mjorda12

Age: 22 Program Applied To: Security Studies Schools Applying To: Georgetown Undergraduate institution: Saints Louis University Undergraduate GPA: 3.85 (on track for maga cum laude) Undergraduate Majors: Political Science; Minor in Public Policy Studies GRE Quantitative Score: 630 (53%) GRE Verbal Score: 590 (84%) GRE AW Score: 5.5 (96%) Years of Work Experience: Total: 9 months; 6 months with Coca Cola Enterprises as an undergraduate intern; 3 months with U.S. Department of State Describe Relevant Work Experience: In 2008 and 2009 I interned with Coca Cola Enterprises in order to gain a better understanding of the American business environment. My worked generally consisted of working with a logistical team who was responsible for implementing new production hardware. In the Fall of 2010, I interned with the U.S. Department of State in Rome, Italy. I worked in our Mission to the U.N. Agencies. Languages: Significant Latin Study; Program has no language requirement Quant: As an undergraduate I have taken finite mathematics and I also have taken microeconomics. Strength of SOP: I am extremely interested in conflct studies and I have a peer reviewed SOP left over from my Marshall Application that I inted to refine. Strength of LOR (be honest, describe the process, etc): I have three faculty members who intend to write me letters. My first recommender is a full professor who received his Ph.D. at Georgetown. The second recommender is a assistant professor who is a Fulbright IEE recipeint. My final recommender is a very well known Jesuit scholar. All three of them have written me outstanding letters in the past. Other: -Generation 44 National Finance Committee Member -Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar (Internal university honor related to commitment to diversity) -Member of Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society -I have been chosen in the past to give introductions for Dr. Irene Kahn of Amnesty International, Dr. Michael Cox of the London School of Economics, and President Vicente Fox of Mexico. -I am President of the College Democrats -Active in Student Government -Dean's List etc.