Profile Evaluation and Advice: Economics Ph.D. Admissions, Fall 2021

[forecon28]

Dear all,

 

I am posting below a brief information on various aspects of my profile.

 

I am looking for an evaluation and sources for improvement. Any schools in particular I should target? What ranking bracket should I be targeting?

 

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Degrees

 

 

 

1. Undergraduate: B.A.(Hons.) Economics from the top Indian University. [Grade: top 50 in the University/85.7%]
   
2. Postgraduate: M.A. Economics from the top Indian school. [Grade: First class/First division]
   

 

GRE

 

168Q/162V/4.5

 

Courses

 

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[TD]Level[/TD]

[TD]Course Type[/TD]

[TD]Number of Courses[/TD]

[TD]Score[/TD]

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[TR]

[TD]Undergraduate[/TD]

[TD]Calculus[/TD]

[TD]3[/TD]

[TD]More than 90/100 on each[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Undergraduate[/TD]

[TD]Linear Algebra[/TD]

[TD]3[/TD]

[TD]More than 90/100 on each[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Undergraduate[/TD]

[TD]Advanced Micro[/TD]

[TD]3[/TD]

[TD]More than 90/100 on each[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Undergraduate[/TD]

[TD]Advanced Macro[/TD]

[TD]2[/TD]

[TD]More than 90/100 on each[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Undergraduate[/TD]

[TD]Econometrics/Statistics[/TD]

[TD]3[/TD]

[TD]More than 95/100 on each[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Master's[/TD]

[TD]Calculus/Linear Algebra[/TD]

[TD]2[/TD]

[TD]More than 60/100 on each[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Master's[/TD]

[TD]Advanced Micro[/TD]

[TD]5[/TD]

[TD]More than 70/100 on each[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Master's[/TD]

[TD]Advanced Macro[/TD]

[TD]2[/TD]

[TD]More than 60/100 on each[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Master's[/TD]

[TD]Statistics/Econometrics[/TD]

[TD]3[/TD]

[TD]More than 70/100 on each[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

 

Research experience

 

 

• RA: 2 years at a business school on projects related to political economy, finance, and development.
  
• RA: 6 months+ at a foreign university on a project related to political economy.
  
• One solo authored working paper on environmental economics and development. One solo authored working paper on political economy and finance.
  
• Two ongoing projects on environmental economics and development.
  

 

 

Recommendation Letters

 

 

• One each from the two PIs I have RA'ed for. Expect them to be strong.
  
• One from the master's program. Expect it to be between average and strong.
  

 

 

Other Information

 

 

• Good programming skills. Highly proficient in STATA, R, GIS,HTML. Working knowledge of Python.
  
• Ability to identify gaps in the literature and come up with novel research questions.
  
• Can work independently.
  

 

 

Thanks a lot!

:)

[dogbones]

This is a very strong profile! Is more than 60/100 seen as a good grade? Not sure how it commutes to gpa. You are strong in coursework and research, so I think you can be aiming definitely for top 15, maybe even a top 10, but maybe include some top 30-40 for good measure as we don’t know how things will turn out with the Covid-related admissions intake this cycle.