Hello all,
MA (University of Houston) GPA: 4.0.
University of Houston GPA: 3.84; Community College GPA: 3.30.
GRE: 160Q/164V/AW 4.5.
3+ solid LORs from good faculty on campus. Various levels of publicity in the field. 1 is a Ph.D. alumnus from a school I'm considering.
Good personal statement/writing sample.
2 published articles (w/faculty on campus).
3 research presentations (1 national 1 regional 1 at university).
3 years as an RA.
Various summer research programs, as well as a Ralph Bunche Scholar (minority summer fellowship at Duke).
Math skills up to Cal 2/linear algebra/Quant methods grad courses. Statistical programming skills such as R, STATA, etc..
I'm interested in American/RGEP; focused on institutions, behavior, methods. Looking at Stanford, Princeton, Harvard, UT-Austin, UCSD, UC-Berkeley, TAMU, Vanderbilt, Cornell, and open to other options as well (attempting a top school or bust mentality). I'm also an African American first generation student if that counts.
Thoughts on chances?