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Thanks for your input! Any other thoughts will be appreciated :)

Also I forgot to add to my profile - I have two W's on my transcript (one W on Operations Research, and one W on a music class). I've heard mixed reviews on how they might affect application outcomes. Does anyone have any idea as to how much of an impact they'll have in my case? Thanks!

my advisor said something in the line of Economics Letters.. how much of an impact would the publication here have? (assuming it works out.. which is unlikely)

Thanks for your input! Any other thoughts would be appreciated :)

How much of publication at a say, second-tier journal help for PhD admissions in economics? My advisor thinks it's worth a shot, and I might try to publish my senior thesis (or hopefully at least R&R) before applying to PhD programs. If you have any thoughts on this, it would be great if you could share! (Just for a reference, here is my previous profile evaluation: https://www.www.urch.com/forums/phd-economics/160696-profile-evaluation.html)

Hey all, I just realized I recorded my GPAs wrong in the original post.. my Overall GPA is 3.66/4.0 (not 3.67) and my last four semester GPA is 3.84/4.0 (not 3.87). My guess is that I made a typo in the overall GPA and computed my four semester GPA wrong.. (but these should be correct). It's a minor change, but do you guys think these will change/worsen my chances? Any input will be appreciated!

is a 2.1 your Math and Econ GPA during undergrad? (Just making sure I'm understanding the situation correctly.) I would also say that your recommendation letters should mostly come from the economists you did research with during those years.

Thanks for your advice, my letter writers told me that I can expect very strong letters from them, so I'm hoping they will help (especially for making up those poor grades in math & econ..) Any other thoughts will be very much appreciated! :)

thanks for sharing! would you mind sharing your outcomes later after the decisions come out?

I see, thanks so much! Any other opinions will be appreciated :)

Also, any other thoughts?

Thanks for your thought! What do you mean I might see a lot of variance?

Hi all, I have previously posted a thread regarding my GPA and grades, but I've figured that it would be better to provide my profile to get a better feedback: Undergraduate: Top 20 Econ; Note that I stayed an extra year at undergrad. Overall GPA: 3.67/4.00, Last 4 semester: 3.87/4.00 Graduate: N/A Math/Stats Courses: Calc 1 (A), Calc 2 (A), Calc 3 (A), Multivariate Calculus (A), Intro to Probability (B), Advanced/Honors Probability (A), Mathematical Statistics (A), Ordinary Diff Eq (B), Partial Diff Eq (A), Matrix Algebra (initially C, and B after retake), Intro to Proof ©, Discrete Math (B), Real Analysis 1 (initially C, and A after retake), Real Analysis 2 (A), Grad-level Real Analysis (A), Linear Algebra (A), Abstract Algebra (A), Topology (Grad-level, A), Measure Theory (Grad-level, A), Stochastic Processes (A), Math Research (A), a statistics elective course (A) Econ Courses: Intro to Econ (B), Intermediate Micro (A), Intermediate Macro (A), Econometrics 1 (B), Econometrics 2 (B), and several electives (mix of A's and B's), PhD Microeconomics (A), PhD Econometrics (A) (these two PhD courses were taken while working as a predoctoral RA) Research Experience: (1) 1-year RA to a macro professor (undergrad) (2) 1.5-year RA to a behavioral econ professor (undergrad) (3) 3-month summer RA at a top university in Asia (undergrad) (4) a semester-long independent research study under the macro professor (undergrad) (5) a semester-long math research project (undergrad, taken as a course) (6) an award-winning senior honors thesis (undergrad, the thesis advisor (who is the macro professor I worked for) thinks that it is of a publishable quality) (7) two-year predoctoral RA at a top 10 econ department. (co-authored works coming out) Potential Rec Letters: Probably one from the macro professor/thesis advisor at my undergrad, and two letters from professors I worked with as a predoctoral RA. They all told me that they would write very very strong letters for me. Several remarks/questions: (1) Regarding my GPA and math grades: I was struggling a lot academically even up to the first semester of my senior year, which explains my not so great overall GPA and initially low math grades. But I managed to pull my math grades up starting the second semester of my senior year and got As in all the courses until the end of my fifth year. I also managed to get As in PhD-level Microeconomics and Econometrics during my 2-year RA period. But I am still quite worried about my not so great GPA and several math grades. Any thoughts? (2) Would it be worth trying to publish my senior thesis? My thesis advisor thinks it's worth a try, but I'm not certain as the process could take long (although my timeline for applying to PhD programs seem pretty flexible). (3) Do you think it is (even a little) a possibility for me to get into a Top 10 PhD program? It would be great if you could share your thoughts on these questions. Thanks!

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Thanks so much for your input! I am meeting with my advisor again in a month (due to break), and will definitely talk about it. In the meanwhile, if anyone has any thoughts to either of the questions, it would be great if you could share with me! Thanks.

I will in the near future when I have all my stuff together, but I first wanted to hear the thoughts on my math grades, so any thoughts will be appreciated! (Although I was told by others that I have solid research experience and my advisor thinks I can even publish one of my papers.) So, anyone has any thoughts on my GPA and math grades?

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Thanks for your input! Any other thoughts to either (or both) of the questions?

Hi all, I'm new to Urch and I have some questions: A bit of introduction about myself, long story short, I ended up staying an extra year in undergrad and earned a degree in primary major in econ and secondary major in math. Honestly, up to senior first semester was tough (I almost failed the first sequence of real analysis - got a C), but I pulled myself up and got As in math classes afterwards in the remaining three semesters, including an A in retake of the first sequence of real analysis, and As in second sequence of real analysis, advanced real analysis (grad-level math course), stochastic processes (technically in stats department), measure theory, topology, abstract algebra, and in (honors) probability. Upon graduation, I worked for a professor at a top 10 institution as an RA, and there I took PhD-level Econometrics and Microeconomics (got As). And my question is: my overall GPA is around 3.67 (as I also had several not so great grades prior to Senior 1st semester - I had hard times with math and sometimes even with econ but things started to click more during my senior second semester), but during the last 4 semesters in undergrad (that is, senior year and the extra year), my GPA is 3.87. In this sense, 1. Is it worth mentioning both my overall GPA and my GPA during the last 4 semesters in my CV? 2. Also, any thoughts to how the admissions committee (including top schools) will think of my math grades? I know it will be rough, but I want to shoot for and apply to top schools if possible (including the top 10). Please help me out and let me know what your opinions are to these two questions! Thanks :)