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PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: BSc in Civil Engineering (in Latin America) , graduated top 10%
Undergrad GPA: 8.76/10.0, after convertions they told me I got 3.6/4.00
Type of Grad: MA in International Development (concentration in Economics)
Grad GPA: general: 3.6/4; concentration course 3.9/4
GRE: not taken yet
Math/Statistics Courses:
Undergrad: Algebra I (B+), Linear Algebra (A-), Numeric Analysis (A-), Real Analysis (A-), Calculus I (B+), Calculus II (A-), Differential Equations (A-), Probability and Statistics (A).
Grad: Applied regression analysis (A), Introduction to Econometrics (A-), Econometrics (A); Advanced Econometric (A).
Econ Courses (PhD-level):
Economic theory (A), Household Eocnomics (A-), DevelopmentEconomics (A), Microeconomics (B+), Macroeconomics (A-)
Letters of Recommendation: 3 professors (1 Chicago PhD, 1 Harvard PhD, 1 Brown PhD)
Research Experience: After undergraduate, 4 years of research experience (2 during my master's degree and 2 working for an International Development Bank) in economics doing data and policy analysis. Wrote 3 papers; one published in a small journal, one as chapter of a book (Inter-American Development Bank) and currently working on a proposal and finishing anothe rworking paper to publish at the end of the year (hopefully)
Teaching Experience: NONE
Research Interests: Development Economics and Public Policy
Concerns: Very few courses in economic theory and undergraduate degree that is not Economics (Civil Engineering)
Applying to: Harvard, Princeton, Chicago, NYU, Columbia, Georgetown, Duke, U. Maryland, U. Virginia, Johns Hopkins, Oxford, LSE, Carlos III, and Pompeu Fabra.
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