Olivia

Profile: Type of Undergrad: B.S. in Quantitative Economics with Math minor and graduate certificate in Data Analytics from MBA program. Top 125 Liberal Arts schools (US News). Well known/connected in the deep south, but otherwise unheard of. Undergrad GPA: 3.85 overall, 3.98 in Econ No grad school GRE: 164 Q/163 V, AWA 5 Econ courses: Principles of Economics (combined 1000 level Micro and Macro in one semester)- A International Econ- A Intermediate Macro- A- Intermediate Micro- A Econometrics- A Industrial Organization- A Labor Economics- A Banking Systems- A Honors in Econ I- A Honors in Econ II- A Senior Capstone- A Math Courses: Calc I-III -A, B+, B+ Intro to Stats- A Introductory Proof Writing- A- Linear Algebra- A ODE- B+ (had pneumonia this semester) Math Stats- B (had pneumonia this semester) Real Analysis- TBD Grad level courses: (MBA courses) Analytics- A Computational Stats with R- A Data Mining with R- A Data Visualization with Tableau- A LoR's: 1. Econometrics prof and thesis/other research advisor. Should be very strong in her wording. 2. Chair of Econ dept and thesis advisor, has promised very strong letter in terms of research ability. 3. Associate prof (Micro) and TA for, will speak very strongly to teaching ability and classwork I've done with him. Research/Teaching Experience: 1. Honors thesis in health econ, will be presented to state health dept and possibly CDC 2. Econometrics paper turned side research in education econ, presenting at regional conference in fall 3. Senior thesis, TBD, possibly rational choice theory 4. 2 coauthored papers on combinatorics, 1 published in undergraduate math journal 5. Served as a fellow for Principles of Econ (1000) for x3 classes. Graded papers, presented in class x2 a semester, and had office hours as a tutoring service. Research Interests: Health Econ or Education Econ- Applied Micro in general Other: Lots of leadership positions and well-respected honoraries, intern at U.S. Capitol Applying to: T 25-T100 for PhD US, T20 for Masters in Europe/ Canada Concerns: My school hasn't had an Econ phd applicant in many, many years... also worrying about GRE/Math grades. And possibly losing any advantage due to corona. Wondering if I should take a year and try to get an RA position? Thank y'all so much :shy: