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  1. Institution: UIUC Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: Fellowship year 1, TAship years 2-5 Notification Date: 03/23/2011 Notified through: E-mail with acceptance letter attached Posted on GC: No Comments: Awesome. I was really hoping to get into this program. Very very happy!!! :D
  2. Same here. Waiting on: BU, BC, Georgetown, Syracuse, GWU, UIUC and Pitt. They love to take their time while I obsess!!! :(
  3. asquare is right. the areg command would solve your problem. It does not need to generate the thousands of dummy variables you need but still controls for FE. i had the same problem a while back and this worked well. let us know if you were able to do it.
  4. thanks! i do know the professor a WUSTL that you mention. I did some RA work for him, but am uncertain about asking him for a LOR since we know each other only somewhat and I've read around the forum that lukewarm letters are quite damaging... by the way, I still have not received the official results for my first GRE. I wonder if it's just that there's delays due to everyone taking the test now or if heaven help it...somehow my blip got erased!!! I wish it was the latter, but am more than sure that it's just an ETS thing...
  5. Wow, enginecon, I am amazed at your attention to detail...I have added UTDT (Di Tella) and the Mexican School to the pool of school which merit my consideration and application. In other news, I retook the GRE today, nothing brilliant, but I think enough. Q=760, V=510 and AWA Awaiting. I was reading previous threads and some people comment that if you have a good background, lots of research experience (i mean published research) and good LORs then the 760 does not look terrible. I do not wish to retake since my selection of schools would range from the top 20 until lower ranks. For instance, another ex alumni of La Plata got the same Quant score and similar research experience than my own and got into U-Texas (Austin) with funding. So, I'm assuming that once you get your foot in the door, it's the LORs and math and econ background which weighs the most... Any contributions are welcome! Thanks in advance Is there still a glimmer of hope?
  6. Thanks guys! You've been a great deal of help! @enginecon: i will look into the sticky posts and other important information which is around the forum. it's a lifesaver! I know, it sucks that La Plata is not that well known, but we're working on that. I will retake my GRE and see how that goes. All in all, I greatly appreciate the help...to say it has been enlightening is not doing it justice :)
  7. Thanks guys! I am really unaware of some of the programs real standings. Sometimes you just focus on rankings from different sources and you end up placing schools out of place. To answer in general terms, the tiers are more in order of my preference than detailed comparison (hence the classification errors), and i appreciate you guys pointing that out! it helps me a lot! Anyways, another point has been brought to mind by another advisor and mentioned by BigPink, which is pursuing ARE programs or public policy. The other option I was presented with is applying to a Master's program in the US to strengthen my profile and in a couple of years apply to the PhD. Does anyone know of someone who pursued this course of action? I would looooove to get into a PhD program directly, but am aware of my limitations.
  8. Hi engineecon, thanks for the response! Let me answer your queries as best i can. First, the Argentina Uni. It would be the third option (otra): Universidad Nacional de la Plata Second, Yes, I converted my GPA to the US scale. Third, yes, i would be looking for financial support Fourth, for the tiers I used the econphd ranking in Labor and Consumer Economics (since this is my primary field of interest). Finally, I was told by my advisor that Europe and Canada could also be good fits. For instance, there are interesting programs at UCL, Pomepu Fabra and the Paris School of Economics. Do you have any other recommendations? Thanks again!
  9. Thanks for the feedback! I will definitely try to include those schools (I am set to speak with my advisor to determine the final set after the revenge of the GRE). All comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
  10. Hello all! This is my first post (and I hope it's not my last), since there is a great deal of helpful knowledge floating about and I hope to be able to contribute as the application process moves forward. I am currently preparing my applications for a econ PhD and was wondering whether I could get opinions on my profile. Honesty is most welcome and any help you guys can give me will really help. Thanks in advance to those who took the time :) Type of UG: Latin American Public University (Honduras), BSc in Economics. GPA: 4.0. Honor student for 3 years in a row. Distinction on Undergraduate Thesis. Math courses in UG: Two semesters of Algebra (including Linear Algebra), Calculus I and II (including differential equations). Type of PG: Latin American University (Argentina). MA in Economics (Specialized in Labor Economics and Development), GPA: 3.8. Some of the courses: Real Analysis, Advanced Micro (using Mas-Colell), Econometrics I and Topics in Econometrics. Labor Econ I and II, Program evaluation. Program was not particularly strong in Macro. Research: Junior researcher at a distinguished Latin American think tank for the last three years, which specializes on development, poverty, inequality and labor studies. Have published several working papers in the econ department and for international development agencies, one chapter in a book (WB-funded) and have two articles in submission process (one with no co-authors). Teaching: Served as undergrad TA in my UG program for two years in Mathematical Economics and Econometrics. Currently a TA in the Master's Program from which I graduated (Labor Econ I). Standardized tests: GRE: Tanked first attempt, retaking Dec 1. (Q=700, V=520, AWA=awaiting) TOEFL: Taking tomorrow morning (more confident for this one) LORs: All academics. One from a Princeton alumni, very well-known researcher in Latin America. Another from a LSE alumni, also relatively well-known in the region. Other possibilities: Alumni from Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Boston University and Oxford. My idea was to attend a mid-level program which is strong in Micro (or applied micro) and Labor econ. Due to the poor GRE first attempt, I was trying to find alternate (lower ranked) programs as a safety. However, I am pretty sure I can raise my GRE score (had terrible anxiety during test) and bombed it. Maybe I am being overtly pessimistic and was wondering whether I may apply to higher ranked schools assuming I improve my quantitative score. I arranged the programs which interest me into tiers (according to the econphd.net rankings): Tier 1: Cornell, Michigan-Ann Arbor, Johns Hopkins, U of Maryland Tier 2: Carnegie-Mellon, Syracuse, Boston College, Georgetown, University of Virginia, American U, UC Davis Tier 3: George Washington University, Rutgers, Purdue Do any of you think I might be reaching too high on some of these? Do you also have any other school in mind which I have not considered? I believe that in general, my profile is not too shabby. However, I still have that GRE itch which I need to remedy. What do you guys think? Do I have a shot? Many thanks in advance!!! -I hate GREs
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