econphdtobe

Reading these profiles was really helpful for me to get an idea of what I needed to do to succeed. I hope mine can help someone too! Good luck everyone. PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: BA Econ, BS Math Large State School Undergrad GPA: 3.9 Type of Grad: n/a Grad GPA: n/a GRE: 168v /170q/ 5.0a Math Courses: Calc III, Dif Eq, Lin Eq, Stats, Intro to Proofs, Real Analysis I, Topology, Theory of Probability, Theory of Stats All A's Econ Courses: Inter Micro, Inter Macro, International Trade, Econometrics, Experimental Econ, Game Theory, IO, Grad Micro All A's Other Courses: CS Minor Letters of Recommendation: Honors Thesis Mentor, Professor I TA'd for, Professor I worked for over the summer Research Experience: Summer research position, Honors Thesis Teaching Experience: Two semesters Econometrics TA, One semester intro to proofs TA, One semester intro to Stats TA, Two years Math Tutor Research Interests: Applied Micro SOP: Rushed, could have used some more work. I didn't mention professors by name. Other: I have no publications. RESULTS: Acceptances:Harvard, Yale, Columbia, U Michigan, UCLA, UCSD, UC Davis, U Washington, Brown, Boston U Waitlists: University of Chicago (asked to be taken off before I heard back) Rejections: MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Johns Hopkins U (off WL) Pending: Attending: Harvard Comments: What would you have done differently? I decided I wanted to do Econ in my junior year. I would have liked to have decided earlier and gotten more time to do research. I also wish I had worked more on my SOP. How accurate were others' predictions of your range of admissions? I had no idea I would do so well. I applied to a ton of places all over the rankings because I really didn't know what to predict and neither did my mentors.

Thanks for the reply econphilomath! That's exactly the sense I've been getting asking around. Unfortunately I won't be able to visit New Haven, but hopefully I can gather enough information to make an educated decision regardless.

Hey Guys. I was hoping you could help me compare the two econ PhD programs at Harvard and Yale. I got an offer of 30k at Harvard and 38k at Yale and I'm interested in applied micro stuff at the moment, mostly development or labor. This will likely change though. I was able to visit Harvard which was really helpful but unfortunately I can't make Yale's visiting day so I'm feeling like I might be artificially swayed towards Harvard at the moment. Any info comparing the two programs would be very helpful! Thanks in advance!