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Thanks!
Would love to hear more from anyone else out there!
Helpplease - I'm using the Princeton Review, Barron and ETS official books. I have the Nova for the GRE Math. Would you reckon this will suffice? And with the new GRE, you dont really need to know too many words, am I right in thinking that?
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This is great guys. Any more tips, specifically in relation to how you re-learnt formulas from high school and applied them successfully?
What was the hardest part of the test for you and how do you think you overcame it?
Thanks!
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I think I may have posted here about this before but I can't find it so perhaps I hadnt but I am working abroad right now and cannot take the GRE test prior to a certain date. Between working full time and everything else with living in a foreign country, I am very nervous about the GRE exam. I have roughly 4 weeks. I need help with the following:
- applying Algebra techniques
- recognizing when to do so - i.e. if a question can be solved with elimination but is quicker with algebra
- reading comprehension - best tips?
Basically, I have submitted some applications without the GRE and have explained the situation to those concerned and they seemed receptive as most meet to make decisions in February.
So please any help with studying timetables, what worked best for you, problems, anything I may have missed, techniques that work, the whole lot will be so useful to me.
I really appreciate this!
Thanks guys
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I have a research paper in which I assisted on during my time at an internship however none of the interns were credited for the work on the actual paper but we are listed as assisting on our intern profile page.
I was wondering how someone would note this down on their resume or whether it's even worth noting it down. Its primarily for SAIS as my analytical essay covers the area the paper was about.
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I have a research paper in which I assisted on during my time at an internship however none of the interns were credited for the work on the actual paper but we are listed as assisting on our intern profile page.
I was wondering how someone would note this down on their resume or whether it's even worth noting it down. Its primarily for SAIS as my analytical essay covers the area the paper was about.
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Anyone with a moment to give my essay a quick read?
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A little late in the day but I was wondering if someone could do me a massive favor and take a quick look at my essay for SAIS.
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I know people too but I think Fletcher, SAIS and SIPA are more established, plus with the added opportunity for first year funding (SIPA excluded!!). The reason I had it 2nd tier for me (I'm applying) as it appears more routed towards academia. I'm hoping, if I get in, to go in a different direction. Plus when your think IR, Stanford IPS doesnt immediately come to mind.
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I'd add UCSD to it too, however they do have more of a regional focus then other programs. Add Yale to the top tier of programs too. Stanford perhaps in the second tier.
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I would usually suggest to provide an overview of your strengths in your personal statement, but with the word count constraints, perhaps a part of the application requesting any additional information?
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Because IPS is just a program within Stanford's graduate school (as opposed to a separate school as in most other IR programs) and therefore doesn't have a separate admissions office, I think that applicants are supposed to follow the instructions provided on Stanford's general Office of Graduate Admissions (took me a while to figure this out, too):
Thanks a lot! Weird no word count but looks standard enough. Thanks again
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I'm applying for the fall and I didnt think to ask admissions about the personal statement because I had assumed details about it would be online or via the application but to my surprise there is nothing!!
Anyone aware of its content, word count, scope, etc? Would be a massive help
Thanks!
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Its quite easy when they ask simply for your plans, etc, as it gives you the freedom to organise. The way I wrote mine was to explain my motivations and how I reached them, how I am qualified in the next paragraph, relating to my work experience, follow that with a paragraph about my prep for school and then finally why this school and my career plans.
Hope that helps. Good luck.
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Email is absolutely fine. I dont know why anyone would suggest otherwise. Dropping by unannounced is rude as professors are busy people, and with this in mind, they are hardly going to be free to have a conversation on the phone.
What does that leave? Email. For the record, I got 6 professors to agree to write a recommendation via email. And two of my work colleagues, all via email.
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Some schools accept lateish scores but 1/23 seems to be quite late considering decision timelines. You should wait for the schools to reply on this one imho or try to get to another country earlier.
Thanks. Still waiting on the schools to get back in touch. If they dont by tomorrow, I'm screwed I feel!
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Avoid stressing yourself out and just apply next year. Some schools have a strict rule when it comes to deadlines and you don't want to waste the 50-100$ app. fee and all your efforts in an application that can be possibly rejected because it is incomplete.
I would definitely not like to apply again next year as essentially I have devoted the past 18 months for my applications. I perhaps should not have taken this internship but it added further value to my application now. Hopefully some of the schools are a bit more lenient. They really ought to be considering I submitted the application on time, with everything else included. Still pretty worried.
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When you say unfavourable information about them, is that personal to you or in general?
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I'm working in Mali right now on an internship. There appears to be no times to take the GRE there so I am flying out to Spain as soon as I am able to take the test. The date I secured was 1/23.
Which is a major issue, as some of the deadlines are past at this point. Now, my question is, as I am physically unable to take the test until this date, would many of the schools accept a delayed test score (unofficial until verified).
I've emailed some of the schools in question but it appears they've packed up for the holidays. Now, I am stupid for taking this internship but the opportunity was too good to pass up.
Would many of the schools accept a delayed score, if the rest of my application is upto date and ready to submit (inc recommendations, etc).
I'm applying for IR degrees..
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How does your SoP discuss the re-emergence of public private partnerships?
When you mention re-emergence, is there something specific you had in mind? I hadnt seen or read much in relation.
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Would be delighted to hear of anyone else who may actually be applying to MA in IR this fall.
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I understand the "either/or" aspect of your interests.
I'm attempting to suggest that you to discuss, however briefly, the possibility that you'd end up working in an environment that requires one foot in each sector.
(Or maybe you think PPP is just a fad?)
Not at all. I had no intention of mentioning it as I was running short of words but I'm sure I can squeeze it in. Thanks!
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However, I dont think it flows so well. Hence me wondering if anyone else also had similar aspirations as mine, and how they managed to integrate development and international relations.
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How does your SoP discuss the re-emergence of public private partnerships?
It doesnt, really. I've largely discussed why I am applying, and how it relates to my ultimate goal, of working within development, whether privately or in the public sector.
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Has anyone else ever done this?
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Thanks for the help guys.
Right now, I'm working from the Barrons, TPR and ETS. I do like the sound of the Kaplan book but I think adding something new at this stage may just be confusing.
I'm still struggling with learning some of the algebra techniques. What did people find helpful when learning math again?