Political Science PhD

Graduate School
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<p>Chances at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia, UVA, Georgetown for political theory with:</p>

<p>-4.0 in history ug, 3.8 overall from non-ivy but top school
-700Q/730V gre
-two good political science recs, one good random professor rec, one meh history rec
-weak in foreign languages (two started, none proficient yet)
-1 yr. work experience in media
-some non-academic publications (part of media job)
-writing sample will be from honors thesis
-sop is pretty concrete and clear, i have been told</p>

<p>I haven’t seem much here for political theory. Any ideas?</p>

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<p>The GRE scores will certainly get your file a look at top programs, but the competition is stiff. Of the schools you list, UVA and Georgetown are less competitive (in terms of # applications per spot) for theory than the others.</p>

<p>Theory at Berkeley will be VERY different than theory at Princeton or Harvard - are you sure you want to apply to both? And does Stanford even have a serious theory program? Ferejohn is at NYU most of the time, so you’re left with 2-3 faculty I can think of…</p>