fiecsdiego Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Hello, everyone, I’d like your opinions and know to which schools should I apply. PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Unknown School at South-America Undergrad GPA: 3.2 Type of Grad 1: Top of my country (GPA: 3.8/4.0) Master in Economics Type of Grad 2: Top-Latinoamerican (GPA: 4.0/4.0) Master in Economic Theory GRE: 152V, 170Q, 3.0AW TOEFL: 102/120 AWMath Courses: Calculus I-IV (B, B, A-, A-); Linear Algebra (B); Real Analysis I (A+); Real Analysis II (A+); Measure Theory (A+). Econ Courses (grad-level): Microeconomic Theory I (A+), Microeconomic Theory II (A-), Game Theory (A+), Macroeconomic Theory I (A+), Macroeconomic Theory II (A+), All Courses of Econometrics (A+) Letters of Recommendation: 1) Full Time Professor and Researcher at Economics Department when I did my second master. Solid letter (Co-authors in a econometric paper). I have been his RA and TA for 1 year and a half. 2) Full Time Professor and Researcher at Economics Department when I did my second master. I have been his RA and TA for 1 year. Solid letter. 3) Full Time Professor and Researcher at Economics Department when I did my second master. I have been his RA for 1 year. Solid letter. Research Experience: A paper with one of my recommenders and I worked as a RA for my 3 recommenders. Teaching Experience: One year and a half as a TA for international economics and macroeconometrics courses. Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Econometrics and Finance. Concerns: 1)Low undergrad GPA and low AW and Verbal scores (GRE). I am mainly concerned about my scores of GRE. Applying to: Yale, Columbia, Berkeley, Princeton, Northwestern, NYU, Chicago, UPenn, UCLA, UCSD, Minnesota, BU, JHU, Wiscosin-Madison, Michigan and Rochester. Please, give me your advices!!! Thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
econphd1992 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Assuming your letter writers from your second masters push hard for you (and that the program has a good record of sending phd students to top US programs) you have a reasonable shot in your list. GRE AW score doesnt matter. But your calc and LA grades could hurt your chances, those are even more vital than A+ in RA for first year courses. Just in case I would branch out a bit more. Hello, everyone, I’d like your opinions and know to which schools should I apply. PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Unknown School at South-America Undergrad GPA: 3.2 Type of Grad 1: Top of my country (GPA: 3.8/4.0) Master in Economics Type of Grad 2: Top-Latinoamerican (GPA: 4.0/4.0) Master in Economic Theory GRE: 152V, 170Q, 3.0AW TOEFL: 102/120 AWMath Courses: Calculus I-IV (B, B, A-, A-); Linear Algebra (B); Real Analysis I (A+); Real Analysis II (A+); Measure Theory (A+). Econ Courses (grad-level): Microeconomic Theory I (A+), Microeconomic Theory II (A-), Game Theory (A+), Macroeconomic Theory I (A+), Macroeconomic Theory II (A+), All Courses of Econometrics (A+) Letters of Recommendation: 1) Full Time Professor and Researcher at Economics Department when I did my second master. Solid letter (Co-authors in a econometric paper). I have been his RA and TA for 1 year and a half. 2) Full Time Professor and Researcher at Economics Department when I did my second master. I have been his RA and TA for 1 year. Solid letter. 3) Full Time Professor and Researcher at Economics Department when I did my second master. I have been his RA for 1 year. Solid letter. Research Experience: A paper with one of my recommenders and I worked as a RA for my 3 recommenders. Teaching Experience: One year and a half as a TA for international economics and macroeconometrics courses. Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Econometrics and Finance. Concerns: 1)Low undergrad GPA and low AW and Verbal scores (GRE). I am mainly concerned about my scores of GRE. Applying to: Yale, Columbia, Berkeley, Princeton, Northwestern, NYU, Chicago, UPenn, UCLA, UCSD, Minnesota, BU, JHU, Wiscosin-Madison, Michigan and Rochester. Please, give me your advices!!! Thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiecsdiego Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 Thank you very much! Well my program has a good record sending people to PhD. programs and Professors told me that everything is going to be fine so I should not be worried (I suppose they will push for me haha). According to some of my professors, the undergraduate GPA does not matter if you had a good performance in your graduate studies and you took math courses ... I hope they are right. Thank you again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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