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Originally Posted by OneMoreEcon
Mikey, I tend to disagree, unless he's kept in touch with the Stanford profs and has them writing his LOR's. If that's the case, top 5's are possible. If he's mostly relying on the UCSB recs, then there's not a chance in hell (and I don't mean that in a bad way, just being realistic). Profile is good, not great. I see top 20/25 as almost a given; a likely top 10 (thanks mostly to Stanford). Top 5... not unless some people at Stanford really like you.
@Antichron... are you really on the 4-year plan, and is what you posted on your site your real schedule. That's insane! Good luck, and it's nice to have some familiarity with a future JBC Medal winner... maybe Daron can give you some advice for your acceptance speech, since he has some experience (hint: thank the wife... I thought that was a nice touch). |
I agree. I was assuming that he was going to get some solid letters from his Stanford professors. (I also implicitly attributed his 3.7 Stanford GPA to his chemistry grades, which should bear no importance to an economics admissions committee.)
If all goes well, I am on the 4-year plan. I plan on taking my general exams at the end of this year instead of my second year, in which case my only required courses next year will be macro in the Fall. I ended up not taking topology, since I found myself spending as much time on topology problem sets as on the rest of my classes combined, so my schedule is not as crazy as it was. (I suppose I ought to update it!)