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  1. Dear HorseInVA thankyou so so much for replying even though it was the wrong forum ( I realized this just after posting ). I am planning to apply mainly in polisci departments rather than business Econ. I was thinking about taking the GRE again in order to compensate my lower Gpa so thank you for the advice!
  2. Yes sorry I had looked up political science and it redirected me here and only after posti I realized it was for a business phd
  3. Hello I will be applying for a Phd in political science to start in the fall of 2016 and I would be extremely grateful for any comment, advice and/or evaluation of my profile. I come from a reknown European school, 4th econ deparment Europe, 20th worldwide Test Scores (GMAT/GRE): 163 Q/ 161V Undegrad GPA: 3.3 international management Graduate GPA: 3.5 economics (relevant courses : grad mathematics, statistics and econometrics, applied microeconometrics, development econ and political economics) Research Experience: 1 year with tenured professor ( and still working on future published paper) department of decision sciences, 5 months field work in west Africa, 4 months with public policy professor, 4 months tenured political science professor. Wrote master thesis with well know tenured development and political econ professor. Teaching Experience: none Work Experience: United Nations ESCAP 4 months researcher, Grameen Bank Dhaka 1 months Concentration Applying to: Comparative politics Number of programs planned to apply to: 15 Dream Schools: NYU, Stanford, UCLA, Yale, UCSD What made you want to pursue a PhD: deep interest in the subject and desire to carry out my own research Concerns you have about your profile: my GRE score might be too low, and my GPA as well, we don't get awarded grades out of a 4.0 scale, it is very hard to convert grades Any additional specific questions you may have: Would like to know where I would be competitive based on my profile
  4. Hello I will be applying for a Phd in political science to start in the fall of 2016 I come from a renown European school, 4th econ deparment Europe, 20th worldwide Test Scores (GMAT/GRE): 163 Q/ 161V Undegrad GPA: 3.3 international management Graduate GPA: 3.5 economics (relevant courses : grad mathematics, statistics and econometrics, applied microeconometrics, development econ and political economics) Research Experience: 1 year with tenured professor ( and still working on future published paper) department of decision sciences, 5 months field work in west Africa, 4 months with public policy professor, 4 months tenured political science professor. Wrote master thesis with well know tenured development and political econ professor. Teaching Experience: none Work Experience: United Nations ESCAP 4 months researcher, Grameen Bank Dhaka 1 months Concentration Applying to: Comparative politics Number of programs planned to apply to: 15 Dream Schools: NYU, Stanford, UCLA, Yale, UCSD What made you want to pursue a PhD: deep interest in the subject and desire to carry out my own research Concerns you have about your profile: my GRE score might be too low, and my GPA as well, we don't get awarded grades out of a 4.0 scale, it is very hard to convert grades Any additional specific questions you may have: Would like to know where I would be competitive based on my profile
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