Please Evaluate My Profile

[kotharjhuri]

Type of undergrad: From South-Asia

Undergrad GPA: 3.9(1st class with rank 9 in class size of 154)

GRE: 790Q/ 610V/ 4AWA

TOEFL: 97(reading-23, Listening-24, Speaking-23, Writing-27)

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. The letter of reference would be good I hope.

Research experience: none

Teaching experience: none

statement of purpose: Preparing.

Applying to: U of michigan, Duke, U of virginia, U of north carolina, U of southern california, Iowa state university, Boston College

Interest: Applied Micro

Concern: Horrible TOEFL score of course, a low analytical writing score, No research experience, my class rank.

Counting on your suggestions a lot. Please express your opinion about my chances to get admission in those school.

[Gecko]

Math score are good. I think econ mods should have good scores too ~ so now the main thing is to ask your advisor which schools they would be comfortable recommending you to

[tm_guru]

Are you a friend of this (Please evaluate) guy? Your profiles sound so similar I had to ask

[tomal1134]

Oh yes he is my friend. :-D

[kotharjhuri]

@Gecko- My letter of reference writers are comfortable but only one of them is active in research. (If they were doing research, they would have joined north american universities )....... anyway I am not sure how much value the admission committee would put on their letters..... hoping for the best

@tm guru- yeah we are close friends

[tm_guru]

seeing as your profiles are so similar, pretty much the same advice given to tomal is applicable.

[tomal1134]

I think his profile is much different than mine. My 3 in AWA will hurt me a lot i know. 3 is only 10% while 4 is 42%. And 790 is different than a 780.

Above all schools he is going to apply are totally different than mine.

[tm_guru]

Originally Posted by tomal1134

I think his profile is much different than mine. My 3 in AWA will hurt me a lot i know. 3 is only 10% while 4 is 42%. And 790 is different than a 780.

Above all schools he is going to apply are totally different than mine.

I disagree, your profiles are extremely similar in my eyes. What I meant by saying that the advice would be similar is that given the similarities in your profiles, you should have similar chances at similarly ranked schools.

You have taken the same classes from the same profs, at the same institution, with similar grades, both ranked in the top 10 out of 154 students, with interests in microeconomics. A single percentile difference on the GRE, and a 3 vs a 4 AWA will not alter your chances as much as you may believe. Tomal's lower AWA and Q score are offset by a higher TOEFL score and a stronger GPA. In fact, I would be relying on your letter's to assure me that you aren't twins.

The range of schools where you get accepted will come down to what your (identical?) letter-writers have to say about you both.