PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: No name school from third world country
Undergrad GPA: Low but high wrt to class
Type of Grad: Top Msc worldwide
Grad GPA: Above average but nothing special
GRE: 168 Q
Math Courses: Maths during Msc only
Econ Courses: PhD level Macro, Micro, Metrics, Game theory, Trade, Development. IO at Msc level
Other Courses:
Letters of Recommendation: 2 top 5% Repec, 1 top 10% Repec
Research Experience: RA during the summer
Teaching Experience: Nothing
Research Interests: Micro
SOP:
Other:
RESULTS:
Acceptances: UMN, Caltech, Rochester, Queen's University, OSU, GWU
Waitlists: Nothing
Rejections: Bonn, JHU, Cornell, Duke, Brown, UMich, PSU, UWO, Zurich, LBS, Mcgill, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, WUSTL
Pending: Manheim
Comments:
What would you have done differently?
Maybe I could have got in lower top 10 like Columbia or Upenn or even NYU. Was too scared to apply