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[ramlau]

Originally Posted by user_name

Ram, you don't think Madison and Rochester are big enough?

No.

Ram

[stupidolive]

can u guys give a piece of advice to me? i'm applying to harvard, columbia, princeton, brown, illinois, cornell, maryland, berkeley, GWU, OSU
my profile: intl student
school Lafayette (lac top 50)
majors: math 3.97 and econ 3.87
cum gpa 3.87, honor PBK, ODE, Pi mu epsilon
have taken a bunch of math: real, abstract, complex, prob, stats, linear algebra, modeling taking operation research, micro macro intl finance intl trade forecasting techniques
research with 3 econ profs
doing honor thesis
teaching assistant for math and econ profs
interest: development
what do u guys think of my chance

[OneMoreEcon]

@stupidolive

My guess is that you'll get rejects from Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, and Berkeley. The rest are a toss-up, though Brown will probably say no or offer no funding. Math GPA is good, though I think the econ GPA should be higher (luckily, no one cares too much). Among the others mentioned, you'll probably get some rejects and some accepts. No guarantees on funding.

[ramlau]

Originally Posted by OneMoreEcon

@stupidolive

My guess is that you'll get rejects from Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, and Berkeley. The rest are a toss-up, though Brown will probably say no or offer no funding. Math GPA is good, though I think the econ GPA should be higher (luckily, no one cares too much). Among the others mentioned, you'll probably get some rejects and some accepts. No guarantees on funding.

Columbia is not impossible, but HYP and Berkeley are obviously crap shots. Brown was one of the first schools that rejected me, and Michigan accepted me in mid-March. So the process is always full of surprises.

It's a good list. I can't see how Illinois and Ohio State turn you down. Funding from both schools is likely. If you really don't mind going to GWU, then go for it... Even I don't really see the point for that super safety.

Ram

[Corneconomics]

What is your GRE quant (or approx)?

[tripax]

If GWU=George Wahington, I heard they get a lot more aps than their rank would merit due to location. I was accepted to Cornell and Maryland, but not GW, and I like to tell myself that was the reason.

[stupidolive]

sorry, i forgot ot say that i took GRE: 800Q 550V

[ramlau]

Originally Posted by tripax

If GWU=George Wahington, I heard they get a lot more aps than their rank would merit due to location. I was accepted to Cornell and Maryland, but not GW, and I like to tell myself that was the reason.

I was rejected by Georgetown for that very same reason. More interestingly, I was rejected by schools like Brandeis and Georgia State's Finance because they probably figured that I wouldn't have taken their offers anyway. (Those are the few schools I shouldn't have applied to.) I don't even remember if I ever heard back from them for an official rejection at all. But then who cares.

Ram

[stupidolive]

where are you now Ram?
I heard the same story from a friend who applied to 3 schools with 2 very low and Cornell. She got rejected in those 2 and got accepted in Cornell. This process is full of randomness.

[ramlau]

Originally Posted by stupidolive

where are you now Ram?
I heard the same story from a friend who applied to 3 schools with 2 very low and Cornell. She got rejected in those 2 and got accepted in Cornell. This process is full of randomness.

Hopkins. Can't say that it's full of randomness. There were certainly some surprises, but most outcomes were rather predictable.

Ram