Profile evaluation please

[wb3060]

I am a direct admit PhD student at a lower ranked school (started directly out of undergrad). I will be getting my masters' at the end of this academic year and I want to jump ship and finish out my PhD elsewhere. It's really difficult for me to tell if I have a chance at getting into the schools I am interested in, so I would greatly appreciate your advice.
To be clear, I have completed 1 year of grad school (for the purposes of application), but will have completed 2 years by the time I would start elsewhere. 

 

Undergrad info:
3.76 GPA, honors program grad
Summer study abroad

GRE: 163V, 159Q (I theoretically could retake this, although I would rather not. I only took it once when I was an undergrad and did not study*)

Grad gpa: 4.13 (I got all As my first semester, all A+s my second semester)
Methods: Very strong in methods, achieved top grade in both semesters, currently in advanced quant 
GRA: Have been GRA since beginning grad school with great feedback, fully funded
LOR: I expect two will be very strong, and one pretty strong 
SOP: Should be strong, as this is under my control
CV: 3 internships (I would consider one a little impressive, other two average), one short-term fellowship abroad 
Writing sample: I expect this will be strong. I plan on using a paper from this upcoming semester (so not written yet) - but academic writing is one of my greatest strengths. 
Language skills: none really, although I think I could develop Spanish with a little work as I have taken a lot of classes 

Applying only to schools in the DC area (GW is my top choice). 

What concerns me most is that I have no publications or conference attendances (although I have only been in grad school 1 year), no language, and although my GPA is excellent, it comes from a much lower-ranked university (80s).  I am the top student in my cohort, but I'm not sure if that will be obvious in my application or not. I don't think that is something I can say in my SOP? But one of my LORs might mention it. But again, low ranked program.

*Please let me know if you think my GRE scores will be an issue for funding (with DC schools in mind). I've heard that at top schools at least, you need to be above 75th percentile to be eligible. My verbal was 92nd percentile, but my quant was right at 75. 

Edited September 5, 2015 by wb3060

[esotericish]

Looks like you have a very good application. Curious as to why you're only applying to schools in the DC area? I think with your application you could do much better than those schools, and DC would be a terrible place to live on a stipend.

[wb3060]

Looks like you have a very good application. Curious as to why you're only applying to schools in the DC area? I think with your application you could do much better than those schools, and DC would be a terrible place to live on a stipend.

Thanks for the response! I am actually wanting to go the non-academic track (government job, best case scenario via PMF) and I think being already positioned in DC would be enormously helpful. Additionally, some of those schools have more placements in the types of jobs I'm interested in.