Please tell me which schools i should apply to?

[ahhejase]

Profile Evaluation - Economics PhD
PROFILE: AH
Type of Undergrad: Medium-sized public Master's granting university (unranked Finance Department)-Ranked in top 500 schools forbes
Undergrad: Bachelors of Science Finance Undergrad GPA: 3.25 / 4.00
~3.6 GPA in Finance courses... low grades in classes as (US history-art-marketing
...) Excellent math grades
Graduate: MA economics from University of Detroit.(In top tier of Midwestern master's universities in the 2010 edition of U.S.News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges)
Graduate GPA: 3.75/4.0
GRE: 780Q, 400V, 5 A
MATH Courses: Calc I-III (A+, A+, A+), Linear Algebra (A+), Differential Equations (A+), thats it for math classes
STAT Courses: Regression and Variance (C)
ECON Courses: Economic Analysis of Enterprise
Analysis of Economic Conditions
International Monetary Analysis
Economic Idea in Perspective
Seminar in Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Theory of International Trade
Financial Economics
Game Theory
Economic Policy
Research Paper Course-on Economic thought history
Int Macro
Int Micro

lowest grade is B in financial economics, all others (A,A+,A-)

Letters of Recommendation: Enthusiastic letters from 2 economics associate profs, are fairly known and One Famous Publishing Finance full Professor from my undergrad school.
Research Experience:None
Teaching Experience: Tutor for Finance Classes

Research Interests:History of Economic though-International economics-Labor Economics-International Finance
Statement of purpose: Defend school. Talk about why each school is a good fit for me. I really want research in a economics/finance focus
Concerns: None

Where should i apply??? please let me know because i have no clue, where i would be competitive and where i would not stand a chance.. I only care about funding, and reputation, not the rank. As i am an american leaving for the middle east when i am done.

[tm_guru]

You already asked the same thing a couple of days ago.

Do you want us to pick the schools out and do the applications for you? Clear your schedule for a weekend, look at schools outside the top20 schools as per econphd.net or USNWR, make a spreadsheet, list each school, it's strengths, it's location, and it's funding policy, and then pick 10-15 of them.

You have to do the footwork. I spent 14 months researching which schools to apply to and I reviewed in detail every program on the east coast. There are no shortcuts. Stop being lazy, and do the work.

[Gecko]

Reputation and funding - then the top 20 basically hahahaha

[tm_guru]

Originally Posted by Gecko

Reputation and funding - then the top 20 basically hahahaha

Is this intended to be a joke? It's hard to infer tone online Gecko...

[Gecko]

both in jest and truth ~

[singmeat]

Originally Posted by Gecko

Reputation and funding - then the top 20 basically hahahaha

Pretty lame.


Anyway OP, you need to do lots of research and calling around.

[Gecko]

i am stating facts, my dear ~

[tm_guru]

Originally Posted by Gecko

i am stating facts, my dear ~

Nope, you're not. International reputation and funding do not equal top 20 only. Schools like Duke, Rutgers, Brown, Johns Hopkins, etc., all fund well and have fantastic International reputations.

[Gecko]

I wonder if the middle east would have heard of Duke, Rutgers, etc.. compared to Harvard, etc...

[tm_guru]

Originally Posted by Gecko

I wonder if the middle east would have heard of Duke, Rutgers, etc.. compared to Harvard, etc...

Yes. More than Ann Arbor or UMD CP, which are 'top20' schools. You can't compare anywhere to Harvard in terms of international, all round, academic reputation...

The Ivy-league schools have a bigger profile outside the US, than non-ivy schools.