Chances at Georgetown SFS and SAIS

Graduate School
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<p>I am trying to find out my chances to get into Georgetown SFS (Masters of Science) and SAIS (MA in International Affairs)
Here are my stats:</p>

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<li>Graduated from a liberal arts college with a double major in psychology and international relations</li>
<li><p>Graduated with 3.65 gpa (International Relations major GPA = 3.91)</p></li>
<li><p>Currently a Peace Corps Volunteer in English Education</p></li>
<li><p>Interned in the past at the Department of Justice in DC, a local state senator's reelection campaign, a DC-area NGO working in international development, political news desk of a local TV station in India and with a sustainable growth NGO in India (for which I was awarded a research grant by my college)</p></li>
<li><p>Fluent in English and Tamil, Proficient in Romanian, Russian, Hindi, French</p></li>
<li><p>Taking the GRE soon and right now all my practice scores are at pretty much 166 for the verbal, 159 for quant</p></li>
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<p>I would love to go to either SAIS or SFS but I would prefer the latter because it fits into what I want to do career wise more. I know SAIS is somewhat easier to get into but it also heavily favors economic experience which is what I am worried about as I only took one econ course (Principles of Macro) in undergrad in which I got a B. </p>

<p>Any insight that people have regarding my chances would be much appreciated, thanks! </p>

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<p>We cannot tell you your chances, as graduate school admissions are based on a variety of factors - many of which have little to do with your profile. Your profile looks good! But we don’t know how competitive your application pool is this year, for example. For another, we don’t know about intangibles. An example is, like you said, SAIS may favor prowess in economics - but maybe they overlook that this year because one professor really wants a student who can speak Tamil fluently, or maybe your personal statement is so beautiful they all cry and want to admit you. The best thing you can do is apply and see what happens - which I know is an unsatisfying answer, but unfortunately that’s kind of the way this goes.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>