Hi everyone,
I am an International applicant (East Asia) applying for Political Science PhD programs with a particular interest in political psychology. Though I'm not aiming for the top-tier programs, I'm still concerned about my GRE score(AW specifically) and lack of experience in presentations and publications. Really appreciate it if someone can help me evaluate my profile and offer some advices, see if I have a shot getting admitted, thanks very much.
Undergrad: one of the top university in my country (East Asia)
Major: BA in Political Science and BS in Psychology
Undergrad GPA: 3.5/4.0 (last 60 3.95, PoliSci major 3.32, Psy major 3.85)
GREs: 161V, 165Q, 3.5 AW (didn't have time to prepare for AW, considering retaking it...?)
TOEFL: 113 (R30, L28, S26, W29)
Research Experience: 2 year research assistant (Assisted with project related to using functional magnetic resonance image to explore the brain mechanism working under voting behavior. Provided research support by using E-Prime to design experimental programs, preparing and conducting experiments, and analyzing data; performed data analysis by using SPM, Matlab.)
SOP: Still working on it
Writing Sample: a BA project thesis proposal (proposal only because never got the chance to actually finish it)
Publication: none
Presentations: none
Experiences: summer program related to political psychology
Programs I'm Looking At: NYU, Stony Brook, Ohio State, UCI, UCM, Minnesota
Field: Political Psychology, Political Behavior/Cognition, intergroup relations
Concerns: not sure if my GREs are high enough (AW specifically), also being too naive due to lack of experiences in participating in academic conferences. I'm applying for program related to political psychology only, and above are the programs I'm really interested in.
Really appreciated it for feedbacks and suggestions, thank you very much!