flopson Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 PROFILE Type of Undergrad: Econ Math double major at Canadian School Undergrad GPA: 3.0 Type of Grad: MA Econ at "top 3" Canadian school Grad GPA: 4.1 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE RA'd in undergrad for a young macroeconomist. RA'd for my MA thesis supervisor. Worked very hands-on quantitative job in industry. TEACHING EXPERIENCE TA during MA, tutoring during Undergrad. LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION Prof I RA'd for in Undergrad (should be decent, worked for him for about a year) MA supervisor (whom I also RA'd for). Old guy who is very well-known and well-connected. We got a long very well and he will write me a very strong letter. Then a prof who I took a Research Methods course with during MA (got A+ and we got a long well). CONCERNS Undergrad GPA is the main one. I also bombed GRE and don't have time or will to re-take, so only applying to Canadian PhDs as I am Canadian and therefore don't need to submit GRE. APPLYING TO UBC, UofT, Queen's, McGill I am confident about my chances at the latter two but how much of a reach are the first two, in your opinion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zubrus Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Your last statement reveals where you are from. A 4.1 from your masters program and strong letters + you are Canadian or Permanent Resident, will make your entrance into UBC or U of T somewhat likely. Edit: PR automatically changes to Princeton Review .. so I edited it to Permanent Resident Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flopson Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 Thanks, Zubs. Bumping to solicit more opinions, and also to add a couple data points and ask a further question. -The UG 3.0 masks some disastrous grades in math and econ courses (lots of B-, one F in a Linear Algebra summer course...) but also a decent streak in Real Analysis (I took four semesters, got A-, A, B+, A) as well as a grad-level Topology class (B+). - I had a bad experience writing the GRE, and as a result settled on only applying to Canadian schools this time around. However, do you think, given a mixed math background, writing it one more time to try to crack a great quant score, would be worth it, for the extra math signal? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zubrus Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Not worth it. If you don't get into Toronto or UBC I suspect that it will only be due to your undergrad grades. I think your chances at UBC and Toronto are not that bad man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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