Hi guys, I know it is a bit too late for a profile evaluation at this stage. I have selected a few programs, but still not confident whether this is a reasonable school list for me. it would be really nice if any of you could share your opinions!
Profile:
Type of Undergraduate: top 10 in China (top 5 in Econ)
Major: Agricultural Economics
GPA: 3.85/4.0; rank: 1/38
Exchange student at a US school for one semester (top 40 in Econ)
Exchange GPA: 4.0
Type of Graduate: N/A
Math Courses:
Taken in US: Introduction to Optimization (A) [upper level]
Taken in China: Mathematical Analysis A II (A); Linear Algebra C (A); Probability and Statistics C (A); Calculus C II (A); Calculus C I (B+); Statistics (A-) [A,B,C in course title stands for type of math courses: A stands for high level; B is basically for engineer students; C for social science and business]
Econ Courses:
Taken in US: Applied Econometrics (A+); Game Theory(A+); Labor Economics(A+)
Taken in China: Intermediate Micro(B+); Intermediate Macro(A); Primary Micro(A); Primary Macro (A); several field courses (A or A-) [my home university does not offer A+]
GRE: 157(V)+170 (Q)+3.5(AW)
TOEFL: 107 (Speaking 22)
Research Experience:
(1) Three months full-time RA to a prof in a Canadian university (co-author); Not the top 2 in Canada, but my prof has a phd in top 10 in US; will publish the paper next year;
(2) RA to a prof in China for seven months (co-author); will publish the paper next year;
(3) RA to a prof for three months in US when I was an exchange students;
(4) Team leader for an undergraduate research project;
For (1) and (2), I did pretty good (Ithink). I did all the empirical work and provided some useful thoughts; for(3), it was only some basic dada cleaning and analysis work. Reference letter: From the three profs I mentionedabove. They all said will write a strong letter. (hopefully...) Research Interest: Applied Micro;Labor School List: PhD: BU, BC, OSU, UBC. UNC-CH, Virginia; Vanderbilt, Pittsburgh, TAMU; Rice, UCI, Notre Dame Master: Duke, Uchicago MAPSS, UBC, Toronto Concern: I feel like my math courses areweak, especially compared to other Chinese.
Do you think I aim too high?
Thanks!