slumdropforest

Anyone else on Michigan State's waitlist? I'm looking to chat with someone about it!

Appreciate it. Anxious for things to start moving

Any idea when the Michigan State waitlist will start moving?

I really appreciate the feedback! I've been taking practice GREs because I'm retaking it on halloween (spooky). I've been getting perfect scores on quant which I think will be a big boost. I appreciate this. I will take a few moonshots at top 10, very unlikely but it's worth a shot!

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Small Liberal Arts University - Double major in economics & Spanish Type of Grad: MA in applied economics at a top 100 university Undergrad GPA: 3.38 cumulative, 3.7 ECON, 3.77 Math Grad GPA: 4.0 and top of my class GRE: 164 Q/160 V/4.0 W Math Courses: Calc 1 (A), Calc 2 (A), Stats (B+) Grad Math: Math for economists (A), Economic Statistics (A), Applied Data Mining (A) - these are all actually PhD level courses Grad Econ Courses: Macro (A), Econometrics (A), Micro (A), Research Methods (A) Letters of Recommendation: 1) Letter from Graduate Advisor 2) Letter from my math focused economics courses in graduate school 3) Letter from a specialist in health economics All there letters will be very positive Research Experience: Research on comparing machine learning techniques to traditional methods of forecasting of interest rates, specifically Box-Jenkins method. This is an attempt to bring machine learning to the forefront of economics. Teaching Experience: Graduate teaching assistant - grading papers and holding review sessions Research Interests: Econometrics primarily focused on macroeconomics. SOP: briefly mention finding purpose and correlating it with my GPA. I am still working on this and would love suggestions. Other: Experience with Stata and R. Some SQL and Python as well I had a rough undergrad my first two years, my GPA was a 3.0 I nearly had a 4.0 in my last two years. I have study abroad experience in Ecuador for 6 months, none of these classes counted towards my GPA but I had a 4.0 on the 6 classes I took. I am hoping to get into a top 50, the higher the better. The university I'm currently at is willing to admit me into their PhD program, but I would like to move on to a new program with a higher reputation. Do I have any chance? I was feeling confident, but now I am completely lost. Some programs of interest: CU-Bolder, Oregon, MSU, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Syracuse I'm open to other program suggestions (my current list is actually much longer)