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hawk30 2008:
For the research purposes of future generations:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Midwestern Private Liberal Arts
Undergrad GPA: 3.65 (3.9 - Econ, 3.7 - Political Science)
GRE: 720Q/630V/5.5A
LSAT: 161
Math Courses: Calculus I, II and Probability and Statistics
Econ Courses: The basics, Econometrics, Industrial Organization, International, Money and Banking, etc.
Other Courses: POLS double major, PHIL minor
Letters of Recommendation: Wish I knew. Two, one from MIT grad, I suspect were good. The two others I've since wondered about.
Research Experience: Researching senior thesis
Teaching Experience: Department tutor and teaching assistant
Research Interests: history of economic thought, money and banking, natural resource economics, law and economics
SOP: Nothing I'm proud of
Other: Also applied to law schools. Only looked in Colorado area.
RESULTS:
Acceptances: Colorado School of Mines PhD Mineral Econ ($), Colorado State University PhD ($), Denver University MA ($), University of New Mexico PhD ($), Denver University law JD
Waitlists:
Rejections: University of Colorado PhD
Pending: University of Colorado law JD, University of New Mexico law JD
What would you have done differently? I wish I would've decided to apply to grad schools earlier than January so I could've retaken the GRE. Wish I would've decided if I wanted to be an economist - still haven't decided that - a few years ago so I could've taken some more math classes. Also, would've liked to have found this website and forums before, not after, I submitted my applications. Overall, though, I'm pleased. I have a difficult career decision to make.

The MAN 2009:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Bachelors at an unranked non-PhD state school
Undergrad GPA: 3.4
Type of Grad: none
Grad GPA: n/a
GRE: 800 Q, 560 V, 4.0 AWA
Math Courses: Calc 1 and 2
Econ Courses: All the prerequisites, Environ. Econ, Econometrics 1 and 2, Law and Econ, Telecom Econ, and a bunch of others
Other Courses: Computer Programming in C++, Physics
Letters of Recommendation: Three letters from instructors at unranked state school
Research Experience: None
Teaching Experience: Some tutoring experience
Research Interests: Public econ, environ. econ, tech. econ
SOP: Pretty standard SOP talking about why I want to pursue econ grad school, details on why I am a good candidate, and details on why I like the particular school.
Other:
RESULTS:
Acceptances: NIU, U. of Delaware, UNM, Colorado State, Nevada-Reno, IUPUI, and Illinois State
Waitlists: none
Rejections: USF and Oregon
Pending: none
What would you have done differently? I would have taken more math classes as an undergrad. I'm planning on going for a masters and picking up some missing math classes before applying to PhD programs.

baj393 2009:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: B.A. Economics from UT Austin
Undergrad GPA: 4.00/4.00
Type of Grad: N/A
Grad GPA: N/A
GRE: 740-Q 560-V 6.0-W
RESULTS:
Acceptances: PhD: New Mexico ($$$) Masters AREC: UConn ($$), Delaware ($$), Maine ($$) Other Masters: Duke Nicholas School MEM (Environmental Economics and Policy) ($)
Waitlists: None
Rejections: Maryland AREC MS
Pending: None
Will be attending Duke in the Fall!
What would you have done differently? Applied to AREC Masters programs at Ohio State and Purdue. Applied to Yale's School of the Environment. Overall, very happy with the Duke program and the other options that I had. If you are interested in both environmental economics and the policy side of things, then the Duke Nicholas School is the place for you because you can take economics classes as well as environmental classes. However, it is not a good prep for a PhD in economics, but is a good prep for a PhD in Public Policy or Environmental Policy.

Paxi 2009:
nstitution: University of New Mexico
Program: Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 13.5k Plus Tuition and health.
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: My first admit. Feels good.

akmandal 2011:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Top 100 liberal arts college, Midwest
Undergrad GPA: 2.83, 3.1 in Econ Major, CS minor
Type of Grad: MS Applied Econ Illinois State University
Grad GPA: 3.24
GRE: 730 Q 650 V 4.0 AWA
Math Courses: Calc I (A), Calc-II (B+), Stats and Data Analysis-I (A-), Adv Stats for Social Sciences: A, Discrete Math: C+
Econ Courses (grad-level): Macro, Micro, Econometrics I, II, III; Advanced Public Finance, International Trade, International Finance
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Whole bunch, includes Math Econ, Intermediate Macro Micro
Other Courses: Security Analysis
Letters of Recommendation: 1 prof from Chicago, 1 a Harvard fellow from Colorado, 1 Stats professor from UIUC
Research Experience: RA for Public Finance prof, Research Paper on Ricardian Equivalence published in 2nd tier journal
Teaching Experience: TA for undergrad stats
Research Interests: Energy economics, Macro, Econometrics
SOP: Should be alright
Concerns: Low GPA, GRE
Other:
Results:
In: UKY (wl$, withdrew application), Clemson, UWyo ($$), Auburn, Utah State ($$), UGA ($), Western Michigan, UNM
Out: GSU, Oregon State, West Virginia, Rhode Islan, RAND Pardee, MSU
Attending: University of Wyoming
What would I have done differently: I should have thought about graduate school during undergrad and about a PhD during my Masters. All in all, given my marginal grades and GRE scores, I am very happy how I ended up. I think letters of recommendation can do wonders for one's profile.

martanio 2012:
Institution: University of Arkansas Faytetteville
Program: Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 01/02/12
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: I am not too disappointed. What does "Posted on GC" mean?