I am an Indian student, applying in the 2015 admissions cycle. My areas of interest are mainly Applied econ and Microecon
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Engineering, top 10
Undergrad GPA: 8.0/10.0 (absolute grading), I guess this will be around 3.7/4.0 scale
Type of Grad:Economics, one of the top 3 Economics depts in the country
Grad GPA: Not very Good. In the top 30% of my class
GRE: 168Q, 166V, 4.5AWA
Math Courses: Real Analysis, Point set topology, Dynamic Optimization, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, some Measure Theory. All these at the level of first year grad school
Econ Courses (grad-level): Micro I and II, Economic Growth I and II, applied Econometrics, some Mechanism design and Game theory
Econ Courses (undergrad-level):none
Other Courses: I have been part of 2 field experiments during during my Masters. No research paper came out of it, although the supervising profs were very positive.
Letters of Recommendation: 1 each from my game theory, Econ Growth and Maths Prof. Should be moderately to strongly positive. Also, 1 from a Resource Econ prof I am RA-ing under.
Research Experience: One field experiment that was designed and executed as part of a team
Teaching Experience: none
Research Interests: mostly ARE/ Applied Econ/ Applied micro etc
SOP: will try to address how my diverse experience in engineering and economics makes me a string candidate.
Concerns: Below par Grades
Other:
Applying to : ARE at Berkeley, Yale (env and natural resources econ), Uni of Maryland, Uni of Minnesota. Eco PhD at Uni of Cal Davis, UIUC, Boston College.
Also Applying to : Public Policy PhD at Duke, Columbia, UNC, USC, Uni of Michigan Ann Arbor