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zshfryoh1 · 2009 July 3rd, 02:43 AM

I am a bit more optimistic about your chances than economics, and you do have a decent shot a top 10, though definitely no guarantee. You may have a bunch of B's in math classes, but you have A's in a number of PhD classes that should at least in part make up for it. You have a very good, though not excellent GPA from a very good school. You have research experience. You do need LORs from academics or someone who if they are not an academic has a PhD and is sufficiently well published that adcoms will know who they are, or else they will be ignored.

You have one glaring weakness for a top 10 and that is the 770 GRE Q, and this may be what killed you when applied in 2007. Depending on school, GRE Q cutoffs in the top 10 can be 790, 780 or 770, so you are under the cutoff for some schools. If you can get up to 790-800, you should be fine.

Also, your profile looks like one that a B-school econ PhD would love, with PhD game theory, real options, optimization and micro, plus an interest in micro, game theory and IO. Besides for MEDS, look at NYU Stern, Chicago Booth, and some of the other top B-schools with econ programs. Also, target econ programs in the 10-30 range that match your interests besides for the top 10s. BU, Caltech, UCLA, OSU and Duke all have either good micro or IO people if I remember correctly.

2009 July 3rd, 02:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
zshfryoh1 Within my grasp! Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 385	I am a bit more optimistic about your chances than economics, and you do have a decent shot a top 10, though definitely no guarantee. You may have a bunch of B's in math classes, but you have A's in a number of PhD classes that should at least in part make up for it. You have a very good, though not excellent GPA from a very good school. You have research experience. You do need LORs from academics or someone who if they are not an academic has a PhD and is sufficiently well published that adcoms will know who they are, or else they will be ignored. You have one glaring weakness for a top 10 and that is the 770 GRE Q, and this may be what killed you when applied in 2007. Depending on school, GRE Q cutoffs in the top 10 can be 790, 780 or 770, so you are under the cutoff for some schools. If you can get up to 790-800, you should be fine. Also, your profile looks like one that a B-school econ PhD would love, with PhD game theory, real options, optimization and micro, plus an interest in micro, game theory and IO. Besides for MEDS, look at NYU Stern, Chicago Booth, and some of the other top B-schools with econ programs. Also, target econ programs in the 10-30 range that match your interests besides for the top 10s. BU, Caltech, UCLA, OSU and Duke all have either good micro or IO people if I remember correctly.