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Originally Posted by appler
my program is terminal, most of the students are just using it to get a leg up in industry. The prof would probably have been scalped if he'd used MWG! We used Reny and Jehle.
Frankly am targeting top 20 as my long reaches, and 20-45 as main targets, with more safeties further down the ranks. But there's a limit to how far down I'd go. I've seen on TM profiles/results the diversification a lot of people use, and it never hurts to apply to some long shots even just for the hell of it.
From what I've seen you seem to need a blemishless profile to enter a top 10, or some 'big thing' to make up. I just wonder how a master level real analysis class would go to shape up my profile now. Right now it seems there's no other way to improve my profile other than LORs. |
LORs will definitely constitute a very important part of your application. Your target range seems tenable, however do remember to select schools based on specialty rankings (and not general rankings) if you have a strong research direction.