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Type of Undergrad: BA from flagship state school with top-ten grad program (only in Environmental, the rest isnt even top 50) Undergrad GPA: 4.02/4.4 overall...4.2/4.4 Econ....4.0/4.4 Math Type of Grad: NA Grad GPA: NA GRE: Yet to take.... expecting ~750Q/600V (thats what my practice tests have been) Math Courses: Statistics (A+), Calc I (A), Calc II (A), Linear Algebra (A-), Mathematical Economics (A) Econ Courses (grad-level): Micro (A) Mathmatical Econ (A) Development Econ (A) Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Micro I and II (As) Macro I and II (As) Econometrics I and II (A+ and A) Environmental (A) Latin American Econ (A+) Econ Policy (A) International Finance (A) Other Courses: Letters of Recommendation: 1. Thesis Advisor with Phd from UT-Austin. Very enthusiatic letter. Also took grad course with him. 2. Int'l Finance Prof. Phd from Brown. 3. Grad Micro Prof. Phd from Colorado School of Mines. All know me pretty well, especially 1 and 2. Research Experience: RA for 1 year cleaning big data set. Also working for Economic Research Institute as a survey tech. Teaching Experience: Academic Advisor for 2 years, not sure if that counts. Research Interests: Poverty, Development, Applied Micro SOP: Standard. Should be decent. Concerns: Lack of Math (no RA, Calc 3) Potentially low GRE (im shooting for 800Q, but who knows...these Kaplan CATs might be sandbagging my score) Other: Also worked as the Director of a Non-Profit in Latin America for 1.5 years Applying to: UBC (MA), LSE (Econ and LED), TSE (M2), Vanderbilt (GPED), Tufts (MS), USF (MA), Tinbergen Institute (Phd), Oxford (MA in development). MAYBE's: Berkeley ARE, BostonU, UC Davis ARE Im trying to be as realistic as possible and want to know my chances for these schools. I want to get my masters to work for a year or two and then get my Phd. Also, I would greatly appreciate anyone who knows details about: -LSE's Local Economic Development program -UBC masters placements -Vandys GPED -The quality of USFs masters program I REALLY appreciate ANY feedback here!