Purman2

I'm looking into applying to some graduate programs. The four that I know for sure I want to apply to are SAIS (John Hopkins), WashU, Georgetown, and American. I am particularly attracted to SAIS's focus on quantitative work and need to get some more experience in that area. Mostly I'm worried about getting in any of these places, so I was wondering if I posted my stats if people could recommend somethings I could do to better my chances or maybe some alternative programs that could get me where I want to be. GRE Verbal 780 Quant 690 Writing 6 Degree in IR from a Big Ten school GPA (the problem) 3.2 Overseas study and work experience Peace Corps in Eurasia Russian and German language skills. Any help you guys could provide me in overcoming the GPA problem would be great. I was considering taking the GMAT and focusing on getting the best quant score possible to demonstrate an ability to do quant work without jeopardizing my scores. Thanks in advance for the help.