homo economicus

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Unranked school in the USA with no economics PhD program Major: B.S. in economics and math Undergrad GPA: 3.45/4.00 Type of Grad: n/a Grad GPA: Math Courses: College Algebra (B), Applied Calc (B), Elementary Statistics (B), Calc I-III (B, B, A), linear (B), intro to proofs (A-), probability and statistics (B), abstract algebra I (B), real analysis I (A-), differential equations (spring 15), Linear Optimization (Spring 15), Differential Equations (spring 15) Econ Courses (Undergrad): intermediate Micro and Macro (A, A), behavioral (A), econometrics (A), international finance (B), FDI (B) GRE: 168 Q, 160 V, 5,5 AW Letters of Recommendation: 2 econ professors from unranked graduate programs and 1 math professor. Research Experience: Currently working on undergrad honors thesis that is unrelated to my stated research interests. Teaching Experience: none Concerns: Mediocre GPA, mostly B's in math classes, coming from an unknown school. Research Focus: international economics, development, trade Accepted: UC Irvine ($$), UC Santa Cruz($$), Houston ($$), U Iowa ($$), UIC ($$), Oregon (waitlisted for $$), CU Boulder (0), GWU (0), American (0). Withdrew: CUNY, UW Seattle (hadn't heard back as of April 15) Rejected: Vanderbilt, UC Davis, BU, BC, Toronto MA, UBC MA, Other: My GPA is mediocre, I'm from an unknown undergrad, my letters were complimentary but did not come from "well knowns", and I got B's in almost every math class. I still got funded offers to several schools in the 40-80 range, which is way better than I expected.

Institution: UC Santa Cruz Program: PhD Economics Decision: Admitted Funding: "I regret that I am unable to guarantee you financial support at this time" Notification date: 2/11 Notified through: email Posted on GC: no Comments: NO FUNDING SDFKLHSDLGKJSLDGKJ:DSLFDSFJDSG:JL!!@:JLGEDS:L

Institution: American U Program: PHD Econ Decision: Admitted Funding: TBD Notification date: 2/3/2015 Notified through: department email Posted on GC: no Comments: ok ok ok ok Institution: UC Irvine Program: Econ PhD Decision: Admitted Funding: tuition + TA Notification date: 2/4/2015 Notified through: department email Posted on GC: no Comments: Unofficially admitted. Grad coordinator emailed me.

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: midwest regional, no econ PhD program Major: B.S. in economics and math Undergrad GPA: 3.51/4/.... 3.45 if you include my semester abroad (oops) Type of Grad: n/a Grad GPA: Math Courses: Calc I-III (B, B, A), linear (B), intro to proofs (AB), probability and statistics (B), abstract algebra I (B), real analysis I (AB), differential equations (spring 15), "topics" in linear algebra (spring 15), math-econ (IP) Econ Courses (Undergrad): Micro, Macro, behavioral, econometrics, minorities in the US economy, international econ, FDI, All A's except for international and FDI, which i took while abroad and received Bs GRE: 168 Q, 160 V, 5,5 AW Letters of Recommendation: 3 unknowns. 2 econ and 1 math (real analysis prof). should all be very positive. Research Experience: Currently working on undergrad honors thesis. Topic is unrelated to my prospective research interests. discussed in SOP. Teaching Experience: none Concerns: Mediocre GPA, mostly B's in math classes, coming from an unknown school. Research Focus: macro, ideally international or monetary Other: Probably am applying to too many MAs. Probably shouldn't have applied to Canadian MAs because it was costly and don't think i'll get in. Applying to: Washington, BC, BU, UC Santa Cruz, UC Irvine, UC Davis, Oregon, CU Boulder, GWU, American, Iowa, CUNY, Illinois at Chicago, Vanderbilt, Houston, UBC MA, Toronto MA, Missouri MA (from missouri...extreme safety(I hope)), Madison MA