Please Evaluate My Chances

[missionlal]

MPhil Commerce (67.5%)
Delhi School of Economics, (Amongst Top Economics School in India)
(Indian Univ’s have %ge system, but I am sure this would be equivalent to a high GPA)

Master of Commerce (Honors) (65.6%)
Delhi School of Economics,
Key Courses: Accounting Theory; Statistical Analysis; Quantitative Techniques; Management Accounting

Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) (59.3%)
Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, Delhi University,
Key Courses: Micro-1; Micro-2; Macro; Financial Accounting; Corporate Accounting; Business Statistics; Business Mathematics; Cost Accounting – Principles & Methods;

Teaching Experience: Lecturer
Macro Economics - to class of Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) Final Year
Statistics - to class of Bachelor of Commerce (Pass) Final Year

GRE—Yet to give, but I hope I’ll make it good..atleast to reqd 760+ in Quant

Recommendations:
1 from Econ Prof—FMS, New-Delhi ----Good Reco
1 from Econ Prof---(Prof in Department of commerce), Delhi School of Economics –Good Reco
1 from Econ Prof ---Director of International Economic Research organization (Govt.) or 1 from another Econ prof ---FMS Delhi

Interested in specializing in International Economics
PhD proposal (Regional Economic Integration) submitted to FMS, Delhi (Admit Received)

Below is what I short listed with my little knowledge, please comment if I am overrating, underrating or just right? Could my lack of Math course thing adversely my chances in Univs mentioned below?
Any suggestions or comments on these universities would be much appreciated.

1. NYU
2. Cornell
3. U of MD, College park
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4. U of British Columbia OR (Brown Univ?)
5. U of Illinois-UC
6. Boston Univ
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7. U of Southern California
8. U of Toronto OR (Carnegie Mellon ? OR Boston College?)
9. U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
10. John Hopkins
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11. U of Virginia
12. Georgetown U
13. Arizona U OR Iowa U OR Washington U, St Louis OR Rice U?

Please assist.

Thanks a lot!

[missionlal]

Please help?

[user_name]

Did you at least take Calculus and Linear Algebra?

[snappythecrab]

What's your mathematical background.

[missionlal]

That's where the problem is..I don't have Math background...other than few Math subjects mentioned in my profile..
I haven't taken Calculus and Linear Algebra
Does that mean my chances are very low?

[daageep]

calculus and linear algebra (mentioned on school sites) are the absolute bare minimum. many students suggest that these two classes are sub-minimum.

I would suggest taking a few undergrad classes like calculus1-3, linear algebra, real analysis, probability, and statistics (the last two should be in the stat dept and not "probability for social sciences/economists" etc).

[snappythecrab]

Does that mean my chances are very low?

I would say that your chances are zero, yes.

[weirdo]

Originally Posted by snappythecrab

I would say that your chances are zero, yes.

I would not go into that extreme because i always found it amazaing how graduates from Delhi School of Economics (who's graduates and former faculties include famous economists like Kaushik Basu, Amartya Sen, Jagadish Bhagwati, Manamohan Singh, among countless others) gets admission into prestigious program like harvard, yale, princeton, cornell, and mit..
i know the educational system in india, which is similar to my country, wher students have no option of choosing classes because its fixed by college..you have to take what they offer each semester and you cannot pick and choose, so even if you wanted to take math there will be no classes...beside that there is not much empahsis in math in you undergrad or graduate economics degree..

despite these facts, the graduates from Delhi School of Economics have been regularly getting admission into top schools and, despite their lack fo math background, doing very very well..

[arpita_chauhan]

cornel is tuff.
Georgetown may be or i think it is safe.
see missiongre.com for your chances

[jahizbarlas]

i really suggest that you should take another yr and take math. the thing is that you might get in, both you should be forward looking and make sure that you are trained enough to survive grad school cuz getting in, is some cases like with chicago, is probably the easiest thing to do.
if i were you, i wouldnt be concerned about getting in, more abt surviving. maybe if you can study cals 1-3, linear alg, real analysis, prob, and math stats on your own before you go to grad school, then you will be trained well. its possible to do but difficult...
a friend of mine had no math background except cal 1-3 and she got into a top 10 program....