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Anecdotally, I can tell you that I’ve had 4 Fed banks get back to me or acknowledge I existed in some form. However, these are for longer-term RA positions and not internships, so maybe they do one before the other. The first i heard back from was Oct. 31st. Also, I noticed one had updated my status on taleo (their job board) and has not contacted me. Hope that helps.

Given past profiles and my results from last year I know that whatI’m missing is research experience. However, I have had a difficulttime finding work as a research assistant given that I’ve nowgraduated without research experience (I worked throughout collegeamong other things) and find myself in a weird trap of seeminglyneeding more research experience to get a job as a researchassistant. So, given thiscircular trap, I am wondering what my options, if any, there are toescaping? Normally most would recommend an internship but since Igraduated all those are out as most require you to be a student. Asfor assistant jobs, I’ve interviewed twice and rejected once due tolack of research experience and once due to lack of background in banking(which I guess is just experience). That leaves me with,to my knowledge, going after a master’s that has a thesis built-inor attempting to self-publish some research. So are there otheroptions I am unaware of or any suggestions for finding RA work? Any suggestions or advice is welcome! Also, here is myprofile if it helps… PROFILE: Typeof Undergrad: BS Economics, BA US history, minor in math from top 50Econ. University UndergradGPA: 3.67 Typeof Grad: N/A GradGPA: N/A GRE:165/162/5.0 Q/V/AW MathCourses: Calc I-III (A), Dif-equations (A), Linear Algebra (A), Introto proofs ©, Adv. Calc. (B+), intro to stats (B+), probabilitytheory (A), Real Analysis I (B+), Topology ©, Experimental Stats(A), Mathematical stats (A), stochastic processes (A), EconCourses: 3.9 overall… courses of note: Regression analysis (A),Econometrics(A), Adv. Macro (A) OtherCourses: Intro to C++, intro to java, Lettersof Recommendation: ResearchExperience: none TeachingExperience: 1 year teaching middle/high school (student teacher).Helped write an online course. Currentlydeveloper for upcoming economics textbook. ResearchInterests: public policy, energy,education Other: analmost complete teaching license/certificate (3 credits short)

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: BS Economics, BA US history, minor in math from top 50 Econ. University Undergrad GPA: 3.65 Type of Grad: N/A Grad GPA: N/A GRE: 165/162/5.0 Q/V/AW Math Courses: Calc I-III (A), Dif-equations (A), Linear Algebra (A), Intro to proofs ©, Adv. Calc. (B+), intro to stats (B+), probability theory (A), Real Analysis I (B+), Topology ©, Experimental Stats (A), Mathematical stats (A), Stochastic processes (pending) Econ Courses: 3.9 overall for 30 credits. Courses of note: Regression analysis (A), Econometrics(A), Adv. Macro (A) Other Courses: Intro to C++, intro to java Letters of Recommendation: 2 good (1 math professor, 1 econ professor) both fairly well known in field/cited, 1 glowing but non-academic Research Experience: none beyond my coursework. Teaching Experience: 1 year teaching middle/high school (student teacher). Helped write an online course. Research Interests: public policy / general macro SOP: Pretty standard, maybe a little vague. On half tried to explain bad math grades both (all the B’s and 1 C occurred during the same semester); on the other half I omitted my explanation for the bad semester. Also, I tried to emphasize the unique parts (the history and teaching background). Other: an almost complete teaching license/certificate (3 credits short) RESULTS: Acceptances: none Waitlists: none Rejections: Cornell, Minnesota, Boston College, Carnegie-Mellon, Penn State, Michigan state, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, USC, UNC Pending: none Attending: none Comments: Ouch! What would you have done differently? Take math earlier and spread it out. Most importantly, I would have pursued undergraduate research experience as that seemed to be the number 1 limiting factor. Perhaps a more definitive research area in my SOP. How accurate were others' predictions of your range of admissions? Obviously my professors/advisors had some higher predictions than were warranted, so not very accurate at all.

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: BS Economics, BA US history, minor in math from top 50 Econ. University Undergrad GPA: 3.65 Type of Grad: N/A Grad GPA: N/A GRE: 165/162/5.0 Q/V/AW Math Courses: Calc I-III (A), Dif-equations (A), Linear Algebra (A), Intro to proofs ©, Adv. Calc. (B+), intro to stats (B+), probability theory (A), Real Analysis I (B+), Topology ©, Experimental Stats (A), Mathematical stats (A), stochastic processes (pending) Econ Courses: 3.9 overall… courses of note: Regression analysis (A), Econometrics(A), Adv. Macro (A) Other Courses: Intro to C++, intro to java Letters of Recommendation: 2 good (1 math professor, 1 econ professor) both heavily cited/known in field, 1 glowing but non-academic Research Experience: none Teaching Experience: 1 year teaching middle/high school (student teacher). Helped write an online course. Research Interests: public policy / general macro SOP: a little vague, on half tried to explain bad math grades both (all the B’s and 1 C occurred during the same semester); on the other half I omitted my explanation for the bad semester. Also, I tried to emphasize the unique parts (the history and teaching background). Other: an almost complete teaching license/certificate (3 credits short) RESULTS: Acceptances: none Waitlists: none Rejections: Cornell, Minnesota, Boston College, Carneige-Mellon, Penn State, Michigan state, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, USC Pending: none Attending: none Comments: Ouch! What would you have done differently? Take math earlier and spread it out. Most importantly, I would have pursued undergraduate research experience as that seemed to be the number one limiting factor. How accurate were others' predictions of your range of admissions? Obviously my professors had some higher predictions than were warranted, so not very accurate at all.