Profile Evaluation 2021 fall PhD applications

[hughie]

PROFILE:

Type of Undergrad: Top 2 Canadian University

Undergrad GPA: 3.9/4.0

Type of Grad:

Grad GPA:

GRE: Will take at the end of October

 

Math Courses: Calculus (A), Multivariate Calc (A-), Linear Algebra I & II (A), Differential Equations (A+), Topics in Abstract Math (B+), Probability and Statistics (A+), Real Analysis (A+), Topology (In Progress), Nonlinear Optimization (winter semester), Group theory (Winter Semester)

 

Econ Courses: Intro Micro and Macro (A-,A), Intermediate Micro and Macro (A,A-), Game Theory (A-), Information Economics (A+), Market Design (B+), Econometrics (A+), Behavioral Econ (A), Causal Inference (A), Advanced Macro (A), Financial Econ (In Progress), PhD Micro I (In Progress), IO (winter), Financial Econ 2 (winter)

Other Courses:

Letters of Recommendation: 1.Prof who taught me Game theory, Information econ, and PhD Micro

2.AP who I RA'ed for, for a year

3. I was hoping to ask whoever supervised my thesis but we haven't gotten to that part of the thesis course yet, so I may just ask the professor who is teaching the thesis course

Research Experience: RA for a year, writing thesis, wrote a small theory paper about reputation in Information Econ class not sure if it counts

Teaching Experience: N/A

Research Interests: Micro theory or IO

SOP: Writing it now

Other:

 

Where should I be aiming for?

[dogbones]

What schools are you targeting, broadly speaking? I would say you’d have a strong chance at several top 20 schools, maybe even top 15, but a lot depends on how glowing and helpful the letters are since letters play a huge role at the top schools.