my chances for IR schools Fall 2011

[benaro]

I'm really nervous about this whole application process, since my qualifications are not outstanding. How do you see my chances?

Schools Applying To: GWU Elliott, Hopkins SAIS, American SIS, NYU SCPS for Global Affairs

Undergraduate institution: University of Maryland

Undergraduate GPA: 3.55

Undergraduate Major: Government&Politics

GRE Quantitative Score: 700

GRE Verbal Score: 580

GRE AW Score: 3:(

Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): I will graduate this semester(Fall 2010) and I'm doing my last semester in Rome

Years of Work Experience: I have been working at Berlitz Language Institute teaching Persian since summer of 2008 and have worked there full-time all 3 summers since 2008, and also part-time during the school year. I also have tutored at the University of Maryland Persian Flagship Program since June 2008.

Describe Relevant Work Experience: At Berlitz I mostly worked with students from DOD and the State Department.

Foreign Languages: Persian (Native), Italian (Highly Proficient- 7 semesters), German and Spanish(finished intermediate level in college) This is also my second time studying abroad in Italy.

[polisciphd]

This forum is primarily for those wishing to pursue the Ph.D. in political science, not the MA from one of the policy schools (there is another forum for this elsewhere on this site)