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The data below comes from testmagic forums and shows accepted, waitlisted, and rejected applicants for 2010 for economics graduate school. Clicking on points in the graph above will make the most recent profile appear in the space below the graph.


Acceptances:

Biarien 2010:
I'll post some information for anyone in my situation (looking into MA/MS programs).
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: BS Environmental Economics, top 25 US Univ. (top 3 public as far as I know)
Undergrad GPA: 3.74
Type of Grad: n/a
Grad GPA: n/a
GRE: 690V, 800Q, 5.0AW
Math Courses: 2 semesters of calculus, 1 semester of statistics, 1 semester of econometrics.
Econ Courses: microeconomic theory, environmental economics, natural resource economics, & a few other applied econ. courses, one macroeconomic theory course
Other Courses: environment & development, public policy analysis, energy & resources (more of an engineering course really), general electives.
Letters of Recommendation: One from employer (MS in Econometrics & PhD in Forest Economics), two from UCB professors (public policy & ag. econ.).
Research Experience: None.
Teaching Experience: Limited (taught software applications to UCB staff; unrelated to coursework).
Research Interests: General interests in the field: renewable natural resource economics, land use economics, possibly development.
SOP: I gave a bit of general background about my interest in economics & desire to apply it towards environmental issues in particular, & discussed my work goals. I didn't discuss research interests but did mention my specific interests (above).
Other:
RESULTS:
Acceptances: UC Davis (MS Agricultural & Resource Economics); Cornell University (MS Applied Economics & Management); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (MS Policy Economics); Boston University (MA Economic Policy); Tufts University (MA Economics; offered tuition waiver & TA position); Northeastern University (offered TA position)
Waitlists: None
Rejections: None
Pending: None
What would you have done differently? Overall, I'm pretty happy with my results (no reason to complain). Looking further back, I would have tried to do more work with my professors while doing my undergrad, but they were happy to write me good letters despite my lack of personal interaction with them. It all comes down to asking the right professor, I think, or at least it seemed to in my case. I might not have applied to Northeastern and saved a bit of money, though I wasn't sure what to expect going in.
Accepts:
    Acceptances: UC Davis (MS Agricultural & Resource Economics); Cornell University (MS Applied Economics & Management); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (MS Policy Economics); Boston University (MA Economic Policy); Tufts University (MA Economics; offered tuition waiver & TA position); Northeastern University (offered TA position)
Rejects:
    Rejections: None
Waitlists:
    Waitlists: None


Rejections:


Waitlists:
Admit summary statistics:
As submitted and recoreded from Test Magic:
There were 1 accepted out of 1 applicants.Of those accepted, average GPA was 3.74, average GREQ was 800.0.
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