PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Top 5 Private University in South-East Asia (BD)
Undergrad GPA: 3.26/4.0; BBA Finance
Type of Grad: MS Econ (Top 2 Econ Department in the Same South Asian Country)
Grad GPA: 3.87/4
GRE: 166 Q/153 V/3.5 AW
Math Courses: Math for Econ I (A), Math for Econ II (A-), Calculus IV (A-), Mathematical Econ (Grad, A), Business Math (Grad, A), Intro Stat (C+), Business Stat (A)
Econ Courses: Intermediate Micro I (A-), Micro Theory (Grad, A), Macro Theory (Grad, A), Game Theory (Grad, A-), Econometric Method (Grad, A), Time Series Models (Grad, A-), Panel and Limited Dependent Variable (Grad, A), Contemporary Econ Thought (Grad, A-)
Other Courses: Done some non-crdit online Math courses; tons of finance and banking courses
Letters of Recommendation: 1 Asst. Prof. I RA-ed for (Strong); Took courses with other two Asst. Professors
Research Experience: 3 RA Projects and 1+ year Central Banking Exp
Teaching Experience: Business Math, Managerial Finance (1 yr)
Research Interests: Changed with Institutions
SOP: Somewhat personalized for each school, mentioned faculty I would be interested in working with in a few SOP
RESULTS:
Acceptances: Georgia State ($$), NC State ($$), York (MA Econ $$$), Clemson (No Funding)
Waitlists: N/A
Rejections: UW-Seattle; UToronto (MA), OSU, UC-Irvine, Iowa State, Notre Dame, Kansas, West Virginia
Pending:
Attending: GSU
Comments: Rough cycle, but happy with GSU.
What would you have done differently?
Well, Can't go 5 years back in time! If I could, would have changed everything!
