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.