livinitup Posted March 10, 2009 Posted March 10, 2009 Thanks for the congrats. I'm still in total shock over GSPP. I had my hopes, but this seems far too good to be true! I'll probably be at the admit day, but I'm afraid my smile might be the only thing that gives me away.
dngo Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Accepted: UPenn ($8,000/yr) Waiting: GWU, American, NYU, Carnegie Mellon, UMD College Park GPA: 3.61/3. UCLA '08/Poli Sci GRE: 550 Verbal, 600 Quantitative, 4.5 Writing WE: AmeriCorps Alum, <1 year at Attorneys General
girlfromcountyhell Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 GPA: 3.75 from University of Montana GREQ: 720 GREV: 560 (ouch) GREW: 5.0 Four independent studies, 3 publications, teaching experience, research experience...
shanntotheon Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Majors: Philosophy and French, Minor: German GPA: 3.56 GRE: 460 V/ 660 Q/ 5 AW -- not sooo hot... Experience: internships with 2 Senators & 1 Congressman, #3 French labor union in France, Government Affairs Office at my university, and tutored underpriviledge students in French. General experience with family, education, and labor issues/ Accepted to UK schools: LSE (Philosophy and Public Policy), King's (Public Policy), Sheffield (Public Policy), and Edinburgh (Philosophy) and waiting on 2 more. I only applied to 1 program in the U.S. as I did terribly on the GREs and did not care enough to do retake them nor had the time. I did write a letter to address my verbal score. It will be interesting to see what happens and hopefully, turns out positively.
number35 Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Undergrad Top 50 Political Science GPA 3.71 Major GPA 3.96 V/580 Q/780 W/5 Quant undergrad thesis School Board President & US Senate Internships Captain;NCAA div 1 athletics commencement address professional sports - 1 year part-time nonprofit 3 yrs WE during school
deechi Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 UG GPA: 3.48 (2BA: Math Econ \ IR + ~1 year of graduate course work) / 3.33 (AA - while on Active duty) GRE: 760Q, 600V 5.5 AW Numerous academic awards, scholarships and fellowships 4.5 Years Active Duty Military, 2.5 years reserves 1 year non profit \ Research WE Semester abroad in ME 2 yr - Government in new office @ cutting edge of field. Intern to Mid level (GS-12\13) in under 6 months. 25 years old. Applied: HKS, Fletcher, Science Po
emforpeace Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 GPA: 3.75 overall, 3.86 departmental (politics) top ivy GRE: 740v, 780q, 5.5aw 7 years work experience in state policy and advocacy, moving to international conflict resolution applied to yale, wws, ksg, sipa, and oxford (3 programs - mphil in international relations, msc in african studies, msc in global governance and diplomacy)
MagiciansAlliance Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 GPA: 3.35 (Econ with an ascending trajectory) Top liberal arts school GRE: V 720, Q 770, 4.5 2.5 years in private sector working for an academic journal publishing company.
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