Kindly recommend which Unis. should I apply?
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Below is my profile: I am not sure if I have chances to pursue PhD Econ. in States! Need your expert opinions!
Type of Undergrad: Unknown-International
Undergrad GPA: 3.27 average. 3.70 econ 3.4ish for math (top 5 in class-not mentioned but have open recommendation letter stating my generic rank as top 10%!!!)
Grad: Top 50 ranking (top 5 in econ in Europe)-M.Sc. International Financial Economics
Grad GPA: 3.5(converted, I suppose)- (2:1 degree)
Grad 2: US Uni. not ranked but PhD Econ xists. (MA Econ.)
Grad 2 GPA: 3.9/4.0 (waiting for results, but wont go below it)
PhD Courses: Macroecon (A-), Price Theory (A)
Grad Math Courses: Adv. Econometrics (B+), Linear Algebra I and II (A-), Real Analysis (Fall 2010), Topology (Fall 2010), Calculus II (Spring 2011), Functional Analysis (Spring 2011)
GRE/TOEFL: Min 760 Q- Preparing
Econ Grad Courses: Plenty-Int. Finance (A), Financial Theory (A), Development Econ. (A), global finance (A), International Monetary theory (B ):(,
Letters of Recommendation: I dont know, Should I get all from my US uni-or try other unis too!?
Research Experience: None.Some papers for class. 2 graduate thesis
Teaching Experience: 1 Year (international)- International Financial Markets, Business Statistics, Macroeconomics I.
Research Interests: International Finance, micro foundations of macro.
Statement of Purpose: Kind of life history, a story of struggle towards achievement of a dream.
Applying to: Yale, MIT, Columbia, NYU, Boston, JHU, Cornell, Chicago, Northwestern, UIUC, UCLA, UCSD, UVA, Upitt, UCSB, and safeties as I receive the feed back.
Concerns: Different grading system in Undergrad. (one who stood first had 3.4/4.0 GPA)
Double MA degree???!!!!
I applied to Yale and got rejected this time, P(getting into Uni.X/rejected last year) < P(getting into Uni X applying for the first time)=?
Would courses like Stochastic Calculus in Mathematics be of any Help? What other courses may bolster my application!
If I take a year off (teach!/job) after this grad degree, would that hurt my chances for next year?
What should be my safeties? I feel top 30 is a reach for me!!
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