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This is hard 2009:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Ivy League, top 10 econ program. BA in Math with minor in Actuarial Science.
Undergrad GPA: 3.77/4
Type of Grad: N/A
Grad GPA: N/A
GRE: 800Q, 710V, 5.5AW.
Math and Stats: The whole gamut-- Calc I-III, PDE, Complex analysis, algebra, real analysis, probability statistics, multivariate regressions, time series, other stat courses. Mostly As, but a few B+s in the statistics courses.
Econ: Intro Micro (A+), Intro Macro (B)
Other Courses: Also graduated with departmental honors in English Lit.
Research Experience: 2 summers of applied statistics work for the Pathology department at a high ranking medical school. I should mention my honors thesis in English as well even though it obviously isn't directly applicable.
Letters of Recommendation: Didn't know anyone in the econ dept and I spent 3 years out of school before deciding to go back. So I went with the 3 people who knew me best: my English thesis advisor, my manager from the actuarial consulting firm I worked for, and the project leader for the Pathology research I worked on. I would expect that all their letters were strong recommendations.
Teaching Experience: none
Research Interests: trade, growth.
SOP: passionate, articulate, and thoughtful.
Other: I intentionally limited myself to schools within commuter distance of Philadelphia because that's where my family and my gf are. Considering that limitation I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. The funny thing is I could have been a top 10 admit out of school for PhD programs in English. I have to wonder if the adcoms who actually looked closely at my file didn't stop to check if it had been sent to the wrong department.
Results:
Accepted: Drexel ($$$+), University of Delaware ($$)
Rejected: Princeton, Upenn
What I would have done differently:
If I spent some more time on this forum beforehand I would have known that my reaches were foregone conclusions. Also, I obviously could have taken considerably more advantage of my proximity to a top-tier econ department when I was in college. Still, I think I'm going to be very happy at Drexel. They are strong in trade, their funding is very generous, and their grad students get a lot of individual attention. Most importantly the location is ideal for me.

The MAN 2009:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Bachelors at an unranked non-PhD state school
Undergrad GPA: 3.4
Type of Grad: none
Grad GPA: n/a
GRE: 800 Q, 560 V, 4.0 AWA
Math Courses: Calc 1 and 2
Econ Courses: All the prerequisites, Environ. Econ, Econometrics 1 and 2, Law and Econ, Telecom Econ, and a bunch of others
Other Courses: Computer Programming in C++, Physics
Letters of Recommendation: Three letters from instructors at unranked state school
Research Experience: None
Teaching Experience: Some tutoring experience
Research Interests: Public econ, environ. econ, tech. econ
SOP: Pretty standard SOP talking about why I want to pursue econ grad school, details on why I am a good candidate, and details on why I like the particular school.
Other:
RESULTS:
Acceptances: NIU, U. of Delaware, UNM, Colorado State, Nevada-Reno, IUPUI, and Illinois State
Waitlists: none
Rejections: USF and Oregon
Pending: none
What would you have done differently? I would have taken more math classes as an undergrad. I'm planning on going for a masters and picking up some missing math classes before applying to PhD programs.

baj393 2009:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: B.A. Economics from UT Austin
Undergrad GPA: 4.00/4.00
Type of Grad: N/A
Grad GPA: N/A
GRE: 740-Q 560-V 6.0-W
RESULTS:
Acceptances: PhD: New Mexico ($$$) Masters AREC: UConn ($$), Delaware ($$), Maine ($$) Other Masters: Duke Nicholas School MEM (Environmental Economics and Policy) ($)
Waitlists: None
Rejections: Maryland AREC MS
Pending: None
Will be attending Duke in the Fall!
What would you have done differently? Applied to AREC Masters programs at Ohio State and Purdue. Applied to Yale's School of the Environment. Overall, very happy with the Duke program and the other options that I had. If you are interested in both environmental economics and the policy side of things, then the Duke Nicholas School is the place for you because you can take economics classes as well as environmental classes. However, it is not a good prep for a PhD in economics, but is a good prep for a PhD in Public Policy or Environmental Policy.

wtcracker 2009:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: B.A. Economics from mid-ranked private college with no econ PhD program
Undergrad GPA: 3.63/4.00 (Econ: 3.91/4.00 Math: 2.83/4.0)
GRE: 800Q, 670V, 5.0AW
Math Courses: Calc I-III (A,A,C), Linear Algebra, Diff Eqs (D), Real Analysis (B), Stat (B), also W for Calc III and PDQ
Econ Courses: A's in Intermediate Micro and Macro, Game Theory, Econometrics, et c, B in Environmental, B+ in Math Econ
Other Courses: Liberal Arts
Letters of Recommendation: 3 good letters from Dept Chair, Thesis Adviser, and Micro Theory/Econometrics prof
Research Experience: Senior Thesis, lots of conference experience including refereeing for an undergrad conference
Teaching Experience: 4 years of tutoring principles 1hr/wk
SOP: Pretty good, talked about my desire to do applied, policy-relevant research
Other: Need to be in the Philadelphia area for 4 years while my wife goes to med school there
RESULTS:
Acceptances: Temple PhD ($$), Delaware MA (no $)
Rejections: none
Attending: Temple PhD
What would you have done differently?
1) Better math grades, my glaring weak spot. I could never get myself to finish problem sets even when they were graded.
2) Applied earlier than March to get funding, and to be able to apply at all to Lehigh, Drexel, Penn
3) But really nothing, since Penn is the only school close enough that is significantly better than Temple, and I don't think better math grades and an early application would have been enough to get me in there

eastcoastkitty 2009:
Institution: University of Delaware
Program: Economics, MA
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TBA
Notification date: 3/18/2009
Notified through: Snail mail
Comment: Yay!