hey guys, firstly thank you so much for taking the time to read my application.
im just hoping to get a fair idea of where my profile stands and what unis i can target (north america) for a phd in econ or a phd in finance.
undergrad: irrelevant degree in media and communication from india, gpa: 8.3 (top 2% of the class)
grad: dual degree - masters in management and msc in finance from france's 6th best business school. the msc degree is rated 3rd in the entire world for pre-experience masters. gpa: 4.0
research experience:
1) two master's thesis/theses.
2)attended and presented at multiple conferences
3) over 10 working papers (all in finance and economics). i can promise you they are of good quality, i worked my butt off on these things like crazy. unfortunately and obviously i couldnt publish them because the top journals dont even consider our papers, and i dont want to start my academia career with a subpar journal. i also focused on healthcare economics and lgbtq+ economics and finance which are very niche topics as far as i know (i could be wrong)
4)im also a member of beta alpha psi from ncsu (my school has its campus on the ncsu campus so i am a non degree seeking student at ncsu)
5) i did work under multiple professors assisting them with their research, some of them fairly well known in their field (again, econ and fin)
gmat/gre: i have given both these exams multiple times before and have got almost perfect scores (780 in gmat and 335 on the gre) so im fairly certain i can get the same, if not a better score on these.
LORs: I am pretty sure that my finance professors (some fairly well known, as i said) would give me stellar recommendations. i have not only been in their good books but also gone above my stations to impress them)
Courses:
1. Calculus 3 (A)
2. Real Analysis (A)
3. Linear Algebra (A)
4. Differential Equations (A)
5. Stochastic Calculus and Stats (A)
6. Econometrics (A)
7. Graduate Economics (A)
please do let me know where i stand, if i can do anything to improve my profile further and what my target and safety unis can be.
THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!!