PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Top 30~40 public school in U.S / Econ top 30 grad school
Undergrad GPA: 3.82 / 4.0 (applying when senior fall quarter
Type of Grad: N/A
Grad GPA:N/A
GRE: math 800 / verbal 530 / writing 3.5
Math Courses: Calculus(A/A/A-), Linear algebra(A-), elementary stat(A), probability theory(A-), Advanced calculus(Intro. analysis) A / will taking real analysis1(fall), differential equation(fall) / have a plan to take real analysis 2(winter), mathematics stat(winter)
Econ Courses: econ principle 1,2 (A+/A+) / intermediate micro / macro (A/A), labor econ(A), international macro(A-), money and banking(A-), macro econ theory(A), development econ(A-), econ data analysis(A), international economy(B-), political economics(A+), environment and resource econ(A), econometrics(A), grad micro econ (fall), international micro(fall)
Other Courses: honors thesis 1,2 (fall /winter)
Letters of Recommendation: 1. Econ Grad chair, Yale ph.d IDEAS ranking 4%, my main advisor, will be very strong, did his TA for two quarters / 2.Econ berkeley phd, IDEAS 3%, honors study advisor and did his class and got A, will be very strong / 3. Wisconsin econ ph.d/ ARE grad chair, will be very strong, he knows my history well / 4. MIT ph.d econ / IDEAS ranking 1%, not sure his power of recommendation for me, I am not sure.
Research Experience: In ARE major, data analysis work, paid RA for 4 months under two other professors, doing honors thesis for 2 quarters.
Teaching Experience: International econ tutor for 2 quarters
Research Interests: Applied micro, development, education, immigration, health.
SOP: Not yet, hope to focus on each programs
Others : published thesis about G20 in one of the Asian country but I am not sure how powerful it is.
Concern: I will apply to around 20 schools on the tier of 10~25 and some ARE programs. But really worried about my math is just satisfying the minimum, not great.
And my GRE verbal and writing is not good. My dream school is BU, Maryland, Columbia, Wisconsin, UCLA. But I don't know well whether I can get into any program among them. My expectation of letters is very high. Any advice will be very helpful !! =)