I was a social work major at a middle road state university (not the best, not the worst school). I am now obtaining a B.I.S. with Public Administration, Social Work, and Math as my disciplines. I have been taking my math courses online through a community college in NY that is a part of the SUNY system. I will have taken Pre-Cal, Cal I, Cal II, Social Stats, Intro Stats, and Stats I. I would like to apply for a Ph.D. however I need to be realistic. What are my chances? More details:
GPA: 3.11 Overall, 3.6 on core courses.
GRE: 700 (first try--I will be retaking it), and 720 Verbal
50% service connected veteran (this gives me a huge advantage when applying for government jobs)
I'm twenty-four and will still have a year of my GI Bill available.
LORs would be from a Political Science PhD, and two Social Work PhDs
I am not expecting to get into the top schools---but I've also heard that there is no point in getting a PhD in Economics unless you go to a top school. I am looking at applying to Syracuse University, SUNY Albany, Georgetown, Fordham, Temple, Utah State University and University of Utah. I am most interested in Public Finance.


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