[polkaparty]

This year will probably be even more competitive than last so we need to be prepared to comfort each other when the darkness rolls in….

Seriously, in the spirit of this thread (Roll Call! Econ Applicants for the '06-'07 season), post something about yourself if you are applying this fall. We’ll sweat together, relax together, cry together, rejoice together…you get the point.

For myself:

I’m quiet and restrained, fearful that my undergraduate institution reputation will hurt quite a bit (there is definitely a good instrumental variable study lurking out there that compares in-state vs. out-of-state choice sets and outcomes), and just hoping to have a good fall semester.

I took the GRE a few days ago, and was lucky enough, sigh, to see two quantitative sections, one at the very end of the test. That section went terrible as I was extremely fatigued which somewhat snowballed into a breakdown…fortunately that must have been the experimental section and I received a decent score, 780.

I’m interested in, quite vaguely, micro theory and applied research like education and health care, however I have focused mostly on math preparation so my interests may change significantly. I feel as though I should like something related to macro but I haven’t had enough experience there to really know, my school doesn’t really teach or research macro topics.

6 months and counting....