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Acceptances:
verio16 2009:
Type of Undergrad: BA (Honours) Economics from University of Delhi, India
Undergrad GPA: The university does not have a GPA system. My aggregate over 3 years is 72.4% (60 0s 1st division, the highest grade), roughly in the top 5 percentile(out of around 1000 students) in the university and ranked 3rd in college
GRE: Q800, V610, AWA 4.5
Math Courses:
Linear Algebra,multi variate Calculus, Constrained optimization(covered in a single course titled Mathematical methods for economics)
Reference books -Knut Sydsaeter and Peter J. Hammond, Mathematics for Economic Analysis and Alpha C. Chiang, Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics
Statistics
Distribution, probability, regression,hypothesis testing (covered under statistical methods for economics)
Reference books - P.H. Karmel and M. Polasek, Applied Statistics for Economists and M.R. Spiegel, Theory and Problems of Statistics
Also had an Econometrics paper
A.S. Goldberger (1998), Introductory Econometrics
Econ Courses: Principles of economics, Micro, Advanced Micro (game theory), macro, development theory, money, public economics, economy state and society, other courses specific to the Indian Economy
Other Courses: Formal Logic (Others of hardly any importance)
Letters of Recommendation: From my college professors, but i doubt any of them are internationally recognised (potentially a serious hurdle)
Research Experience: Worked as an intern with an NGO for 2 months, was RA for a paper that later got published. Worked for 6 months in the research wing of Watson Wyatt Worldwide(consultancy).
Teaching Experience: NIL
Research Interests: Macroeconomic modelling
Other: Good bunch of extracurricular s (I dont really know if it matters though)
Results
Acceptances: Warwick (Msc), Bocconi (Msc, $$), Tilburg (Msc, $?)
Pending: Tinbergen, Paris school of economics, UCL
What would you have done differently? should have taken the GRE earlier. Missed a lot of deadlines and sent in hurriedly assembled application.
Would have been more careful about being on good terms with my professors during my unergrad.
Accepts: Acceptances: Warwick (Msc), Bocconi (Msc, $$), Tilburg (Msc, $?)
Rejects:
Waitlists: Pending: Tinbergen, Paris school of economics, UCL
ecuaecon 2009:
Type of Undergrad: international student with a a degree from a local university
Type of Grad: MS econ from a mid-size private american university
Undergrad GPA: 3.6/4
Graduate GPA: econ 3.6, econ + math 3.4
GRE: 770Q, 470V, 4.0 AW
Math Courses: Calculus I, II, III. Statistisc I, II. Linear Algebra. Math for econ (undergrad and grad). Advanced Calculus (Analysis). Not so great grades
Econ Courses (grad-level): Micro (A-) and econometrics (A)
Letters of Recommendation: 3 econ profs (graduated at UT, Brown, Cornell), I think these will be good recommendations.
Research Experience: RA for a professor, RA local central bank, master's thesis
Teaching Experience: instructor (econometrics)
Research Interests: Institituions, Econ history, behavioral econ
Concerns: I don't have a 800-gre, not so great grades for math courses
Applying to: Caltech, Michigan, Maryland, WUSTL, Barcelona School of Econ, Warwick, Oxford, European University Institute, Queen's, British Columbia, Toronto.
Accepts: - Institution: BGSE-UPF MSc Economic
Decision: Accepted
Funding: no
Notification date: 2/3/2009
Notified through: E-mail
Comments:
- Institution: Warwick Economics MSc
Decision: Accepted
Funding: no word (most likely nothing)
Notification date: 2/17
Notified through: e-mail (official letter will come through regular mail)
Comments:
In: BGSE-UPF (MSc), Warwick (MSc)
Rejects: - Institution: Caltech Social Sciences
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 2/28/09
Notified through: email
Comments: Saw it coming, but still hurts
In: BGSE-UPF, Warwick, both MS
- Institution: Maryland Economics, PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/13
Notified through: checked website
Comments:
In: BGSE-UPF, Warwick, both MSc
Out: Caltech, Maryland
- Institution: WUSTL Economics, PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 3/13
Notified through: e-mail
Comments: starting to worry if I'm going anywhere next fall
In: BGSE-UPF, Warwic, both MSc
Out: Catlech, Maryland
- Institution: European University Institute Economics, PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/19
Notified through: e-mail.
Comments: sad.
In: BGSE-UPF, Warwick, both MSc
Out: WUSTL, Maryland, Michigan (not official yet)
- Institution: Oxford Economics, MPhil
Decision: rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 3/23
Notified through: e-mail
Comments:
In: BGSE-UPF, Warwick, both MSc
Out: Caltech, Maryland, WUSTL, EUI, Oxford
- Institution: Michigan Economics, PhD
Decision: rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 3/23
Notified through: e-mail (I e-mailed the grad secretary because I couldn't log-in the university webpage)
Comments: Admission Gods: I would like a funded offer
In: BGSE-UPF, Warwick, both MSc
Out: Caltech, Maryland, WUSTL, EUI, Oxford
- Institution: University of British Columbia
Programme: Economics MA
Decision: Rejected (e-mail)
Notification Date: 04/01/2009
Funding: None
Comments: am I going anywhere?
In: BGSE-UPF, Warwick, both MSc
Out: Caltech, Maryland, WUSTL, Michigan, EUI, Oxford
Waitlists:
beatenia 2009:
Institution: University of Warwick
Program: Economics, Msc
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 3/24
Notified through: e-mail
Accepts: - Institution: University of Warwick Economics, Msc
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 3/24
Notified through: e-mail
Rejects:
Waitlists:
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