Education: Top 10 undergrad, majoring in CS and Statistics
Test Scores (GRE): 170Q, 168V
Undergrad GPA: 3.9 (Major 3.85)
Research Experience (my weak point):
1. RA for graduate student my freshman fall
2. Relatively weak independent study my senior spring
Teaching Experience:
1. Three semesters as a TA for a CS class
2. Online course development
3. Grader and tutor for multiple departments
Work Experience: trader intern at top firm (2x), quant intern at top bank (2x)
Relevant classes: 1st semester of PhD microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, all A's. several applied statistics and ML classes, through the graduate level, all A's. several theory and asset pricing undergrad electives, all A's.
Target programs:
Duke MA Econ
UW Madison MA Econ
Columbia MA Econ
UIUC MA Policy Economics
Penn State Econ MA
NYU Econ MA
Cornell AEM MA
UM Twin Cities AEM MA
Vanderbilt GPED MA
International student and will apply after working, so I can't do a predoc instead of a masters.