opinion about my admission chances---weird GRE scores :S

[ariel1987]

Hi, I am planning to go for a Ph.D in Economics. I barely studied for my GRE and my first quant was horrible, so I retook it 15 days later. Look at my results:

15 Aug: Q730 V560 A4.5
sept 4: Q780 V410 A(4.5-5??)

These 15 days of GRE studying for the Quant surely helped... but my Verbal was horrible!!!! Don't know what happened (No idea!). I think I have a very descent profile, but don't know if I can't go for the univs. I want. What do you think?

My profile:
International student
University: Trent University, Canada (small university)
Major: Mathematical Economics
Overall GPA: 3.97
Econ GPA: 4.00 (A+ in all my courses. Highest average entering fourht year)
Math GPA: 4.00 (A+ in all my courses - multivariable calc, vector calc, probability, statistical inference, linear stat models, Real Analysis, Linear Algebra, ODE, Sampling, Game theory) -
Awards: Full scholarship for undergraduate studies at Trent, awards every year for being in top averages of university, most prestigious Economics department award.
Research: Researching about multiple spell duration models (survival analysis) in Labour economics. Will probably have a paper to send to review in December.
-I am also the author of a small (126 pg) introductory econometrics textbook I did in the summer.
-Will get great letter of reference..

Universities I want to apply for:
-Stanford
-Cornell
-UC Berk
-LSE
-UBC
-Uof T

As you can see I have a very good profile, but not really good GRE results and I am not from a top univ. What are my chances? I am very disappointed after my GRE....

thanks!!!

[auyon]

your profile is awesome! whats the deal with the textbook thing? is it getting published in any capacity? maybe used in a course at trent?

anyway, its too bad your GRE scores have been giving you a hard time. to be honest, i think you should give it one more go, your profile is too good to risk being filtered out in round 1 of the selection process because of a bad GRE mark during the screening.

[ariel1987]

Originally Posted by auyon

your profile is awesome! whats the deal with the textbook thing? is it getting published in any capacity? maybe used in a course at trent?

anyway, its too bad your GRE scores have been giving you a hard time. to be honest, i think you should give it one more go, your profile is too good to risk being filtered out in round 1 of the selection process because of a bad GRE mark during the screening.

Thank you! You surely give me some hopes! About the text... yes, it will be used as a supplementary course for Econometrics I and II.

As for the GRE, I am just too burned and broke to go for a third shot. I guess that if I can't make to the elite schools, I wasn't meant for them. I gave my best shot. But thank you so much for the kind words!

What about you? Where do you {plan to} go?