Looking for Advice

[Certain_Entropy]

Hi so I'm new to these forums and the grad school application process in general. I'm a rising junior at the University of Rochester and was thinking about grad school. I'm looking into grad schools a little early because I'll be abroad next semester, so I thought I might do a little research this summer. I understand the basic procedure gre, letters of rec, etc. But I would like some help in finding programs that match my interest. So currently I'm a double major in Creative Writing and Critical Foundations of Political and Social Thought (a major I created juxtaposing postmodern philosophy with postive theory and a pinch of historical perspective). My interests lie in an interdisciplinary approach to international policies. In particular I'm interested in the effects of global policies (anywhere from U.S. foreign policy to corporate outsourcing) on subaltern communities (in particular Southeast Asia) and how these policies can be modified to be self reflexive in the spirit of collaboration while respecting local culture and practices. So safe to say my alma mater is out of the picture for grad school but does anyone know of any good programs.

Also I was thinking about Peace Corps before/after grad school because I hate the distance between academia and physical reality of subaltern communities (as much as I respect Said and others, isolation and no interaction seems more detrimental than good). Any suggestions on Peace corps as well?

Finally in terms of academic preparation, um so far I have a decent gpa (3.8ish) but I'm worried about GREs (I'm terrible at standardized testing) and I think I'll have strong letters of rec. Speaking of which, does all the academic letters have to be from political science as I have strong relationships with professors in various other departments, (Italian, English, etc). Also I have strong experience in programming (aborted CS major) so I'll play around with R this summer. Oh and how intense is the quantitative analysis/math requirement for and in grad school? I'm decent at math in general (have a calc/linear algebra background + Game Theory + and a little bit of stats ) but I'm terrible at pure math classes as I really can't contextualize most of the theories.

Thanks for your help.