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illiniguy · 01-28-2007, 06:13 PM

Profile:

GRE: 800 Q, 680 V, 5.0 A
GPA: 3.86 overall, 3.95 Econ, 3.7 Math
Economics and International Studies double major

Classes:

Math: Calc I (high school), Calc II (A-), Calc III (B+), Differential Equations (B+), Linear Algebra (A), Intro to Proofs (B), Real Analysis (in progress), Mathematical Statistics I (A).

Econ: Intro Macro (A+), Intro Micro (A), Econ Stats I, II, (A,B+), Intermediate Macro (A), Intermediate Micro (A+), Econometrics (A), International Econ I (A+), International Econ II (A), Latin American Economies (A+), Development Economics (A), Macroeconomic Policy (A), Senior Thesis (A+), Law and Econ (in prog), Public Finance (in prog)
Other: some ag african development courses, not that they really matter...
near-fluent in French, decent proficiency in Spanish and Portuguese

Type of undergrad: Top 30 econ program, Big Ten
Research experience: 2 years tutoring Econ and statistics, summer research assistant editing a statistical appendix to a book, senior thesis on public finance, income distribution, and development in Brazil (Bolsa Familia), No TAing

LOR: All three from Economics Professors at my university, PhD Harvard, international and development, PhD Rochester, macroeconomics, and PhD Michigan, econometrics (fairly famous).

SOP: Outlined research interests, travels and languages, motivation to study development, also international and macro, etc.
Other: US Citizen

Admissions Decisions:

UC-Berkeley- ?
Harvard- ?
MIT- ?
Columbia- ?
Yale- ?
Maryland- ?
Cornell- ?
Davis- ?
UIUC- ?

01-28-2007, 06:13 PM	#8 (permalink)
illiniguy Within my grasp! Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 116	Profile: GRE: 800 Q, 680 V, 5.0 A GPA: 3.86 overall, 3.95 Econ, 3.7 Math Economics and International Studies double major Classes: Math: Calc I (high school), Calc II (A-), Calc III (B+), Differential Equations (B+), Linear Algebra (A), Intro to Proofs (B), Real Analysis (in progress), Mathematical Statistics I (A). Econ: Intro Macro (A+), Intro Micro (A), Econ Stats I, II, (A,B+), Intermediate Macro (A), Intermediate Micro (A+), Econometrics (A), International Econ I (A+), International Econ II (A), Latin American Economies (A+), Development Economics (A), Macroeconomic Policy (A), Senior Thesis (A+), Law and Econ (in prog), Public Finance (in prog) Other: some ag african development courses, not that they really matter... near-fluent in French, decent proficiency in Spanish and Portuguese Type of undergrad: Top 30 econ program, Big Ten Research experience: 2 years tutoring Econ and statistics, summer research assistant editing a statistical appendix to a book, senior thesis on public finance, income distribution, and development in Brazil (Bolsa Familia), No TAing LOR: All three from Economics Professors at my university, PhD Harvard, international and development, PhD Rochester, macroeconomics, and PhD Michigan, econometrics (fairly famous). SOP: Outlined research interests, travels and languages, motivation to study development, also international and macro, etc. Other: US Citizen Admissions Decisions: UC-Berkeley- ? Harvard- ? MIT- ? Columbia- ? Yale- ? Maryland- ? Cornell- ? Davis- ? UIUC- ?