Billy the Mountain

Thanks for the tip.

I've followed this site for awhile in my obsessive quest to land at a top IR graduate school. Alas, the time to apply has come and I want to start a thread to compare profiles, offer advice and pass along news/rumors. I'll begin: Schools Applying/Applied To: Georgetown SSP, GWU Elliott, Johns Hopkins SAIS, American SIS, Chicago CIR, Princeton WWS, Denver Korbel Schools Admitted To: n/a Schools Rejected From: n/a Still Waiting: all Undergraduate institution: Top 5 Pulic Affairs undergrad program Undergraduate GPA: 3.9 Last 60 hours of Undergraduate GPA (if applicable): Undergraduate Major: Policy Sudies- International Policy, minoring in Economics and Buisness GRE Quantitative Score: 156 GRE Verbal Score: 166 GRE AW Score: 4.5 Age: 33 Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): Finishing undergrad now. Years of Work Experience: 8 years in the Army, including 5.5 in Military Intelligence. Two years in Iraq collecting intel, including one year working for SOCOM. Languages: I once spoke pretty good Farsi, but it has gone downhill in the past few years. I still know the language, just need work on my vocabulary. Econ: 5 classes: Micro and Macro, Stats, International Trade, and History of E conomic Thought. Strength of SOP: Not written Strength of LOR Not written, but should have one from a former Army Commander, and two from Professors, including one from a world-renowned IR Professor. I have high hopes, but ultimately it all comes down to funding. I have the GI Bill and the Yellow Ribbon Program, so I'm hoping to go for free, but we will see about that. Please contribute what you like. Let's make this a place to sweat it out together.