lebeconomist

Will the GRE be required for this upcoming cycle??

This seems to be a strong applications, I'm confused on why you didn't get placed into a t-20 your first time around

Have any of the Fed branches sent out decisions or interview requests regarding summer undergrad RA positions? I applied to all the branches and have yet to hear back.

Currently an undergrad at a t-10 public US university, double majoring in statistics and economics with plenty of statistical programming experience and mathematics coursework to this point. Was wondering if anyone is aware of any good fall/winter undergrad RA opportunities by organizations available right now. I know Brookings has a fall internship program with some quantitative research internships but I'm afraid the emphasis on public policy may not be of best interest for Econ PhD apps, is anyone able to speak on this? My other alternative was reaching out to professors in my department to inquire about any open positions.

I'm currently an ugrad at a top 30 Econ uni (top 10 US public uni). Currently entering my 3rd year and I've been doing RA in a social science lab (non-Econ however). The work I've been doing is rather rewarding for an undergraduate. I'm creating datasets, cleaning data, generating figures in STATA/R, and doing other explanatory/descriptive data analysis in R/STATA. My question is, how will this be looked upon in PhD admissions? The faculty I'm working under do quantitative social science work (think field of public policy, education, psychology, etc...) that relates heavily to economics and have connections to the field of economics (some have Econ PhDs others have published with Economist and in Econ Journals). I'm hoping to get LORs from some of these faculty but was ultimately wondering how strict adcom committees are (especially at t-15 schools) about getting RA work strictly under economist. For reference I'm also majoring in Math so I have taken linear algebra, prob theory, and will be taking classes like real analysis in the future.

Currently a rising junior at a T-10 public US university and would like an honest evaluation of my chances at PhD programs in Economics Major: Economics and Statistics GPA: 3.8 Math: Linear Algebra (A), Integral Calculus (A), Regression Analysis (A-), ANOVA(A), Statistical Data Science (A), Vector Calculus (B-), Calc III (B), Probability Theory In Progress Economics: Macro Theory (A), Micro Theory (A+), Intro Micro (A), Intro Macro (A), Econometrics (A+) Research: RA at lab focused on education economics (working heavily in R) Internship: Did a data science focused internship my freshman year summer where I implemented an algorithm from a research paper (focused on information retrieval), RA at city's economic council, interned at an analytics startup for 3-months too Plan on taking real analysis I and II, full mathematical statistics sequence, discrete math, time series analysis, math for economist, Applied Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, and Bayesian Statistical Inference and a few graduate courses before finishing mu ugrad. Obviously the biggest weaknesses are the Bs in the intro calculus classes. They were during my freshman year and when I was working 20+ hours a week simultaneously out of financial need. No excuses, but I hope receiving As in the other math classes and the ones I take in the future will help make up for it. Pretty much looking for guidance at this point on my chances. What programs do I realistically have a shot at? Should I be focused on anything in particular these next two years to be more competitive? I will be writing a senior thesis (hopefully) and I'm looking to land a position at the Fed for next summer. Are there any other math classes to focus on? In the interest of space and time I did not include much about my underlying passion for the discipline and what areas I'm interested in but I can definitely elaborate.