nogaaal

No, I'm not from china, :) I'm from Korea actually. Thanks for the school recommendation, and which schools do you think I stand a chancemof getting admission? And I sent a private note, regarding my name :)

Type of Undergrad: BA from the nation's leading department in east Asian country Undergrad GPA: 3.73/4.3 with 1 semester abroad in UCB GRE: 170 Q, 163 V, 3.5 AWA(first time, not sure if I should take it again, because of the low AWA score, and not confident if I would get a score above 4 even if I prepare more) Math Courses: Calculus 1 (A) Calculus 2 (A) (covered all the way to the multivariable calculus including Green’s and Stokes theorems), Intro Linear Algebra (A+). Linear Algebra 1 (B+), Linear Algebra 2 (A-), Modern Algebra (A), Abstract Algebra 1 (A+), Real Analysis(planning to take in fall semester, hoping for A) Econ Courses: Intro Micro (A+), Intro Macro (B+) , Stats for Econ(A-), Math for Econ(A-), Intermediate Micro (A), Intermediate Macro (B-), Public Finance (B-) Industrial organization (A+), Econometrics (A), Intl' Econ (A), Game Theory (A), will take Econ history this fall. Econ Graduate Courses: Micro (A-), IO (A-), took two graduate courses while studying abroad in UCB(Econ theory B (A-, covering General Equ. Theory and Info. Econ). Advanced Game Theory(A-, covering topics in Dynamic Programming), will take Advanced micro this fall. Other Courses: Nothing worth mentioning. Letters of Recommendation: Two letters from professors in UCB, from whom I took grad courses, epecting two letters from home institution. Expecting good words but not an excellent one. Research Experience: Not much yet. Will do a research with prof. in Game theory Teaching Experience: N/A Research Interests: Micro theory, Game theory, Industrial Organization. Little into Behavioral Econ SOP: Haven't written yet, but will be able to show some strong interest on game theory. Other: Overall, I know I'm not really prepared for the econ Phd. yet. I used to be a geography major and have changed it after attending college for three years. So the grades for the first two years of college have not been good, and I haven't taken many math courses(didn't even take the Diff. Equ. yet.) But I just wanted to see how much I can get from this year. If I don't get any admission this year, I will probably study two more years for MA in my school, hopefully getting good grad school GPA and better Letters of Recommendation. However, during my semester abroad in Berkeley, I competed with other Econ Phd. students and performed pretty well(ranked 5th out of 60 students in midterm), which I am sure will be mentioned in my letters of recommendation. My brother is studying in Caltech and my cousin is in Stanford, both pursuing Phd in engineering, so I will probably apply for the schools in California a lot(Stanford, Caltech, UCB, UCLA, UCSD), and since my passion's in Micro theory, I will also apply to NYU (please don't laugh, I know they are a long shot). It would be really nice if you people could recommend other nice schools I stand a chance of getting in. Thank you for reading and hope to get some helpful comments from you. Wish the best for all of you who's reading:)