Hello Everyone,
I am wondering what my chances for acceptance are at the following schools for a PhD in Political Science: UPenn, Princeton, Georgetown, and University of Maryland.
I am finishing my Master of Public Affairs this year at Sciences-Po Paris. I am interested in studying international relations at one of the above mentioned universities, particularly UPenn as I have personal ties to Philadelphia.
My grades at Sciences-Po are a bit hard to compare to the US, but from different conversion tables I have found my Americanized GPA is around a 3.6-3.8+. I am certainly within the top 5-10% of my class here. Sciences-Po is recognized as one of the best schools in France but it is not well-ranked worldwide.
My internships have included an administrative tribunal outside of Paris, and I am currently an intern at the Conseil d’Etat (US equivalent of the Supreme Court).
I studied abroad for one year at UPenn. My GPA from this year was about a 3.7 (but the courses were simply indicated as pass/fail on my transcript).
My letters of recommendation should be good – two are from professors at UPenn I did research for.
I have yet to take the GRE’s so that is a still a ‘wildcard’ in my chances.
Any advice or comments would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Christian.