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Elliephant 2011:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: business (Canadian school, econ dept. ranked >100 worldwide)
Undergrad GPA: 3.9/4.0 or 3.98/4.0, depending on conversion scheme
Type of Grad: none
Grad GPA: N/A
GRE: Q800, V790, AWA 6.0
Math Courses: calc I-III, linear algebra I-II, applied stats, real analysis I-II (all A or higher)
Econ Courses (grad-level): none
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): intro micro, intro macro, international econ, advanced micro, advanced macro, metrics (all A+); supply-side macro (B+); did a term in China's top econ department (roughly speaking, >85 = A): international trade (90), information econ (91), Chinese development (93), urban and regional econ (98); applied metrics and forecasting (spring); managerial econ (spring)
Other Courses: none relevant
Letters of Recommendation: micro prof (reasonably well-known in IO and a past department chair); research supervisor in Beijing (used to be tenured at UNC, well-connected in health policy); UG director at b-school
Research Experience: summer fellow at an econ think tank in Beijing, one RAship at my home school, two conference presentations of my sole-authored papers
Teaching Experience: TAed micro and business statistics
Research Interests: still fluid; currently economics of human capital (education, health), transition economies, other applied micro
SOP: standard
Concerns: credibility of LORs; insufficient math background; low visibility of UG econ department
RESULTS:
Acceptances: Wharton health, Kellogg MECS, Penn, UMich, Toronto MA, Queen's MA, UBC MA
Waitlists: none
Rejections: Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Berkeley, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, NYU (implicit)
What would you have done differently? If I had known in high school that I wanted this, I would have gone to a better UG school and done a double major in math and econ. However, given my constraints, I'm very happy with my results, and it's entirely possible that I would not have ended up with equally good offers if I'd had the option of slacking off in UG (by being in a better department, say). I'll write up a detailed "lessons learned" thread for applicants from low-ranked UG departments, non-quantitative majors, and internationals without a master's in the next couple of weeks.

econchef 2011:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Small Liberal Arts University, Atlantic Canada (Honors Econ, Minor Math)
Undergrad GPA: 3.95 (4.0 Econ) (4.0 Math) (Converted) (top graduate in Econ)
Type of Grad: MA Econ, Queen's University
Grad GPA: 4.0 (Converted) (top graduate)
GRE: 800Q 570V 5.5AW
Math Courses: calculus (I,II,III), linear algebra, ODE, Discrete, Intro Stats, History of Math, Intro to Game Theory (All A or higher)
Econ Courses (grad): Micro, Macro , Econometrics, Resource, Applied Econometrics, Research Problems and Methodology, Empirical Micro (All 90%+)
Econ Courses (u/g): Adv Micro, Adv Macro, Uncertainty and Strategy (Adv Micro II), Econometrics (full-year), All intermediates and Intros, a bunch field courses (All A or Higher)
Letters of Recommendation: All positive, 2 full professors (1 resource econ, very well established; 1 applied time series), 1 associate professor (gaining a big rep in time series), I supplement with three other profs who know me well at universities where they have contacts.
Research Experience: master's essay, summer research paper in u/g, Internship at Inter-American Development Bank (Poverty Research / HH Exp'd Surveys), 3 applied metrics courses in Grad, very strong STATA programming skills and LATEX knowledge
Teaching Experience: Taught tutorials for principles (Micro and Macro) for 2 years in u/g; environmental econ and principles macro at Queen's
Research Interests: Econometrics, Labor, Education
Concerns: Could have taken more math; Small unknown undergrad
RESULTS:
Acceptances: Berkeley ($$$), Princeton ($$$), BU ($$), U Toronto ($$$), Queen's ($$$), Chicago (3rd year)
Waitlists: MIT, U Penn, U Mich
Rejections: Harvard, Northwestern, Stanford, NYU, Yale, Columbia
What would you have done differently? Well if I had a time machine, I would have gone back to the start of first year and convinced myself not to take any political science courses in second year and instead replace them all with math courses. I also might have convinced myself that I should have taken more math in fourth year instead of taking basic sciences for med school (I applied and got in but decided to continue with econ grad school). The only other thing I might have changed regarding my record with said time machine would have been to write my MA essay on a time series theory topic as opposed to one in applied micro but I'll be honest these wouldn't be the first things I would do with a time machine. Perhaps with those changes I might have had a better shot at Harvard but there's always some noise in the dgp so who knows. Overall, I'm very excited by my results and can't wait to visit my top two offers.

EastCoastGuy 2011:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Canadian research university with a low-ranked econ dept, BSc Economics & Math
Undergrad GPA: ~3.86
Type of Grad: n/a
Grad GPA: n/a
GRE: 760Q, 530V, 6.0 AWA (did not submit, only applied to MAs in Canada)
Math Courses: Calc I-IV (A, A, A-, B), Linear I-II, (A, B+), Intro to Analysis (A-), Real Analysis I-II (taking now, grades weren't available for schools), Graph Theory (ditto)
Econ Courses: Intermediate Micro (A+), Intermediate Macro (A-), Public Economics (A), Economics I (A+), Econometrics II (A), Math for Economists (A+), Advanced Micro (B+), Advanced Macro (taking now, grades weren't available for schools), lots of field courses (mostly A+)
Other Courses: Wrote on an honours thesis, did well; lots of stats course, did okay.
Letters of Recommendation: Honours advisor who is well-known is his field in Canada, and my metrics prof who has been around for a while
Research Experience: none, aside from my honours thesis
Teaching Experience: none
Research Interests: labour, macro
SOP: n/a except for one school. I mostly talked about why economics was attractive to me as a discipline.
Other: Recommended for the SSHRC by my school. That probably did not have affect admissions, but it may have helped schools increase my funding after I was admitted.
RESULTS:
Acceptances: Queen's MA ($$$), UofT Doctoral Stream ($$$), UBC ($)
Waitlists: UofT Doctoral Stream initially
Rejections: none
Pending: none
What would you have done differently?
I would have prepared more for the GRE last year so I could have done better (I did not really prepare and that was a poor choice), and I probably would have applied to more schools (like LSE). That said, I got into my first choice with their top funding offer, and I wasn't looking at applying to Phd programs, anyway, so I have no complaints or regrets.

s1391470 2011:
Type of Undergrad: B.Sc. Comp Sci, B.Sc. Mathematics (Average Canadian Uni)
Undergrad GPA: 8.9/10 (Comp Sci), 8.7/10 (Math)
Type of Grad: MBA - Top Canadian Program, M.A. Econ (Average Canadian Uni)
Grad GPA: 3.8/4 (MBA), 4.25/4.33 (Econ).
Other Education: CFA
GRE: 800 Q / 720 V / 6.0 W (native English speaker)
Math Courses: Calc I, II, III (A), Real Analysis (A), ODE (A-), Probability (A), Stats (A), Complex Analysis (B+), Linear Algebra (A)
Econ Courses (grad-level): Macro, Micro, Econometrics, Finance, International Trade, Environment, Public Policy, Labour Economics,
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Micro, Macro
Other Courses: During MBA, Game Theory and Micro/Macro
Letters of Recommendation: 4 from M.A. econ. 2 Minnesota Grads, 1 Queens Grad, 1 Toronto Grad
Research Experience: Patent, Masters Thesis, R.A. in Econ and Comp. Sci
Teaching Experience: TA'ed bunch of courses
Work Experience: Nearly 10 years in a variety of roles in technology and finance
Research Interests: international trade and development
SOP: Pretty strong, I think.
Concerns: I have some pretty poor grades in upper level math courses (not listed) including several Cs. However, in my SoP I mentioned how I was working full time while completing this degree, and how my patent is directly related to my math degree (it is related to obfuscation/encryption and group theory).
Other: I'll be 35 when I start my PhD, so I'm a bit older than the average grad student.
Applying to: Columbia, NYU, U Penn, Minnesota, University of Michigan, Brown, Cornell, Wisconsin (Missed funding date), Cornell, Queen's, Toronto, Carnegie Mellon

eiad77 2011:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Business Economics from UBC
Undergrad GPA: 3.8
Type of Grad: Law degree from UBC
Grad GPA:3.4
GRE:800 math/670 verbal/4.5 writing
Math Courses: Calc 1 A+, Calc 2 A-, Calc 3 A-, Calc 4 B- (Vector Calculus), Proofs B, Differentials C, Econ Stats 1/2 (A), Econ Math A-
Econ Courses (grad-level): None (Law and Economics in law school (A-)
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): 15 Courses with A/A+ (top student in several classes)
Other Courses: Mostly Business classes
Letters of Recommendation: One from well known economics professor, one from sessional lecturer, one from well known law professor (feminist law, ie completely unrelated to economics), not sure how enthusiastic they are.
Research Experience: 2 years for law professor (unrelated to economics), 1 year at business school, one peer reviewed publication, one short co-authored non-peer reviewed publication.
Teaching Experience: None
Research Interests: Not sure
SOP: Average
Concerns: Math marks, had a business degree, took a break to do a law degree, recommendation letters, no research experience
Other:
Applying to: UBC (MA), Toronto (MA), McGill (MA), Queen's (MA), Ottawa (MA)

phystoecon 2011:
Institution: Simon Fraser University (SFU)
Program: Economics, MA
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Yes, TA. Just enough to live off
Notification date: 03/09/2011
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No

jeffgoldbloom 2011:
Institution: University of Toronto
Program: MA in Economics
Decision: Accepted Regular Stream, wait-listed Doctoral Stream
Funding: None for Regular Stream
Notification Date: 3/3/2011
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: I was hoping for Doctoral Stream, but still excited to be accepted
Institution: Queens University
Program: MA in Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $15,000 support package
Notification Date: 3/9/2011
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: I am unsure, waiting to see if Toronto will move me off the Doctoral Streamwaitlist

Econ Bob 2011:
Sorry for the delayed post. Hopefully helpful to future applicants.
Institution: Toronto
Program: MA Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Possible TA; Option to submit other funding offers
Notification date: March/2/2011
Notified through: email from econ dept
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Regular stream. PHD Stream wait listed.
Institution: Queen's
Program: MA Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Lots
Notification date: March/4/2011
Notified through: email from econ dept
Posted on GC: No
Institution: UBC
Program: MA Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Lots
Notification date: March/16/2011
Notified through: email from econ dept
Posted on GC: No

Unikkatel 2011:
Institution: Queen's University
Program: MA Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TAship + Graduate Scholarship (18k)
Notification date: 3/10/11
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Happy
Institution: University of Calgary
Program: MA Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TAship and Scholarship (24k)
Notification date: 2/16/11
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Happy
Institution: University of Alberta
Program: MA Economics & Finance
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Dont know yet
Notification date: 3/23/11
Notified through: Email after inquiring
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Meh

Lfc13 2011:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Small Liberal Arts University, Unranked in Ontario (Honors Math-Econ)
Undergrad GPA: 3.7 (3.9 Econ) (3.5 Math) (Converted)
Type of Grad:N/A
Grad GPA: N/A
GRE: N/A
Math Courses: calculus (I) (C+)BLAH, Calculus(II) A, linear algebra A, ODE B-, Intro Stats A, Linear Statistics Models A-, Linear programming (C then A) woops, Stochastic I B+, Stochastic II A-
Econ Courses (grad): N/A
Econ Courses (u/g): Micro years 1-4 (A+, A-, A+, A+), Macro years 1-3 (A-, A, A+), Financial Econ A-, Math Econ B, Managerial Econ A+, Economics of Industrial Relations A, Labour A-, Metrics 3rd year A+, 4th year A, Enviro Econ A+, Taking research project course, 4th year Macro, 4th year Math Econ and Public Econ
Research Experience:
Teaching Experience: Just marking for stats, accounting, econometrics
Research Interests: Labor, other applied micro
Concerns: Should have taken more math and done better in maths; Small unknown undergrad ; LORs???
RESULTS:
Acceptances: Guelph MA, McMaster MA
Waiting on: U of T MA, McGill MA
Rejections: Queens MA
What would you have done differently? Not take stupid business courses, not F up first year calc, Drink less maybe! Maybe not go to my silly little undergrad although it was free. Possibly better letter of recommendation

goose88 2011:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Top 15 undergrad, Top 30 Econ PhD
Undergrad GPA: 3.5/3.76 for econ
Type of Grad:n/a
Grad GPA: n/a
GRE: 800Q, 620V, 4AW
Math Courses: Calc(I-III: B+,B-,B-), Linear Algebra(B+), Intro to proofs(A-), Real Analysis(A), Lebesgue Integration (In progress with an A so far)
Econ Courses (grad-level):
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Intermediate Micro and Macro, IO, Property Rights, Intro and Applied Econometrics, Game Theory etc. (all A-/A's except for one B)
Other Courses: MATLAB(in progress)
Letters of Recommendation: All econ PhDs...2 well Known professors (one Stanford and another from Rochester), and one ok recommendation (Stanford)
Research Experience: Award winning Honors thesis, summer fellowship
Teaching Experience: Teaching Assistant for a intro level macro class
Research Interests: Development econ, Applied Micro/IO
SOP: Good but didn't bother to customize it for each school...highlighted my diverse background
Concerns: Weak GPA and Math grades...I was not the best student for the first two years of my college career and my grades suffered...hopefully they can also see the radical change in my grades from B's to A's
RESULTS:
Acceptances: Northwestern($$), WUSTL($$), ASU($$), UWO-PhD stream MA($$)
Rejections: Brown, Duke, Georgetown, Michigan, NYU, Queens, Rochester, Stanford, U Minnesota, UC-Berkeley, UCLA, U Wisconsin, Yale
Withdrawn: Columbia, Purdue
Attending: Northwestern
What would you have done differently? So, so many things. I think I was ridiculously lucky given how marginal my profile looks (but I promise, I am not as bad as I look on paper)
i) I would have started out as an Econ major instead of waiting till junior year to switch out of the Business school (no offense to business majors but that place drained my soul and made me super lazy)
ii) I would have taken my Calculus classes seriously or at the very least attended them for more than the first week
iii) I would have taken some more stats classes than the basic courses such as Stochastic Processes or Probability Theory
iv) I would have done more research/get to know more professors but then again, this is tied to (i)

Neshamah 2011:
Institution: Warwick
Program: MSc Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Will know more in March/April
Notification date: 12 January 2011
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Good to get some feedback. Quite expensive course, will only attend with funding...

Irrational 2011:
Institution: Barcelona GSE
Program: MSc in Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Partial tuition waiver (9,000 €)
Notification date: 01/24/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Decision until 23/02/2011, which is very early. Still, it's my first admit, so I am kind of happy :-)