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Acceptances:

economics2010 2010: PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: B.A. in Economics, Math minor from top 20 liberal arts college, top 5 in economics
Undergrad GPA: 3.58/4
GRE: 800Q, 560V, 4.5AWA
Math Courses: Calculus I-II (A, B+), Probability (B-), Statistics (A), Linear Algebra (B)
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Skipped intros, Micro Theory (B+), Macro Theory (A-), Econ Stats (A), Intl Trade (A), Immigration (A), Monetary Policy (A), Game Theory (B+), Econometrics (B), Advanced Macro (A-)
Letters of Recommendation: 3 econ professors (1 Brown PhD- thesis advisor and Fed Challenge coach for two years and should be very good, 1 Wisconsin PhD- did research together, should be very good, 1 Michigan PhD- should be good)
Research Experience: Tons. Several original research papers on immigration, monetary policy, exchange rate regimes, none published though. Research assistant for 4 years during college.
Teaching Experience: Language teacher for 4 years during college, TA for almost all economics classes.
Research Interests: Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy
Statement of purpose: Should be good. Emphasized my experience and track record in leading to a PhD.
Concerns: B in Econometrics (had special issues there), B- in probability (last semester, who cares), and generally less Math than others.
Applying to: Columbia, Brown, UCSD, BU, Georgetown, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Cornell, Brandeis.
Accepts:
  • Institution: Brandeis University Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: Full Tuition + 6K TAship + Health Notification date: 03/08/10 Notified through: E-mail Posted on GF: No Comment: Very happy! Wondering if 6K in enough though...
Rejects:
  • Institution:Cornell Econ Decision:Reject Funding: N/A Notification date: 8th Feb 2010 Notified through:email
Waitlists:

lecast 2010:
Institution: Tinbergen Institute
Program: MPhil Finance
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 3/4
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Funding: 1000EUR/mo (1350USD/mo)
Comments: Made my day back than...
Institution: Brandeis University
Program: PhD Intl Econ & Finance
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 3/31
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Funding: 6000USD/yr TA (?!) + tuition waver + health
Comments: I honestly don't know what to think about this...
Accepts:
  • Institution: Tinbergen Institute MPhil Finance Decision: Accepted Notification date: 3/4 Notified through: Email Posted on GF: No Funding: 1000EUR/mo (1350USD/mo) Comments: Made my day back than...
  • Institution: Brandeis University Intl Econ & Finance Decision: Accepted Notification date: 3/31 Notified through: Email Posted on GF: No Funding: 6000USD/yr TA (?!) + tuition waver + health Comments: I honestly don't know what to think about this...
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Rejections:

wajihc 2010:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Top 20 National University
Undergrad GPA: Below 3.0 with double majors in ECON & PSCI
Type of Grad: Northeastern University
Grad GPA: 3.5
GRE: 770 Q, 520 V
Math Courses: Calc I, II (B+), III (B+); Math & Stats for Economists (A-), Differential Equations (audited)
Grad Econ Courses: Micro (B), Macro (A), IO (B-), Ph.D. level Econometrics (A-), US Economic History (A)
Ugrad Econ Courses: Intermediate Microeconomics (F then B), Intermediate Macroeconomics (B-), Intro to Stats (A), US Economic History Seminar (B), International Trade (C+)
Other Courses:
Letters: Ugrad Professor with Ph.D. from Iowa, Associate Professor in Ph.D.
econometrics with Ph.D. from Indiana, Grad Professor in econometrics with Ph.D.
from UC Berkeley
Research: Ph.D. econometrics course paper on sources of multifactor productivity
Teaching: None
Research Interests: Economic growth and development
SOP: Discussed my journey to get to economics, what I'm doing to augment
my math skills, and personal motivation from ethnic background
RESULTS:
Acceptances: NC State (no $), GWU (no $), American (no $), CUNY (no $)
Waitlists:
Rejections: Indiana, Iowa State, CO-Boulder, Syracuse, Notre Dame, FL Int'l, Brandeis
Pending:
What would you have done differently?
If I were to do ugrad all over, I would have minored in math and accounting, and gotten better grades in undergrad. Assuming my ugrad mistakes, in grad school, I would have taken Real Analysis.
Final call: I deferred NC State, GWU, American, and CUNY. I got tired of being a broker in NYC, and will start at American this coming January.
Accepts:
    Acceptances: NC State (no $), GWU (no $), American (no $), CUNY (no $)
Rejects:
    Rejections: Indiana, Iowa State, CO-Boulder, Syracuse, Notre Dame, FL Int'l, Brandeis
Waitlists:
    Waitlists:

delirium 2010:
Institution: Emory
Program: PhD Economics
Decision: Reject
Notification date: 3/09/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Disappointed.
Institution: Brandeis
Program: PhD Economics
Decision: Reject
Notification date: 3/10/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: ...
Accepts:
Rejects:
  • Institution: Emory Economics Decision: Reject Notification date: 3/09/10 Notified through: Email Posted on GF: Yes Comments: Disappointed.
  • Institution: Brandeis Economics Decision: Reject Notification date: 3/10/10 Notified through: Email Posted on GF: Yes Comments: ...
  • Institution: Tinbergen Economics Decision: Reject Notification date: 3/08/10 Notified through: Email Posted on GF: Yes
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Admit summary statistics:
As submitted and recoreded from Test Magic:
There were 2 accepted out of 4 applicants.Of those accepted, average GPA was 3.58, average GREQ was 800.0.
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