MarkelleFultz

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: B.A. in Mathematics, Economics at a Large State School, Top 60 US) Undergrad GPA: 3.83/4.00 overall ( 3.95 in Econ, 3.72 in Math) GRE: Q170, V166 Econ Courses : Intermediate Micro/Macro (A,A), Behavioral Economics (A), Econometrics (A), Game Theory (A), Grad Micro II (Game Theory) (B+), Mathematical Economics (next fall), Advanced Econometrics (next fall), Advanced Macro (next spring). Stat/Math Courses: Intro to Statistics (A), Multivariable Calculus (A), Diff Eq (B+), Honors Intro to Proofs (B+), Honors Real Analysis (B+), Honors Linear Algebra I-II (B+,B+), Probability Theory (B+), Linear Optimization (A), Mathematical Statistics (A), Graph Theory (A), Intro to Stochastic Processes (next year), Grad Discrete Optimization (Operations Research PhD course) (A), Other Courses: Intro to CS (B+), Data Structures (next year), Time Series Modeling (A), Operations Research (A), Decision Analytics under Uncertainty (A) LOR's : 1. Economics Professor (taught Micro II), will also be doing Senior Thesis with them next year. 2. Operations Research Professor: Taught the Grad OR class that I took and did well in. 3. Another OR Professor: Currently writing a paper with them. Research Experience: Year-long research assistant on a research project involving state government decision making. Currently working on Operations Research paper with economic applications. Will be doing an Econ Senior Thesis next year. Research Interests : Microeconomics (Market/Auction Design, Industrial Organization), Computational Economics Concerns : No internship experience or publications. Coming straight from undergrad. Two non-economics letter writers. I am posting because I'm not sure which type of schools I should apply to (ranking-wise). I'll probably apply to places like UMD, CMU, BC, and Rochester as a long-shot, but I feel like my focus should be on lower 30s - mid 40s schools. I really like Iowa State for example. I'll also be sure to apply to some safer schools. Please let me know if this plan sounds unreasonable. Thank you in advance for your advice!