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Acceptances:
El Greco 2010:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: top 50 large public university - to 10 business school. B.S. in finance and international business
Undergrad GPA: 3.76
Type of Grad: n/a
Grad GPA: n/a
GRE: 790/610/4.5 (q/v/awa)
Math Courses: Calc I-III (A+,A,current), Finite Math (B+), Intro to Stats (B+), DiffyQ 1 (current), Prob & Stats 1 (current),
Econ Courses: Intro Micro/Macro (A-,A), Inter Micro (A), Bus Econ (A-), Banking and Cap Mkts (A)
Other Courses: finance courses
Letters of Recommendation: Probably pretty good, one was my thesis advisor (UCLA PHD finance), cap mkts class (WVU PHD Econ), inter micro (PHD Cornell)
Research Experience: Just undergraduate thesis on credit derivatives
Teaching Experience: none
Research Interests: fin econ, behavioral econ/finance, monetary econ, macro
SOP: I think it was normal to good.
Other:
RESULTS: (masters)
Acceptances: Tufts ($), BU (no $)
Waitlists: Duke
Rejections: Duke (off waitlist), UToronto MFE
Pending: WashU MfinWhat would you have done differently? I was happy to get into Tufts w some $. I was a finance major with little math background and have been taking math/econ courses at a local university back home in florida. I don't know what I want to do (phd/private sector) but I am happy with Tufts. After getting into Tufts i rescinded and didn't complete other international apps because I'd rather be in the states, hopefully that doesnt end up being a bad decision but tufts is a good school with a good reputation and I am really excited to start there in the fall
Accepts: Acceptances: Tufts ($), BU (no $)
- Institution: Tufts University MS Economics
Decision: Accepted (unofficial)
Funding: 65% tuition, 4.5k TA-ship for 1st semester + if im good enough
Notification date: 3/12/2010
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Yay!!! Wondering if i should even bother applying to other programs since most don't offer any funding
- Institution: BU MA Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 04/01
Notified through: E-mail
Funding: None
Comments: Cool, but, w no funding, I will be choosing Tufts w/ $ over this..
Rejects: Rejections: Duke (off - Institution: U of Toronto Masters in Financial Economics
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/25/10
Notified through: letter
Comments: Expected. Especially after the back and forth with the department over supplemental material. Really a pain in the a$$.
- Institution: Duke University MA Economics
Decision: Rejected off the waitlist
Funding: NA
Notification date: 4/12/10
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: Oh well.
Waitlists: Waitlists: Duke
- Institution: Duke MA Economics
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 3/11/2010
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: was disappointed but happy it wasn't an outright rejection
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