development&policy

Thank you very much @ExponentialDecay for replying so fast and helping me out with a detailed explanation I was scared that my lack of work experience would prove to be a problem as well, and the points that you mentioned will be food for thought for me. Thank you very much once again!

Hello everyone! This is my first post, and I signed up for the grad cafe just because of this amazing sub-forum, so thanks a lot for the amazing work you have been doing A brief summary of my past: GMAT: 730 (50q, 40v) GRE: to be taken (but expecting 168+ from quant, and probably ~320 in total) Undergraduate: Double major in International Economics and Finance at the #1 university for economics in Italy, probably top 20 worldwide. Received a full scholarship, will graduate in July 2019 Undergraduate 2: LLB (Bachelor of Laws) from a solid online programme prepared by a consortium of British universities. Great first-year GPA, will graduate in 2020. Work experience: Spring internship in a Big 4 Auditing firm; Spring internship in a fund management firm; Summer internship in a top local bank; 5-month full-time traineeship in a big 3 consulting firm; Summer internship in the National Treasury; 2-month full-time internship in an embassy within the Office of the Commercial Counsellor Extracurriculars: Founded a student association to conduct academic research on development related issues (currently the Vice-President) and will issue an academic journal next year; co-managing an investment fund in which a part of the revenue is being donated to various charities all around the world; Vice-President of a pro-bono consulting association that helps NGOs and small businesses; Secretary-General in an association for international students; attended various leadership conferences; android app development (no idea how this can help as it is not a major success, but received a scholarship from Google, so I might as well add); created an online legal advisory database for people who are facing with sexual, physical, or verbal harassment to guide them to get appropriate help they need Nationality: Turkish Languages spoken: Turkish, English, Italian, German Gender: Female (I don't even know if this is still a factor that is being considered, but yeah) Dream Schools: Kennedy School, Woodrow Wilson SPIA, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, John Hopkins SAIS, Georgetown School of Foreign Service, Yale Jackson M.A., Yale IDE, Bush School of Government and the ultimate goal: Stanford Ford Dorsey MA/IPP as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar (they are all very very long shots, I know hahaha) And strongly considering Yale SoM MMS: Global Business & Society, but that's for another day. What can destroy my applications: 1)My terrible undergrad GPA. Started off very bad (around 24/30), but there is a clear upward trend (26.5/30 in the second year). I am still hopeful because I do have extenuating circumstances and 1 more year to ameliorate it (aiming for a 28/30 in my third and last year). 2)Need for funding. In case schools are willing to provide loans for an international student, that is also more than welcomed. I would be more than happy if you guys could check my profile out and let me know if you think there is even a small chance for me to get accepted to one of those programs. It would also be amazing if you could recommend some other schools as well. Really sorry for the long post, have a nice day