PhoenixM

Morning all. I wanted to get your take on EndNote version X6. I'm currently using a 30-day trial and am liking it a lot, but there is a deal through my university system where I can pick it up for $110, and I'm worried it will disappear soon. I obviously haven't had time to send EndNote through the grinder, and probably won't before I need to make a decision. Since it retails at three times this amount, I don't want the chance to slip away if it's worthwhile. Because of that, I wanted to get the take of experienced users of EndNote, particularly those going down the history or international relations/political science road. What do you like/not like about it? How does it stand up to Zotero and Mendeley? (I am aware of the thread from a couple months ago comparing the three, but the new update could potentially change things). Thanks in advance for your time.

I'm already down here and ready to go (save for a book error that the publisher is currently fixing). I guess it's more of a matter of nerves. I'm somewhat familiar with the campus already, but it's going to be interesting when classes tomorrow and it goes from a leisure to a push-shove mentality.

Ya I did get it backwards. Sorry about that.

LORs and SoPs are going to be the heaviest weight on admission decisions and will need to be evaluated before chances could be determined, but you will need to get that GRE quantitative score higher. The GRE may not be significant, but it can weed people out. Since you're going for a program that's heavily based on math, it needs to get into the 50th percentile at the bare minimum (33rd or higher would be better.

Scholarships never hurt though Eigen. It can help with paying personal expenses as well as fund conference trips.

Getting a perfect score (170) is not common, so most graduate schools will not expect you to achieve that. Getting it though would be great for what you're after. However, I would say that you should aim to have it in the mid-160s.

Don't think easy. Think quality and passion. The last being the most important.

Princeton's "Cracking the GRE" 2013 edition. Review that and do practice problems whenever you can.

Best thing you can do is be honest yet be respectful as well. Tell him you appreciate all he has done to help you but you feel that the best way to further your studies and research ability further is by taking this course of action.

Could always set a 30 minutes to 1 hour limit on the number of new topics created for those under x amount of posts. It won't stop the spam, but it will make it much more difficult to flood the forum.

Should be able to do that. I'm planning on taking two International Politics classes for my minor which will open the doorway for that. In addition, there's an independent studiesclass I can use as an elective for my major that may allow me to focus on Middle East Mass Media. Opportunities are slim for this first semester, but hopefully the doorway will open up some more in later semesters. I'm also seriously considering transferring to UGA as a transisent student next summer to participate in a three month study abroad trip to Morocco. Two of those months will be spent completing Intermediate Arabic I and II, so I'm hoping that will help out a little bit.

Good morning. I'm currently four semesters (plus one summer) away from graduating with a Bachelors Degree in Mass Communications and am looking at attending graduate school to study Middle Eastern Studies. I'm currently at a 2.7 GPA with about 70 credit hours to go and I have not written the GRE as of right now. I'm planning on specializing in the Middle East in a journalism career and am wanting to use the M.A. to bolster those credentials. However, I don't want to shut the door entirely on future Ph.D studies. The Middle East is a passion of mine and there's the off chance that the academic field will draw me away from the career in journalism. Here's my dilemma. The school I was able to get into to finish off my Bachelors degree does not have any coursework related to the Middle East. This was forced due to the 1.5 rule on federal aid coming into play with other schools as well as a low GPA. No matter what happens, I am not going to have the ideal GPA since I'll be getting around a 3.3 in the best case scenario. Considering I'll have a low GPA by graduate school standards, what are my options for getting into a competitive status with the mid to upper level schools in this field? Thanks in advance for your responses.