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SochiGirl

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  1. I trained full time and started college after I retired in 2014. Both HKS and WWS are heavily focused on public policy, and I am more interested in working for NGOs providing humanitarian aid or promoting religious freedom, preferably in Eastern Europe. The programs I applied to seemed like a better fit.
  2. Program Applied To: International Relations Schools Applied To: Georgetown/SFS, Notre Dame/Keough, Stanford/Ford Dorsey, Tufts/Fletcher, Chicago/CIR Schools Admitted To: Georgetown/SFS, Notre Dame/Keough, Stanford/Ford Dorsey, Chicago/CIR Schools Rejected From: NA Still Waiting: Tufts/Fletcher Undergraduate institution: Small liberal arts college Undergraduate GPA: 4.0 Last 60 hours of Undergraduate GPA: NA Undergraduate Major: Great Books program comparable to a double major in philosophy and theology with a double minor in math and science GRE Quantitative Score: 164 GRE Verbal Score: 169 GRE AW Score: 5.0 Years Out of Undergrad: 0 Years of Work Experience: 7 Describe Relevant Work Experience: State Department internship; 7 years training full time and competing internationally in an Olympic sport (I think I made a good case that an athlete works for the federation he or she represents, with clear expectations for job performance and goals to be met. Participation in the 2014 Winter Olympics implied that those expectations were met and those goals were achieved.) Strength of SOP: Quite good. It took me about 6 weeks to write and polish it. I was fortunate to have a clear trajectory to my story: Exposure to multiple cultures and participation in the Olympic Movement led to an interest in the field. My faith gave a humanitarian bent to my interest (explicit in the Notre Dame application, implied in the others). My subsequent Great Books education, with its focus on what it means to be human, provided the necessary intellectual foundation. The result was a calling to work in the field in some humanitarian capacity. Strength of LOR's: Good. A Great Books curriculum means no courses in international relations or economics. My LORs were from philosophy, theology, and science professors. The upside is that the college and class sizes are both small, so my professors knew me extremely well and could write in detail about my intellect, academic ability, and character Other:
  3. My apologies. I meant to say my GRE quant score was in the 86th percentile, and my verbal score was in the 97th percentile.
  4. Just submitted my last application. Any feedback would be appreciated. Program: MA/MS international relations Schools applying to: Georgetown, Stanford, Tufts, Chicago, Notre Dame Interests: Religious freedom, human rights, Russia and Eastern Europe Undergraduate institution: smal, but highly regarded; Great Books curriculum Undergraduate GPA: 4.0 Undergraduate major: Liberal Arts (Math, Science, Latin, Music, Philosophy, Theology, Great Books) GRE: 197V, 186Q, 4.0W Quantitative Courses: Include Euclidean Geometry and Advanced Calculus; will take Microeconomics and Macroeconomics this summer Years of Work Experience: 7 Work Experience: Trained 35-40/week in Olympic sport; traveled multiple times to 16 different countries for competition; represented national federation at 2014 Sochi Olympics Internships, etc.: Critical Language Scholarship; State Department Summer internship Languages: English (native), Russian, French, Latin Volunteer experience: religious education, church youth group, run on-campus womens’ studies group, organized two on-campus events Age: 26 LORs: 3 professors and internship direct supervisor Concerns: I feel good about my background (I wouldn’t change anything), but I know it’s far from typical. I can’t tell if my training regimen, with all its responsibilities and expectations, will stand in for work experience; and I can’t tell if my Great Books curriculum will be considered a negative. Thoughts from those of you with more experience?
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