A 3.7 GPA is great by any objective standards dude. That’s a fact. That’s one mark from a 4.0. Again, from a different country with tougher gearing criteria then America too. Few people get a first in the UK. Your statement that an international degree hurts is also blatantly false. As the other guy said, you’re hurling words with no background or sources.
i linked you an article for MPA->PhD stuff. You didn’t read it. It’s pretty common and certainly helps.
>local government doesn’t help.
you definitely didn’t read my comment entirely because I clearly said I’m doing international specialisation and work with SC’s IR department. Yet, you’re talking about linguistics and local government? You know Ban Ki moon had an MPA, right? It’s not all local stuff, depends on your specialisation.
GRE scores aren’t everything. It all depends on the applicants at the time. I was below SC’s average quant too. SOP, letters of rec, personal statements etc all contribute.
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