Profile Evaluation 2015 - What are your bets?

[econphd2015]

Hello all,

 

PROFILE:

Type of Undergrad: Top European program

Undergrad GPA: 3.7+/4.0 (official)

Type of Grad: Another top European program (places decently every year)

Grad GPA: top 10% of cohort.

GRE: Q 167, V 159, W 3.5

Math Courses: Calc I, Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra, Intro to Stat I, Intro to Stat II, Probability Theory, Dynamical systems, Advanced proofs.

Econ Courses (grad-level): Metrics I, Metrics II, Metrics III, Micro theory I, Micro theory II, Macro I, Macro II, Applied Micro.

Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Intro to Micro, Intro to Macro, Advanced Macro, Advanced Micro, IO, Development Econ, International Econ.

Other Courses: --

Letters of Recommendation: PhD Oxford (repec 5%, got an A in his class, did my undergrad thesis with him), PhD UCLA (best in her class, RAd for her), PhD Harvard (2nd in his class, RAd for him).

Research Experience: RAd for three professors (8 months in total).

Teaching Experience: TAd in one undergrad class.

Research Interests: Metrics, micro, applied micro.

SOP: Should be fine.

Concerns: What range should I apply to?

Applying to: Stanford, Harvard, MIT, Columbia, NYU, Berkeley, UCSD, UCLA, Duke, Northwestern, Brown, UPenn, Chicago Booth, UCL, LSE, Oxford.

 

Are the schools I am applying for realistic? Should I throw in some other safeties?

 

Do you want to make a guess which one I'll get in and which ones will reject me?

 

In:

Waitlist:

Out:

 

My guess is:

In: UCSD, Duke, UCL

Waitlist: LSE, Oxford, UCLA

Out: NYU, Columbia, Northwestern, Brown, UPenn, Booth, MIT, Harvard, Stanford.

Edited September 14, 2014 by econphd2015

[NBZ]

How have past applicants from your school with similar profiles fared? That should give you an indication.

 

Are the grad courses PhD level courses? If so, and if you did well in them, that could really help in admissions.

[econphd2015]

@NBZ Thanks for your reply! Yes, the school places students at top school frequently but I don't know the exact profiles of these students. And yes, the metrics, micro, macro courses are phd level courses and I did well on all of them. Would you like to make a guess of my results?

[NBZ]

@NBZ Thanks for your reply! Yes, the school places students at top school frequently but I don't know the exact profiles of these students. And yes, the metrics, micro, macro courses are phd level courses and I did well on all of them. Would you like to make a guess of my results?

 

I am not very familiar with top 10 admissions (though you look like a pretty strong candidate). Other posters on the forum may be better able to help!