Roll Call Fall 2009

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[econdaddy]

PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: BSc Economics from LUMS (the best school in Pakistan, pretty good by international standards too)
Undergrad GPA: 3.71 / 4.00
GRE: not taken yet
Math Courses: Calculus-I (B+), Calculus II (B), Multivariate Calculus (B-), Probability (B+), Linear Algebra (A), Ordinary Differential Equations (A-), Real Analysis-I (B), Abstract Algebra (A), Optimization Techniques (A-), Functional Analysis (A-)
Econ Courses: Micro-I (A), Macro-I (A), Micro-II (B+), Macro-II (A+), Statistics for Economists (A-), Econometrics-I (B+), Econometrics-II (A+), Development Economics-I (A), Theories of Economic Systems (A-), Agriculture and Food Policy (A), Economics of Investment and Finance (A), Empirical Micro (A-), Constitutional Political Economy (B+), Development Economic Theory (A+), Advanced Mathematical Economics (A-), Advanced Micro (A-), Applied Micro (A+)
Letters of Recommendation: 4 Economics professors (1 Radbound PhD, 1 Kansas State PhD, 1 Yale PhD, 1 Cambridge PhD), 2 Math professors (1 Manchester PhD, 1 Aberdeen PhD)
Research Experience: 1 empirical research paper
Teaching Experience: TA for Principles of Economics, Introduction to Game Theory
Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Growth Theories, Applied Econometrics, Game Theory
Concerns: B's in Calc-sequence courses
Applying to: any suggestions?

[lovertothemoon]

ignore, put in wrong thread

[BlueBucket]

what lovertothemoon said

[amber4e86]

PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Small liberal arts school in NY, unknown to most, but I'm in the Honors College, so that makes it better
Undergrad GPA: 3.8 overall (because of my grades in Spanish), 4.0 in Economics
Type of Grad: N/A
Grad GPA: N/A
GRE: will take it in September. Probably 780Q, 600V
Courses: all Econ classes that were offered in the past 3 years at my school + a lot of poli sci, journalism, Honors College classes, a lot of Spanish
Letters of Recommendation: from my 2 undergrad econ professors who are both tenured and offered to help me + my boss at my internship
Research Experience: An internship as a RA for an Australian environmental think tank.
Teaching Experience: tutoring, writing assistant for a poli sci class
Research Interests: environmental econ, resource econ, development
Concerns: Not from a famous university. Havent taken any math, but went to high school in Eastern Europe. Will be taking Calc I, II, Stats and Math for Economists this fall and spring, which may be too late.
Other: 3 semester-long internships at NGOs, published articles on international resource economics, attended multiple Model UN conferences abroad, studied abroad in highschool + in college
Applying to: I am not sure where to apply. Please suggest some schools that match my profile!

[Hannes]

This is my first post. I will be applying to MA programs this fall, and was looking for some advice. Is Queens MA a possibility?

Profile
Undergrad: BA Economics from UBC - Okanagan

Math: Calc 1,2 (A-) Linear Algebra (A-), Linear Programming (Fall), Applied Linear Algebra (Fall)

Stats: Stats 1 (A+) Stats 2 (A) Regression Analysis (Fall) Adv. Data management (Spring) Metrics (A)

Econ: Micro 1,2 (A+) Macro 1,2 (A) Micro 3 (A-) Micro, Macro (Fall, Spring)

All other coursework A or A+

Teaching: Tutor economics/calculus for the math center at UBC-Okanagan

Research: Funded project - hedonic pricing function and CBA for Okanagan wine industry.