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I tried to exploit my sex-ambiguous name in my applications, but my LOR writers weren't comfortable using "she." Sigh.

I remember it being fairly vague. Off the top of my head, they had recent placements to Johns Hopkins, Occidental College, U Hawaii, UC Davis Ag (Bren student, though), Montana State... I did, however, have a Nobel Peace Prize laureate tell me that "if" an environmental econ job opened up at Harvard, a UCSB grad "would" be considered. I probably smirked at him.

UCSB is strong in Labor and Experimental/Behavioral, as well as Environmental. UCSB was in my final two last year and I ended up declining. Feel free to shoot me any questions as I've done lots of research on the school, visited, bargained for more cash, etc.

I would think you are a good candidate for some top programs. My uninformed opinion is that you'd be a great match at Caltech. Though, schools like UCSB and Pitt jump out at me as safeties for you with quality behavioral research. UOregon also has a neuroeconomist Bill Harbaugh, Bill Harbaugh Homepage: Economics, Neuroeconomics, Experiments with Children, with some very interesting research going on. I think these are definitely safeties for your profile, though.

Yes. I believe you used the semi-colon correctly.

Not that I'm planning on slacking off in grad school, but I'm curious if overall GPA has an impact/is considered in academic placement. Any thoughts/discussion?

Congratulations.[clap] As Treble mentioned, Adv. Calc seems to be your standard Real Analysis course. Adv. Calc II is an extension into several var calc. If you take those both, I think you'll be very well prepared. I think if you take 597 and perform well it will send a strong signal, but it might not be worth it. And yes, Adcoms will recognize Adv. Calc I as your requisite RA course.

Cha ching.

I'm going to try to avoid the man my entire life. That's what academia's about, right?

I've heard Glenwood South is the restaurant/bar area in Raleigh, and I've heard its fairly decent--not sure if it's my scene though. I think it might have more club-type venues if you're into that. Carrboro sounds more my speed. About how much are you going to be paying in rent, treble? If you don't mind me asking... I was also told that the movie "Bull Durham" Bull Durham (1988) is a must see prior to moving to the Triangle.

Woot woot! Welcome to the club.

I think this is the sign I've been waiting for: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/us/07fire.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=santa%20barbara&st=cse

I think you'll be alright. From what I've gathered, as long as your new school has your final transcript from your undergrad by the end of the first term/semester/quarter, you're fine. Also, your transcript (that you include with your application) will have an expected graduation date on it, I would presume.

who cares?

I like this. Environmental Econ: 1.) Berkeley ARE 1.) Maryland ARE 3.) Harvard 4.) Davis ARE 5.) UCSB 5.) NCSU

Lucky. For some reason, I have an exam and a paper due on Monday. Nothing like dragging it out as long as possible...

Oi. I know. So much trade theory. I'm fighting swine flu, too...

Congrats/condolences, my man. You're aces with these MA/MS programs. I take it UNCG is sitting on top with the assistantship, so far? It's been super quiet in here lately... I miss you guys.

http://www.www.urch.com/forums/attachments/phd-economics/5291d1210784553-new-rank-economics-grijalvanowell.pdf Although the ranking data in this paper has been attacked fairly heavily, there's a category "average Ph.D. graduates 2002-2007" for all of the US doctoral granting institutions. No ARE, Business, Finance or PubPolicy programs included, just pure econ. This ranking is my personal favorite for fairly obvious reasons... It seems that outside the top 15-20, average Ph.D.s granted/yr falls between 3-12ish, roughly. I bet someone could add em all up...

I think you'd be solid outside of the top 30. You're fairly prolific in math courses for that range of schools. Someone would be sure to fund you. Get your overall GPA up, ace some upper level econ classes (take some grad classes, if possible), smoke the GRE, and I think you could be competitive within the 20-30 range. But that just my opinion. Oh, and start thinking of a good story to explain the F's...

I thought I remembered it being somewhere around 25-30% for econ phd bound students... And for the top 20, yes, I'd believe that 800 is the median, but for the "median quant score for those accepted into Ph.D. programs"--I'm not sure. Thus, show me a citation to support either one, and I'd be satisfied :) I also agree that an MA will not help your GRE score..

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Very nice 500th post. Congrats on the assistantship! I'd be excited for that trip to Fort Collins--sounds like an awesome place. ...and yes, of course, viva NCSU!

Yeah. The faculty at NCSU are right up my alley. I didn't factor in the swine flu -- good thinking. :p

Haha. I knew I was going to regret turning down UCSB. On the same token, I knew I was going to regret turning down NCSU, had I chosen UCSB. I loved both programs, and since I'm slowly realizing that I can't attend both, it's becoming all I can think about. Haha, it's kinda stressing me out.