kun09

Did you apply for the Finance program or they do this for everyone who has a related research interest?

Well, mine specifically says ‘submitted’, with a green background color. Northwestern’s website says that there would be a link for the decision letter in the portal if a decision is made. Mine doesn’t have one so far.

My status for northwestern is also pending. I dont even have a predoc. If the rejections were legit, Im wondering what northwestern is up to.

I've realized that OSU is sending out offers today. My status is still pending. This means that I'm more or less already rejected right?

I think at least you’ll get into Cambridge MPhil. I applied for it as well for this cycle. From the statistics, its not that selective. If you’re unsure about your chances, you could go for a master’s in UK or US.

It's not gonna be that much, but still far from normal. Cuz there's gonna be people got rejected last year and planned for reapplying this year.

I'll second to the GPA part from Eustruria. North American GPAs definitely have an advantage over international students. I got my Bachelor's from a large East Asian country (yh, i know pretty obvious). The GPA there was horrible: I ranked top 30% with 3.3, and if you can get higher than 3.5, you'll end up somewhere around top 15%.

Hi. I'm also applying for Fall 2022. You have a better profile than I do. I suppose you could go for schools a bit higher than Duke etc., and take Notre Dame, UVA as safe schools. It's just my personal opinion, good luck.

1) One page, pretty stuffed. I applied for econ phd but included some investment banking interns anyway. 2) My SOP was mainly about how my life experiences generated my interests in economics (not that 'wow economics is cool' sort of thing), and explained my preparations in detail (how i struggled changing majors, since I majored in Chemistry during undergrad, but got an MSc in Econ & Fin.). And tried my best to label myself different from a common applicant. 3) I find it quite disturbing to come up with an SOP and a PS. Luckily, some schools specified the things that you should include within the two essays, and I simply just followed. This year is also gonna be tough right? Best of luck guys.

Thank you for your reply! I think I will try to ask him whether I aimed too high or not.

Profile: Undergraduate University: An OK uni in China (top 15-ish) Undergraduate Major: Chemistry Undergraduate GPA: 3.33 (ranked 70th percentile) GRE: 169 Q/165 V/4 AWA Econ Courses Microeconomic Principles (91/100), Intermediate Microeconomics (76/100), Econometrics 88/100), Macroeconomic Principles (97/100) Math Course 2 terms of calculus (avg about 85/100), Linear Algebra (91/100), Probability and Statistics (90/100). I've used a lot of math in Chem courses, such as structural chemistry which talked about Schrodinger and differential equations, are these gonna be convincing? Research Experience Only a one-month econ RA with a professor at our school. Mainly did some data collecting tasks. But I got plenty of Chemistry research experience during undergrad, is it gonna be helpful? Graduate University: King's College London Major: MSc Econ & Fin GPA: 4.0, distinction in all modules Courses: 2 macro-related (used Romer as the main textbook), 2 econometrics related (based on Greene's Econometric Analysis), 1 micro (kinda basic), 1 labor, 1 international economics. Though I got distinction in all modules, but to be honest, the courses weren't so rigorous since it's the year of Covid. Research: Only did an independent research during my master's thesis about monetary policies and global vector autoregressive models. As far as I'm concerned, the topic is quite advanced for a one-year taught master's program in UK. So is it gonna be helpful in my application? Letters of Recommendation 1 from my thesis supervisor, had some connections with other professors at mid-tier econ departments in UK. 1 from my econometrics lecturer. 1 from my MATLAB and pre-session math lecturer. All of them are from my grad school and should be pretty strong. Research Interests Macroeconomics, international finance, monetary policies, VARs etc. Applications MRes / MPhil in the following schools: Oxbridge, UCL, LSE, LBS, IC finance, and some grad schools in the US ranked around 30. I know its a late time to ask, but I've already sorted out all of the relevant materials. Any advice or suggestions are welcome.