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PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Top Latinamerican University for Economics Undergrad GPA: 8.6/10 (Honours) Type of Grad: None Grad GPA: None GRE: 165Q, 158V, 4.5W Math Courses: Calc I, II, III, Linear Algebra (A+), Econ for Economists, Probability, Mathematical Statistics. Econ Courses (grad-level): Trade and development, Game theory, Auction theory, Experimental economics Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Several intermediate micro and macro, Several econometrics, public finance, international trade, etc. Other Courses: Several philosophy courses Other: Over a year working as advisor of economics in the public sector. 2 published articles (low ranked journals) Good STATA use. Letters of Recommendation: 1) My boss 2a) Researcher whom I worked for 2b) Profesor of Intl. trade. Research Experience: 1 year research experience (Intl. trade). Teaching Experience: None Research Interests: Development economics, public sector, philosophy and economics SOP: Hard to tell. RESULTS: Acceptances: LSE, UCL, Warwick Waitlists: None Rejections: Harvard (Kennedy), Chicago, Columbia, Georgetown Pending: UBC, UToronto, Wharton Attending: Most likely LSE, but lets wait to hear the other offers. What would you have done differently? Regardless of the requirements to apply to a PhD, I have no doubt that particularly for unrecognized (e.g. out of top 50 international programmes) universities, a good Masters programme can benefit the applicant vastly (in terms of admitance chances).

Any UBC news? People still waiting for decisions?

Anybody still waiting to hearn for Georgetown or Wharton?

I got news from LSE some time ago but not from UCL. I also applied before Deccember.

What Kennedy programme?

Think about it this way. You havn't been rejected yet. Best of lucks!

Waiting too. Hoping for good news but you never know. Good luck!

Excuse my ingorance, but whats the number next to "ECONOMICS", "FINANCE", etc? How to interpret it? Thanks

Don't know about the odds. LSE is a pretty damn good university for social sciences in general. Its tough to get in. Regarding other Masters programmes, check UToronto, UBC, Stockholm and Warwick too, for example. There are others.. Good luck

Congrats on that. Hope you find the funding! Great school! My advise is that if you know which ones you do not want to go you withdraw so people on the waitlists get a chance before flyouts. Good luck with everything

So far 2 acceptances, 2 rejections but havent heard from 9 universities!! How to read that?

Has anyone heard anything from Harvard's PhD in Political Economy and Government?

So far, from my experience, that is true. But I do not know for sure.

Has anybody heard of UBC, Georgetown, BU or Wharton (Applied Econ)?

Hahaha cant handle the stress or whats the fuzz. I thought this place was devoted to help others. Pardon my ignorance.

Should I expect to know the admission results for PhD programmes soon (next two weeks maybe?)?

Institution: Warwick Program: MSc Economics Decision: AcceptedNotified through: Email Posted on GC : No Comments: Very excited to hear positive news. Institution: London School of Economics and Political Science Program: MSc Economics and Philosophy Decision: AcceptedNotified through: Email Posted on GC : No Comments: Very happy

From what I have read, I would say, stick to less than 2 pages (normal font size and single spaced).

It can´t hurt. Publishing sends a signal. The signal of being able to write a decent research and then being able to publish it. The more far away the topic is, the lesser the impact. Maybe little but my bet is that it still counts on your favour.

They are all accepted refereed research. Two are written in Spanish (which makes them of low impact) (a) book chapter on development economics. (b) journal article on poly towards alleviating poverty. © The other one (single authored) is written in an English language journal on theoretical economics with an impact factor of 0.14 My main question is: given a relatively good background (several advanced graduate courses in economics and mathematics, one year as research assitant, modestly good GRE scores (Q 165), graduated with honours, having a thesis (one of the published reasearch), and 1.5 years as advisor in economics in the public sector), how does having these researches help? Would my chances of getting accepted in a good PhD department (top 10, top 20) be lower without them? How much lower? Thanks!

I acknowledge that most applicants will not have any published work in any academic journal given that economic publishing can be very tough, particularly for good journals. Therefore, I ask: Does having published research (2 co-written articles and one sinlge authored) help for PhD applications? I understand that it will depend enormously from where it is published. In my personal case, they are published in low ranked journals. Is it worth submitting one to another journal before the application deadlines? Thanks!

Basically my question is if a 1000 word SOP is too long if the University doesn not state a maximum number of words nor a minumum number of words. Which University would it be OK? What should I delete/add? (a) academic background (b) research experience © worl/research experience (d) thesis (topic) (e) why a PhD (f) Why there Thanks!

I guess a partial conclusion would be that having a published research helps. And helps the most whenever it is published in a good journal. However, it usually helps because: (a) It was published. Not everybody publishes something of academic nature without graduate studies (almost regardless of where it was published). (b) It sends a strong signal about your interest in research. Now: What about co-authoring. What is your thought? What about publishing in other areas such as public policy, or finance, for example? :watermelon:

Is it tough to get into a program like this? While probably harder, how tough is it to get to a MA in UoT or UBC? How do you break in? Any advice?

I have heard they are good in econometric too.