PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: BSc in Economics 2nd in Class, Sussex University UK
Undergrad GPA: 1st Class (78.3 average) - not directly comparable but probably equivalent to 3.8 or higher.
Type of Grad: MA Economics @ UBC starting this fall
Grad GPA: Not yet
GRE: 800Q 720V 4.5A
Courses: We have a different system in the UK but all the Maths I could take; eight quantitive courses all 1sts. Ten 1sts and two 2:1s in Economics.
Letters of Recommendation: Will be good from undergrad.
Research Experience: Two years working as government economist. undergradute and postgraduate (evenyually) theses.
Teaching Experience: Will have TA'd at UBC
Research Interests: Growth, Economic History, Conflict, Trade, Political Economy.
Concerns: Not from a famous university. Will need some letters from Profs @ UBC which I won't know that well. 4.5
AWA. Took the GRE twice (first time was 730/600/5.0.
Applying to: Yale, Harvard, Brown, Berkeley, Oxford, UBC. Maybe Stanford, UCLA, MIT, Princeton, NYU, Columbia, UCSD. I expect to get into UBC and Oxford so not putting any other safeties. Would love suggestions/reality checks!