Nortonti

Hi everyone, I am just seeing what everyone thinks my chances are though I have a decent idea myself. APPLYING FOR FALL '15: Schools: (Mcourt), (Price), (TSPPA), George Mason, (Luskin), a few others on the lower end as well. Career goals: Low income Housing and Veteran policy analyst Institution: Pac 12 school Major: Dual major in Sociology and Psychology GPA: 3.79 GRE score: 156 Verbal 154 Quant ( I know low quant) Work experience: 1 year with Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare finding those with severe and persistent mental illness housing. Work on developing skills for those with severe and persistent mental illness. 1 year AmeriCoprs VISTA with The Opportunity Council in Bellingham WA. (Statement of Purpose for more info) Coursework: 3 statistics, 3 in methedology Language skills: (only english) OTHER: Lots of involvement and leadership on campus. Officer of University's chapter of The International Psychology Honor Society (Psi Chi). Officer of University's Sociology club. Statement of Purpose: Explains working with a non profit in Washington as an AmeriCorps VISTA to help foster a partnership between them and a for profit developer for low income housing. The partnership currently has 12 sites with plans to expand to 18 sites creating over 800 new units. The VISTA position also included asset mapping of other non profit services and working with other non profits to provide services to low income families at the developed housing properties. Letters of Recommendation: I have one from a professor which is from a school I am applying to. I also have the CFO of the non profit I worked for as well as the supervisor for my VISTA service. Concerns: Quant in my GRE will be a huge hurdle I know that much. Me and standardized tests do not get along. Another roadblock will be since I went for a BS I do not have a language background but have a more statistical background, so that is a double edged sword. Also no micro economic background though I have set up a class for that during the winter.