2009 October 19th, 04:49 PM
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Within my grasp!
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Type of undergrad: From South-Asia
Undergrad GPA: 3.96(1st class with rank 4 in class size of 154) GRE: 780Q/ 580V/ 3AWA  (just shocked)TOEFL: 99  (reading-24, Listening-24, Speaking-23, Writing-28)Math courses: Multivariate calcuas, probability, statistics, linear algebra, differential equation, Intro to real analysis, Optimization. Got 4 in all math courses. Econ courses: micro, macro, econometrics, interantional trade, public econ, applied econ Letter of recommendation: One from Harvard phd, took Principle econ in 1st year, 2nd one is Cornell phd, took Advanced Macro in 4th year, 3rd one is Maryland phd, took Advanced Micro in 4th year. All will be nice I think. Research experience: none Teaching experience: none statement of purpose: Preparing. Applying to: Ohio State, Michigan state, U pittsburg, Penn state, Arizona state, U Kentucky, North carolina state, U maryland ARE, Iwoa state... all for PhD prog. Interest: Behavioral and experimental econ. Concern: Obviously my horrible score in AWA and TOEFL. Please be frank to express your suggestions. |
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2009 October 19th, 05:13 PM
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Actually i also planned for retaking it. But if i do so i have to take at least 1mönth prep. Then it will be at the end of november. Will not there be a risk of getting the same score? My prof told that even if now i get 790q it will hurt and who can be sure of 800q? Thats why i dropped the plan.
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2009 October 19th, 05:32 PM
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Eager!
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Do adcoms care about AWA that much? I thought an applicant like him should be able to get into U Kentucky despite his AWA score. Now, if he/she wants to go much higher...
To the OP: how is getting a 790Q going to hurt if your old score is 780Q?
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2009 October 19th, 11:45 PM
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Yes, grappling with the same issue myself. Scoring 780 is statistically almost the same as scoring an 800. Taking it again and not scoring 800 kind of infers that you can't score 800. It's a quirk of the GRE percentiles, not sure where I saw the analysis done though.
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2009 October 19th, 11:48 PM
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2009 October 19th, 11:52 PM
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You might throw Wyoming and Cornell ARE on there as well. Have some good behavioral/exp people. And if you're willing to go for some higher-ranked schools, Caltech and CMU would be good options.
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retake the GRE, and add higher ranked schools to your mix. you;ve got your downside covered, but the upside is pretty limited..
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