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averageaverage · 06-16-2008, 08:00 PM

Hi, I am really wondering if there is any school, which wants to take me with funding...

I am an international student getting B.A. in Econ, General Math, and Sociology next year from an average state univ. with 150th-ish ranked PhD program...

I've taken Calc I-III, Linear Algebra, Mathematical Reasoning, Intermediate Micro and Macro... I got As in all classes and given I am in a rare school at which the GPA inflation is not an issue, I am proud of my achievement in course work...

I am taking DIff Eq, Real Analysis, Prob Theory, Master's Micro, Master's Econometrics this summer and fall and I am hoping to get solid grades on those classes...

However, everything else is so poor. I am studying for GRE and TOEFL but it seems to me, those exams are so tough... As you might notice, my English is poor and it never improved last four years of life in the US... My gf is American but she always say my English is terrible (I am Japanese and Japanese are known for poor English)...

I also have a really poor research experience. I am doing one this summer but mine is not quantative but qualitative... Like an interdiscipnary one between econ and sociology... I hate my research which my advisor gave me...

Professors here are not well known to top schools as well... So my reference letters will not be so impressing...

I actually want to get into one of top 50 schools... Is that anyway possible? Once I get in, I know I can work hard... But if no school accepts me, then I can't work hard...

I really want to work for World Bank to help underdeveloped Asian countries... I need a PhD from a good school...

Does anyone know how I can get in??

06-16-2008, 08:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
averageaverage wanna have a happy life Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 15	No school accepts me...??? Hi, I am really wondering if there is any school, which wants to take me with funding... I am an international student getting B.A. in Econ, General Math, and Sociology next year from an average state univ. with 150th-ish ranked PhD program... I've taken Calc I-III, Linear Algebra, Mathematical Reasoning, Intermediate Micro and Macro... I got As in all classes and given I am in a rare school at which the GPA inflation is not an issue, I am proud of my achievement in course work... I am taking DIff Eq, Real Analysis, Prob Theory, Master's Micro, Master's Econometrics this summer and fall and I am hoping to get solid grades on those classes... However, everything else is so poor. I am studying for GRE and TOEFL but it seems to me, those exams are so tough... As you might notice, my English is poor and it never improved last four years of life in the US... My gf is American but she always say my English is terrible (I am Japanese and Japanese are known for poor English)... I also have a really poor research experience. I am doing one this summer but mine is not quantative but qualitative... Like an interdiscipnary one between econ and sociology... I hate my research which my advisor gave me... Professors here are not well known to top schools as well... So my reference letters will not be so impressing... I actually want to get into one of top 50 schools... Is that anyway possible? Once I get in, I know I can work hard... But if no school accepts me, then I can't work hard... I really want to work for World Bank to help underdeveloped Asian countries... I need a PhD from a good school... Does anyone know how I can get in?? Last edited by averageaverage : 06-16-2008 at 08:20 PM.