Hi, I am an international student applying for comparative politics with interest on the challenges of democratic consolidation. I am also interested in how government performance affects citizens' satisfaction with democracy in new-democracies. My GRE is Verbal: 154, Quant: 161 AW:4.0. My GPA is 3.81 from a large state university in midwest. in. I am doing a senior thesis under 2 professors and 1 practicum in a Center for Democracy. My recommendation should be fairly strong.
Schools applying: Emory, Chicago, UCLA, Pittsburgh, Northwestern, PSU, UNC, Cornell, UVA, UC Irvine, UPenn, Yale, WashU, Georgetown.
What do you guys think?
Thanks.
