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  1. PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Econ BA from top Latin American University Undergrad GPA: 7 out of 10 Type of Grad: Econ Masters from same undergrad Uni Grad GPA: 3.7 (or close to that) GRE: 169Q, 160V, 3.5A Math Courses: Calc 1-2, linear algebra and differential equations from undergrad; real analysis, probability and intro to measure theory and optimization at grad level Econ Courses: all main courses at undergrad; micro, macro, econometrics, labor at grad level Other Courses: Letters of Recommendation: One letter from my master's thesis advisor, PhD from major UK uni but unknown. pretty good letter, but perhaps the weakest out of the bunch. Other letter from labor professor at my university, recent PhD from top UK uni with few but good publication, perhaps known at her specific field, probably the strongest letter since she co-advised my master's thesis, did very well in her grad course and knows me pretty well. Last letter from famous professor in my country. Although not having strong international publications he might be known by name in his area. RA'd with him during my undergraduate and graduate years. PhD from top UK uni also. Research Experience: RA for two years with this professor, one during undergraduate, one during graduate, no papers resulted from it. Teaching Experience: TA for Probability and Intro to Measure Theory (grad level) and Microeconomics II (grad level) Research Interests: Applied micro, labor, structural econometrics SOP: Very standard, but changed last paragraph accordingly, mentioning specific professors and strong areas from each university I applied Other: RESULTS: Acceptances: Rice ($$) Waitlists: Maryland, Illinois Urbana-Champaign Rejections: Northwestern, Berkeley (ARE), NYU, Columbia, Yale, UCL, LSE, Vanderbilt, UNC, Brown, Duke, Wharton Applied Econ Attending: Rice Comments: I probably aimed way too high, I thought my letters would be stronger. Not really sad though, as I am very excited with my (only) result. I feel like I could have been accepted at Illinois off the waitlist, as they asked if I was still interested close to the April 15th deadline, but I had already accepted my offer from Rice What would you have done differently? Not sure. Maybe wait another year to get stronger letters, but not sure what I could have done about it. I am very happy with Rice, but I would have probably aimed a little bit lower. I though I had good chances of being accepted at UCL or LSE, since all my letters are from the UK and at least two of those professors still maintain some kind of contact with them. Also Yale had my hopes up for a bit, as one of my letter writer's advisor is there and I was promised that he would be contacted, but it was a very long shot. I guess my undergrad GPA is not very good, but I heard that for foreign students, it is mostly ignored when masters GPA are available. I slipped in some of the core courses in my master's, and I think that definitely made a difference. How accurate were others' predictions of your range of admissions? My letter writes told me my list was pretty good and I would have a pretty good shot at those. I don't blame them for saying that though, I knew I was aiming high. I think my profile would be better suited for a 35-60 ranking.
  2. I guess it really depends on the university. You should ask the department directly.
  3. I don't think that being an international student is a concern. As for the competing students, I think its only a real concern if they share your LOR, because the professor will, in some cases, have to compare you and the other students to whom he is also giving letters. At the very least, he will not be able to say "this guy is incredible, take him!" to two students he's recommending to the same university, or else he may lose credibility. He will probably say "this guy is awesome" blabla to the better student, and to the second best student, he will tone down a little bit on the letter. At least that's what the professors in my university told me (I am an international student in an international university).
  4. I would definitly take the RA job. In my opinion, LOR's are the most important thing for a succesful application, and given that you have already taken several math and grad-level econ courses, I would focus on making sure those letters are perfect.
  5. I just emailed Brown, and they said that there will most likely be a second round of offers by the end of March, and that my application (and I believe those that were neither rejected nor accepted) will be considered for that second round.
  6. Returning to the original poster question, I got waitlisted and the email said that they strongly encourage me to disclose about any other offer I have. How fully disclosed should I be? Is it better if I name the universities I have an offer, their funding, the ones I'm still waiting etc, or should I be more general?
  7. I just got waitlisted from Maryland. Very unexpected, since they called waitlists last week already.
  8. did anyone get a second interview request from rice? its going to be with Prof Eraslan
  9. does anyone know whats going on with chapel hill? poster on gradcafe said he's been emailed about funding without even knowing he got accepted.
  10. Fot the ones that got rejected from Duke, did you guys check SISS website? Is it supposed to show up on the Notifications tab? Nothing shows up on my tab.
  11. yeah i know. I just wanted to be hopeful one last time this season haha.
  12. I just got rejected from Northwestern via email, but I didn't get anything from brown, and website is still the same. is anyone in this situation? Is this good news?
  13. nyu is my last chance on a top 20 school. was it personalized? care to share more? thanks!
  14. does anyone know what to expect of the rice interview?
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