Phd in Political Science

213kapoor
Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:25:01 +0000

I’m interested in American politics and methods, specifically the quantifiable relationship between the three branches of government. I definitely want a department that stresses quantitative work, but because of other reasons am limited to the northeast corridor and DC.

I was not going to settle for a school that I didn’t want to go to. I want to go to one of the best schools and that’s where I applied. Some students settle for undergradute institutions, but I find it hard to believe that a student would want to “settle” for a graduate education. “Settling” for the next 6 - 7 years of my life seems unreasonable. So, if it doesn’t work out this admissions cycle, then I’ll give it a go next year as well.

I know I have to get my verbal GRE up, and with the test completely changing next year, maybe I’ll be able to do better with the new format.

Good luck to you too Scrapiron215! I’m sure we’ll be doing this application more than once as well, but hey, that’s life right? But, wanting to study the Middle East is a very good field to get in right now, especially with everything going on over there. We’ll see what happens. Let me know how it goes!