Schools Applying To: Marquette, Villanova, Portland State, Montana, UW Milwaukee, Fels Institute (Penn), Georgia, Akron, U of San Francisco, San Francisco State, University of Dallas, Temple, UC Santa Barbara (Sent scores to the first four, unsure how serious I am about the others; listed in decreasing order of interest/plausibility of acceptance)
Undergraduate institution: Small liberal arts work college
Undergraduate GPA: 3.54 (3.6 in majors)
Undergraduate Majors: Political Science, Philosophy
Study Abroad: none
GRE Quantitative Score: 149
GRE Verbal Score: 155
GRE AW Score:Haven't received official scores yet, though I believe I did well.
Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): Still in undergrad
Years of Relevant Work Experience: Attend work college; currently working in admission office, been working since I was 17 (currently 23)
Describe Relevant Work Experience: See above.
Languages: English
Quant:
-Macroeconomics
-American Political Economy
-International Political Economy
-Statistics
(Some quant in senior thesis)
Strength of SOP: I write well, but I have a tough time writing about myself. My thesis is related to sexual identity politics and I'm debating on whether or not I want to milk my sexual identity; technically, it's what I want to study.
Strength of LOR (be honest, describe the process, etc): Have a pool of professors (advisor is one), department heads (advisor is one), employers (head of municipal govt dept)...not worried here.
Other: I've worked with underrepresented groups (tutor/mentored students of undocumented Latinos, helped revitalize rural black poor neighborhoods in Alabama after tornadoes), have worked on political campaigns, have undertaken two independent studies (maybe three depending on how the Spring goes)...I've got a lot going for me, but I'm also a bit withered down by my poor GRE scores.