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<p>Hello Everyone! I am currently a senior at The George Washington University, majoring in Political Science. My first choice for graduate school has always been Georgetown, hopefully for something in the political field. I was wondering what my chances were. </p>

<p>Do not be pretentious and obnoxious when answering this question. I have done my research, talked to advisers, etc. I just want an outside opinion:</p>

<p>-Overall GPA: 3.4</p>

<p>-Political Science and History GPA (major and minor, respetively)- 3.7</p>

<p>-5 internships- 1. Political manager at new social media firm 2. Intern w/ Democratic National Committee 3. Intern with Republican National Committee (I wanted both political facets) 4. Intern with my House Representative 5. Intern with political consulting firm </p>

<p>-I am one of the captain of the Washington, DC fight team, I am 3-1 in Muay Thai fights and 1-0 in MMA Cagefights (hopefully, this counts as a sport because I was a VERY dedicated captain of a very successful team)</p>

<p>-I am the President of the GW Jujitsu club and a member of the GW Moderates </p>

<p>-I can get great recommendations from a few of my professors and employers from the internships</p>

<p>With this information, can any of you gauge my chances? Any advice would be nice. Thanks!</p>

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<p>The sports stuff is totally irrelevant to your application - graduate schools don’t care about extracurriculars unless there’s some relationship to the discipline.</p>

<p>Graduate admissions are essentially impossible to “chance” because they’re much more selective and much less quantitative. Your GPA is a bit low but that’s not necessarily a roadblock - I got in a bunch of places with a flat 3.0. Your internship experiences should help, and your GRE scores will be important too.</p>

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<p>thanks for your reply. </p>

<p>Do you think my GPA for my major and minor are sufficient? </p>

<p>How important do you think internships are? Do you believe that my internships are valuable?</p>

<p>And with a flat 3.0, what are the graduate schools you got accepted to, if you do not mind me asking, of course.</p>

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<p>Yes, I think all your internships are valuable for the program you’re looking at. You might want to start thinking about leveraging them in your Statement of Purpose - is there an interesting research question that ties into your experiences?</p>

<p>I have been accepted at Missouri, Indiana, SUNY-ESF, Clemson, Idaho and Maine (the latter with full funding).</p>

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<p>thanks for the advice!</p>