ascave01

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: B.S. Economics from US Mid-level University (no Ph.D. program), top 20 business school Undergrad GPA: 3.85 overall (4.0 econ) Type of Grad: M.Sc. Economics from Top 5 UK school Grad GPA: British Grading System...Ended up with a Good Ph.D. Pass (2:1) GRE: Q:750 V:540 AWA: 4.5, 1st try and didn't have much time to study for it. Math Courses: Calculus I-II (A, A), Statistics (A-), Linear Algebra (Audit), Maths and Stats Camp (Pass, it was a pass/fail course) Econ Courses (grad-level): Micro I, Micro II (Both used Mas-Collel's textbook), Macro I (Used Romer/Walsh/Acemoglu texts), Macro II (consumption and investment theory, no set text), Econometrics I, Econometrics II (Both used Verbeek, Greene, and a few others), Advanced Econometrics (Used Hayashi's textbook), Experimental Economics, Economic Thought. Basically covers the same topics as a first year US Ph.D. program...plus a few electives. I received mostly Ph.D. passes, one distinction, and a couple high M.Sc. passes. Most professors in my program did not give out distinction grades, or if they did they only gave out 1 or 2 per class, which is why I did not bother listing letter grades (which are not directly comparable to US grades). Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Principles of Micro/Macro (A, A), Intermediate Micro/Macro (A, A), Econometrics (A), and a few more electives that I received A's in. Other Courses: Some undergrad finance, management, information systems, english literature classes (mostly A's) Letters of Recommendation: Ph.D. LSE - Professor I had for 3 consecutive semesters for graduate econometrics. I did quite well in his courses and had a significant amount of interaction with him in classes/labs throughout the program. Ph.D. UPenn - Professor I had for 2 undergrad classes, plus I worked as a research assistant/teaching assistant for her over multiple semesters. Ph.D. MIT - He was my advisor during graduate school, and I received a distinction grade in his course. Research Experience: RA during undergrad for a couple semesters researching labor economics. RA for a British economic think tank for one semester. Graduate Econometrics class project that received a distinction grade. Master's dissertation with a heavy emphasis on econometrics. Teaching Experience: TA for intermediate micro during undergrad. Tutoring for Principles Micro/Macro during undergrad. Research Interests: Monetary Economics, Time Series Econometrics, Panel Data Econometrics... SOP: Should be fairly standard.. Concerns: I didn't take quite enough math classes during my undergraduate degree (i.e. diff equations, real analysis, etc...) since I did not plan on attending grad school at the time. However, I am a fast learner and taught myself diff equations the summer before my graduate school. I'm hoping my performance in the M.Sc. degree outweighs my lack of advanced math classes and mediocre Quant score. Other: Applying to: Boston College, Rutgers, Emory, UNC - Chapel Hill, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, Virginia, John Hopkins