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PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: A fairly well respected, but small private research university, with a small and not very well known PhD program. The focus is definitely at the undergrad level.
Undergrad GPA: ~3.92 Dual Degree Economics and Mathematical Statistics
Math GPA: 4.0 in advanced coursework (Two B's in Calc III and IV which I took at another institution, so I don't quite know how to calculate the exact GPA) Econ GPA ~3.99
Type of Grad: N/A
Grad GPA: N/A
GRE: TBD, I will probably take in August, after a few months of intense studying.
Math Courses: Calc I-IV, Linear Algebra, Advanced Calculus (which was quite rigorous for a supposed bridge course), Probability, Math Stats, Regression. A's in everything except Calc III and IV. I'm taking grad Math Stats and Real Analysis in the fall.
Econ Courses: Many electives that are probably considered "useless" for PhD admissions.
"Important" Courses: Intermediate Micro, Advanced Macro, Mathematical Economics, Econometrics. Also a Masters level research seminar in transition economies. All A's except for an A- in advanced macro
Other Courses: Intro to Programming
Letters of Recommendation: I’m probably going to ask the Department Chair, I wrote an independent research paper for his class (PhD Stanford), a professor I'm doing research with (PhD Berkeley), and a statistics professor. All are full professors, and are not exactly "famous" but are fairly well published.
Research Experience: Currently a Summer RA on an applied econometrics project. I will write an honor's thesis in the fall.
Teaching Experience: One semester as a TA for principles of microeconomics
Research Interests: Micro-Development, Applied Micro, Applied Econometrics, a bit of Political Economy
Other: Transferred from a very low-ranked school after my freshman year.
Concerns: No doctoral level courses
Schools Targeting:
Yale, Michigan, Brown, UCSD, UPenn Cornell, Wisconsin, CalTech, Duke, Berkeley ARE, UVA, UMass, Oxford (Mphil), Toronto (doctoral stream MA)
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