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  1. This is a NO BRAINER. Go to FSU. It is not even like Indiana has good placements to begin with to be honest. If this was top 20 versus FSU, then maybe this would be a discussion (although as pointed above, if i were you i would go see about a lady). You are really underestimating how ****** the job market is for everybody outside the top 20. Whether an institution is ranked 30, 40, or 60, a good placement is just as hard to find. So follow your loved one and don't look back. Somethings are more important than "placements".
  2. I haven't posted in here in a long time, but i feel i may need to chime in here. Are you really taking the average of a rank?? You do know that when they are using the weighted formula (regardless of it being 50/50 or not), they are averaging scores not ranks. So for your proposed method to make any sense you need to be multiplying score in 2013 ranking* 2 minus score in 2009 rankings. Then you can get a 2013 score (but even that would be off due to rounding errors and you not knowing if weighting was 50/50). So if USC was 2.6 last ranking, then became 2.7 in new rankings. Effectively, its 2013 score would be 2.8 and you could somehow calculate its ranking by doing the same to all other schools and ordering them by 2013 scores. After getting that new effective 2013 score, only then can you re-rank all schools by new scores.
  3. Trust me .get off this board and go have fun before hell begins . Enjoy your last months as much as you can
  4. Depends on a given year, but it is worse than most.. If anyone needs extra details just pm me.
  5. I don't understand what is so perplexing about these placements. Seems like the norm for a school like cornell.
  6. IDEAS is not a reliable ranking. A lot of professors are not even registered, so their influence is not counted in that "ranking". In fact you can even check who at minessota is registered versus those in madison or ucla.
  7. I think you still stand a good chance with schools in the top 25-50 especially if the LOR writers at your formal schools will be as cooperative as you say. I'm just curious about one thing though, how did you get to finish your field courses yet fail the macro comp. Aren't comps done before the second year at your school. Or did they give you a third try in the second year?
  8. General tip: Just say you want to work in academia (doesn't matter if it is true or not). Also most programs have a word limit or page limit. Try to stick to one page (Although mine was 1.5 pages long). But i think anything more than 1.5 is overkill.
  9. Hmmm well i really don't know. I know that European programs don't focus on specific math classes. I'm not sure about the Canadians. At any rate, LA is still a very good class to take in preparation for your metrics classes and in most grad classes. If funding is not an issue, i think you should shoot for the UK: LSE and UCL. Also cambridge and oxford have some big overall names (although they are not particularly the best in econ). IF funding is an issue then stick to the Canadian big three (ubc, uoft, Queen's) as well as the top Europeans who usually fund (Toulouse, UPF, Tilburg, Tinbergen, Carlos3 Madrid....)
  10. 3.7 gpa from duke? I don't see why you will have trouble getting into any masters program. Even the best of masters programs require only a 3.5+. This isn't like phd admissions where things are extremely competitive and random
  11. I think you have a huge chance in the 20-50 range. But i am not sure about the top 20 as those schools look for the slightest excuse to throw away your application (ugrad Gpa being your Achilles' heal). Having said that, apply to a few of the top 20s that have bigger classes and who can afford to take chances (i.e Wisconsin madison, Michigan, UCLA, etc...). Other than that i would concentrate on the 20-40 zone with a few safeties in the 40-50 zone. I would use that USNEWS rankings as a good gauge. I think good schools in your range include (but are not limited to): UT-Austin ( really good in macro), Michigan state (really good in metrics), Virginia, University of Washinton (another good metrics school), ASU (another good macro school), University of Arizona (imo a program on the rise and easier than most top 40s to get into), UCSB (really good in environmental and experimental if you are interested in those), Texas A&M (good metrics and theory school), Rice, and Maybe add 2 safeties in the 50ish zone just in case things don't work out (NCSU comes to mind, USC, VTech (good theory school especially game theory which could match your interests), Colorado boulder, etc...). I usually don't give names of universities when i give advice, but i thought naming a few universities would help you out, because i was in a similar situation like you (low u grad gpa, high grad gpa with TA, RA, good recs..). The thing you have over me is a lot of math which will be very valuable and which is why i suggested that you try some top 20 schools. Hope some of this helps
  12. Take RA. Looks better on transcript and hard to self-learn. Learn ODEs on your own. It won't even take a week to learn the whole course. ODE is just methods and applications where most methods are very similar.
  13. Actually if i were you, i would go to the website of the schools i am applying to and check their Verbal requirements. A lot of schools have a Verbal min. for funding issues. Also, i don't think you should apply to any UC as they usually above 500V.
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