whoami Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 (edited) Hi all, the following is my current profile and I am going to apply for the graduate school in economics this year. I would very like to hear some advide from you guys on the school choosing. Thanks in advance. Here we go. PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Mid-West large public university Undergrad GPA: 3.95 Type of Grad:N/A Grad GPA:N/A GRE: 170Q, 165V, 5.5W Math Courses: Calculus I and II by AP, Calculus III, Multivariable Calculus (A), Linear Algebra (A), Intro to proof and logic (A), Vector Analysis (A), Complex Analysis (A), Differential Equations (A), Honor Real Analysis I & II (both A-), Master-level Real Analysis I & II (both A), Partial Differential Equations (A), Probability (A), Differential Geometry (A), Abstract Algebra I (IP) Econ Courses (grad-level): Micro Theory I (A), Micro Theory II (IP) Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Intermediate Micro (A), Intermediate Macro (A), Economic History (A), Labor Economics (A), Econometrics I (A), Econometrics II (A), Game Theory (A) Other Courses: C++ (A-), Accouting (A), Mathematical Statistics II (A), Grad-level Statistics Theory I (A), Grad-level Statistics Theory II (A), Probability Theory (IP), some other sociology courses since before that was my major Letters of Recommendation: Two from my econ professors, one from my maths professor. Their letters should be good. Research Experience: one semester and summer on microeconomics; currently working on my own honor thesis. Teaching Experience: Tutoring for Calculus I-III and math topics of engineers for a whole year; teaching assistant for calculus. Research Interests: Microeconomics and/or Econometrics. SOP: IP, all about my own experience. Concerns: Honor Real Analysis are both A- ... I do not have to much research experience, and in fact I started doing research at the beginning of this year. Applying to:This is where I need some help. Thanks. Edited October 21, 2013 by whoami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankeefan Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Your profile is a bit vague. The rank of your university would be very helpful, as well as more detail on your research interests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UZW Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 You should do quite well, particularly if you went to Michigan, Wisconsin, or Minnesota. I would apply to the top 15 and hope for top 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaltWhite Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Very solid background. Should definitely try top 10 if you get strong RL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chateauheart Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I think people who haven't yet applied should, in general, refrain from providing evaluations to other profiles, or at least try to provide more concrete reasoning behind their evaluation. In fact, profile evaluation threads are usually pretty pointless and oftentimes misleading; most applicants would get a better sense of where they fit simply by reading the Profiles and Results threads, the FAQs and other previous threads. Just putting this out here since there's usually a frenzy of profile evaluations around this time of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negotiator1225 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Your profile is very close to mine. You should get in top 5-10. Consider applying to the Fed/RAships also because if you do not get in this round you probably will after a year or two. Also, apply to Northwestern and if your interests lie towards micro theory consider applying to the MECS program instead of econ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoami Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 The university is around 50 and the economics program here is around 25, both by US news. As for the research interest, my current research work concentrates on microeconomics theory. Hope this will be better. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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