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Hi everyone, Was wondering if anyone has any idea about the GPA cutoff that gets screened out in the initial stage for PhD Econ admissions. My overall GPA is 3.5 (graduated with honors) with Econ major GPA around 3.7 and Math major GPA around 3.6 (you can see my previous evaluation post here: https://www.www.urch.com/forums/phd-economics/161111-profile-evaluation.html). Could 3.5 be automatically screened out at top 10 schools or so? Thanks.

I found out on this thread that schools often have a TOEFL cutoff (higher than the 100 that is advertised) using which they auto-reject applicants. That thread's respondent is a top 40 AP, and he/she says they use 105-108. Is there something similar auto-reject filter at the top 10? If yes, what is the cutoff like?

Hi, I'm applying for a PhD in economics for fall 2020. I did my GRE exam and obtained a 166 in the quant section and 159 in the verbal section (still waiting for the AW score) -I'm not an English native speaker by the way-. I have read in some forums people who state similar situations, but my intention is not to repeat another discussion like those. What I think would be useful is to hear about how adcoms use the GRE scores, for example, if they just say "applicants with less than X in the quant section are dismissed" for a fixed X value or if that value X differs along applicants. I have heard first-handly that in Berkeley they have a cutoff of 166 in the quant section, and from there GRE score is completely superfluous. However, that is just one university, and is not representative. Does this cutoff applies for most universities or is it higher or lower? I will probably retake the exam on september or october and I think it won't be that difficult to increase my score to a 169-170 in quant and to 165-167 in verbal. Still I think this information may be valuable for many future applicants so that they have a better idea about the cutoff. Being Berkeley one of the top 10 programs I imagine the cutoff may round 166 or 167 across top programs. Moreover, I don't really think that a top 25 program may have (if they do) a cutoff lower than 165.

So, I just took the GRE and received a 167Q/158V. I think the AW went very well but I won't know for a few weeks. I plan on applying to schools this fall and will be entering my senior year of undergrad and am hoping for a top 10. School: US Top 25 Liberal Arts Country of Origin: US GRE: 167Q/158V Econ grades: Micro (A) - Macro (A) - Metrics (A) - Advanced Metrics (A) - Health Economics (A) - Sports Econ (A-) - Principles of Econ (A-) - Gender Econ (B+) Math grades: Analysis (Taking in the fall) - Computational Linear Algebra (A) - Differential Equations (A) - Multivariable Calculus (A) - Linear Algebra (A) - Probability (A-) - Intro to Stat (A-) Overall GPA: 3.75 Research Experience: Federal Reserve Research Intern RA to World Bank economist (co-authored paper) Advanced Metrics Term Paper Metrics Term Paper (Won 3rd best term paper in state in contest sponsored by the Fed) Econometric Consultant to the offensive coordinator of a professional football team (play call/decision optimization analysis) I expect to have good LOR. Thoughts?