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  1. Undergrad (UVA), no grad work. GPA: 3.77, 3.9+ in stat/math/econ (I did the McIntire school and hated it, that pulled me down a bit) Stat major, econ minor (also an irrelevant commerce major) Courses: Linear (Intermediate and Advanced): A, Calc III and ODEs (in High School Dual Enrollment), Stochastics: A, Real Analysis II: B+ (took the second one and not the first because I did not have time for both), SProbability (was only undergrad in graduate course): A, Stat Inference (was only undergrad in graduate course): A, Time Series: A, Metrics (I and II): A, Game Theory: A, Intermediate Micro: A, Intermediate Macro: A-, some other random stat and math courses that I got As in. Research: None as an undergrad (stats program did not have the honors thesis option and I did not RA). Been working since August 2018 at a top 3 econ consulting firm, have been able to do a couple projects that were non-litigation and were more research like. GRE: 170Q/165V; Did not get to take GRE Math Subject due to COVID cancellation Recs: mix of professors, and supervisors at work who had worked in academia before consulting. Applied to Melbourne and was told in interview that my recs were very strong. Coding: Stata, SAS, R, SQL. Very extensive professional coding experience. Applying to both stat econ programs as I could see myself either in stat theory, or in metrics theory in an econ program. Most likely a PhD but the ETH Zurich masters in stat to strengthen research experience is also appealing.
  2. I'm a US student who has spent the last two years working in econ consulting (background in statistics and math, econ minor). Have been planning to do a PhD in either metrics or statistical theory and decided awhile back to apply this fall. I want to live outside of the US (probably UK/EU/ANZ), so naturally the idea of doing my PhD outside of the US sounds amazing. I ended up applying to Uni Melbourne's PhD program; just had the interview and it sounds like I would get fully funded there. This sounds exciting, but I have been hearing that outside of a select few (e.g., Oxbridge), if you go outside the US for your PhD your placement options will be woeful. So I'm curious if anyone has info on Melbourne's quality as a program? The problem for me is that I would have to decide on Melbourne before I heard from any US school since the timelines are different. For context, I went to a top 25 US school undergrad, majored in stat (3.9+ major GPA, 3.77 overall), also had a commerce major and a econ minor. Have all of the math courses they would want (real analysis, etc.) with similar 3.9 level grades. GRE was 170Q/165V/5 and I feel good about my rec letters. But I don't have research experience outside of the two years in econ consulting (at a top 3 firm in the industry). I assume that last bit is a killer for a top 20 econ program and probably for stat programs as well but not really sure. Any help would be appreciated!
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