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Fall 2019 Political Science PhD Applicants


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Hi!

If interested, please share your basic info and the schools you will apply or applied to. I will start:

Status: International

Undergrad: Political Science  - Foreign (GPA: 3.69)

Grad: MA in IR and Comparative Politics - U.S. (GPA:  4.0)

GRE: V(159) Q(161) AW (4.5).

Relevant Experience: Graduate Teaching Assistant (2 yrs), 5 yrs work experience with NGOs and INGOs.

Applied to: University of Minnesota - Twin cities, Indianian University-Bloomington, Rochester University, Vanderbilt University

 

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TOEFL: 108 (not important tbh as I will be having an MA degree from an American university, most schools waive this)

GRE: 158 (V) - 166 (Q) - 3.5 (AWA)

Publishing: 1 single author conference paper & presentation in my undergrad university (non-American), 1 co-authored conference paper in America, 2 single author papers under review in 2 journals, 1 co-authored paper under review in a journal

LORs: 3 LORs all from American professors in my Master granting university, kinda known in their areas

Undergrad GPA: 3.7/4.00

Grad GPA: 3.8/4.00 

Undergrad Major: International Relations - lots of math classes (from the best university in my country)

Grad Major: International Affairs - many math classes

Grad School: Not in first 40, between 40-50 maybe 60 in America 

Aiming: MIT, Harvard, Brown, Boston University, Boston College, UMass Amherst

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