Chances at the Ivies and some other good schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>There's a kid who just received a Bachelors degree in Political Science from Rutgers. She had been to a community college for two years prior to this. Her grades were good (3.9 GPA) and she was involved in a number of clubs and activities while she was in both the community college and Rutgers.</p>

<p>Now she wants to apply to graduate school someplace better than Rutgers.</p>

<p>What are her chances at entering a Political Science Masters program at:</p>

<p>Columbia
Princeton
UC Berkeley
NYU</p>

<p>Basically, I just want to know if it's doable, provided she has good essays and recommendations from her professors at Rutgers. She also has experience in the subject because of some work that got published in a small magazine. So, is it possible she could get into at least one of the above universities if she applies to all of them? Would the fact that she attended a generic state university like Rutgers and an even crappier community college count against her with grad school admissions officers and professors? What do you think?</p>

<p>Thanks for helping out.</p>

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<p>P-ton doesn’t accept transfer students so thats a zero. GPA is definitely good enough. I think more importantly would be what she did with the experience once she got in for the others, and judging by what you wrote, she engineered a turn around that would have gotten her into a better school in the first place if she developed that earlier. </p>

<p>Solid chance at NYU and Berkeley I think. Chance me back?</p>