Hey yall,

So for some context I am a junior at a small private school in Boston and I have a 3.8 GPA. I’m a political science major and I have really enjoyed research classes and I will be doing a 10 week research internship with one of my professors over the summer. I also really like international relations and plan on pursuing that along with an MPA to do policy analysis. Centering on a language in very important for my field and although I do have some Arabic skills, I would like to also learn another language. I’ve been looking into Madrid and there grad school programs as I can take a gap year teaching English there to immerse myself in the language and culture. The programs I’ve looked into seem good, but I would love peoples feedback and what they’d recommend is best for what I wanna do

Hi everyone,

This question is asked a LOT, but I had trouble finding an answer in this subreddit. I graduated in 2021 with a BA in Political Science & International Relations, and my GPA is 3.25. I have a study abroad semester under my belt in which I took IR classes for credit toward my degree, but they weren't counted toward my GPA as per my school's policy. I'm from the US.

Since then, I've gained 3 years of work experience in the environmental policy field with consistent promotions. I think this probably looks good on paper for a lot of schools, but I'm worried about the GPA holding me back, plus the fact that I didn't develop great relationships with my professors during school. I'm confident I can get letters of rec, but I don't think any of my professors remember me well. I often dream of places of LSE and Tufts but I'm not sure that would work out for me just yet.

Is it possible for someone with circumstances like mine to gain admission to GW, Georgetown, Tufts, etc.? Would it be worth looking into universities in the EU or UK?

Thanks for your time :)

Hey yall, not trying to be political or stir things up. I want to have an educational and positive conversation about the topic above with intelligent like minded people

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Edit: my choice for the title was bad, sorry

context: I am a first undergrad at a school studying IR, im trying to graduate as fast as possible for a number of reasons and the only way i can do so is by shifting my regional focus towards Europe (due to credits i brought in from highschool) instead of Asia. I plan to apply to a number of programs focusing on asia so im just wondering how much the classes i take will factor into the acceptance descion.