blackpixie

:tup:: U. Texas-Austin, Duke, British Columbia :rolleyes:: NYU :crazy:: Yale, Princeton, MIT, Columbia, Berkeley Still waiting: Cornell, Boston U, Chicago GRE 800Q/530V/5.5A, UGPA 3.9 from Mexico, 1 paper, 2 conferences. Existencial angst: To the top.

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Economics at top 3 private university Undergrad GPA: 3.9/4 both general, math and economics Type of Grad: Economics and public policy at same top 3 private university Grad GPA: Also 3.9/4 GRE: 800Q/530V/5.5A Math Courses: Everything but real analysis :( Econ Courses: industrial org, game theory, dynamic macro, development ec. Other Courses: Letters of Recommendation: 3 researchers i assisted/co-wrote with them Research Experience: 1 published article, 3 under editorial review Teaching Experience: 1 semester TA macroeconomic theory Research Interests: monetary policy / industrial org. SOP: long long long... Other: Girl from LatinAmerican country RESULTS: Acceptances: none yet Waitlists: none yet Rejections: thank god none yet :rolleyes: Pending: NYU, Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Berkeley, Duke, British Columbia, Austin, Boston U, MIT, Princeton, Cornell, Chicago What would you have done differently? Saved a lot more money to pay for the applications :( In some other forums I've seen a lot of Cornell rejects, all of them foreigners, does anybody know anything about that?