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Schools Applying To: USC (MPA), UCLA Luskin (MPP), Washington Evans (MPA), maybe Columbia SIPA (MPA) -- I want to work on the West Coast Undergraduate institution: Top 5 University of California Undergraduate GPA: 3.81 Undergraduate Majors: Political Science GRE Quantitative Score: 153 (Worried about this!) GRE Verbal Score: 161 GRE AW Score: 4.5 Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 4 Years of Relevant Work Experience: 3 Describe Relevant Work Experience: Research in local economic development, 3 at philanthropic foundation doing sustainable agriculture funding Quant: Calculus 1 (B+), Microeconomics 1 (B+), Macroeconomics 1 (B), Statistics for Political Science (A) Strength of SOP: weaved together story of my time volunteering and working in sustainable agriculture (including starting programs) and how I want to work at universities/schools to start more sustainability programs, with a focus on agriculture Strength of LOR : Very strong, one from a professor who wrote me a LOR for the dean of undergraduate education award I won, 1 from supervisor who really values me who I worked with for 2 years, and 1 from supervisor from the Brookings Institution Concerns: Weak GRE scores, especially quant.