brwar

Thanks:)

Food4Thought is that for real? My GRE Q is only 169-_-

I plan to apply for most top 20s, but what kind of schools should I choose for safeties?

Simon Blume, Rangarajan K. Sundaram, Angel de la Fuente, and the appendix of MWG contain almost all the math you need for first-year PhD Micro.

I don't know..I'm pretty worried about the lack of RAships. Is it too late if I try to find one now?

Come one guys. I really want to hear your advice...Thank you!

PROFILE: brwar Type of Undergrad: USNEWS Top 20 school and top 20 Econ department Undergrad GPA:3.95 (including grad courses) Type of Grad: Joint BS&MA (a kind of honor program) Grad GPA: N/A GRE: V162 Q169 W4.5 Math Courses: Calculus 1,2(A,A); Multivariable Calculus 1,2(A,A); Linear Algebra Applications(A); Differential Equations(A); Discrete Mathematics(A+); Linear Algebra Proof(A+); Analysis 1,2(A,A); Probability Theory(A+). All just undergrad levels. Econ Courses: (undergrad) Intro Micro (A+); Intro Macro(A); Intermediate Micro (A+); Intermediate Macro (A+); Intro Econometrics (A); Intermediate Econometrics (B); International Trade Theory (A+); Market Design (A); (grad) (first-year PhD level) Math Camp (P) (P\NP only); Micro 1 (A); Micro 2 (A+). Other Courses: Math Stats (A), Linear Models (A). Optimization (A). (All 3 are Statistics courses.) Intro to Programming(A). Letters of Recommendation: 1. PhD Micro 2 professor. Full professor with many seminal works in IO/Auction/Micro Theory. I was his best student in that class, and he said he'll write an extremely strong letter. 2. PhD Micro 1 professor. Full professor with many works in Micro Theory. I was ranked Top5 in his midterm and ended with an A in his class. Should be good/strong. 3. Independent research supervisor. Young AP in Micro Theory. Should be strong. (Two of the three letter writers are MIT PhD's.) Research Experience: Independent research in mechanism design. We were trying to write a co-authered paper. But just when I finished all the proofs myself, I found two published papers already covered about two thirds of our topics. So it's impossible to get it published now:( My supervisor said he's gonna explain it in his letter. But I'm still worried about it since I have no other research experience. Teaching Experience: N/A (not allowed for undergrad students.) Research Interests: Applied Micro or Econometrics. SOP: Not started yet. Other: I passed the first-year PhD Micro preliminary exam with a PhD pass in the first try. Concerns: I'm pretty concerned about my research experience because of this accident. Also, I'm kind of worried about the B in Intermediate Econometrics, but I was having a flu and couldn't read anything. How should I explain these two things in my SOP? or should I explain them? Any advice welcome! Thx!