PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: BSc Philsophy, Politics and Economics (Economics major, Philsophy minor), UK top 5
Undergrad GPA: 1st class hons
Type of Grad: MA Economics, University of Toronto
Grad GPA: 4.0 (at the time of application)
GRE: 790Q/520V/6.0AWA (non-native)
Math Courses: Linear Algebra (1st), Analysis (1st)
Econ Courses: PhD Micro I (A), MA Econometrics (A+), MA Trade (A), usual undergraduate courses (A/1st)
Other Courses: Philosophy, Chinese
Letters of Recommendation: Three MA instructors
Research Experience: Nil
Teaching Experience: TA for Quantitative Methods / Math Stats
Research Interests: Labour (and perhaps empirical trade)
statement of purpose: Nope.
Other: -
RESULTS:
Attending: University of Toronto
Acceptances: University of Toronto ($$$)
Waitlists: -
Rejections: -
Pending: -
What would you have done differently? Given geographical constraints, it was either this or getting a job, and overall I'm pretty happy about how things worked out. Despite the "admitee's curse", I don't feel underplaced: looking at Canuckonomist, I'm seriously
overplaced.