climber21

Profile Type of Undergrad: Top 50 State School Undergrad GPA: 3.55 Type of Grad: NA Grad GPA: NA GRE: 165Q/159V/3.5AW Math Courses: Calc I(A)/ Calc II(A)/ Calc III(B+), Linear Algebra (B+), Diff Eq (A), Into to Proof ©, Advanced Calculus (A), Real Analysis (A), Topology (A), Intro Stats (A), Probability (A), Stochastic Processes (B+) Econ Courses: Intro Micro/Macro, Intermediate Micro/Macro, Advanced Micro/Macro, International Econ, Econometrics, Math Econ, IO (All A's) Other Courses: Programming Letters of Recommendation: Math Econ Prof - I think was very good, Econometrics prof - was probably fine, Research Advisor - I think was excellent. Research Experience: Worked as undergrad research fellow with well known prof in environmental. Python/R. Teaching Experience: Economics tutor for 3 years SOP: Took some time with it - I thought it was pretty good. RESULTS: Acceptances: UC Irvine, U Washington, UC Santa Barbara, UNC Chapel Hill. All full funding Waitlists: CMU, UC Davis, UMD Rejections: UCLA, Boston College, Yale, Berkley ARE, Brown, Columbia, Duke, Johns Hopkins, NYU, UCSD, Vanderbilt. What would you have done differently? Taken first year Phd Micro sequence in undergrad. Take the GRE much earlier and do better. How accurate were others' predictions? Pretty accurate.

Facing the April 15 deadline, I was admitted off UNC's waitlist. Do you all think UNC Chapel Hill strictly dominates UCSB or could the argument be made they are in the same tier? I am interested in econometric methods in an applied setting, I understand my interests will change and am looking now to consider just the overall strength of the departments. UCSB seems to have quite strong placements, comparable if not better than Chapel Hill. US news ranks Chapel Hill 29 and UCSB at 37 whereas ideas repec puts Chapel Hill at 157 and UCSB at 58. Thanks for the input.

I believe I have been implicitly waitlisted in a few departments I would strictly prefer to my current offers. When do you all think it is appropriate to contact someone within the department (graduate studies director etc) indicating that I am still interested or to check my application's status?

I got 161V 163Q the first time I took GRE. Second time I got 159V 165Q. I don't know if I should send both scores or not or just the one with the higher Q. Will it be admin committees look at only higher of two scores, or will it look worse to include both scores?

How in the world did you find the time to do a full mico sequence and 3 more courses at the grad level...? With the amount of econ and math classes you have I reckon you must of hit the ground running hard day 1 of your undergrad. Your profile looks great though! I am applying right now too, good luck!

Hello, I appreciate any feedback from anyone who has thoughts on my profile. I am having a hard time gauging what range of schools I am competitive at. PROFILE Type of Undergrad: Top 30 US News in Econ Undergrad GPA: 3.85 Econ / 3.66 Math / 3.53 overall GRE: 163(Q), 161(W), AWA(4) Retaking for a hopefully higher Quant score Math Courses: Calc 1(A), Calc 2(A), Calc 3(B), Intro to Proof ©, Differential Equations(A), Linear Algebra(B+), Intro Stats (A), Advanced Calculus (A-), Topology (A), Probability (A-), Real Analysis (Fall), Stochastic Processes (Fall) Econ Courses: Principles Micro(A+)/Macro(A+), Intermediate Micro(A)/Macro(A+), Advanced Micro(A-)/Macro(A), Mathematical Economics (A), Econometrics (A), Industrial Organization (A-), International Economics (B+). Research Experience: Undergrad Research fellow for my final year. Working with harvard grad prof. Got good results, has been very successful project so far. Use Python, R, Stata.. LOR: One from prof I do research with, harvard grad, prof at my uni and researcher at uc berkley (strong). One from math econ prof, did well, he taught a difficult course, he claims grad level (should be strong). One from econometrics prof, did well, fairly difficult course, tutor for his class (should be good). SOP: I think I've written a pretty good one, still touching it up. I don't address my overall lower GPA, don't know if I should. Lower grades in my first 2 years of uni. Seems pointless to address a C in sociology when word count is valuable. Concerns: Low GRE scores. I am retaking and hoping for at least 165+ Q. Spotty math grades. Overall low GPA. Applying to: I am applying to a lot of schools (20). Yale, Columbia, NYU, UCSD, UCLA, UT Austin, Brown, John Hopkins, Duke, Boston Col, Maryland, UCDavis, UNC Chapel Hill, UC Irvine, UCSB, Vanderbilt, Carnige Mellon, UCol Boulder, U Washington. Should I be looking to maybe shift down the range of schools I am applying to? I am hoping to be competitive in the ~ 15-30 range. Will also be applying to Fed RA programs. Thank you for the opinions.