nimitz

Hey all, So I'm a senior undergrad, poli sci major at UCLA. I just took the GRE in Sept and got my scores back. Got a 165 (96%) in Verbal, 155 (69%) in Quant, and got a 5.5 on the AWA (96%). I think these are pretty darn good scores, but then again, i don't know how the grad schools will look at this. I'm looking towards getting into a MA program in poli sci, preferably something like Johns Hopkins' SAIS program. I have a 3.38 GPA (got railed in my last qtr by two terrible teachers, got all As and Bs before that qtr), but should be raising it to a flat 3.4 by the end of this Fall qtr. In regards to other, non-numbers stuff, I have interned at a major government consulting firm for two summers and can get very solid letters from people high in the executive ranks. In high school I also interned for my local chamber of commerce, and during college I've done a few philanthropies here and there with my fraternity on a consistent basis, as well as during my consulting internships. I am sadly lacking in strong faculty letters, a lot of the faculty I knew have left the campus (visiting professors) or retired (have been going for 4 years, just my luck). tl;dr Is my GRE ok for top tier colleges, and will my GPA and faculty letters hold me back?