Totoshka

Hello, everyone! I would be glad if you can comment on my background and tell if I have any chances for Political Science PhD and what is the possible range of universities I can hope for. BA: Political Science, Top-1 school in my country (non-US), GPA: 7.8/10. Minor specialisation: Data Analysis. Also won in research paper competition in Political Science once. Also was included for a year in "High Potential" group of "promising young scholars" with additional funding. MA: Economics, Top-1 school in my country, that is very well-known in US among economic departments. It is a very math intensive program with the majority of students having background in physics or mathematics. It also features relative grading system, therefore, I have no idea regarding my resulting GPA. Most likely, it will be 3.7-4 out of 5. Additional Education: ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques (Germany), ICPSR Summer School in Ann Arbor: received 5 IETM certificates for excellence in Bayesian Inference and Game Theory courses. Research Experience: 2 years in Research Institute, working on 3 papers in total. One was already published in co-authorshop. Another one will be submitted soon. The last one is the economic policy paper for federal government that we won a grant for. All papers are in co-authorship and cover Political Economy issues (except economic policy one). Recommendation Letters: One from director of my research institute, who I work closely with. He has good connections with Columbia. The other two will come from economics professors from my MA program. Question: My main concern is my Economics MA experience and my grades during MA. Thank you for any feedback.