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Rejections:
urray 2011:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: BA, Major Economics, Minor Mathematics one of the top schools in Middle East
Undergrad GPA: 3.7/4
Type of Grad: MA Economics, same university
Grad GPA: 3.85 /4
GRE: 790Q, 600V, 4.5AW
TOEFL:116/120
Math Courses: UG Level: Calculus Sequence, Linear Algebra, Probability, Statistics, Discrete Mathematics
Grad Level: Real Analysis, Measure Theory, Stochastic Calculus, Abstract Algebra
Econ Courses (grad-level): Micro I-II (Taken at senior year in UG), Matching and Auction Theory (Taken at senior year in UG), Macro I-II, Metrics I-II, Advanced Topics in Macro Theory, Advanced Topics in Game Theory
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Way too many to list.
Letters of Recommendation: 1 Minnesota PhD, 1 Rochester PhD, 1 BU PhD, all should be very good,
Research Experience: Co-authoring a paper with one of the letter of recommendation writers, which had incredibly good feedback from a few conferences, going to submit it pretty soon.
Teaching Experience: 8 semester of TA for a variety of classes, (intro to Micro, intro to Game Theory, etc.) Instructed the math camp for incoming graduate students at our university.
Research Interests: Game Theory
SOP: Pretty standard, I actually forgot to change the phrase "university X" to the name of the university in a few cases
Concerns: My GPA in the first two-years in undergrad where I took the majority of the ug level math courses was lowish (around 3.4) Got a C+ plus from linear algebra as I had to skip an exam due to a medical condition(did not mention the reason in my sop), 790Q in GRE
RESULTS:
Acceptances: NYU, Kellogg Mecs, Minnesota, Michigan, Caltech, CMU, Boston U, Rochester, JHU, WL from WUSTL
Rejections: Yale, Brown, Columbia GSB
COMMENTS:
I decided to do a PhD only around my junior year or so, I wasn't even actually planning to study economics when I entered university. I did pretty stupid things in my first two years, I think my overall attendance was around %10 or so of the classes, entered some exams after night-outs without sleeping etc. On the other hand I took quite a bit of grad courses in my last two years as an undergraduate, as a result I had a chance focus on research on my masters. I actually came up with my own idea for the current paper we are writing pretty early in my masters. Then again due to a death in the family I couldn't get it published before the admission season started, hence didn't bother to apply to top 5. In retrospect, I think I should have given it a shot. And if I had the opportunity I would slap my younger self for my behavior in my first two-years.
Accepts: Acceptances: NYU, Kellogg Mecs, Minnesota, Michigan, Caltech, CMU, Boston U, Rochester, JHU, WL from WUSTL
- Institution: Caltech Social Sciences PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $28k/year
Notification date: Feb 10
Notified through: email
Comments: No phone call, probably due to 10 hour difference (the e-mail came at 02.30 local time)
- Institution: Kellogg MECS
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $$$$
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: Rochester Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $$$
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: Minnesota Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TAship
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: Michigan Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: No first year funding 17k+ after 2nd year
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: Carnegie Mellon Tepper Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $$$$
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: Johns Hopkins Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: No offer since they think I will end up with other offers
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: NYU Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $$$
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Rejects: Rejections: Yale, Brown, Columbia GSB
COMMENTS:
I decided to do a PhD only around my junior year or so, I wasn't even actually planning to study economics when I entered university. I did pretty stupid things in my first two years, I think my overall - Institution: Yale Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: Columbia Business School Finance & Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
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