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Type of Undergrad: Unknown International Undergrad GPA: about 3.3- Extremely non-standard way of calculating. Type of Grad: MA US (un ranked with PhD)-currently in PhD. Grad GPA:3.9 GRE: V: 157, Q: 159, A: 4.5 Math Courses: Calc sequence with ODE (A, B), Basic Statistics (A), Probability (B). US Ivy: Analysis-I (B+), Analysis-II (A-), Linear Algebra (A), Analysis and optimization (A), Mathematical Stats (grad) (spring 2013) Econ Courses (grad-level): Macro(A-), Micro (A), Metrics (B+), plenty more in PhD program. Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Usual. Other Courses: Letters of Recommendation: 1 Columbia, 1 JHU and 1 UCSC grad. All know me very well Research Experience: Undergrad thesis-average Teaching Experience: 2 years-teaching undergrad econ. Research Interests: International, public and political economy SOP: general. Concerns: the whole profile!!! Other: Applying to: Upitt (Reject), Notre dame (Reject), Maryland, UIUC (implicit rej.), UCSC (Accept-N0 $= reject), UVA (implicit rej.), Penn state, Rutgers, Syracuse, G-town (implicit rej.), BU.

Institution: UCSC Program: Econ PhD Decision: Accept Funding: No! What??? Notification date: 3/4/13 Notified through: email Posted on GC: No Comments: No funding. A perfect Thanks but no thanks situation.

Institution: Pitt Program: PhD Econ Decision: Reject Funding: Yeah Sure! Notification date: 02/26/13 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: no Comments: Twice Now!

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S=k/T, where k is a constant. If we increase S by 50%, we shall have to decrease T by 100/3%. How?

Hi All, apart from few other minor hitches, which I managed to overcome, has any body noticed that by assuming approx. 99.9% values in mean and 2 (S.D.) ETS GRE quant prep. document is giving wrong answers to normal distribution questions, in contrast to widely held 68, 95, 99.7 rule of normal distribution. Which rule should I opt for in answering on GRE test??

thank you for your suggestions. No, I have not converted my grades-they are as printed on my transcripts and are US equivalent. Courses beyond Calc--III in Maths are from an Ivy school. Econ courses are all PhD courses (US University). LORs: 1 very strong (Columbia PhD-director Grad studies), 1 Strong (JHU), 1 medium (Iowa). In your view, I need some more maths courses or is it the grades in existing courses that keeps me out of top 50? Thank you once again.

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: International (Unknown) Undergrad GPA: 3.4 (Among top 10% of the class) Type of Grad: Unranked US School Grad GPA: 3.9 GRE: Q:740, (retaking this month) Math Courses: Calculus-II (A-), Calculus-III (B+), Intro. Statistics (B+), Linear Alg. (A), Mathematical Analysis-I (B+), Mathematical Analysis-II (A-), Optimization (A), Grad. Mathematical Statistics (P), Numerical Analysis (spring 2013) Econ Courses: Mathematical Econ (A), Econometrics (B+), Macro (A-), Micro (A-), International trade, finance, game theory, monetary (all Grad + all A). Other Courses: Java Programming (spring 2013) Letters of Recommendation: 1 JHU, 1 Iowa, 1 UCSD, 1 Columbia. Research Experience: Nothing remarkable Teaching Experience: Plenty. Teaching in Asia, teaching undergraduate macro in US Uni with unranked PhD program- (3- semesters), tutor for calculus and statistics. Research Interests: International, Political, Monetary SOP: Other: Applying: Chicago, Columbia, NYU, Washington, Georgetown, Iowa, Maryland, Rutgers, UIUC, CMU, Boston, JHU, Cornell, Penn state, Syracuse, UC-Irvine, Virginia, UCSC, Purdue, SUNY Albany. Kindly help me shortlist max. 10 out of the list above. Or recommend dat have higher probability of accepting me.

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: International (Unknown) Undergrad GPA: 3.4 (Among top 10% of the class) Type of Grad: Unranked US School Grad GPA: 3.9 GRE: Q:740, (retaking this month) Math Courses: Calculus-II (A-), Calculus-III (B+), Intro. Statistics (B+), Linear Alg. (A), Mathematical Analysis-I (B+), Mathematical Analysis-II (A-), Optimization (A), Grad. Mathematical Statistics (A-), Numerical Analysis (spring 2013) Econ Courses: Mathematical Econ (A), Econometrics (B+), Macro (A-), Micro (A-), International trade, finance, game theory, monetary (all Grad + all A). Other Courses: Java Programming (spring 2013) Letters of Recommendation: 1 JHU, 1 Iowa, 1 UCSD, 1 Columbia. Research Experience: Nothing remarkable Teaching Experience: Plenty. Teaching in Asia, teaching undergraduate macro in US Uni with unranked PhD program- (3- semesters), tutor for calculus and statistics. Research Interests: International, Political, Monetary SOP: Other: Applying: Chicago, Columbia, NYU, Washington, Georgetown, Iowa, Maryland, Rutgers, UIUC, CMU, Boston, JHU, Cornell, Penn state, Syracuse, UC-Irvine, Virginia, UCSC, Purdue, SUNY Albany. Kindly help me shortlist max. 10 out of the list above. Or recommend dat have higher probability of accepting me.

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: International (Unknown) Undergrad GPA: 3.4 (Among top 10% of the class) Type of Grad: Unranked US School Grad GPA: 3.9 GRE: Q:740, (retaking this month) Math Courses: Calculus-II (A-), Calculus-III (B+), Intro. Statistics (B+), Linear Alg. (A), Mathematical Analysis-I (B+), Mathematical Analysis-II (A-), Optimization (A), Grad. Mathematical Statistics (A-), Numerical Analysis (spring 2013) Econ Courses: Mathematical Econ (A), Econometrics (B+), Macro (A-), Micro (A-), International trade, finance, game theory, monetary (all Grad + all A). Other Courses: Java Programming (spring 2013) Letters of Recommendation: 1 JHU, 1 Iowa, 1 UCSD, 1 Columbia. Research Experience: Nothing remarkable Teaching Experience: Plenty. Teaching in Asia, teaching undergraduate macro in US Uni with unranked PhD program- (3- semesters), tutor for calculus and statistics. Research Interests: International, Political, Monetary SOP: Other: Applying: Chicago, Columbia, NYU, Washington, Georgetown, Iowa, Maryland, Rutgers, UIUC, CMU, Boston, JHU, Cornell, Penn state, Syracuse, UC-Irvine, Virginia, UCSC, Purdue, SUNY Albany. Kindly help me shortlist max. 10 out of the list above. Or recommend dat have higher probability of accepting me.

So if we take GRE before the application deadline, and report un-official GRE scores on the application. But Schools receive the GRE record after the deadline-Would they still consider GRE score to be the part of application?

Thank you for the comments. Just wondering, where do we get the course titled "Multivbl. Calc." that teaches something higher than Stewart's? Comments about Calc. requirements have made my 5th option kind of equivalent to 1st, so yes, now it really is like optimizing on a flat surface :). But isnt acing ODE a signal that I know calc? Or a subject like Optimization hints that I know a little more than Stwart's text book? I have been working on a premise that taking advanced courses relieves you from the pain of opting for the basic ones. M I that Wrong?

The very fact that people can point out 1 or 2 cases who got admission in top schools without RA is a testimony to this being an exception, NOT a rule. I recommend, play safe and don,t be the part of statistics-better or worse :).

Now that the Fall '12 is about to begin, and I shall send my PhD Econ applications for 2013 ...I have to decide about which mathematics courses should I take this semester (Clearly, I intend to send my Fall'12 transcript to the schools I apply). I have to choose between: 1: Topology 2: ODE 3: Intro to algebra I 4: Numerical methods 5: Multivariable Calculus Courses are ranked according to their signaling importance for PhD admission ( in my personal opinion). So if I have ranked them, WHY do I not pick up 1? because I have taken: Real Analysis-I (B+) which incidentally covered around 50% of Topology course (Point set topology) and the other half was Algebraic Topology ( I don't know much about it!! Using Munkers). Yes, B+ in Real Analysis-I is a huge temptation towards taking Topology, but is it Justified? I have never taken Calculus sequence, (At least not under the title Calculus). This tempts me to add a course in Multivbl calc. on my transcript-(minimal effort required and can concentrate on PhD applications). I have Linear algebra (A), Analysis and optimization (A : developing extensively on multivbl. calc), Real Analysis -II (A- : Hasnt got much to do with economics by the way), and Mathematical Statistics (A) under my belt. Kindly suggest the optimal strategy in your view.

Yes! for admission process, baby Rudin is for sure the minimum requirement in top 20ish schools. other courses include functional analysis, complex analysis...etc.