programs are cash cows. They will charge you and arm and a leg to take classes at their institution. If you have a hundred grand to drop, then make the best of it, but ususally the advising in those programs is subpar.

You're GREs are too low to get into almost all of the programs you listed. Who does CPT at Princeton? Harvard? Yale has Andrew March but he doesn't to East Asia. Columbia? Penn?

Competitive? I'd say definately not for UCLA. I also don't think they would be willing to advise someone who wants to study IR and feminism and equality--the latter two are not things represented in top IR programs. I'm not sure about the other programs.

Why are you basing your decision on the sports division that schools are a part of? GRE scores in the 150s will make it almost impossible to get into top programs. Some top programs are also in the Ivy League athletic conference, some are not. Who do you want to work with at Brown? Columbia? Penn? AFAIK, Penn only has one person in IPE.

get a life?

While its not the worst reason to get a PhD, its pretty close to it. You're grades and GREs are good. However, unless you become passionate about a life devoted to political science research, you shouldn't apply and you shouldn't get in. You will have to write a SOP that reflects your clear and unbridled passion for political science. Without that, you will either be writing a terribly dissembling statement, or writing a statement that will get you in nowhere. Why not apply for jobs?

If it says "the requirements are that you send all your transcripts from any institution of higher educaiton that you attended" then you should send it, and if you don't, you are a dishonest ass who deserves to get kicked out of any program you get accepted into under false pretenses. One thing I don't hear you saying under the pros is, "its the right and honest thing to do", which is worrisome.

Look at the program websites? Are you talking about admissions requirements? Then again, look at the department websites.

i would. send em all my way. current 2nd year in top-10

a score of V154 and Q145 will prevent you from getting into top programs and will significantly harm your chances of getting into a mid-tier program.

Everyone with high enough GREs and a high enough GPA (3.5 and over 160) should apply everywhere. That means you are in the running and have a shot. After you clear those hurdles its really up to your statement and letters. Letters you can't judge well but you have 100% control of your statement.

Then maybe apply where Anne works? In general though, the nitty-gritty if diplomacy is the province of diplomatic historians and not IR. Also check out the practice turn and Vincent Poilot (sp?)

If you go to a placed that is lower ranked, ask yourself before even applying: "Am I ok with getting a PhD and not getting an academic job afterwards?"