2019applicant

That's encouraging, thanks! I was worried by the general trend in advice of "must be a full time RA to crack top 5" since I'm not extremely fond of the prospect of being a full time RA. Out of curiosity, does anything stand out as less strong in my profile?

Applied, just sitting on my hands now. Type of Undergrad: top 10 undergrad/econ department Undergrad GPA: 3.9 Type of Grad: N/A Grad GPA: N/A GRE: 167 Q, 166 V, 4.5 AWA Math Courses: multivariable calc (A), proof based linear algebra (A), real analysis 1 & 2 (A, A), probability (A-), statistics (A), stochastic processes (A), measure theoretic probability (A) Econ Courses: intermediate micro (A), intermediate macro (A), econometrics (A), ML and inference in economics (A), honors thesis (in progress) PhD micro 1 (A), PhD micro 2 (game theory) (A-), PhD metrics (A-), PhD market design (A), PhD experimental economics (A) Other Courses: mechanism design course in CS department (A), intermediate computer science (A) Letters of Recommendation: strong letter from honors thesis advisor (tenured, well known theorist whom I also RA'd for in the past and who taught me in multiple courses), very strong letter from another tenured prof (RA for around a year, taught me in a class), decently strong letter from another prof (RA for around a year). All letter writers have strong connections to top 10 programs (PhD there, used to teach there, etc) Research Experience: see LORs Teaching Experience: N/A Research Interests: applied micro theory Applied to: top 10s, a couple of top 20. Thoughts?