Mindcraft Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 I know many of us have posted our profiles and stats in threads, but they seem to get buried in the forum. Now, instead of going through all the threads to match up an admit with a profile, we can use this thread as an 'official reference' (unless Erin dissaproves). P.S. Erin: I thought Success would be the place for this thread, but if you think it belongs elsewhere, plz move it there! Now, if everyone would be kind enough to post (or re-port) their profiles/stats in the following manner, we can be more efficient!!!! --- Mindcraft's profile: Degree: B.S. in Applied Mathematics/Pure Mathematics Minor: Computer Science Math GPA: 3.95/4.0 CGPA: 3.7/4.0 Undergrad Univ: Univ. Central Arkansas GRE: V470 (ouch) Q800 AWA5.5 Research: 2 yrs in symmetries of nonlinear partial differential equations Talks: Several conferences, including 2005 national MAA session Prof. Exp: Actuarial internship at major health insurance firm Desired field of graduate study: MS in Financial Engineering SOP: Very good, I think! Reccs: Very good to excellent Admits/Rejects: - Florida State Univ. (unofficial admit) Pending: - Boston Univ. - New York Univ. - Princeton Univ. - UC-Berkeley - Columbia Univ. - Georgia Tech --- Who's next? :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritwik Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 Who's next? :) That'll be me :):) Degree: B.Tech in Information & Communication Technology CGPA: 3.97/4.00 Rank: 1 out of 240 GRE: Q 800 + V 670 + AW 4.0 TOEFL: 287 (Essay 6.0) TSE: result not out (Didn't go too well) Area of interest: Image Processing Undergrad Univ: DA-IICT, Gujarat Selected Projects: - with Indian Air Force on MIG 21 image analysis - implementation of steganographic algos in Logitech webcam Research/Papers: 1. published and adjudged among best 2 student papers at 12th international conference on advanced computing and communication (ADCOM) 2. selected for presentation at global signal processing conference, santa clara, ca Recos: i hope excellent SOP: i think decent Admits: None Rejects: Ohio State University (MS EE) Pending: University of Arizona (MS EE) University of Illinois -UC (PhD EE) University of California - SB (PhD EE) University of California - Berkeley (PhD EE) University of Southern California (PhD EE) Polytechnic University (MS EE) Georgia Institute of Technology (PhD EE) Notre Dame (PhD EE) Texas A & M University (PhD EE) Johns Hopkins University (PhD EE) Purdue University (PhD EE) University of Florida (PhD CS) University of Rochester (PhD EE) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reactor Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 Degree: BSc in Economics (Greece), Graduate Diploma in Math (UK, pending) Undergrad GPA: 3.4 Undergrad GPA final two years 4.0 Graduate GPA (PhD in Business Strategy) 3.1 (resigned) Rank: 1st out of 400 GRE: Q 770 + V 430 + AW 5.0 (A760 2002) GMAT: 700 (2004) , 710 (2002) Area of interest: Economics (Game Theory, IO, Micro) Papers/Projects Graduate Level: 3 Undergrad Level: 6 Graduate TA/RA 1year Undergrad TA/RA 1 year Recos: excellent SOP: radical, math oriented Admits: Still waiting Rejects: None Pending: University of Toronto (MA Doctoral stream) University of British Columbia (MA Econ) Queen's University (MA Econ) Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain) (MSc Econ) Toulouse (MSc Econ) UCL (MSc Econ) LSE (MSc EME) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Econ Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 Degree BSc: Economics BSc GPA: 7.72 / 10 Class Rank: 5 out of 300 Major: International Economics, Economic Theory Major GPA: 9.13 / 10 Degree MSc: Economics MSc GPA: 9.82 / 10 Class Rank: 1st for all times sicne the foundation of the MSc in 1978 GRE (2004): V660 (92%) Q800 (92%) A5.0 (71%) TOEFL (2003): 260 Applying: Economics, PhD Desired Area: Macroeconomic Theory, Dynamics, RBC Methodology, SDGE models, Numerical Methods and Computational Economics, Economic Policy, Trade Theory LORs: Excellent SOP: Research-oriented, clearly defined Teaching: -- Research: MSc Thesis: ''Solution Strategies for Stochastic Dynamic General Equilibrium Models'', 200 pages, grade: 10.0 / 10.0 Maths and Stats: 1st-2nd year Econ phd level Admits: U of Minnesota TC - full funding UCLA - funding pending Rejects: -- Pending (loosely, in order of preference): Harvard MIT U of Chicago Stanford Princeton Berkeley Yale Northwestern NYU U Penn Columbia U U W Madison UC San Diego U M Ann Arbor U of Rochester Brown U LSE Boston U Maryland College Park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfinity Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 Dragonfinity's profile: Degrees: A.A. Liberal Arts B.A., Liberal Arts, concentration in mathematics J.D., cum laude Additional upper-level math credits at Yale, Columbia Math GPA: 3.85/4.0 overall, 3.72/4.0 at Yale/Columbia (4.0/4.0 elsewhere) Undergrad Univ: Exclesior College (f/k/a University of the State of NY, Regents College Degrees) Law School: Yeshiva University, Cardozo School of Law General GRE: V750 (99%), Q800 (92%), AWA5.0 Math Subject GRE: 650 (57%) Publications: Many law publications in law reviews and journals, no math Prof. Exp: 8 years as an attorney in various prestigious positions Desired field of graduate study: Ph.D. pure mathematics SOP: I am biased, so I can't say. Reccs: Very good, I'd like to think. Admits/Rejects: - None Pending: - Georgia Tech - University of Georgia - Emory University 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HetEcon Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 HetEcon's Profile First of all, a little background: my concentration is in heterodox economics (ie marxian, post-Keynesian, etc.) and political economic theory/thought (an extremely marginalized sub-field of economics), and I am a pluralist (or generalist), which is to say my education is compiled of no single discipline, but rather the areas where the social sciences intersect. As my profile below details, I will only pursue the MA/MS in economics and then finalize my education in political science (for the PhD.). Some of you may find this approach foolish, but I am not pursuing my education as a means to wealth, but rather to better understand human nature. Undergraduate Degrees: BA Liberal Studies (minor Philosophy) BA History BA Economics (most recent) GPA: Liberal Studies 3.33, History 3.62, Economics 3.90 Undergrad University: Cal State (All) Gradaute Degree: MA History (w/ full funding and university scholar fellowship) - withdrew from program due to family health problems, but discovered economics. Graduate University: University of California Riverside GRE: taken as a History undergrad, V450, A700, Q700 LOR: 2 Great, 1 Could be better (Hope this does'nt bite me in the @$$) SOP: Grrrrrrrrrrrreat! Applying: PhD in Econ (w/ the goal of just an MA, but shhhh!) Applications Pending: Heterodox Economics Programs (All top amongst Het programs) Colorado State University of California Riverside University of Massachusetts University of Denver Non-Heterodox Programs Miami University, Oxford (If anyone is looking for a school that offers just an MA, full-funding, research and assistantship opportunities, and places their students into top 20 programs in Econ, check-out this school) Cal State Fullerton San Diego State (FYI a good placement record into UC San Diego) NC State Anticipated PhD programs (next year) in Poli-Sci UCLA UCSD USC CGU UC Berkeley UC Irvine UC Santa Barbara Rochester MIchigan Wisconsin If anyone has any questions about California (costs, culture, universities, etc.), let me know...I have friends in many of the grad programs, and I have lived here forever. Yes it is expensive:crazy:, but it is worth it:tup:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnythepooh Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 My Profile Undergraduate Degrees: BA Economics GPA: No gpa method. top 2%. Undergrad University: India Gradaute Degree: MSc. Economics Graduate University: LSE GRE: V600, A5.5, Q800 LOR: 3 LSE 2 Undergrad SOP: Uhm... looks okay to me. TA/RA: TA & RA at LSE - RA at undergrad. Applying: PhD in Econ Applications Pending: Princeton NYU U of Chicago NSF Grad Fellowship 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamer Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 kamer's profile Degree: B.S. Computer Science (Honors, magna cum laude) Minor: Mathematics CS GPA: 3.94/4.0 CGPA: 3.80/4.0; last 2 years: 4.0/4.0 GRE: V590 Q780 AWA5.5 Research: 0.5 year in Data Mining; 1.5 years in Scientific/High Performance Computing Publications: 2 in major ACM conference (won prize for 1 in category dominatd by doctoral students; second accepted and conference is this year) Prof. Exp: Been working since the age of 15. Highlights include: lead programmer for medical expert system, tech director for online radio station, coordinator for student pubs dept. Desired field of graduate study: Ph.D. in Computer Science (Bioinformatics, Data Mining) SOP: Advisor thought it was very good; Focused exclusively on research; made no mention of grades, awards, etc. Reccs: Excellent I think. Main advisor is author of widely cited book. Admits/Rejects: - Duke University: Official with full aid package worth $49k+. Invited for visit. Pending: - Harvard-MIT program - Harvard EECS - CMU - UIUC - Princeton - Texas-Austin - Georgia Tech - U. Chicago - Northwestern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigredx24x Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Degree: B.S. Electrical Engineering EE GPA: 4.0/4.0 Cum. GPA: 3.98/4.0 GRE: V460 Q770 AWA5.0 Research: 2 Independent Studies, 2 yrs working in AFRL speech lab Publications: none Desired field of graduate study: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Communications, Signal Processing) SOP: Let the admissions committee be the judge... Reccs: Let the admissions committee be the judge... Admits: - Ohio State (no info on aid) Pending: - UIUC - UC-Berkeley - UC-San Diego - UC-Irvine - UMD-College Park - Stanford - UT-Austin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiv81 Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Degree sought PhD GRE - 800Q, 570V:crazy: , 5.5AWA:yuck: TFL - 277 Current GPA - 4.0 MS GPA - 3.92 BS GPA - 4.2/5.0:mad: Subject - EE, specialty Signal processing (Speech) and Intelligent systems. Research bcgrnd - 2.5 years Publication - 5 Int Conference (4 reported to schools, one pretty recent hence couldnt report), 1 Journal (under revision) Work exp - 2.5 yrs Apped - 1. Polytechnic Univ (apped for PhD gave me MS admission :crazy: ) 2. Lehigh (status not known) 3. Upenn (status not known) (pbbly not going to work) 4. SUNY SB(status not known) 5. UMD (status not known) (pbbly not going to work) 6. UDEL (status not known) 7. Columbia (status not known) (pbbly not going to work) 8. JHU (status not known)(pbbly not going to work) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamentformoths Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Major: Management Information Systems Undergrad Institution: Top University in Turkey CGPA: 3.60/4.00 GRE: Q 800 V 720 AWA 5.0 TOEFL: 283 Research/Paper: Yes (CS related)/Not published Applying for IE/OR/Technology Management master degrees in USA Management related degrees in UK SOP: Good I hope LORs: Some good some ok So far applied to Stanford Pending Duke Admitted MIT Pending Oxford Admission stage 2-Invited for interview (Nervous!!!) LSE Pending will apply to in a week Cambridge Imperial Purdue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abgoldberg Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Desired field of graduate study: Ph.D. in Computer Science Research interests: AI--more specifically information retrieval, knowledge rep, and automated reasoning on the Web; also interested in robotics. Degree: B.A. Computer Science Undergraduate School: Amherst College ('03) CS GPA: 4.0/4.0 Cum. GPA: 3.93/4.0 GRE: 790 Q, 640 V, 6 AW Research: Senior thesis (with distinction) researching genetic algorithms applied to sports scheduling. I also did two other independent research projects (expert systems and genetic algorithms/A-life robotic simulation) Professional experience: Since graduation, I've been working for Deitel & Associates, writing and editing college-level CS textbooks, like Java How to Program and C++ How to Program. I'm a co-author on one book--Internet & WWW How to Program. During college, I had summer internships at Microsoft and Prodigy Internet (two different internships). Publications: Thesis (but not submitted to any journals); Textbook: Internet & WWW How to Program, 3/e (with Deitel & Deitel). SOP: I think it was pretty good, and my thesis advisor agreed. Focused on my research experience, post-undergraduate work, and a desire to teach. Reccs: Should be pretty good, especially one from Harvey Deitel (who I think most AdComs would recognize). The other two are from Amherst professors--my thesis advisor and my regular academic advisor. Admits: - University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (w/ aid, but waiting to hear aid details) Pending: - UC Berkeley - Stanford - CMU - MIT - University of Washington - University of Wisconsin-Madison - UC San Diego - Brown - Brandeis - Wash U in St. Louis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abgoldberg Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 (I'm reposting with an update to my acceptances/rejections) Desired field of graduate study: Ph.D. in Computer Science Research interests: AI--more specifically information retrieval, knowledge rep, and automated reasoning on the Web; also interested in robotics. Degree: B.A. Computer Science Undergraduate School: Amherst College ('03) CS GPA: 4.0/4.0 Cum. GPA: 3.93/4.0 GRE: 790 Q, 640 V, 6 AW Research: Senior thesis (with distinction) researching genetic algorithms applied to sports scheduling. I also did two other independent research projects (expert systems and genetic algorithms/A-life robotic simulation) Professional experience: Since graduation, I've been working for Deitel & Associates, writing and editing college-level CS textbooks, like Java How to Program and C++ How to Program. I'm a co-author on one book--Internet & WWW How to Program. During college, I had summer internships at Microsoft and Prodigy Internet (two different internships). Publications: Thesis (but not submitted to any journals); Textbook: Internet & WWW How to Program, 3/e (with Deitel & Deitel). SOP: I think it was pretty good, and my thesis advisor agreed. Focused on my research experience, post-undergraduate work, and a desire to teach. Reccs: Should be pretty good, especially one from Harvey Deitel (who I think most AdComs would recognize). The other two are from Amherst professors--my thesis advisor and my regular academic advisor. Admits: - University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (w/ aid, but waiting to hear aid details) Rejects: - University of Washington - Stanford Pending: - UC Berkeley - CMU - MIT - University of Wisconsin-Madison - UC San Diego - Brown - Brandeis - Wash U in St. Louis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliff23 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Desired field of graduate study: Ph.D. in Economics Research interests: Macro, growth, development and their intersection. Degree: B.A. Econ/Philosophy, Math minor Undergraduate School: A uni with a top25 econ dept Cum. GPA: 3.9/4.0 GRE: 790 Q, 760 V, 5.5 AW (89/99/89) Maths: Multiv, Diffeq, two semesters of analysis, lin alg, econometrics, prob/stats. (4.0 Math GPA) Admits: Brown (Fellowship) UCSD (Funding decisions not made until end of month) Pending: Stanford Berkeley UCLA UMinnesota Chicago Northwestern Penn Princeton Rochester NYU Columbia Yale Harvard MIT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kargos Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Desired field of graduate study: Ph.D/MSc. in Economics or Development Economics Research interests: Development economics & population/demographic economics Degree: Double- major B.A. Econ/Math Undergraduate School: Clemson University Cum. GPA: 3.91/4.0 GRE: 750 Q, 580 V (ouch) 5.5 AW (79/79/86) Maths: GOD everything: Multivariable Calculus, Dif Eq, Linear Algebra and Operations Research, Statistics & Linear Regression, Probability, Modern Algebra (Abstract), two semester of Analysis. Admits: Oxford (at St. Antony's college) MSc in Development Economics UNC - Chapel Hill, PhD Rejections: Well, not outright, but on the LSE waiting list Pending: Penn University of Maryland (College Park) Columbia Brown UCL Manchester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsm_73 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Degree: BCom (Bombay University) ICWA, CFA (India), Mphil (pending) Undergrad GPA: 3.09 (WES evaluation) GMAT: 650 (2004), 580 (1999) TOEFL: 267 (2004), 657(1999) Area of interest: Accounting, management Papers: 5 in all , one single authored, four co authored, one in decent journal rest 4 in not so good journals Recos: very good one, from three professors SOP: Ok Admits: Still waiting MBA: ASU, Oklahoma State U, Alabama (Manderson), Virginia Tech (Pamplin) PHD: UST HK, NUS (Singapore), Indiana (Bloomington), U of Mississippi U of Tennessee (wont be admitting for 2005) Rejects: MBA IOWA (Henry Tippie) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRusin Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Wrusin's profile: Degree: MSc Pure Math, MSc Economics Math GPA: 4.84/5.0 Econ GPA: 4.80/5.0 Undergrad Univ: Warsaw Univ. / Warsaw School of Economics GRE: V440 Q800 AWA4.5 TOEFL: 287 TSE: 50 Research: 3 yrs in biophysics, 2 yrs in PDE Prof. Exp: visiting scientist in Germany, 2.5 yrs TA and RA @ Warsaw School of Economics Desired field of graduate study: PhD in PDE SOP: Cannot assess... Reccs: Very good to excellent Admits/Rejects: - Northwestern University (official) :tup: - Indiana Univ., Bloomington (official) :tup: - Carnegie Mellon Univ., (official) :tup: - Syracuse Univ. (official) - Northeastern Univ. (official) - Univ. of Pittsburgh (unofficial) - Minnesota Univ. (unofficial) :tup: Pending: - Boston Univ. - New York Univ. - UC-Berkeley - Columbia Univ. And a long long list of others :D Rejects: - Princeton - Yale - Univ. of Chicago - Univ of Notre Dame (SIC!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toumi Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Undergraduate : Ecole Polytechnique (Paris, France) Major Econ/Maths GPA 3.8 Overall 3.5 Prior undergraduate , Lycée Saint Louis, Paris, France Major Maths GPA 4.0 Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris, France), BA Economics GPA : 3.8 GRE : 800Q 570V 5.0A TOEFL 263 Pending applications PhD Economics Stanford Chicago Yale Harvard Princeton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reactor Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Desired field of graduate study: PhD in PDE What does PDE mean? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakaba Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Undergraduate : Ecole Polytechnique (Paris, France) Major Econ/Maths GPA 3.8 Overall 3.5 Prior undergraduate , Lycée Saint Louis, Paris, France Major Maths GPA 4.0 Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris, France), BA Economics GPA : 3.8 GRE : 800Q 570V 5.0A TOEFL 263 Pending applications PhD Economics Stanford Chicago Yale Harvard Princeton Toumi... u are gonna be the next xavier gabaix. =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigredx24x Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 What does PDE mean? :) Partial Differential Equations? Just a silly guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vogon Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Toumi... u are gonna be the next xavier gabaix. =) my passion for trivia made me google this dude....oh loooooord...what kinda profile is that.!!! the only thing missing on his CV is the economics nobel .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRusin Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Hi, PDE indeed stands for Partial Differential Equations. I'm especially interested in Navier-Stokes and Euler equations (describing fluid mechanics)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reactor Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Hi, PDE indeed stands for Partial Differential Equations. I'm especially interested in Navier-Stokes and Euler equations (describing fluid mechanics)... So you are applying in PhD in Mathematics, right? (I thought economics :o ) I think that for PhD in Economics you would be a very strong applicant. I have been to Warsaw and Olzstyn were the statue of Copernicus is!:D I had a great time ! (two months ago!) I know he studied in the University of Krakow so I guess he was born in Olzstyn. :grad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinche23 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Degree: BA in Economics and Mathematics from Northwestern Undergrad GPA: 3.75 Major GPA: about 3.9 each GRE: Q 800 + V 480 + AW 5.0 Area of interest: Economics (Game Theory, IO, Micro) Undergrad RA 1 year Recos & SOP: Good enough to get into 4 so far Math Classes: Accelerated Program first two years (Multivariable Calc, Linear algebra (2 quarters), Differential Equations (2 Ordinary, 1 Partial)) Intermediate Linear Algebra, 3 quarters Probability and Stochastic Processes, 1 quarter Real Analysis currently in 2nd and 3rd to come. Admits: UCSD (2/8) Caltech (2/16) UCLA (2/26) Northwestern (2/28) Rejects: None Pending: Stanford Berkeley Yale Minnesotta Wisconsin NYU Penn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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