Phd in Political Science

213kapoor
Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:10:36 +0000

Just trying to gauge if I was an idiot for not applying to lesser tiered schools.

So, this past admission season I applied to PhD Poli Sci programs at: Yale, Harvard, Brown, Princeton, Georgetown and MIT.

Stats:
Math/Poli Sci Double Major from small, semi-known, private university
Finishing in 3 years
3.9 overall (3.9 poli sci/4.0 math)
GRE: 450 V/750 Q 4.5 W
Research Asst to Professor, two conference presentations, legislative intern at state capitol, Honors program, 3 nat’l honor socities (freshman, math, poli sci)

Does the extra math major help my chances at all since I’ll already have a lot of background in the numbers of graduate political science and finishing 2 majors in 3 years OR did I completely eff myself?