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AusEconGuy 2012:
Another data point (for Australians)
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad:Econ with first class honours from Go8 Australian Uni
Undergrad GPA: 3.8 for standard Bachelor, 4.0 in Honours (Converted to US scale)
Type of Grad: M Phil in Economics
Grad GPA: Coursework: 4.0 (US converted)
GRE: 159V, 168Q. 5.0 AW
Math Courses: Math for Economists (B, undergrad), econ students dont do pure math courses in my institution
Econ Courses (grad-level): Macro (A+), Micro (A), Metrics (A+)
Econ Courses (honours-level): Macro (A+), Metrics (A+), Advanced Math Econ (A+); Behavioural Game Theory (A+); Micro (B; whoops!)
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Micro I/II (B+; A+); Macro I/II (A+, A+); Metrics I/II/II (A+;A+;B); Econ Theory (B); Trade II/II (A+;A+); Econ History (A); Development (A); Money & Banking (A); Public Econ (A);
Other Courses: Finance I/II (A+;A) and some politics stuff
Letters of Recommendation:
- thesis supervisor for Hons and MPhil thesis, also taught me
- Prof I RA'd for over 2 years
- Assist Prof whom i tutored with for three years
- Head of School .... All should be positive
Research Experience: 6 years as RA for various profs (since 2nd year undergad); 3 conference presentations in 2011 for MPhil thesis; 2 thesis in experimental econ
Teaching Experience: TA for 4 years in range of courses from first year through third year
Research Interests: Behavioural Econ and Experiments, Political Econ, Information Econ
SOP: These are hard work! But its over
Concerns: Lack of obvious maths training (hons and Mphil courses are all at graduate level... LORS hopefully mention this), occasional B's in theory classes - These aren't horrible grades, I was still in top few students in these courses but no scaling
Applying to:
Phd: Northwestern, NYU (Econ and Stern), Cornell, Brown, UCSD, UC Berkeley, Princeton, Stanford ,Caltech, U Penn
Masters: Oxford; U College London; Autonoma, UC3M; Barcelona GSE; LSE; Toronto

golden_bears 2012:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Top Public University
Undergrad GPA: 3.43
Type of Grad:
Grad GPA:
GRE:
Math Courses: Applied Math double major
Econ Courses (grad-level):
Econ Courses (undergrad-level):
Other Courses:
Letters of Recommendation:
Research Experience:
Teaching Experience:
Research Interests:
SOP:
Concerns: Weak gpa
Other:
Applying to: LSE(MSc. Econ-L1U3), UCL(MSc.),Tufts(MS),BGSE(MSc.),Tufts, McGill(MA),

pavlemihajlovic 2012:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Unknown Easter-European University, Economics (major: Economic Analysis and Policy - EAP)
Undergrad GPA: 9,23 (scale 5 to 10) best at my major; top 5 0n Faculty generation
Type Grad: Master in Economic Analysis and Policy (M.A.)
Grad GPA: n/a
GRE: 168 Q ; 151 V ; 4.0 AW
Quantitative courses: Mathematics (Intermediate Calculus, Linear Algebra and Analysis, Probability), Mathematical-Economic Models, Statistics, Econometrics, Econometric Methods and Models - all 10s (A)
Econ courses (grad level): Micro Analysis (Advanced level), Macro Analysis (Intermediate level), Labor, International Finance, Economics of Regulation, Public Choice, Institutional Economics - all 10s
Econ courses (undergrad): Principles of Economics (10), Price Theory (Intermediate Micro) (9), Monetary (10), International (10), Industrial Organization (8), Public Finance (8), Contemporary Economic Systems (10), Transitional Economics (8), Austrian Economics (10), Institutional Economics (10), Public Choice (10), Agrarian Economics (10),
Other courses: Financial Accounting, Business Finance, Strategic Management, Business Organization, Marketing Research
TOEFL: R30, L29, S29, W24 (total score 112)
Letters of Recommendation: Three professors, two faculty one from additional one year multidisciplinary program (graduation paper mentor). All exceptionally written. All prominent professors in the country not known abroad.
Research Experience: Very Little , 2 months - but wrote good scientific paper (uploaded to adcom as writing sample) on economic freedom index and growth - panel data econometrics
Teaching Experience: 1 semester TA for International Economics,
Interests: Monetary Economics, International Finance
SOP: two pages, motivation for Ph.D. seems to me well written
Concerns: Unknown referrers. Unknown university. SOP might not suit every application perfectly
Applying to: Tilburg (M.Res.), Tinbergen Institute (M.Phil.), GSEFM Frankfurt (Ph.D.), Touluse (M2), Maybe applying: CEMFI, Bonn,
Admitted: BGSE (no $ - but applied without GRE, maybe that was the thing)

araujo1987 2012:
Institution: BGSE
Program: MSc in Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Partial Tuition Waiver (6000 euros)
Notification date: 02/03/2012
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: NO
Comments: This was my first response. Very happy about it. Just worried about the Spanish economy, since my wife is coming with me.

economist26 2012:

Institution: BGSE
Program: MSc in Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Partial Tuition Waiver (6000 euros)
Notification date: 02/03/2012
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: NO
Comments: Won't be attending, definitely not with a further 6000 euros to pay, in addition to living expenses.

ucrphd 2012:
Institution: Barcelona GSE
Program: Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: None
Notification date: 13/02/2012
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: dunno
Comments: First notification, very excited. Lack of funding may be a problem. Let's see what the other programs have to offer.

Fohlen 2012:
Institution: Maastricht University
Program: Research Master in Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: not sure
Notification date: 2/24/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Glad, but I don't know what to think about the program...

Wadders 2012:
Institution: LSE
Program: MSc EME (Research)
Decision: Accepted
Funding: (no decision)
Notification date: 02.15.2012
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: yes
Comments:
Institution: UCL
Program: MSc Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: (no decision)
Notification date: 03.02.2012
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: yes
Comments:
Institution: Barcelona GSE
Program: MSc Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: (no decision)
Notification date: 01.16.2012
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: yes
Comments:
Institution: Cambridge
Program: MPhil Economics (Research)
Decision: Accepted
Funding: (no decision)
Notification date: 02.15.2012
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: yes
Comments:
Institution: York (UK)
Program: MSc Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: (no decision)
Notification date: 01.26.2012
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: yes
Comments:
Institution: Manchester
Program: MSc Economics and Econometrics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: (no decision)
Notification date: 02.10.2012
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: yes
Comments:
Institution: Birkbeck, University of London
Program: MSc Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: (no decision)
Notification date: 02.25.2012
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: yes
Comments:

franz86 2012:
Institution: Arizona State University
Program: PhD in Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: full waiver + Assistanship 20k
Notification date: 13th March
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC:
Comments:

CorcoranCadet 2012:
Institution: Barcelona GSE
Program: Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date:1/13/2012
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: no
Comments: A bit surprised at this one. I knew my profile was pretty bad with some low grades in key courses and most of my upper math being taken this semester. Still expected to at least get accepted...