rustytrix Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 i will be graduating this summer and will be a phd applicant (poli sci of course) next year .... i have 6-7 months between graduation and the app cycle so i was wondering what i could do to polish up my application (apart from doing research on prospective schools)...since i have already taken the gre i was thinking doing some more research (beyond my senior thesis) would be helpful...is there anything else i could do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackassjim Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Write a better statement of purpose. Tailor it to every school you are applying to. Don't apply anywhere you don't have a great match with the faculty. Go to ICPSR and get letters from profs that you meet there!(is it too late to register?). Unless you publish the additional research, I don't see how helpful it's going to be. If it can help you present a better writing sample, then go ahead. Make sure a prof reads it before sending it though. Work as a research assistant for a prof that lets you do something else than coding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustytrix Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 Go to ICPSR and get letters from profs that you meet there!(is it too late to register?). Are you talking about the "Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllFiredUp Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Specify in the SOP what hood you are from, what colors you wear, how many thugs you've capped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustytrix Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 Specify in the SOP what hood you are from, what colors you wear, how many thugs you've capped. rofl!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackassjim Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Are you talking about the "Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research"? That's it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustytrix Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 That's it that really seems like a great opportunity except for the fact that it costs a min. of $6000, which i cannot afford at this point. also, i am planning to take some calculus based probability (and probably mathematical statistics) before the app cycle. will these courses strengthen my app if my research interests are quant. based? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackassjim Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 that really seems like a great opportunity except for the fact that it costs a min. of $6000, which i cannot afford at this point. also, i am planning to take some calculus based probability (and probably mathematical statistics) before the app cycle. will these courses strengthen my app if my research interests are quant. based? I think you don't have to attend the whole thing (= less $). But yeah, it is really expensive and I could not afford to go either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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