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Gouverneur 2012:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: BA Economics, minor in Mathematics (Rutgers: >50 econ department)
Undergrad GPA: 2.9 (cumulative of four colleges); 3.7 (school I will graduate from)
Type of Grad:
Grad GPA:
GRE: 161Q, 159V, 4.0AW
Math Courses: Calc I-III, Intro Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Intro to Proofs, Probability Theory, (Abstract) Linear Algebra, Intro Real Analysis
Econ Courses: Intro/Intermediate Micro/Macro, Econometrics, Industrial Organization, Financial Economics, Market Discipline, Development, Game Theory
Other Courses: intro stats
Letters of Recommendation: All 3 from econ professors who I took 1-2 classes with
Research Experience: none
Teaching Experience: none
Research Interests: game theory, io, labor, development
SOP: brief
Other:
RESULTS:
Acceptances: Warwick, Oregon, Western Ontario ($), Cornell ($$)
Waitlists: Washington
Rejections: Tilburg, Queen's, Cemfi
Attending: Cornell
What would you have done differently?
For undergrad studies, not failing out of college twice would've been better. Also, it would've been nice to have taken more than two econ classes before the spring semester of my junior year. For the application process, I should've applied to more schools. But I am very pleased with the school I will be attending.

packerdevil 2012:
I guess this profile shows some good things with some "what-ifs" on my mind. A few regrets, but nonetheless I'm in to a few PhD programs, so my goals are being met.
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: BS Econ/Math, ASU
Undergrad GPA: 3.43
GRE: 155/161/4.5 (Equiv: 530/770/4.5; V/Q/W)
Math Courses: Calc I (HS), Calc II (B+), Honors Calc III (B), Lin Alg (B), Diff Eq (A), Real Analysis (B), Adv. Lin. Alg (C), Lin. Opt. (C), Chaos Theory (B+), Probability (B+), Stochastic Processes (currently taking)
Econ Courses: Beg/Int/Adv Macro (A+/A-/A+), Honors Micro (B+), International Econ/Trade (B+), Health Care Econ (B), Honors Behavioral Econ (A), Game Theory (A), Econometrics (C), Law & Econ (currently taking)
Letters of Recommendation: One Nobel Laureate Economist, Behavioral Econ/Law & Econ professor/Thesis Director, Diff Eq/Chaos Theory Professor/Thesis Second Reader
Research Experience: My undergraduate thesis, which focused on the behavior of people in BitTorrent and the economic efficiency of such behavior. I also did a research project on stochastic modeling of the Black-Scholes Financial Model, a project on networking in basketball to predict outcomes of games, and helped with a project on people's behavior on incentives and cheating.
Teaching Experience: Tutoring math and economics courses
Research Interests: Microeconomics, maybe Econometrics. Really into how individuals in certain markets behave efficiently (comparison/contrast of different types of markets)
SOP: How I always wanted to seize any (research) opportunity that came my way, or really any opportunity that gives me more knowledge and gets me a push forward to reach my goals
Concerns: Obviously my overall GPA. If I could do undergraduate studies again, I would have worked harder in school, and put a lot more effort into making those B's into A's. Also, I would have chosen some different professors and classes. Adv. Lin. Alg. and Lin. Opt. were simply no fun because the professors did a bad job teaching, plus Adv. Lin. Alg. was just way too difficult for me. As far as Econometrics, I should have waited until this semester to take it with a professor who was really good at teaching it, instead of who I had who just used powerpoint slides and told us what formulas to use. He did not explain what he expected us to take from this course at all except "money tree." I'm working hard right now and on pace of getting straight A's. Also my GRE scores are to be somewhat desired.
RESULTS:
Acceptances: Colorado, Oregon (funding "unlikely"), George Washington (no funding)
Waitlists: Colorado (funding)
Rejections: Vanderbilt, UVA
Pending: ASU, V Tech (has anyone heard from any of these two schools?)
Attending: As of now Colorado, unless some funding offer comes from left field.
What would you have done differently?
Stated with Concerns.

manfromthemoon 2012:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: BA (Honors) in Philosophy
Undergrad GPA: 3.4
Type of Grad: MA in Economics
Grad GPA: 4.0
GRE: Q800; V 760
Math Courses: Math for Econ (A); Statistical Analysis (A). Both were graduate courses.
Econ Courses (grad-level): Micro I (A); Micro II (Research based) (A); Macro I (A); Macro II (A); Econometrics I (A); Econometrics II (A). Econ Courses (undergrad-level): None.
Other Courses: Wrote a thesis for the masters degree.
Letters of Recommendation: All very strong, but none of the recommenders are high-profile.
Research Experience: Did an independent research project on the classical Post-Ricardian theories of value and distribution..
Teaching Experience: Graduate Assistant for three semesters
Research Interests: Macroeconomics; International Political Economy
SOP: Focused on my research interests and career plans beyond the PhD
Other: There hardly is a proper math course on my transcript.
RESULTS:
Acceptances: UMKC, Oregon, Utah, UMass Amherst
Waitlists: None
Rejections: Princeton, Claremont
Pending: None
Attending: UMKC for Interdisciplinary PhD in Econ and PolSci
What would you have done differently?
It was quite difficult to do well in the masters program, considering that my undergrad background was in Philosophy. So in that sense there was a lot of "catching up" to do with economics and I'm happy that I got out of it alive. I really wanted to get into UMKC because there really is no other school in the US with so many faculty with whom I share my research interests. I ended up applying to fewer schools than I intitally planned to. But that's okay, I guess, and I am quite excited about going to UMKC.

econsd 2012:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: BSc in Economics with a Business Minor
Undergrad GPA: 3.731
Type of Grad: MSc in Economics from same school
Grad GPA: 4.00
GRE: First try: 740Q,410V,4.5AWA Second try: 158Q,152V,4.0AWA
Math Courses: Intro to Prob and Stats (Calc Based) (A), Cal 1-3 (B,B,A), Differential Equations (B), Elementary Logic and Sets (Intro to Proofs) (A), Matrix Algebra (A), Linear Algebra (B), Real Analysis (A), Statistics 2 (A)
Grad Econ Courses: Marketing Research (A), International Econ (A), Industrial Organization (A), History of Econ Thought (A), Labor Econ (A), Advanced Micro (A), Research Methods (A), Time Series Econometrics(A), Advanced Macro (A), Econometrics (A)
Econ Courses: Principles of Micro (A), Principles of Macro (A), Marketing (A), Money and Banking (B), Inter Micro (A), Inter Macro (A), Public Finance (A), Math Econ (A), Stats II (Econ Department) (B)
Other Courses:
Letters of Recommendation: Grad advisor and 2 from Grad professors. All are from top 50 schools or very close but are not well known in researching or publications. I believe all were very strong.
Research Experience: Graduate Thesis, Co-Author with a professor ( Published ), class: Research Methodology in Applied Econ, Conference Presentation w/ thesis advisor
Teaching Experience:
Research Interests: Health Economics/Applied Micro
SOP: I spent a lot of time on this because of setbacks in my profile and modified it for each school
Other:
RESULTS:
Acceptances: UK($), UGA($), FL St. ($), CO(-), NCSU(?), OR(?), Kansas($), WA St($), IUPUI($), OR St.(?), MO(-)
Waitlists:
Rejections: WI-Madison, Duke, VA, Vandy, MSU, AZ, UNC Chapel Hill, Purdue
Pending: 1
Attending: Emory ($)
What would you have done differently? The weaknesses, in my opinion, in my application were my GRE score and my undergraduate/MSc university. I wouldn't have transferred based on friends, relationships, and a co-authorship. The only thing I would have done differently is study more for the GRE instead of taking its impact so lightly. If you would have told me I had a choice between 12 acceptances at the beginning of the cycle I wouldn't have believed it. I'm thrilled with my results and very excited to attend Emory. Thanks for everyone who was there to talk it out in tiny chat for the past few months and good luck with your programs.

Arienette 2012:
Institution: Vanderbilt
Program: PhD Econ
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification Date: 2/10/12
Notified Through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: oh well
Institution: Pittsburgh
Program: PhD Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: They're still deciding, but they expect they'll be able to offer me funding
Notification Date: 2/29/12
Notified Through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Yay!

jrains 2012:
Institution: University of Oregon
Program: PhD in Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TBD
Notification date: 3/6/2012
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: I am very excited about this program but am waiting for funding.
Institution: Claremont Graduate University
Program: PhD in Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Only part of tuition
Notification date: 2/29/2012
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments:
Institution: UC Santa Cruz
Program: PhD in Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 2/24/2012
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments:

ippos74 2012:
Nice forum, thanks everyone for the info!!
Institution: LSE ($), UC Davis, Oregon ($), EUI ($) (Going to LSE, but still waiting for 3 top20)
Program: econ
Decision: accepted in the above
Funding, Yes, except Davis
Notification date: last was from Davis a couple weeks ago.
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: no

resource 2012:
Type of Undergrad: BA, Economics, English -- liberal arts college
Undergrad GPA: 3.6
Type of Grad: MS, Economics -- Top 50 Econ
Grad GPA: 3.1
GRE: 166Q / 165V / 5.5A
Math Courses: Calc I-III, Discrete Math, Linear Algebra, Intro Stat, Math Stat I-II.
Econ Courses (grad-level): Micro I-II (PhD), Macro I-II (PhD), Econometric Theory I (PhD), Applied Microeconometrics (PhD), Env. & Resource Econ (PhD), Agri. Prod & Supply (PhD)
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): All of them.
Letters of Recommendation:
(1) Exceptional, MS thesis co-adviser, very well-published in Env Econ.
(2) Exceptional, MS thesis co-adviser, among top students in his Env Econ course, very well-published in Env Econ.
(3) Exceptional, UG adviser, served as his TA, took 3 courses with him, not well-known.
Research Experience: 3 working papers, 1 paper published in conference proceedings, MS Thesis (will be submitted to field journal co-authored with letter of recommendation writers 1&2), Summer RAship with well-known environmental economist at mediocre econ department, UG honors thesis. Several presentations (1 of them at a good field conference). Co-investigator on $40k grant for applied work in my field.
Teaching Experience: TA in UG for Principles of Micro, Environmental Econ, and Market Experiments.
Research Interests: Environmental and Resource Economics, Applied Econometrics.
SOP: Discussed research and faculty with whom I'd like to work.
Concerns: C+ in Ph.D. Macro. Failed macro prelim.
Other: Fellowship at graduate institution. MS Thesis won interdisciplinary award.
RESULTS:
Acceptances: Maryland AREC ($$ -- originally waitlisted for funding), Wisconsin AAE ($$), Georgia State ($$)
Rejections: Duke, Duke UPEP, Berkeley ARE, Davis ARE, Cornell AEM, Yale FES, Oregon
Attending: Maryland AREC
What would you have done differently? Nuthin' -- I had fun.