Program Applied To (MPA, MPP, IR, etc.): MPP, a few dual MPP/MIA programs
Schools Applied To: Berkeley, Michigan, Texas LBJ, Georgetown (applying to both MPP and MSFS), Chicago (applying to both MPP and MIA), Heinz-CMU
Schools Admitted To:
Schools Rejected From:
Still Waiting: All
Undergraduate institution: Emory
Undergraduate GPA: 3.55
Last 60 hours of Undergraduate GPA (if applicable): 3.79
Undergraduate Major: Political Science with a second major in music
(scored on new GRE scaling)
GRE Quantitative Score: 164 (91st percentile)
GRE Verbal Score:165 (96th percentile)
GRE AW Score: 164 (87th percentile)
Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 0
Years of Work Experience: None
Describe Relevant Work Experience:Worked part-time for one year as a research assistant at the college's department of global health (mostly administrative work). Interned for a civil rights advocacy group in DC, a Ugandan newspaper (during study abroad), and an Atlanta-based international non-profit. Also volunteered full time for a summer with a refugee organization in Atlanta.
Languages:Spanish (definitely not fluent but working on it)
Quant:Took calculus 1 in high-school, which transferred to college credit. Introductory Micro (C+ during freshman year), introductory Macro (, Intermediate Micro (. Also got an A in a political science course in quantitative research methods.
Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc):My one for Berkeley was terrible, kind of last minute in a busy time of the semester. The others are still in the works but I think they will come out to be very strong.
Strength of LOR (be honest, describe the process, etc):Moderate to good. Really have no idea.