saraya90

For those of your that are, or have applied to grad school in London, I have a question (probably a few). Do you write your statement of purpose with American english spelling or British english spelling? I would assume that since we speak the same language they would obviously understand, but what if they do not want to see American english spelling? The programs I am looking at and admission dept. don't specify this for native non british speakers, so should I play it safe with British english even tho it wouldn't be authentic on my part to please british administration, or should I just write it in American english?

My first application for grad school for Fall 2017 is tomorrow on March 1st. I have completed everything on my application checklist online, except the school hasn't received the last official transcript. I have ordered a 7 of them back on the 8th of this month from a college in Seattle (I am currently living in NYC and live just blocks away from the University I want to attend, so I wonder if its the distance that is delaying my official transcript?) I have called the school in Seattle and they confirmed they mailed it on the 9th and sent me an online receipt showing I paid for it weeks ago, and said they will mail me another batch of them this past Monday just in case I never get the first one, etc. I have received other transcripts from my two other undergrad schools but the Seattle one (I ordered all of them within the first week of February, earlier this month). I am worried I will be disqualified from the admission process, but when I called the grad admissions to the school I'm applying to, they said my program still has rolling admissions after the "official deadline" until the program is full (she gave me no deadline on that one but said if my transcript is on its way still, I still have time but "at risk"). What should I do? I'm worried since I completed every other criteria and have paid for the final transcript which has been verified and supposedly "sent". They did send my scanned emailed copies of my unofficial transcript to show proof I had it, but the grad admission refuses to accept them, and also refused to accept faxed copies straight from the school itself. I feel hopeless and useless, I did everything right on my part. I feel its the undergrad school in Seattle that messed up and is ruining my chances at this point, but pointing fingers wont help the situation at this point. Has this happen to anyone else. What happened to you? Did you drop the program or did the admissions dropped you and you had to reapply the next year?

Thank you for your response! I have heard of those programs, and was interested in them as possible grad school programs to apply to. My only gripe with those programs is the location. The University of Chicago is one of the most highly revered universities for political science and IR, but I couldn't bear another bitter winter after I survived the last two horrid winters here in NY for undergrad. A bit superficial, yes, but at this point I feel like I want to move to a location with a good grad program for what I am looking for that doesn't have long, dreary bitter and extreme weather. I will still put it within my considerations and apply non the less to see where I stand, and if they might give me decent funding.

Hey, I was wondering if anyone knows of any good grad programs that focus within both IR and data science or applied analytical research? It seems like a lot IR or IA programs do have a applied analytical approach to their curriculum, but I am not sure if they are specifically the same as or similar to the actual data science program in terms of the quantitative aspects in relations to computer programming languages like R, SAS, SPSS, or MySQL. I know that the programs I am looking for do include a bit of quantitative methods in research and some R programming, but I am not sure how in depth they seem to be. I want to find a program that will be within International Affairs, but on the quant and tech side in terms of being an analyst. I know I could get a MS or MA in International Relations with a professional certificate in data science that are also offered at the schools I am looking into. Its just hard to find any other dual master programs for what I am looking for. It seems I have to get two separate degrees within both field. Overall, my perspective career goals are to work within IR and to also have the skills and educational background in data science/IT, and applied quantitative research methods so it can look more into applied quantitative IR research, or consulting. I have a BA in Political Science and I have a little bit of survey research, data collection, and R programming and Excel skills from when I was in undergrad via work and classes. I am also taking the Johns Hopkins Data Science Specialization certificate program online to get more of a feel of data science and learn the fundamentals of programming languages more, generally speaking before I decide to jump into any grad program. The only programs I know that are like this are the Columbia dual degree program QMSS and MIA programs http://gsas.columbia.edu/content/academic-programs/quantitative-methods-social-sciences-dual-degree-ma-mpa