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you are not competitive at a top school program. period. whoever tells you different is delusional. your only choice is to take online courses WITH GRADE from a renowned university. your options are: * UC Berkeley Extension (cheapest) * I think Columbia offers some online certificates with grades but they are super expensive * a purely online master's related to IR from a recognized university (American University offers a master's in Applied Economics that is entirely online iirc) * other renowned universities not listed here this is what is known as an alternate transcript. essentially you will be completing a master's in something else so that your bachelor's transcript is not considered at all. let me put it this way: if you get master's degree from American University and you graduate with a 4.0 GPA from that program the admissions committee won't even bother looking at your bachelor's degree transcript since it does not reflect who you are today good luck

good luck to everyone!!!!!!!

he said notification, ie: first round of the admission process... and yes, i already received mine.

looks extremely competitive. have you read the recipients' bio's? it's like they have been in intl dev since they were 6 years old... they are all out of this world. no surprise at all they received the award. each and every single one of them deserve it.