<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I am a upcoming senior at Boston College and am interested in applying to a high level IR program/school such as SAIS or Fletcher. In my freshmen year, I did terribly in my science classes (which composed half of my course load) and got a 2.5 GPA as a result. My non science classes were all B's and A's that year. I then switched from Biology to Political Science and took the appropriate political science, economics, language and elective courses during my Sophomore and Junior year. I buckled down and literally only got A's in these class and expect to do so again this upcoming semester. Due to my first year, my current GPA is 4.8 and I expect it to rise to 5.1/5.2. I have good extracurriculars, standardized test scores, and job experience (albeit not international studies related persay). </p>
<p>Do I stand a shot against all the other applicants who didn't have a terrible first year as I had? Is my work experience not at all competitive enough?</p>