dd62506 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) I just finished my applications and am thinking about more safety schools. Can anyone please help me in deciding if I stand a shot at getting into some of my schools? Here is my information: Degree: MPP Schools applying to: UGA, Pitt, UIC, GW, Washington Undergraduate institution: Fairly well respected university, ranked 90ish among national universities Major: Poli Sci Major, Econ Minor (had more econ credits than Poli Sci though) GPA: 3.05 GRE: 60% V, 63% Q, 5 Writing Work experience: 3 years as a staff assistant for my state political party, internship as a fundraiser for local congressional campaign, summer of doing institutional research for my school, and 1 year as a field organizer for the Obama campaign Recommendations: former professor who ran political campaigns and now works for our state gov't (has his MPP), state chairman of the Democratic party, president of my university (supervisor for a summer) Additional info: GPA was extremely low my sophomore (like 2.6) because of some family issues, other than that it's been in the 3.3-3.6 range and my senior year was my best. I did get C's in my first couple econ classes (sophomore year) including Public Economics that year, but after that I went to B's my Junior and A's my senior. Personal statement shouldn't be a problem - I had a family friend who is a professional writer look over it and make corrections/approve. Edited January 10, 2012 by dd62506 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fell4Ever Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 The Whitehead school of Diplomacy in South Orange New Jersey has a solid reputation, great location and isn't AS competitve. And it has rolling admission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dd62506 Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 That was actually on my second tier of schools (mostly because I liked the program, just not the location). Thank you for the suggestion. What do you think of the schools I currently have applied to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fell4Ever Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I only researched SHU and the University of British Columbia for my grad school options, because my funding is limited and I have limited professional experience. But I have definitely heard of Washington, GW and Pitt, for sure. Pitt is a great school. But you'll have to ask other people haha, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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