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Thanks, this is very helpful advice. To you, does it really seem feasible to obtain a recommendation from a professor after being an RA for just a few months? I realIze you did say apply Fall 2019 for Fall 2020, I suppose I’m just a bit surprised by the feasibility of that.

Thanks for the the response chateau. Some stats I left out related to economics are As in Game Theory and Health Economics classes, although I doubt those matter based off your analysis of my profile. I was planning on applying to schools in 40-50 range as safeties, but do you think my idea of what would be safety schools is actually the high side my competitive range? Assuming this profile, should I be looking in the 50-80 range then?

Bump?

Type of Undergrad:Top 25 LAC Undergrad GPA: 3.65 (ECON 3.67, Math 3.54) Type of Grad: n/a Grad GPA: n/a GRE: 168Q/163V Math Courses:Calc 2 - B Multi - B+ Linear Algebra Proxy (but light) - A ODE - B+ Probability - B+ Discrete - A- Abstract Algebra - A Real Analysis - A Econ Courses:Basic Econ Stats (OLS, etc) - A- Econometrics - B Mathematical Economics - B+ Macro - A- Micro - A- Other Courses: Letters of Recommendation: 1 from my major advisor who I've taken a class with, 1 hopefully from my real analysis professor, and 1 TBD Research Experience: 2 years at an economic consulting firm, focusing on energy; may try to get a letter of recommendation from here but not sure Teaching Experience: none Research Interests: energy, healthcare SOP: Will write about interest in wholesale electricity markets most likely Other: I plan on applying widely in the 20-40 range of schools. I definitely planning on applying to a few ARE programs as well. Any thoughts on my chances?