Roll Call Fall 2009

[Mankins]

PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Very large US public university
Undergrad GPA: 4.0
GRE: 800Q, 600V, 4.5AWA
Math Courses: Calc I-III, Mathematical Structures, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Probability (all A or A+). Advanced Calculus I, Intermediate Real Analysis I (in progress, expecting A+ and A). Planning to take Topology and Mathematical Statistics next semester.
Econ Courses: The usual, plus Econometrics , Advanced Honors Micro (uncertainty), Advanced Honors Macro (taught by Nobel Laureate). All A or A+, except Econometrics where I got an A-. Planning Game Theory for next semester.
Letters of Recommendation: One from a Nobel Laureate (not sure how solid it was). One from a well-known economist in micro theory and information (probably knows me better than any of my other professors). One from my Advanced Calc professor.
Teaching Experience: N/A
Research Experience: Some preliminary work on an undergraduate thesis, Econometrics paper co-authored with two other students
Research Interests: Micro Theory, Advertising, Uncertainty, Behavioral, IO, Development
statement of purpose: Not finished (yikes)
Concerns: Very little research experience
Applying to: Yale, Duke, Stanford, MIT, Northwestern, Chicago, Illinois Urbana, Berkeley, Texas, Duke Decision Science, and possibly a few more
Comments: I'm terrified and excited.

[AREStudentHopeful]

Type of Undergrad: B.A. Econ from medium public university in Southeast US
Undergrad GPA: 3.4/4 and 3.7 in Econ
GRE: 740Q, 510V, 5.0AWA
Math Courses: Calc I & II, Intro Stats, before I graduate I'm taking Axiomatic Systems, Linear Algebra and Multivariate Calc (but it won't be on my transcript yet)
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Intro to Micro and Macro, Intermediate Micro and Macro, Advanced Macro, Managerial, Natural Resource, Environmental, Comparative Economic Systems, Econometrics, Developmental, Money and Capital Markets
Other Courses: many env sci courses
Letters of Recommendation: 5 econ professors (1 Berkeley PhD, 1 Wake Forest PhD, 1 U of Chicago PhD, 2 NC State PhD) all should be very positive and all have connections at the universities I'm applying to
Research Experience: thesis paper for econometrics in gas pricing
Teaching Experience: tutoring for Capital Market econ and micro
Research Interests: environmental and natural resource econ
Concerns: My math background is not complete as I am still taking some important courses and my scores are not as high as they could be (every available GRE date seems to coincide with 3 other undergrad exams)
statement of purpose: Done with all the basics covered
Other: ODE Honor Society Member
Applying to: Berkeley ARE, Maryland ARE, UC Davis ARE, UMass RE, UofC Boulder Econ-environmental concentration

[eastnile]

Here goes nothing.

PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: U of Chicago. Econ/Physics Double Major.
Undergrad GPA: 3.5/4 - Econ, 3.5/4 - Physics, Overall 3.5/4
Type of Grad: None
Grad GPA: N/A
GRE: 780Q, 730V, 5.5AWA
Math Courses: Honors calc (I,II,II) A-, Real Analysis (I,II,II) A-, Adv. Prob/Stat B.
Physics Courses (well, it's mathy): Quantum Mech B+, E&M A-, Thermal/Statistical Mech A-, Fluid Dynamics B+, Honors Physics A-, Modern Physics A-, etc.
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): All your typical classes. A- Average.
Letters of Recommendation: 1 Econ Prof, 1 Physics Prof, 1 Econ PhD (Not a prof). All from UoC, all solid but not famous.
Research Experience: Working at econ consulting firm right now.
Teaching Experience: Lots of tutoring/TA-ing experience.
Research Interests: Spatial Economics
statement of purpose: What can I say?
Concerns: GPA is mediocre.

Applying to: Reach: Harvard, UChicago, MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, NYU, U-Boston, Brown, UCSD. Match: UMich-Ann Harbor, SUNY:SB, Syracuse

Do you guys think the physics will help me?

[y_satir]

Type of Undergrad: B.A. Econ from the top university of Turkey (international private university, education language is English)
Undergrad GPA: 3.9/4 and 3.95 in Econ and Math
GRE: 780Q, 330V, 4.0AWA
TOEFL:100 ibt
Math Courses: Math Analysis, Graph Theory, Math for Econ, Calc I & II, Stats and Probability I&II, Linear Algebra
Econ Courses: Intro to Micro and Macro, Intermediate Micro and Macro, Econometrics I&II, Monetary Economics, Fiscal Econ, International Econ I&II, currently taking Game Theory, Theories of Growth And Development, History of Economic Thought
Letters of Recommendation: 3 econ professors who know and like me substiantally
Teaching Experience: tutoring for Econ 101&102 Courses
Research Interests: Game Theory, Macroeconomic Policy games, Macroeconomic Theory (seems unrelated with Game theory which is micro
Concerns: My GRE scores are not as high as they could be and I will have taken only undergrad degree
statement of purpose: Done with all the basics covered
Other:Some Honors from domestic academic centers and Fulbright OI Grant
Applying to: Princeton,MIT,Chicago(just for fun), Berkeley, Yale, UCLA, NYU, PENN,UCSD,Maryland, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Brown,Pompeu Fabra

[Sonaar]

Update
Please erase my previous post

PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: B.A. Economics, minor in History from a Latin American University, which has constantly placed students in Econ PhDs in the US.
Undergrad GPA: 4.3/5.0, ranked 2nd in cohort.
Type of Grad: M.A. Economics, same Uni as undergrad
Grad GPA: 4.4/5.0, ranked 7th in cohort.
GRE: 790Q, 500V, 4.0 AWA. Second time.
Math Courses: Calculus I, II and multivariate (A, B+, A), linear algebra (A), Math for economics (A), Math statistics I and II (A and A), Econometrics I and II (A and A)
Econ Courses (PhD-level): Micro (A+), Macro (A), Econometrics (A), Growth theory (A), International Economics (A), etc. for M.A.
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Micro I, II and III (A, B+, A); Macro I, II and III (A, B , A+), Fiscal and Monetary theory, Public Economics... lots of them, lots of As.
Letters of Recommendation: one from a pre-tenured economics professor, one from the senior economist of a IFI, other from an economist of another IFI. One from a prof of a Public Policy School.
Research Experience: tons, almost 7 years between an Latin American think tank, now at IFI.
Teaching Experience: tutor of linear algebra and other econ courses, TA and later main instructor.
Research Interests: Applied Microeconomics, Health economics, Development, Labor
statement of purpose: Done, pretty good
Concerns: some weak grades and econ and math courses (I was young and stupid then), and no formal, more advanced math.
Other: M.A. thesis published at local refereed journal, presented at an international conference.
Applying to: Michigan, Duke, Michigan St, UT Austin, Johns Hopkins, BU, UMaryland, U British Columbia, Brown.

[Texcards]

Update please delete my other post!

PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Minor Economics and Math at very large state school (top 15 engineering, top 50 economics)
Undergrad GPA: 3.35/4.0 (3.65 Math, 4.0 Econ...2.9 in my major)
Type of Grad: None
Grad GPA: N/A
GRE: 800Q, 550V, 4.0AW
Math Courses: Calc I-III(A,B,A), Differential Equations (B), Linear Algebra (A), Mathematical Probability and Statistics (A), Fund Discrete Math (Intro to proofs, Spring 09), Math Modeling (Spring 09)
Econ Courses (PhD-level): None
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Principles of Micro and Macro (A, critical reasoning by exam), Intermediate Micro and Macro theory, Econometrics (A,A,A)
Other Courses: Lots of engineering
Letters of Recommendation: 2 not well known assistant econ professors (UT-Austin, Rice) but excelled in their classes (top 2 or 3 out of class size of 40), 1 associate engr professor (Berkeley) that I went on study abroad trip with. I think 1 or 2 of these may not be very strong
Research Experience: None
Teaching Experience: None
Research Interests: International Trade and Development, Int'l Macro
statement of purpose: Paragraph about why I wanted to do econ even though I did engineering as an undergrad, another on my interests, and another on why I wanted to be an academic. Slightly altered my interests paragraph depending on the school, but for the most part the same for each one.
Concerns: Not enough math/econ/stat classes, low overall GPA, low analytical writing, no research experience, not so strong letter of reference's
Maybe I'm applying to too many safeties (3) or not enough higher ranked schools (only 4 or 5 in the 15-30 range) and I really have no idea how my profile will be viewed by adcoms.
Other: Didn't start considering this until 2 semesters ago. I wish I could go back in time and know so I could be a Math major/Econ Minor or at the very least focused more on getting A's in all my math classes
Applying to: (In rough order of preference) PhD: Boston U, Maryland, UT Austin, UC-Davis, Boston College, Michigan State, Georgetown, UC-Santa Cruz, Washington, Colorado, Oregon, UI-Chicago, UC-Riverside. MA: Queen's, UBC, Toronto, U of San Fran (MA in International and Development Economics)

[Streetmage]

PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: B.A (Hons.) Economics, Queen's University
Undergrad GPA: 4.0/4.0 (Top 3%)
Type of Grad: MSc Economics, UCL
Grad GPA: Distinction on coursework and thesis (Top 20%)
GRE: Have yet to take
Math Courses: Graduate Math-Econ course, plan to take a real analysis course this fall.
Letters of Recommendation: 3 from Professors in Game Theory, I.O. and Regulatory Economics, well-known in their fields.
Work Experience: Currently work as an Economic Consultant
Teaching Experience: Principles of Economics, Queen's University
Research Interests: Game Theory, I.O., Regulatory Economics
statement of purpose: Still in progress
Concerns: May not have taken enough math, may stumble on the GRE.
Applying to: US Universities, most among Top 20

[3ohto4oh]

Type of Undergrad: Top 10 Large Public University
Undergrad GPA: 3.0/4.0
Type of Grad: MA Econ
Grad GPA: 4.0/4.0
GRE: Q: 800, V: 560, A: 5.0
Econ Courses: standard MA courseload, ugly undergraduate record
Letters of Recommendation: 3 professors of econ
Research Experience: Research support as a graduate assistant, MA thesis
Teaching Experience: Tutoring...
Research Interests: Macro
statement of purpose: Reviewed by prof on MA's admissions committee
Other: Here we go...

RESULTS:
Acceptances:
Waitlists:
Rejections:
Pending (geographic order): Washington, Michigan, Boston U, Boston C, CUNY, Johns Hopkins, Maryland, Georgetown, George Washington, North Carolina, plus a few 'safeties.'

[Zmoney]

My final Profile fully updated to reflect my grad apps

PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Large U.S. Public University ranked 40-55 (best in state) typically known for Football not Economics
Undergrad GPA: 3.92 overall 4.0 in Econ 3.62 in Math not including fall grades
GRE: 800 Q 540 V 5.0 AWA
Math Courses: Calc 1-3 1,2 tested out 3(B+), Differential Equations(B), Stat 1(A), Probability(A) [my school does not have minus grading or A+], Lin Alg (A, but a fall grade) Math Stats 2, Real Analysis in Spring
Econ Courses: Intros, Intermediates, Public Econ, Sports Econ, Empirical Research, Independent Study (for research) and Labor Econ (A, fall grade)
Other Courses: Minors in Food and Resource Economics, and History
Letters of Recommendation: 3 LORS 2 excellent letters from pretty well known Econ faculty in their concentrations (one Phd Chicago the other Wisconsin) and 1 very good letter from a senior member of the Ag Econ Department (Purdue well known in Ag econ)
Research Experience: 2 written empirical papers one for the class in research and the other (to be my thesis) I want to get published. Database work and research at Fed
Teaching Experience: N/A
Research Interests: Public Econ, Public Choice, Taxation Policy, Political Economy
statement of purpose: Solid i think, had multiple profs say they wouldn't change a thing
Other: Internship at the Federal Reserve, Strong Undergraduate leadership positions
Concerns: My B in Diffy Q, Coming from a big public school, Won't have analysis on my transcript.
Applying to: Northwestern, NYU, Penn, Wisconsin, Michigan, Maryland, Texas-Austin, Cornell, Duke, Virginia, Michigan State, Boston College, Florida

[ICECOLDECON]

PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: B.S. Economics and B.S. Geography (did 2 undergrad degrees with minors in Math and History).....Econ dept ranked around 50 in US....large state school.
Undergrad GPA: 3.66
Type of Grad: M.A. in Economics from a program that offers a PhD, but its PhD program would be ranked near last in the U.S. Took some undergrad math courses during my time here
Grad GPA: 3.88ish I think
GRE: 1st Time (2006): 760 Q 520 V 5.5 AWA 2nd Time (2008) 780 Q 540 V 5.0 AWA
Courses taken in my last 2 years:
Math Economics A
Regulation/Antitrust A+
Bridge to Abstract Math A+
Law and Economics A
Economic Development A-
Economics of Health A
Econometrics I A-
Econometrics II B+
Econometrics III B+
Linear Algebra I A
Math Statistics B+ (School I took this at doesnt give A-'s)
Differential Equations A
Microeconomics I A+
Aggregate Economics B+
Intermediate Analysis I (Rudin ch 1-4) A
Elementary Abstract Algebra A
Economic Policy Analysis A
Urban Economics A
Intermediate Analysis II (Cross-Listed with Grad Real Analysis I) Sp 09
Introduction to Topology Sp 09
Letters of Recommendation: All from Economics professors who are not well-known for research but 2 of the 3 should be very enthusiastic. PhDs from Texas AM (2) and UC San Diego
Research Experience: Have papers Ive written.....Havent done anything with them.
Teaching Experience: TA for Principles of Microeconomics for 1 yr
Research Interests: Microeconomic Theory and IO
Concerns: Low Econometrics grades....think I can do better in PhD program....took Econometrics I and II before Lin Alg and Math Stat. Also, had an attendence related F for Lin Alg as an undergrad...hoping strong math grades in other classes make up for this
Applying to: Ohio State, Texas, Michigan State, Virginia, Arizona, and Oregon