Roll call! Fall 2007 applicants

[pevdoki1]

Undergrad: Mid-sized state university (SUNY Binghamton)
GPA: 3.98 total, 4.0 math, 3.97 econ (Economics/Math double major)
GRE: Q800, V470, AWA 4.5
Teaching Experience: Intermediate macro, also worked as a tutor
Research Experience: Virtually none. Started a thesis, never finished
Math: Up to abstract algebra and real analysis
LOR: 1 from econ professor who knows me really well, 2 from math professors
Interests: Monetary/macro

Applying to:
PhD: Minnesota (reach, obviously), Washington St Louis, Texas-Austin, Rutgers, Indiana, Purdue. MA: UBC, U Toronto, U Western Ontario.

Hoping to get into UWO or Washington-St Louis...

[2008applicant]

Undergrad: Top three LAC in US
GPA: 3.75/4.0 Econ (Econ major)
Math:Calc I-III, Linear Algebra
GRE: 790Q/710V/5.5AW
Teaching experience: TA in college for Intermediate Macro and Econometrics
Research experience: Senior thesis, since turned into co-authored paper w/ advisors, submitted for publication. RA job since college (3 years) supervising big field experiment in Latin America. Started (no results yet) small independent field/lab experiment here.
LOR: 2 from my current bosses, one pretty famous, the other I work w/ very closely and has some good publications...they like me. The other from my thesis advisor.
Interests: development, demography, experimental

Applying to: Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Yale, Michigan, Wisconsin (AAE), Davis (ARE), Berkeley (ARE), Brown, UCSD, UCLA, Duke, Penn (Demography), NYU
Concerns: Math!

[Julius]

Undergrad : Top Undergrad School in my country (Northeast Asia), Currently enrolled in the masters course in the same school.
Interest : Micro theory, Econometrics
GPA: 3.93/4.0 (Overall), 3.97/4.0 (Econ), 4.0/4.0 (Math) : Econ Major
GRE: 800Q/740V/4.0AW , TOEFL: 116
Honors: Top in my graduating class (1/201)
2 Grand prizes in paper contests (one in my school, one nationwide)
Math : Linear Algebra, Calculus 2, Topology, Mathematical Analysis, Real Analysis, Math Stat., Theory of Stat (Grad), (All A+) Probability Theory (Grad) (A0)
Advanced Econ : Grad Micro, Stat, Advanced Micro, Time Series Econometrics (All A+), Macro (A0)
TA : Econometrics, Statistics and Time Series Econometrics.
RA : Macro paper of my adviser, programming for cointegration analysis and stuff.
LOR : Two from econ profs who knows me really well, one from a stat prof.
Schools : Top 10 in econphd.net + Stanford GSB

Concern : weak research experience

[115th dream]

School: Moderately sized public state school with no econ grad program.
Major: Economics. Math & Psychology minors.
GPA: 3.80, 4.0 in Math & Econ
GRE: 790Q, 600V, 4.5AWA
Courses: Economics: the usual principles & intermediate micro's & macro's, game theory, behavioral econ, history of econ, experimental econ, international econ
Mathematics: cal I-III, linear algebra, probability theory (taking diff eq., math stats, and adv. math for proofs in the spring)
Research: none
LOR: two economists and a mathematician
Interests: Micro theory
Schools: nyu, northwestern, pitt, maryland, uva, texas, illinois, ohio state, toronto (MA)

My Concerns: everything. i'm just hoping for some luck.

[cpsteiner]

School: Top-30 Econ school
Major: Economics & Mathematics
GPA: 3.86, slightly lower in my major but not much
GRE: 780Q/510V/5.0AWA
Courses: Calc I/II/III, Intro to Proof, Linear Algebra, DiffEq, Stats & Prob, Linear Regression, Categorical Data, Real Analysis, Linear Programming, Nonlinear Programming, Numerical Analysis, Macro/Micro Introductory/Intermediate, Euro-Econ, Development of Africa, Commodities Futures Options, International Economics, Macroeconomic Policy, Econometrics, Public Sector Economics
Research: Cross-collaboration with MA in African Studies regarding data collected at a South African bank, Bayesian modeling biostats research over the summer at a Math REU
Recommendations: 1 Economist, 1 AgEconomist, 2 Statisticians
Research Interest: Applying statistical/econometric techniques to international economics.
Concerns: I think my profile is strong, but I am concerned about the low verbal score. I am a domestic student (US), but I couldn't seem to get the verbal score up. I seriously was struggling and tried hard. O well, things happen.
Schools: Yale, Berkeley, Brown, UIUC (PhD Econ & MA Ag Econ), Michigan State, WUSTL, UCSD, Toronto (MA), Purdue Ag Econ MA, Iowa State
Goal: To rule the world.

[Econtobe]

Originally Posted by polkaparty

A coworker of mine from India told me that a lot of her friends study ridiculously hard for the GRE because they want to come to the U.S. If they don't get accepted (with funding as well, I imagine), then they can't emigrate.

I couldn't resist posting what I know although the thread exists for a different reason, especially since there is a reference to Indian students. In my (Indian) university, every year there were atleast 5 people who used to get 2400/2400 in the (yesteryears) GRE. And a lot (really a lot) will have scores over 2250.. I would imagine scores in excess of 1500 is just normal even now.

Reason - students here don't have anything else to do except study. They are made to think if they don't emigrate they aren't fit to live. I ain't exaggerating.

[econyun]

Undergrad : McGill U( Hons in Econ and Minor in Math ) and HKU( Business Admin )
GPA: 3.79 at McGill U / 3.98 HKU
GRE: 800Q/310V/3.0AW

Math : Abstract Algebra (B), Matrix Algebra (A), Linear Algebra(A), Calculus 3(A), Advanced Calculus(A), Analysis 1(A-), ODE(A), Probability(A), Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos(A) and Graduate Mathematical Statistics 1(A)

Econ:
Full-Year Courses: Micro(A-), Macro(A), Metrics(A-), Advanced Econ Theory(A-), Labour(B+), Money and Banking(A)
Half-Year course: IO(B-), Graduate Game Theory(A), Graduate Micro 1 (A), Project Research(A)

Schools : Minnesota U, Brown U, U of T (MA), UWO(MA).....and some..

Concern : No RA experience.

I really wanna go to Minnesota U for my phd in econ...............

[Sammy6]

Type of Undergrad: Top 25 Econ
Undergrad GPA: 4.0/4.0
Type of Grad: MA, Top 25 Econ
Grad GPA: 4.0/4.0
GRE: 800Q, 650V, 5.0 AW
Math Courses: calc 1-3, diff eq, linear algebra, stochastic processes, optimization theory, adv. prob/stat (all A's), audit topology, self-study real analysis
Econ Courses: Micro, Macro and Metrics (Intermed, Master's and 1st semester PhD), Health (MA), Trade(MA and PhD), Internat'l Finance (MA), Game Theory (MA)
Letters of Recommendation: 5 very strong (1 Harvard, 1 Chicago, 2 MIT, 1 Michigan). 4 of the professors are very well known. 4 i took classes from, and 2 I worked with.
Research Experience: RA for one year, about to submit co-authored paper with supervisor
Teaching Experience: private tutoring
Research Interests: no f***'in clue
SOP: pretty good, my adviser took a look
Other: female, 21 years old, transfer

Applying to: more or less the top 10

Concerns:
Formal math. I audited topology and taught myself real analysis.

[Canuckonomist]

Type of Undergrad: Queen's University, Canada (Top 40, depending on where you check.)

Undergrad GPA: After conversion, 3.75/4.0: Econ 4.0/4.0, math 3.7/4.0

GRE: 790Q, 530V, 5.5 AW
Math Courses: Calc I,II, math major stream (mms) Calc III, mms probability, statistics, mms abstract algebra, mms differential equations, mms real analysis I, mms real analysis II, stochastic models in operations research
Econ Courses: Standard package in the 300/400 levels, MA mathematical econ, MA Financial Theory, MA financial derivatives, MA Cost benefit analysis.
Letters of Recommendation: 1 Johns Hopkins, 1 Boston U, and one fairly extensively published and quite influential finance prof. Funny, his alma mater is not one anyone would think would be big, but he's made a name for himself, at least so he says.

Research Experience: RA for one term.

Teaching Experience: private tutoring for 7 years.

Research Interests: Financial Economics, Micro

SOP: Standard.

Other: Male, 21 years, applying to Ph.Ds just for a larf, but figures he's destined for a master's for now, and has Queen's as a backup.

Applying to: Ph.D: Northwestern, UCSD, Cornell, Penn; M.A: LSE, UBC, Queen's.

Concerns:
Math Grades. I didn't have pre-reqs to do the mms stuff, and I suffered a bit with it.

[dr_Shpak]

Type of Undergrad and Grad.: Best University in my country

Undergrad GPA: 4.0/5.0 (economics)
Graduate GPA: 4.8/5.0 (inf. technology and math) Graduated the best student of 100

GRE: 790Q, 350V, 3.0 AW

Math Courses: 8 different (best student in all of them)

Econ Courses: not as good as math

Letters of Recommendation: not American. 1. from my dean 2. my research adviser (may be known) 3. Professor I co-authored paper with

Research Experience: 6 years full-time, in my university, field studies...
co-authored 4 papers and 2 course materials (textbooks). ( all about real estate)

Teaching Experience: tutoring for 5 years, and TA 2 years

Research Interests: Real estate, Urban economics, Developing

SOP: Standard.

Other: Female, 21 years.

Applying to: Ph.D: from Harvard......... to Temple (Sum= 18 )

Concerns:
Undergrade Grades. Verbal GRE