PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Top in Asia (US news top 100 globally), no grad
Cumulative GPA: 4.2/4.3
GRE: 170Q/164V/4AWA. Bad AWA score but I don't think I have time to retake.
GRE Math: 970/98%
Math Courses:
PhD-level: Analysis I (A, taken at a top US school),
Undergrad-level: Calculus (A+), Analysis I&II (A+), Functional Analysis (A+), Linear Algebra (A+), Abstract Algebra (A+), Ordinary Diff Eqns (A+), Optimization (A+), Probability (A+)
Econ Courses:
PhD-level: Micro I&II (A+, A), Econometrics I&II (A+, A), Topics in Theoretical Econ (A, taken at a top US school)
Letters of Recommendation:
1) Econ Prof in top US b-school with 1.5 year RA work. Will be a strong letter based on our interactions.
2) AP in top US b-school with several months of RA work. Should be a strong letter.
3) Econ Prof in top US school. Will be a very strong letter. We coauthored a paper (not yet published but working towards that)
Research Experience:
1 year in undergrad, 1.5 years full time after graduation
Teaching Experience:
None
Programming skills:
Stata Python R SQL Matlab
Other:
Some things to consider:
1. Plan to do micro (leaning towards theory)
2. I'll try top10 but given the covid situation, not sure about my chance.