Justicia Posted September 27, 2015 Posted September 27, 2015 Hi Ya'll.I have been lurking around this forum for some time and I can hardly find any thread about international student who applied to study Religion in the US. Do you mind taking a look at my stat and what do you think of my chances to get accepted at a University in the US. SO basically, I graduated from an Islamic University in Indonesia in December 2014, My major was Islamic Law and Politics and my GPA was 3.86. As an international student I have to pass either TOEFL or IELTS test and fortunately I have passed it. I got 7.5 out of 9 which is sufficient for me to apply to HDS, Columbia, Boston University and GW (I am planning on taking Islamic Studies). Currently I am studying for GRE which I'm about to take around November. I studied Arabic for six years when I was in Middle school and HIgh school, but I only did a semester of Arabic in University. However because I was very active in organization during my Undergraduate years, For the past four years, I led one National Organization and one Provincial Organization, and I have initiated quite a lot of social projects. Because of that my arabic become very rusty, I am well aware of the grammatical rule, but my vocabulary is limited. I also did not have a lot of experience in term of writing in English because of my organization activity. My writing is good enough for IELTS, but I am not sure for the GRE though, I am currently studying for it. Other than that, I also have worked in different projects with the UN, Government of the US, and United Cerebral Palsy. I also did two research during my Undergraduate years, one of it was presented at a graduate seminar. What do you guys think of my stat? I guess my problem is that I think I had too much organization experience which led me to not having enough experience in actual academic coursework. Also, what other schools do you recommend me to apply, I want to continue studying Islamic studies with the concentration on the use of violence and jihad in Islamic Law. Thanks yall!
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