jalgator

Ok, here we go. Thank you so much for the feedback: Applying For: Masters in Development Studies/International Development/etc. for Fall of 2013 Schools Considering Applying To: SAIS; SFS; SIS; Elliot; SIPA; LSE; SOAS; Cornell MPS; Kennedy; Chicago/Northwestern; Fletcher Undergraduate institution: SEC school (check my name) Undergraduate GPA: 3.76 (3.94 in major) Undergraduate Major: Political Science; minors in Arabic and Mass Communications GREs: V: 160; M: 165; W: 4.5 Relevant Work Experience: Taught Spanish in Cairo for 3 months with an NGO there Managed Fundraising, Community Outreach and Development for a small NGO dealing with Edu and IDPs in Latin America Interned with a South Florida Chamber of Commerce 6 month Internship with a UN agency Advisor for an NPO dealing with international networking (4 yrs) Will do one more internship either with development or microfinance/microloans Relevant Volunteer Experience: Traveled to Colombia 5 times dealing with Edu of Internally Displaced Children Tutored children of migrant workers in bilingual edu (4 years) Registered 1,000 voters in HS Studied Abroad: Cairo and Buenos Aires Languages: Native in English; Fluent in Spanish; "Advanced" in Arabic (advanced by standards not my own) Quant: Micro: A; Macro: A; Stats: A Strength of SOP: I have no way to measure this (I am always a little apprehensive with this kind of stuff), but I've had it checked by numerous professors and friends, and they have all given positive feedback (with recs of course) Strength of LOR: Researched development issues in Palestine and Sudan with two professors (liked me...I think ) and same way with all my supervisors...I think they are very strong in all sincerity Really appreciate it once again...thank you all for making this so much more edifying for me, before I ever made a post.