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Mindcraft · 02-12-2005, 04:55 PM

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!!!!
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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

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Who's next?

ritwik · 02-12-2005, 05:16 PM

Quote:

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)

reactor · 02-12-2005, 05:39 PM

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)

Econ · 02-12-2005, 08:41 PM

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

Dragonfinity · 02-12-2005, 10:36 PM

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

HetEcon · 02-13-2005, 09:29 AM

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

, but it is worth it

.

vinnythepooh · 02-13-2005, 03:44 PM

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

kamer · 02-13-2005, 05:27 PM

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

bigredx24x · 02-14-2005, 07:26 PM

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

markiv81 · 02-14-2005, 10:30 PM

Degree sought PhD
GRE - 800Q, 570V

, 5.5AWA

TFL - 277
Current GPA - 4.0
MS GPA - 3.92
BS GPA - 4.2/5.0

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

)
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)

02-12-2005, 04:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mindcraft Within my grasp! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 272	The Official Profile & Stats Thread!! 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? _ _ _ _ SIG _ _ _ _ Last edited by Mindcraft : 02-12-2005 at 05:32 PM.

02-12-2005, 05:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
reactor only Loeb spaces! Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,074	Re: The Official Profile & Stats Thread!! 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) _ _ _ _ SIG _ _ _ _ "It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you've got to have is faith and discipline when you're not yet a winner." Vince Lombardi How to write a lazy proof Teaching yourself how to prove

02-12-2005, 08:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
Econ TestMagic Guru-in-Training Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 606	Re: The Official Profile & Stats Thread!! 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

02-12-2005, 10:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
Dragonfinity Socratic realist Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 220	Re: The Official Profile & Stats Thread!! 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

02-13-2005, 09:29 AM	#6 (permalink)
HetEcon Eager! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: So California Posts: 84	Re: The Official Profile & Stats Thread!! 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, but it is worth it.

02-13-2005, 03:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
vinnythepooh Within my grasp! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: London Posts: 174	Re: The Official Profile & Stats Thread!! *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

02-13-2005, 05:27 PM	#8 (permalink)
kamer Within my grasp! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 149	Re: The Official Profile & Stats Thread!! 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

02-14-2005, 07:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
bigredx24x Within my grasp! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 317	Re: The Official Profile & Stats Thread!! 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

02-14-2005, 10:30 PM	#10 (permalink)
markiv81 Eager! Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 50	Re: The Official Profile & Stats Thread!! Degree sought PhD GRE - 800Q, 570V , 5.5AWA TFL - 277 Current GPA - 4.0 MS GPA - 3.92 BS GPA - 4.2/5.0 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 ) 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)

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