Maverick 23

I am new to this forum and I would greatly appreciate any feedback and advise. Type of student: Asian-American/First gen college student (immigrant/ low-income household) Undergraduate school: Top 20 Public USA Major: Economics, and Political Science, Concentration in International Affairs GPA: 3.96 (4.00 in both my majors)/currently in senior year/rank in the top 5% of my class/ online certifications from IMF and Stanford University/Phi Kappa Phi,Omicron Delta Epsilon (honors economic society), Pi Sigma Alpha (honors political science society) GRE: I don't know if I should take it given that many schools consider it optional at this point and given the COVID situation Language skills: Fluent in English, Urdu(Born in Pakistan and spent part of my childhood there), conversational in Spanish, and currently learning Mandarin Quantitative courses: Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Calculus for Busi & Economics, Stat 1, Money and Banking, intermediate Microeconomic Theory, intermediate Macroeconomic Theory, Urban and Regional Economics, Writing in Economics, Economics of Sports, Financial Economics, and Econ development Publications: senior thesis, published in The Journal of Politics and International Affairs (NYU), write op-eds examining political/econ events for the largest newspaper in my state, member of my college's undergraduate political review journal, research assistant(created and presented original workshops for many clients including Fordham business school) Work experience (5 years including internships and part time work): Air Force ROTC (top cadet in class..medically rolled), internship at the State Department, currently a temp with the Defense Information System Agency (part of Department of defense)...will have 1 year of experience when enrolling... internship at clerk's office at superior court, and a criminal defense intern at a law firm in my state. Tentative school: I would like to go to a school in the DC area Goal: I would like a career dealing with national security. I am currently leaning towards the security study programs at Georgetown and George Washington among others. Given this information, I would like your guys' feedback as to where I should realistically apply and how I can make my application stronger...I am worried about the fact that I am still in undergrad and many schools many look down on this fact. Yet I feel that I have accumulated enough experience through internships and other activities to overcome this shortcoming. As a first gen college student this process is very confusing given the fact that I have very little people to ask for advice. With that being said, I would greatly appreciate any thoughts you guys may have. Thank you for your time and consideration.