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  1. I think most universities do have statistics about their incoming classes from previous years, don't know how often they update them though
  2. Yes but still only 2 women is really low taking into account that currently, 36% of students enrolled in Econ PhD are women. Also, the number of internationals is high because a little less than 50% of currently enrolled students are American. So i guess this is an odd result. I have no idea how large the previous classes were.
  3. Duke: 15 people total, 2 american and 13 international from 10 different countries, 2 women (including me) and 13 men
  4. PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: B.A. Economics, Latin American University Undergrad GPA: 3.9 cumulative, 3.9 Econ, 4.0 Math Type of Grad: M.A. Economics, same university as undergrad Grad GPA: 3.7 GRE: 800Q, 560V, 4.0AW Math Courses: CalcI (A+), CalcII(A+), Linear Algebra (A), Probability (A), Statistics (A+), Numerical Methods (A+) Econ Courses (grad-level): Microeconomics I (A) Microeconomics II (A) Macroeconomics I (A) Macroeconomics II (A) Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Microeconomics (A+,A,A) Macroeconomics (A,B+,A), Econometrics (B+, A), Finance (A+,A+) Other Courses: Statistics packages (A+) Letters of Recommendation: 1 UCLA PhD, 1 LSE PhD, 1 Minnesota PhD, 1 T&A M.A. (head of the economics department) Research Experience: RA in research center, currently research analyst in governmental institution Teaching Experience: TA of Microeconomics II (Undergrad) for 3 years, TA of Econometrics II, TA of Microeconomics I and II (graduate level), currently part-time teacher Mathematics for Economists Research Interests: micro theory, applied micro, IO, game theory SOP: Standard Concerns: LORs and the fact that my university is not that known RESULTS: Acceptances: Duke, Maryland, BU, Toulouse M2 Waitlists: Brown Rejections: NYU, Northwestern, Minnesota, UCSD, Carnegie Mellon, CalTech, Cornell, UPenn Attending: Duke Comments: If i had known I wanted this from the start that I wanted a PhD, I would've taken many more math courses in a university close to mine. I actually enjoy math but my university didn't offer RA until last year when I was out. That said, I probably would've applied to a more well known masters, however the students that are coming out of my program now know that they can get into a top 20 US school so that makes me happy.
  5. Ummm i know someone from my country who went to ITAM and then applied this year and got into Princeton, Northwestern, Stanford, etc. I also have a friend at CEMFI but he has a different field of interest, more aligned with CEMFI's. In any case, if you haven't taken those math courses, i'd go to ITAM.
  6. @lucia, what is happening to our country is terrible and the feeling of frustration is unbearable. give your bf my most sincere congratulations.
  7. @thewhiterabbit & @riskaverse: thanks! i guess i'll see how it goes
  8. Institution: UCSD Program: Economics Ph.D. Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 04/02/2011 Notified through: e-mail Posted on GC: no Comments: finally!
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