PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Very good German university, undergrad in business
Undergrad GPA: highest distinction, class rank 1/225
Type of Grad: same German school, master-equivalent in finance and quantitative economics
Grad GPA: 4.0 equivalent, class rank 1/200+
Additional Schools: Summer School at LSE (Grade: A+), 1 year in MBA program UIowa (GPA: 3.96)
GRE: Q:800/V:510/A:?
Math Courses: (they have different names in Germany) Math I, Math II, Stats I, Stats II, Mathematical Methods (PhD Level course)
Econ Courses : Micro I/II, Macro I/II, Econometrics, Public Finance, Quantitative Economics, Economic Policy, Applied Time Series
Other Courses: bunch of finance courses Fixed Income, Options, Stochastic Calculus in Finance, etc
Letters of Recommendation: 1 from my German school (finance prof, thesis adviser, i am a RA for him), 1 from Iowa (econ prof, aced one of his courses, was a TA for him), 1 from LSE (econ prof). All of them are well known/published
Research Experience: 2 years for a quant finance prof
Teaching Experience: 2x undergrad micro in Iowa + tutoring
Research Interests: Financial Econometrics, Asset Pricing, Behavioral Finance
statement of purpose: in progress...
Concerns: not sure whether to apply to econ or finance programs, also not sure what the admission guys think of my home school
Applying to: Chicago Econ, Princeton Econ, Yale Financial Econ, Stanford GSB, Berkeley Finance, Cornell Finance, MIT Financial Econ, LSE Finance, Zurich Finance, CMU Financial Econ, Duke Finance/Econ etc ('d love to hear some recommendations from you
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