Go Back   TestMagic Forums > Admissions > Graduate Admissions
Register Forum Rules FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Old 2008 September 4th, 11:14 PM   #1 (permalink)
Within my grasp!
 
ariel1987's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Vancouver (soon!)
Posts: 163
ariel1987 's dreams are becoming reality.
opinion about my admission chances---weird GRE scores :S

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!!!
ariel1987 is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Google Bookmark this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 2008 September 5th, 03:15 AM   #2 (permalink)
I JUST got here.
 
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 8
auyon just joined TestMagic.
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.
auyon is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Google Bookmark this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 2008 September 5th, 04:46 PM   #3 (permalink)
Within my grasp!
 
ariel1987's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Vancouver (soon!)
Posts: 163
ariel1987 's dreams are becoming reality.
Quote:
Originally Posted by auyon View Post
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?

Last edited by ariel1987 : 2008 September 9th at 06:51 PM.
ariel1987 is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Google Bookmark this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

What you can do
You cannot post new threads
You cannot post replies
You cannot post attachments
You cannot edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


All times are GMT. The time now is 08:23 PM.

Contact TestMagic   TestMagic Forums      Archive   Privacy Statement

TestMagic Locations   Legal   Privacy


SEO by vBSEO 3.2.0
Copyright © 2009 TestMagic
Ad Management by RedTyger

Scroll Up