What are my chances to get into these public policy schools?

Graduate School
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<p>GRE
Verbal: 164
Quant: 159
Writing: 5.5</p>

<p>GPA:
3.8/4.0 overall
3.98/4.0 in major</p>

<p>Undergrad major: Political Science at a top 10 public university</p>

<p>Relevant coursework: 3 semesters of economics, 2 semesters of calculus, 2 semesters of statistics (including a multivariate regression course)</p>

<p>Experience:
Both state and federal legislative internships. Research assistant position at a think tank where I coauthored a published study. Otherwise applying straight out of undergrad.</p>

<p>Recommendations:
2 professors and 1 legislator </p>

<p>Schools (all of these are 2 year MPP programs):
Wisconsin, Berkeley, Chicago, Georgetown, Texas, Harvard</p>

<p>What are many chances to get into these programs?</p>

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<p>Nobody can chance you for graduate school because “chances” are hot buttered nonsense. Your stats look fine, it’s just going to come down to what the application pool looks like. I suspect you’d get in somewhere.</p>