econdrthrowaway Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) Hello, I'm looking to apply for a PhD Econ or PPOL program this year, and I've whittled down a list of appx. 30 programs for application. Based on my profile, I'd love both a standard 'chances' eval, as well as some recommendations for programs I should absolutely cut from my list (ie. my profile isn't good enough). I plan on sending about 20 applications and want to live in a decently-sized city (350k+ pop, ideally) for my PhD. Undergraduate Degree: BSc in Economics and Political Science, Minor in Math from a mid-ranked US university Undergraduate GPA: > 3.7 Graduate Degree: A one-year MSc in Economics from a T100 university in Europe; beginning in September GRE: 167Q, 165V, 5.5W Math Courses: Calc I-III (all B), Linear Algebra (A), Real Analysis (B+) Econ Courses: Econometrics (A), Intermediate Micro (A-), Intermediate Macro (A), Economic Data Analysis (A-), Game Theory (A), Economics Thesis (A), Law and Economics (A), Business Regulation (A) Rec Letters: Chair of economics dept at my university, active econ research prof, young assistant political science prof; all served as my professors and were on my thesis panel, and the second was the professor who I served an RA term under Research Experience: Served as an RA for my prof, received research certificate from university after a research-intensive course sequence, worked as a research intern for a justice org, and started a policy brief-writing company where I wrote nearly 40 policy briefs Teaching Experience: Been doing private tutoring and teaching at instructional summer camps for three years; will be serving in a school teaching position in the upcoming year Research Interests: Labor, policy, IO Potential Applications Aarhus Auckland Bonn Boston U Bristol Carnegie Mellon Chicago PPOL Copenhagen Emory Goethe Frankfurt Harvard PEG Harvard PPOL Lausanne Libre Bruxelles Ludwig Munich Mannheim Michigan PPOL Minnesota Pompeu Fabra Rochester Sciences Po Stockholm School of Econ Tinbergen Toronto Toulouse UBC USC PPOL Vienna Washington WashU St. Louis Zurich Edited August 11, 2020 by econdrthrowaway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayes Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 At your EU Masters, what are the placements like? If you perform well, you can pretty much expect similar placements of past candidates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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