lindseybuck95 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Type of Undergrad: University of Montana Undergrad GPA: 3.81 Type of Grad: N/A Grad GPA: N/A GRE: 161Q, 160V, 5A Math Courses: Calc 1-2, Multivariate, Linear Algebra, Statistics and Probability, Econometrics Econ Courses (grad-level): Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Econometrics, all intro and intermediate classes with calc, Game Theory, Health Economics, Money and Banking Other Courses: Member of Honors College, Global Leadership Initiative at my school, Two undergraduate mathematic scholarships, two undergraduate honors scholarships Letters of Recommendation: Three professors--graduates of OSU, Cambridge, UO--all work at U of M Research Experience: Two undergraduate thesis papers--one for the economics degree Teaching Experience: Tutoring, not much experience Research Interests: Urban/regional economics, public economics SOP: Good statement of purpose, as I tend to be a good writer. Concerns: Low GRE, quality of undergrad not great Other: Applying to: UWM, GWU, Georgetown, BU, BC, UO, UConn, UIC, UMass Amherst??, WUSTL,.. Where else do you think I should be applying? What are some more realistic schools that I should be looking at? Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
econguy16 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 For urban you have a nice list, but you really should add the following: Syracuse, UC Irvine, Georgia State, UC Riverside. For public economics UMD would be a nice add as well. I'd probably take off BC as I recall they have a theory oriented "urban" guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofloss6 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 We have recommended that you re-take the GRE, because we believe you will be able to get into a much better PHD program... A 161 is not even 80 percentile on the GREs... It'll hurt you at a lot of schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tm_member Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 We have recommended that you re-take the GRE, because we believe you will be able to get into a much better PHD program... A 161 is not even 80 percentile on the GREs... It'll hurt you at a lot of schools. I think you meant 90th percentile? It's above the 80th for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
startz Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I think you meant 90th percentile? It's above the 80th for sure. A 161 quant is 78th percentile, guide. The quant percentiles fall off more quickly than the verbal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
win Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I believe it also changes over time. I've watched my score "slip" down the percentages over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutonic Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Currently, 166Q is 91st/93rd percentile, if I remember my scores correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tm_member Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 A 161 quant is 78th percentile, guide. The quant percentiles fall off more quickly than the verbal. Facepalm... was looking at the verbal score percentiles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tm_member Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 I believe it also changes over time. I've watched my score "slip" down the percentages over the years. I'm almost sure that's due to more retakes than in the past but that would be an empirical question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
win Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 I'm almost sure that's due to more retakes than in the past but that would be an empirical question. Yeah, that is what I figured. Just saying it's not trivial - mine dropped 3%, crossing the silly 90% line, in about 3 years. Luckily I don't think I'm going to be needing it again, but I could imagine someone doing a 2 year masters and needing to take it again just due to the passage of time, which would be quite frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
econphd1992 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 lol you should apply to university of montana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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