<p>Hi to everyone,
I am an Italian graduate. I'm applying to some top 20 phd program in Polisci for fall 2011. I have high enough GPA (3.8). I have a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and a Master's degree in International Relations, both from Italian universities. Since my research at the universities has focused on how evolution of Italian democracy has been evaluated from the US point of view (It took me one year of research to write my thesis about this matter), I'd like to know what are the best (or some very good) departments of political science dealing with italian politics. </p>
<p>I will take the GRE very soon, Do I have some chances to be accepted if I get a very good score? Is the fact that I am Italian and that I did some research on italian politics an advantage for universities dealing with italian politics? Or it doesn't change anything?</p>
<p>Thank you so much in advance.</p>
<p>Not sure you’ll find too many people who specifically focus on Italy in the US. Usually the people who would have some expertise in that area are general Western Europe specialists.</p>
<p>So should I just on the best Comparative politics program? Do you have any idea which are the best department in this field? </p>
<p>Thanks for the answer!</p>
<p>Probably too many to name. Generally you want to find profs/departments whose research interests match closely to yours. So while big names like Harvard or Stanford generally have specialists in many different areas, it might end up that you find a good fit in a not-as-prestigious university as well.</p>
<p>I know what you mean. Anyways I’d like to apply to Columbia, Rochester, NYU, Cornell or WSU but I really don’t know if I have some real chances even if my GRE will be hopefully high (on powerprep I usually score V 700/750 and Q 740/760 and I’m still studying)…
Do you know if Cuny is a good university to pursue a PhD in political science? I happen to know two professors from Cuny and my italian professor is also a visiting professor there…</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>George Washington would be good for political science.</p>
<p>Hi RemyStar, I know about Georgetown and and I will apply to their program for sure, but I’ve heard they have very few scholarships available for the PhD. program (like 2 or 3 for each subfield, 10 in total…). Do you think it could be worth it even if you are not funded (let alone paying for the tuition, I don’t think I can afford that after my BS and my MS, I don’t want to put my parents in the position of paying another 5 or 6 years for my study…)??</p>