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  1. PROFILE: Type of Undergrad Institution: top 20 US university Major(s)/Minor(s): political science, computer science minor Undergrad GPA: 3.81 Type of Grad: n/a Grad GPA: n/a GRE: 169V / 168Q / 5.0W Any Special Courses: game theory, econometrics, quantitative political methodology, ~advanced r programming, research design, matrix algebra, calc III Letters of Recommendation: 1) poli sci tenured professor, senior thesis advisor; 2) comp sci tenured professor, TA supervisor; 3) poli sci tenure-track professor, TA and RA supervisor; 4) (when possible) poli sci tenured professor, took two seminars with him Research Experience: undergrad thesis; lil bit of r and python coding for professors' projects Teaching Experience: two comp sci courses, one poli sci Subfield/Research Interests: IR, international organizations and international law Other: RESULTS: Acceptances($$ or no $$): emory, wisconsin, nyu, osu, unc, penn state, texas a&m (all $) Waitlists: harvard Rejections: stanford, yale, columbia, rochester, ucla Pending: Going to: LESSONS LEARNED: For 6 of the 7 places where I was accepted, I included a section in the SOP about why I wanted to go to that school specifically, where I mentioned a few professors I'd like to work with and whatever talking points I could scrape from the website. For 4 of the 6 where I did not get in, I basically submitted a (cmd+F replace with school name) form SOP. Take away from that what you will. In retrospect I applied to too many places. At the time I had absolutely no way of knowing whether I had a shot at any one place, so I tried to maximize my chances. I did make sure only to apply to places where I would have been happy to go. On the advice of my undergrad mentors, I refrained from contacting any professors before being accepted to their programs. Again, mixed success, so take from that what you will.
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