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If I do not retake the TOEFL test, can I receive admissions from top 30 schools? I thought that perfect grades in many mathematics courses complement the weakness in english. So, in my SOP, I emphasized my outstanding strength in mathematics. Also, professors who wrote letters of recommendation for me highlighted my math ability. (I don't want to retake the TOEFL test because it makes me crazy.)

No, I'm not from Seoul National University. So, I am also worried about that. Although I have perfect scores in my master courses as well as in lots of mathematics courses, I am afraid adcoms will not believe it. Since I did not have confidence in English, I have prepared a lot of mathematics courses.

I already applied for a number of schools whose deadlines have passed. Can I get admissions from schools located in Top 30 ~ Top 50?

Hi guys, I will soon apply to Ph.D. program in economics in the U.S. Type of Undergrad: BA in Economics (Some national university in Republic of Korea) Graduate School: MA in Economics (will receive master degree in Feb 2019) Undergrad GPA: 3.96 / 4.5 ==> (3.52 / 4.0) Grad GPA: 4.5 / 4.5 ==> (4.5 / 4.5) Math Courses: (total 14 mathematics courses with almost perfect grades) -------------------------------------------------- Graduate Courses Functional Analysis (A+) Topics in Probability Theory (A+) Financial Mathematics I (A+) UnderGraduate Courses Partial Differential Equation (A+) Real Analysis I (A+) Real Analysis II (in progress) Probability and Statistics (A+) Differential Equation I (A+) Differential Equation II (A+) Linear Algebra I (A+) Linear Algebra II (B+) Matrix Algebra I (in progress) Calculus I (A) Calculus II (A+) -------------------------------------------------- Econ Courses: lots of econ courses Graduate School Microeconomics I (A+) / Macroeconomics I (A+) / Econometrics I (A+) / Econometrics II (A+) etc... (including undergraduate courses) GRE: V 150 / Q 170 / W 3.0 TOEFL: 93 (Reading: 28 / Listening: 24 / Speaking: 22 / Writing: 19) (I am very worried about my low TOEFL score... especially writing score) Research Experience: Two years of full-time RA for my academic adviser whose research field is econometrics. And I wrote a working paper with him and this paper is currently undergoing revision in SSCI indexed journal. (I am first author of this paper) Teaching Experience: Macroeconomics / Econometrics in undergraduate school. SOP: general... pretty confident about it. Letters of Recommendation: my academic adviser / Emeritus Professor who taught me International Finance and International Economics / Assistant Professor in a Department of Mathematics who taught me Real Analysis I, II. Research Interests: Macroeconomics and International Finance I feel concern about my low TOEFL score. I am interested in knowing whether I have a chance at any Ph.D. program inside the top 30 I want to apply to the following school's Ph.D. program. In top 10: UPenn / Columbia (TOEFL.....) In top 20: Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison / Duke University / Brown University / Carnegie Mellon University In top 30: Univ. of Rochester / Boston College / Penn State / Univ. of Texas-Austin / Washington Univ. in St. Louis In top 40: Univ. of Washington / Univ. of Illinois-Urbana Champaign / Univ. of North Carolina Chapel Hill / Univ. of Virginia / Vanderbilt University / Univ. of Southern California / Texas A&M University In top 50: Purdue Univ.-Krannert / Rice University / Univ. of Iowa / Univ. of Notre Dame / Georgetown University / Syracuse University Please evaluate my profile. Thank you!!!