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I'm currently a senior in the Honors College at a public research university, looking to do a PhD in economics. Type of Undergrad: State university Undergrad GPA: 3.98 Type of Grad: BA: Economics and Applied Math GRE: 162 Q, 165 verbal, 5 Analytical (Percentiles: 83, 95, 95) Economics Coursework: Intro Micro & Macro, Intermediate Micro & Macro, Game Theory, Econometrics, Graduate Microeconomic Theory. (Received As in each course, except B+ in the graduate course). Math Courses: Calculus (1,2,3), Statistics, Introductory Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Introduction to proofs, Advanced Linear Algebra for Applied Math, Mathematical Modelling (As in each course). Currently taking: Scientific computing and numerical analysis, Real analysis. Honors Thesis: Analyzing the effects of different compensation types on employee incentives and long-term company stability in the financial sector Letters of Recommendation: 1. Economics professor with whom I did research (Princeton PhD). 2. Economics professor with whom I took intermediate micro and graduate micro (PhD University of Minnesota), 3. Applied Math professor with whom I have taken 4 classes (PhD Temple University). Research Experience: Financial Macroeconomics (1 semester on political economy effects of QE, 1 summer on systemic risk in the financial sector (resulted in a blog post co-authored with the professor)) Teaching Experience: None Research Interests: Financial macroeconomics, development economics Applying to: Reach: Harvard, UChicago, MIT, Berkeley, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Duke (MA), Oxford (MPhil), Cambridge (MPhil) Non-reach: BU, UCLA 1. What do you think of my choices? Am I in with a good shout for the schools that I've listed? 2. Is it possible that my annoyingly low(ish) Quant score will be compensated by my perfect Math GPA? 3. Any ideas of good schools that I could apply to that might be considered 'safer' than the impossibly difficult universities that I've listed? Please let me know and thank you in advance!

The application opens on Sept 1 but I have to submit it in October due to stipulations of a scholarship I'm applying to. Hence I'd like to get a headstart and so does anyone know what essays the Cambridge MPhil requires or what questions the application asks? Thanks in advance!

I'm and Econ and Applied Math major and I'm debating whether or not to take a graduate course this semester. I'm currently in my 6th semester and am enrolled in a graduate microeconomics course but have a heavy course load. I'm set to apply to Economics programs in the UK and the deadlines occur during my 7th semester (Fall 2014). I have the opportunity to take this same graduate course in the Spring of 2015 (my last semester) but that would mean that the grad course wouldn't be on my transcript and the performance wouldn't be recorded at the time of applying. Is that a significant problem? On the other hand, if I took the grad course this semester, I could also take the next in that graduate series the following semester and have both on my transcript. I seem to have strong recommendations and a 4.0 GPA. Any thoughts? Thank you!

Hmm.. in that sense I've written and been an editor for an independent college newspaper. Or would you say that wouldn't have such a great impact?

Alright, thanks! I'm looking to apply for a scholarship that will cover much of my expenses. My recommenders have received Ph.D.s from Harvard, University of Philadelphia and the University of Minnesota.

Hey, I just wanted to know what the community thought of my chances: I'm a third year student at a state school. PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: BA Math + BA Econ Undergrad GPA: 4.0 GRE: Not yet taken Math Courses: Calc II (A), Multivariate Calc (A), Linear Algebra (A), Differential Equations (A), Proofs (A), Stats and Probability (A), Advanced Applied Linear Algebra (Pending) (Will be taking Math Modelling, Applied Stats, Numerical Analysis and maybe intro to real analysis) Econ Courses (grad-level): N/A Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Intro Micro (A), Intro Macro (A), Intermed Micro (A), Intermed Macro (A), Game Theory (A) (Will be taking Graduate Advanced Micro, Money and Banking, Econometrics and will write a Capstone thesis) Other courses: Political science. Letters of Recommendation: Professors from Math, Econ and Political Science. Research: Potential position in a lab regarding financial markets. In addition, the proof based class was an introduction to fundamental mathematical proofs and covered number theory, algebra and set theory. I know that there is a page on real analysis requirements but is this level of proof knowledge okay? Or would I be better off taking a course in real analysis as well? How about the following institutions: Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, MIT, UChicago? Thanks!

How about the following institutions: Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, MIT, UChicago? In addition, the proof based class was an introduction to fundamental mathematical proofs and covered number theory, algebra and set theory. I know that there is a page on real analysis requirements but is this level of proof knowledge okay? Or would I be better off taking a course in real analysis as well?

Hey, I just wanted to know what the community thought of my chances: I'm a third year student at a state school. PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: BA Math + BA Econ Undergrad GPA: 4.0 GRE: Not yet taken Math Courses: Calc II (A), Multivariate Calc (A), Linear Algebra (A), Differential Equations (A), Proofs (A), Stats and Probability (A), Advanced Applied Linear Algebra (Pending) (Will be taking Math Modelling, Applied Stats, Numerical Analysis and maybe intro to real analysis) Econ Courses (grad-level): N/A Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Intro Micro (A), Intro Macro (A), Intermed Micro (A), Intermed Macro (A), Game Theory (A) (Will be taking Graduate Advanced Micro, Money and Banking, Econometrics and will write a Capstone thesis) Other courses: Political science. Letters of Recommendation: Professors from Math, Econ and Political Science. Research: Potential position in a lab regarding financial markets. Thanks!