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[iamdanthemanstan]

I'm freaking out a little over what sort of program I can get into and I need some advice. I was an English major in college, but I've always been very interested in politics, and after living in China for the past five years I'm planning on applying to some graduate programs. My ultimate goal is get a PhD, but my GPA is pretty bad 3.1 and I just never developed great contact with any professors so my letters of recommendation are going to be fairly weak. On the plus side I'll probably do well on the GRE, I always do well on standardized tests and I've been doing really well on the practice questions. My plan was to go for a Master's degree. It should be easier to get into than a PhD program and that way I can develop better contacts and show that I can do the work. But now I'm freaking out a little over if I can get into any decent Master's programs. A lot have requirements I don't meet, like having taken econ. courses, or being fluent in a foreign language, I can speak a little Chinese, but not much. One wanted a 20 page writing sample, unless they want a short story nothing I did in college is very applicable. I can't tell if I have a chance to get in somewhere or am just totally screwed. Thanks for taking the time to read all this, I'd love any thoughts.

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This somehow got posted twice and I can't see how to delete this one. Can someone delete it?

Edited August 29, 2012 by iamdanthemanstan