Will Graduate School Accept Me? HELP!

Graduate School
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I’m having a massive imposter syndrome attack and I need some perspective, please.

A background:

  • Undergrad (history) from top humanities school in India (we don’t have GPAs, but divisions. Barely scraped it but did get a first division)
  • postgrad (public policy) from top humanities school in India (with a 3.2GPA and kickass thesis)
  • published author (with a serious ‘industry rep’+bestseller lists)
  • weekly opinion column with large paper (under one of the best editors in India right now)
  • work ex of 1+ year with nonprofit leader in India
  • I run my own NGO incubated by UNDP+others
  • practice GRE scores: 320+ for quant+verbal

I have very little published research and quant capacity (most my college research was qualitative in nature)

I’m very very keen on a MPA-MBA dual and I have zilch idea of how I’ll do. Please give me some perspective!

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What type of career are you looking for after grad school? Are you looking to stay in the US or India?

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@sciencenerd I want to focus on China+APAC as burgeoning philanthropy markets and hopefully route more funding into indian value chains. This would involve a combination of indian+US/Europe outreach as I can see it.

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It’s hard to say. I would recommend finding some sort of a converter tool to get a GPA estimate. Otherwise, the 3.2 isn’t going to do you any favors.

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If you are applying in the US, you should have your academic records formally evaluated by WES.org That organization should be able to convert your grades to a scale more familiar to institutions here.