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Going to grad school without a clear goal is always a mistake. Get a job, learn more about the type of work you want, and begin to get independent financially. You will have a much better idea in a year or 2
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Why?
If 3.75 is considered summa cum laude in your college, that means that your colleges has grade deflation. In general, a GPA of 3.75 is pretty strong GPA, if it is summa cum laude it’s an excellent GPA. For most MA programs at Georgetown it is on the high end of accepted students.
In general, taking a year after college to work at a job or have an internship is not a bad idea. Even if the job is not a top prestigious job of a prestigious internship, it will help you by giving you a time to breathe after 4 years of studies. In general, it will most likely enhance your application, regardless of which job or internship you take.
It will also allow you to focus during your Senior year on doing really well, rather than spending time is getting together grad school applications. You also may find a job/career which you enjoy enough that you will put of doing an MA for a while.
In short, I would recommend taking that year.
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@MWolf I just double checked and I believe I mean magna cum laude, which is anyone graduating with above a 3.7.
One reason I’m a little worried about taking a year is because I currently have an internship with the the Jesuit society associated with Georgetown and I believe that having a letter of rec from the head of this would really boost my chances. I don’t entirely know how LORs work, but I don’t think I could ask him to write me one a year after I worked there for two months.
re: LoRs
LoRs from previous internships are legit, but they need to be from people who can speak to capabilities relevant to the degree for which you are applying.
In this case, if your internship work is relevant to the program, then near the end you talk to your supervisor and tell them what your plan is (noting the links between the work you have just been doing and the program), and ask if they could write you an LoR. Often they will write it then, and hold it for when you need it, but either way when LoR time comes around you email them with ‘it’s LoR time!’ and include a reminder of key things you did while you were with them, and anything you have done in the meantime that builds the link between your studies/work experience and the program in question.
Possibly not as much as you might think. A lot of people who apply to Georgetown know people with fancy names/titles/connections. IF you work directly with the head AND that work is relevant enough to the program that it demonstrates relevant abilities / academic prowess, then perhaps.