schools mainly in 10-35 range with focus in international macro

[helloworld09]

thanks gecko, piffledragon, et al. it's such a relief after plowing away for quite some time without much confidence in my selections

[applicant12]

Originally Posted by Gecko

Penn State - eaton is there.

Wisconsin - Engel and Chinn.

Duke - lost scribe and schmitt grohe to columbia.

Rochester - Aguiar is doing some good work.

Boston U - Lucas and Baxter.

BC - chockful. see Ghironi, Iacovello, Anderson.

how do you know all these people? do you read their papers/blogs?

[Gecko]

Eaton was quite a big grab away from NYU. All those schools I am applying to minus BC

[helloworld09]

oh i see. tks for sharing!

what are your interests? if international macro, any reason you won't apply to BC?

[Gecko]

nah - my interests are more towards macro and micro theory, not so much international macro. BC has pretty bad funding if I remember correctly

[econhist]

Berkeley is also very good for international macroeconomics...Obstfeld, Gourinchas and Eichengreen. No international trade (yet) though.

[helloworld09]

Gecko - BC's funding seems v stingy indeed, but isn't it more or less the same for most of the state flagships.. i'd be happy funding my first year if i have to, if i get in

econhist - i'd LOVE to go to berkeley, but there isn't much point in applying - i know i don't have a chance

[applicant12]

Originally Posted by helloworld09

econhist - i'd LOVE to go to berkeley, but there isn't much point in applying - i know i don't have a chance

"You miss 100% the shots you dont take"

[piffle_dragon]

Originally Posted by applicant12

"You miss 100% the shots you dont take"

Agree, I got rejected from Yale, Columbia AND NYU, but got into Berkeley. so......

[untitled]

Kocherlakota at Minnesota had an interesting article about recently about the state of macro. He included a list of young professors at top 20 schools, you should look at those professors and see if any of their work sticks out to you.

MIT: Acemoglu, Angeletos, Werning
Harvard: Laibson
Chicago: Alvarez, Mulligan, Shimer, Uhlig
Princeton: Rossi-Hansberg
Stanford: Bloom, Klenow, Piazzesi, Schneider
Berkeley: Gourinchas
Yale: Engel, Golosov, Moscarini, Smith, Tsyvinski
Northwestern: Doepke
Penn: Fernandez-Villaverde, Krueger, Schorfheide
Columbia: Ng, Reis, Sala-i-Martin, Schmitt-Grohe, Uribe
Minnesota: Perri, Phelan, Rios-Rull
NYU: Lagos, Leahy, Ludvigson, Violante
Michigan: House, Killian, Stolyarov, Tesar
UCLA: Burstein, Hellwig, Ohanian
Wisconsin: Seshadri, Williams

I know you are thinking 10-35, but it is always good to make sure that your reaches are good matches, as they are more likely to notice you, and then there will be fewer regrets should you not get in. At University of Washington, my first quarter of macro is my favorite class so far, and we have a great group, so I definitely recommend it, even if it is a safety!