tanwan12

Thank you for that advice and yeah I apologies for not clarifying a bit more. I believe that my undergrad has a good/above average reputation and has historically placed people well overall. The professor from my undergrad is very well renowned in his field. Having known me a while,I believe the letter would be strong/above average, as would be from one of the Fed economists too, while the last may be somewhat around average. On a whole I think 1) and 2) would be above average then? I will aim to apply in the ranges you have suggested. I am not fixed on the number of applications till now but the overall variance in acceptances just make it tough!. Hopefully something should work out though :)

Type of Undergrad: BA Economics , BS Math from Top 30 Econ school in US Undergrad GPA: >3.90 Grad GPA : N/A GRE: 165V/169Q/ AWA 5 Math Courses: Undergrad: Calc 1/2/3 (all A), Probability Theory (A), Mathematical/ Applied Statistics (both A), Matrix and Linear Algebra (A) , Differential Eq. (A), Partial Diff. Eq. (A) , Stochastic Processes (A), Number Theory (A), Real Analysis (B+) Graduate: Mathematical Statistics I (A), Complex Analysis I (A) Econ Courses: Undergrad: Principles of Micro/Macro (both A) , Intermediate Micro/Macro (both A), IO (A), Econometrics (A), Development Econ. (A), Public Econ (A) Graduate: Econometrics I (A) Research Experience: 2 year full-time RA at a Fed. Part time RA at Public Policy lab in undergrad for 2 years and part-time RA for Econ professor in undergrad for 1 year. LORs : 2 Fed Economists and 1 from Professor who I RA'd for Questions: 1. Which schools to aim for? (Are top 10/15 too high?) 2. Weakness in application? 3. How damaging is the Real Analysis grade?