Roll Call Fall 2010

[Gecko]

For all applicants gunning for the 2010 Fall admissions

PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: B.S. Econ from university in Southeast Asia
Undergrad GPA: 3.75/4
Type of Grad: NA
Grad GPA: NA
GRE: 790Q, 500V, 5.0AWA
Math Courses: Real Analysis I and II, III (in progress) , Linear Algebra Math for Economists, Measure Theory (in progress), Mixture of A and B
Econ Courses (PhD-level): Micro (B+)
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): IO, Development, Econometrics, Monetary, Labour, Information Economics Game Theory, Micro and Macro Theory- All A's and A+
Other Courses: Irrelevant.
Letters of Recommendation: 3 econ professors (1 Princeton PhD, 1 Columbia PhD) 3rd one pending
Research Experience: Except for term papers and thesis, none.
Teaching Experience: Intermediate Micro, Introduction to statistical theory, developmental economics
Research Interests: Institutional economics and decisions making under uncertainty.
statement of purpose: Standard format - refer to a thread by Italos.
Concerns: My math sucks.
Other: Praying awfully hard.
Applying to: MIT, Princeton, Yale, Northwestern, Stanford, Berkeley, Michigan, NYU, Columbia, Maryland, WUSTL, and others.

[SlowLearner38]

PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: B.A. Economics from Large U.S. [Unknown] Midwest State School (no PhD)
Undergrad GPA: 3.58/4
Type of Grad: Some Master's Coursework
Grad GPA: 4.0
GRE: 790Q, 350V, 3.5AWA
Math Courses: Calculus I-III (B, A, A), Linear Algebra (A), Discrete Mathematics (A-), Differential Equations (Spring), Operations Research Models (Spring)
Econ Courses (Masters-level): Advanced Topics in Economic Modeling (A), Managerial Economics (A), Macroeconomic Theory (Spring), Advanced Economic Forecasting (Spring)
Econ Courses (Undergrad-level): Principles of Micro (B), Principles of Macro (B+), Intermediate Micro (A), Intermediate Macro (B+), Mathematical Econ (A), Senior Research Seminar (A), Honors Thesis (A), Managerial Econ (A), Econ Forecasting (B), History of Econ Thought (A-), Public Finance (B+), Econ of Sports (B), Econ of Crime (A)
Statistics Courses: Stats for Social Sciences (A), Regression and Variance I-II (A,A-), Probability Theory (A), Statistical Theory (Spring)
Letters of Recommendation: 4 Econ Professors - None are very well known, but they all know me very well and will be strong letters.
Research Experience:
1. Honors Thesis on Economic Education (Won 2 awards; Presenting at 2010 ASSA Conference)
2. Summer contracted research project for National Council on Economic Education
Teaching Experience:
1. TA for Managerial Economics (1st UG student in Econ Dept at my school to ever have teaching responsibilities)
2. Tutor for Principles of Micro/Macro for 2 years
Research Interests: Applied Micro, IO, Experimental, Economic Education
statement of purpose: Defending [and giving my excuse for] my low GRE verbal/writing scores since I'm a domestic student, talking about my success in research and my teaching experience, mentioning research interests and explaining why XYZ University is a good fit.
Concerns: Quality of my school and my low GRE verbal/writing scores.
Other: If I don't get a placement I'm happy with, I will be sticking around my school another year to finish a B.A. in Mathematics (including Real Analysis) as well as the rest of an M.S. in Applied Economics.
Applying to: Emory, Florida State, Purdue, Arizona, UIC, Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, UNC-Chapel Hill, Virginia, Washington State, WUSTL, Wisconsin, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech

[rob59404]

PROFILE:Type of Undergrad: Mid size state school. Outside Econ PhD's top 100
Undergrad GPA: 3.99
Type of Grad: NA
Grad GPA: NA
GRE: 760Q 640V 5.5AWA
Math Courses: Calc I-III (A, A, A), linear algebra (A), probability and stats (A), probability theory (fall), ODE (fall), linear models (fall), stat theory (spring), PDE (spring)
Econ Courses: All A's- intro/intermediate micro, intro/intermediate macro, health econ, international trade, development, history of thought, graduate macro, graduate micro(fall), graduate econometrics (spring)
Other Courses: Intro to logic(A), computer modeling(A)
Letters of Recommendation: one from econ department chair(Johns Hopkins), another from my thesis advisor (Ohio State) and finally one from a math professor (Russian university)
Research Experience: Just a senior thesis and a research methods class
Teaching Experience: Tutor for introductory econ and calculus
Research Interests: Trade, growth, labor
statement of purpose: Nothing special. I did talk up my UG college because I think its my biggest hindrance.
Concerns: Well I'm not taking analysis because its at the same time as grad micro and I'm already taking three math classes. Also, coming from an unknown institution will only hurt me. GRE quant is a little low too, but I don't think it will be fatal.
Applying to: Rochester, NYU, UVA, OSU, UIUC, BC, UC Davis, UW, Georgetown, Texas A&M, Colorado, George Mason, Oregon, Missouri, Uconn and Florida State

[BlueBucket]

PROFILE:Type of Undergrad: MIT
Undergrad GPA: 4.4/5
Type of Grad: NA
Grad GPA: NA
GRE: Taking in Sept/Oct
Math Courses: mult var calc, diff eq, linear alg, prob and random variables, Analysis I, Analysis II
Econ Courses: Lots and Lots; mix of A's and B's
Other Courses: Animal Behavior, Consitutional Law (I'm interested in behavioral econ and law and econ)
Letters of Recommendation: Hopefully 1 from highly acclaimed economist, 1 from nobel prize winning economist, and 1 from economist at the Boston Fed
Research Experience: Behavioral Lab at Boston Fed
Teaching Experience: I tought geometry to 6th graders does that count?
Research Interests: Micro Theory (behavioral, politcal, law)
statement of purpose: Haven't written it yet
Concerns: My GPA, my schizophrenic resume
Applying to: Harvard, MIT, Chicago, Yale, Princeton, Northwestern, Caltech. If I don't get in anywhere I'll work for the fed for 2 years and apply again

[pjpersons]

PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Mid-size Liberal Arts University, BS in Math Econ, BA in Math
Undergrad GPA: 3.5/4, 3.7 for Econ, 3.5 for Math (Rising over last 2+ Years)
Type of Grad: N/A
Grad GPA: N/A
GRE: 780Q, 560V
Math Courses: Calc I (B), Calc II (B+), Calc III (A), Diff Eq (B), Linear Algebra (A), Probability (B+), Abstract Algebra (A), Real Analysis (Fall), Math Stats (Fall), Numerical Analysis (Fall), Topology (Spring), Forecasting/Regression (Spring)
Econ Courses: Into Micro (A), Intro Macro (A), Inter Micro (B+), Inter Macro (B), Math Econ (B+), Econometrics (A), Indust Org (A), Community/Development (B+), Game Theory (A), Labor (Fall), International (Spring)
Other Courses: Intro Programming (A), Intro Accounting (A)
Letters of Recommendation: 3 Econ Professors (Not well known, but 2 are tenured and have been around for some time, know me very well and speak very highly. Wisconsin, Purdue and Virginia)
Research Experience: RA for 2+ years for math department, RA for econ department for almost a year, NSF Program (CSUMS)
Teaching Experience: Tutor for 2 years for both math and econ department, TA for Calc I for over a year
Research Interests: Intl Development and Trade, Applied Micro, Econometrics
statement of purpose: Did field research in Bangladesh, spoke of that. Mainly on research ability and quantitative skill.
Other: Won award for most outstanding senior in economics.

Applying to:
Boston U, Duke, Georgetown, Indiana, John Hopkins, Michigan State, Minnesota, Penn State, Syracuse, Colorado-Boulder, North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Oregon, Pittsburgh, Rochester, Virginia, Vanderbilt

[CA13]

PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Double Major BA Econ/Math, top 30 USNWR university, not well-known Economics institution
Undergrad GPA: 3.44/4
Type of Grad: NA
Grad GPA: NA
GRE: 800Q, 650V, 6.0AWA
Math Courses: (3.63 GPA) Calc I (AP), Calc II (AP), Calc III (B), DiffEQ (B-), Linear Algebra (A), Pre-Analysis (A-), Intro to Comp. Prog (A), Numerical Analysis (A), Operations Research (A), Topology (A), Math for Economists I (math class in graduate Econ program that counts for Real Analysis - A), Probability (taking in fall)
Econ Courses (PhD-level): Math for Economists (A), Microeconomic Theory I (taking in fall)
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): (3.71 GPA) Inter Micro, Inter Macro, Econometrics, Game Theory, Public Policy, etc. etc.
Other Courses: Irrelevant.
Letters of Recommendation: 3 econ professors (one very well known, the other two should give enough information to help, but this could be a weak spot)
Research Experience: Going to try to finish thesis by application time, and also RA for one of my letter of reference for 2 years
Teaching Experience: None
Research Interests: Public Economics, Labor Economics (probably empirical Education Economics)
statement of purpose: Haven't written yet, but will talk about wanting to be a researcher at major institution
Concerns: GPA not too good, letter of reference may be a downfall
Other: Just need ONE funded admit
Applying to: (list not finalized) MIT, Stanford, Northwestern, Yale, Maryland, Wisconsin, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Minnesota, BU, Michigan State, Penn State, WUSTL, Virginia, Michigan

[creepers]

PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Bachelors in Electronics Engineering (India) from a top 50 college (there are thousands of them here but yeah, no IIT or REC)
Undergrad GPA: 75% (top 5% in the class)
Type of Grad: MBA (IIM - B-school in India)
Grad GPA: 6.4/10 (top 15% of the class)
GRE: Not taken yet. Expect to score 780-800Q and 600V
Math Courses: Lot of calculus, probability and statistical courses in under-grad, basically engineering. math. ( above 70% in all of them). Statistical, number theory and optimization research courses at grad school (B+)
Econ Courses: Micro (B), Macro (B+) and Business Economics (useless)
Other Courses: None
Letters of Recommendation: None . Two Eco profs from b-school - unsure about type of letter of reference; have been out of academia for 5 years now. Planning to intern with some Profs to earn one.
Research Experience: Working as a RA now for the last few months
Teaching Experience: None
Research Interests: Development Eco
statement of purpose: Thinking of explaining my interest in eco, my strong craving to get back in academia and work on math/eco problems again.
Concerns: Poor Eco grades + no letter of reference. I suck at getting cosy with Profs and there's hardly anyone who goes to academia from my institutions. Also, I need funding. Yeah, so lot of reasons for me to be concerned.
Other: Work experience in the development sector for the last two+ years working on the field for some time.

Applying to: Around 5 with good eco departments - brown, berkeley, ubc, harvard and lse.

Suggestions please on whether this looks reasonable!

[greeneggs]

PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Triple Major (Econ, Math, Stat - all B.S.) from large public university with top 10 econ, top 20 math
Undergrad GPA: 3.75/4
Type of Grad:
Grad GPA:
GRE: 800Q, 570V, 4.5AWA
Math Courses: Calculus I-IV, (HS,HS, B+, B+), Intro to Stat I-II (A,A-), Linear Algebra (A-), Intro to Proofs (A-), Real Analysis I-II (A-,A), Prob & Stat I-II (A,A), Math Modeling (A), Prediction & Filtering (A), Multivariate Stat (A-), Numerical Methods (A-), phd Real Analysis (B,B), phd Time Series (A-), phd Probability & Measure theory (Fall/Spring)
Econ Courses: Principles of Micro (A), Principles of Macro (A), Game Theory (A-), Intermediate Micro (A), Intermediate Macro (A), Econometrics (A-), International Trade (A), Macro Policy (A), Mathematical Econ (A), phd Micro I-IV (A,B,B,A-), phd Macro (Fall/Spring), phd Trade (Fall/Spring)
Other Courses: C/C++ (A-), Algorithms & Data Structures (A-)
Letters of Recommendation: 1 amazing letter from a very well known researcher, 1 really good from a newer tenure track prof, and 1 not sure from a decently well known researcher - may change this last one though; I have a lot of options and I haven't talked to him for 2 years...
Research Experience:
-Doing summer research and honors thesis in international trade (working with the Melitz model)
-Helping a grad student in Education with stats for his dissertation (they're allowed to do that + he pays me). I'm doing a lot of factor analysis and structural equation modeling; not stuff you see in econ very often if ever, but I have pretty much full control over the empirical side of his study. I'll get coauthor out of any articles he publishes based on what I helped with.
Teaching Experience:
None
Research Interests: Trade, Macro, Growth, Development
statement of purpose: not started yet
Concerns:
Some kind of low grades in places, especially this last year in my grad classes. All the classes were actually fairly easy and I understood all the material really well and did excellent on all of the homework, but I would mess up on exams because I didn't have time to prepare (work + too many classes) and the tests emphasized memorization over problem solving.
Other:
I'm trying to go to the same school or same area as my girlfriend (she does architecture); but our school is pretty weak in architecture so she has less options.
I passed the micro prelim on my first try. I took it partly as a signal that I actually do understand the material fine despite my grades and in case I stay at the same school so I don't have to take it again.
Applying to:
MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Chicago, Stanford, Minnesota, Yale, Berkeley, Northwestern, Columbia, Penn, UCLA.

[DerPumuckl]

Applying for Masters though.

PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Econ major, one of Germany's Top 3 universities
Undergrad GPA: German Uni: 1.67 (1 is best, 4 is worst)
Exchange at UW Seattle: GPA 3.86/4.00
Grad GPA: N/A
GRE: 800Q, 560V, Don't know AWA yet, will update
TOEFL: 119/120
Math Courses: Maths for Economists (B), Mathematical Methods of Economics (B), Statistics I (B), Statistics II (B)
Econ Courses: Micro I (A+), Micro II (A-), Macro I (A+), Macro II (B),International Macro (A+), Econometrics I (A+), Econometrics II (B), Game Theory (B+), Labour Market Economics (A+), International Trade (A+), Transformation Economies (A+), Public Finance (A-), Monetary Economics (A+), Economic History of Europe (A-), Tax Policy (C), Informatics for Economists (B)
Other Courses: ~ 4 Business Courses (mainly B's), 1 Law (D), 2 Acounting courses (B's)
Letters of Recommendation: Letters from full Professors who have their PhD from Columbia, Harvard and Chicago; Have a good relationship with all of them. They like me and i like them. Did research with one of them. Should be pretty strong.
Research Experience:
Student Research Assistant for 5 months
Bachelor Thesis on Financial Crisis
Research internship - doing GAMS model calibration
Teaching Experience:
Tutor for Macroeconomics next semester
Research Interests: International Macro
statement of purpose: Not started yet
Concerns: Little Math, shouldn't be too much of a problem for the Masters
Other:
Want to go on to do a PhD in the US after my Masters.
Applying to:
Cambridge, Oxford, LSE, UCL, Warwick, maybe UPF. Mannheim, LMU and Zürich if all else fails (which it won't).

[georgeruc]

PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: B.A. Economics and B.S. Mathematics, international student
Undergrad GPA: 3.85/4, econ 3.95/4, math 4.0/4.0
Type of Grad:
Grad GPA:
GRE: 800Q, 570V, 3.5AWA
TOEFL: 107, Listening: 28, Reading: 29, Speaking: 22, Writing: 28
Math Courses: (all A, we do not have A+)Mathematical Analysis I-III, Advanced Algebra I-II, Probability, Mathematical Statistics, Real Analysis, Ordinary Differential Equation, Abstract Algebra, Numerical Analysis, Dynamic Optimization, Stochastic Process, Time Series
Econ Courses (Undergrad-level): (All A except principle I A-)Principle of Economics I-II, Intermediate Microeconomics I-II, Intermediate-Macroeconomics, Econometrics, etc.
Econ Courses (phd-level): All are audited and taught by the US professors. Methods in Economics, Computer Intensive Methods in Econometrics, Economic Dynamics

Letters of Recommendation: one from our program director(strong), one from stanford (strong) and last one is pending.
Research Experience:
1. One publication at a small domestic journal, one at our student journal. And now there is one coauther paper with my advisor to submit to journal Emerging Markets Finance and Trade(SSCI)
2. Two years research experience for my advisor, focused on macro, inequality. Several working papers.
Teaching Experience:
1. One year's TA for Mathematics Analysis, Advanced Algebra
Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Business Fluctuation, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, and public finance
statement of purpose: I am confusing about this part now. Generally I want to speak something about my understanding on macro, mentioning my researches. And then state my research interests on specific topics, finally is some words about different department.
Concerns: My low GRE AWA score and toefl speaking section.
Other: If I don't get a placement I'm happy with, I will be unemployment.
Applying to: MIT, Princeton, Minnesota, Upenn, Northwestern, Yale, ,NYU, Berkeley, Columbia, Wisconsin, Rochester, Iowa, BU, OSU, WTUSL, ASU, and also maybe two master program in Canada.