In the midst of all the applications I'm filling out right now, I'd really really appreciate some insight from anyone in regards to my potential acceptances/rejections. Any thoughts would be GREATLY appreciated. I'm a nervous wreck right now because I am so unsure on how I can gauge my qualifications, and I wonder if I should be even applying at all.
I'm applying to several graduate programs in international relations, including:
Yale - MA in IR
Univ of Chicago: MA in IR
Columbia SIPA: MIA
USC: MA in Public Diplomacy
Univ of Michigan: MPP
UCSD: MA in Int'l and Pacific Affairs
Johns Hopkins SAIS: MA in IR
My profile is as follows:
Undergraduate institution: Top 10 public school
Major: Double-majored in Political Science (Int'l Relations) / American Literature and Culture
Cumulative GPA: 2.9 (ouch)
Poli Sci major GPA: 3.1 (ouch)
*I've had 1-2 very bad grades from courses that are irrelevant to IR (they were literature courses)
GRE scores: 570 Verbal / 640 Quantitative / 4.0 Writing
Work exprience: 1.5 years as Researcher at a foreign embassy in Washington, DC / several internships under my belt at nonprofit law firm, 2 IR think tanks in DC, press agency
+ Several awards and honors during my undergrad studies, made it to dean's list for several quarters
Foreign languages: Korean (native fluency) / Japanese (intermediate) / German (basic knowledge)
Recomendations: very strong recommendations from professor, a U.S. ambassador, and foreign minister
