<p>My top picks:
1. Johns Hopkins SAIS
2. Georgetown SFS
3. Columbia</p>
<p>School: UNC
Major: Chinese, International Studies
GPA: 3.825
GRE: (OK I DID TERRIBLY--SHOULD I RETAKE FOR THESE SCHOOLS OR NO?): V 610 Q 680 (My verbal should have been over 700, but I also don't want to pay to retake if its not critical)</p>
<p>Activities on campus: co-founded a hunger awareness organization that packages one million meals to be sent abroad every year, co-founded an NGO currently operating in Uganda and here at UNC, co-president of the se asia interest association that fundraisess for a burmese refugee school in thailand every year, does awareness events about refugees, and I tutor burmese refugees in chapel hill</p>
<p>Research:</p>
<p>Did research constructing a socio-economic map of two villages in guatemala--involved doing a 100 surveys in each village. goal: to evaluate the impact of a community center on the growth of one of the villages</p>
<p>Did research on the legacy of Mao Zedong in modern China during my semester in China</p>
<p>Doing my honors thesis on Sino-African relations and studying the Chinese community in Cairo this summer as part of my thesis</p>
<p>Work-experience: Spent a summer working at an NGO in Guatemala and spending this summer working for the Ashoka Foundation in Cairo for 3 months</p>
<p>Other interesting things: spent a semester in China, proficient/fluent in Mandarin, same in Spanish, beginning Arabic this summer, spent a summer studying political and economic development of SE Asia in Singapore and backpacked SE Asia for a month, where i met the leaders of the refugee school in thailand my group now sponsors</p>
<p>All thoughts appreciated.</p>
<p>Thanks,
GetOuttaBuffalo</p>