mikejbutera

Previous School Westminster College, Missouri Previous Degrees and GPA's: BA Political Science 4.0 major gpa; 3.92 overall gpa GRE Scores (Verbal/Quantitative/Analytical Writing): 590V, 670 Q, 4.5 AW Previous Work Experience (Years, Type): Student Gov, Korean Government Summer Exchange Program, summer internship at Meridian International Center, Intern at Legislative Consulting Firm in Missouri State Capitol Math/Econ Background: Statistics, Micro, Macro Foreign Language Background: German (expert), French (beginner), Korean (beginner) Intended Field of Study in Grad School: International Affairs/Security Studies Long Term Professional Goals: Work in intelligence community, both government agencies and private consulting firms Schools Applied to & Results:Accepted: GU Walsh SSP, Patterson Waitlisted: GW Elliot Ultimate Decision & Why: GU SSP- the short of it: location, network, prestige, internships, didn't get funding, but ultimately decided to take the risk and go to DC without funding. Decision would have been harder if GW had accepted me. Ultimately needed to get out of Missouri, and Kentucky didn't sound that appealing when I could go to DC and go to grad school where I intend to work.

What specifically about the open house sold? What did you not realize before your visit?