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econsd 2012:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: BSc in Economics with a Business Minor
Undergrad GPA: 3.731
Type of Grad: MSc in Economics from same school
Grad GPA: 4.00
GRE: First try: 740Q,410V,4.5AWA Second try: 158Q,152V,4.0AWA
Math Courses: Intro to Prob and Stats (Calc Based) (A), Cal 1-3 (B,B,A), Differential Equations (B), Elementary Logic and Sets (Intro to Proofs) (A), Matrix Algebra (A), Linear Algebra (B), Real Analysis (A), Statistics 2 (A)
Grad Econ Courses: Marketing Research (A), International Econ (A), Industrial Organization (A), History of Econ Thought (A), Labor Econ (A), Advanced Micro (A), Research Methods (A), Time Series Econometrics(A), Advanced Macro (A), Econometrics (A)
Econ Courses: Principles of Micro (A), Principles of Macro (A), Marketing (A), Money and Banking (B), Inter Micro (A), Inter Macro (A), Public Finance (A), Math Econ (A), Stats II (Econ Department) (B)
Other Courses:
Letters of Recommendation: Grad advisor and 2 from Grad professors. All are from top 50 schools or very close but are not well known in researching or publications. I believe all were very strong.
Research Experience: Graduate Thesis, Co-Author with a professor ( Published ), class: Research Methodology in Applied Econ, Conference Presentation w/ thesis advisor
Teaching Experience:
Research Interests: Health Economics/Applied Micro
SOP: I spent a lot of time on this because of setbacks in my profile and modified it for each school
Other:
RESULTS:
Acceptances: UK($), UGA($), FL St. ($), CO(-), NCSU(?), OR(?), Kansas($), WA St($), IUPUI($), OR St.(?), MO(-)
Waitlists:
Rejections: WI-Madison, Duke, VA, Vandy, MSU, AZ, UNC Chapel Hill, Purdue
Pending: 1
Attending: Emory ($)
What would you have done differently? The weaknesses, in my opinion, in my application were my GRE score and my undergraduate/MSc university. I wouldn't have transferred based on friends, relationships, and a co-authorship. The only thing I would have done differently is study more for the GRE instead of taking its impact so lightly. If you would have told me I had a choice between 12 acceptances at the beginning of the cycle I wouldn't have believed it. I'm thrilled with my results and very excited to attend Emory. Thanks for everyone who was there to talk it out in tiny chat for the past few months and good luck with your programs.

meatweaver 2012:
Profile:
Type of Undergrad: Top 10 LA - Economics and Biology
Undergrad GPA: 3.70
Type of Grad: M.S. Resource Conservation, did a non-market valuation study in a forestry department
Grad GPA: 4.0
GRE: 770 Q, 680 V, 4.0 AWA
Math Courses: Multivariate calculus (A-, at college level--previous calc was in high school), Statistics (A), Econometrics (A), Econometrics (A, at graduate level).
Econ Courses (grad-level): Micro, Econometrics
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Intro Micro (A), Intro Macro (A-), Intermediate Micro (B+), Intermediate Macro (A), Econometrics (A), Environmental Economics (A), Poverty & Public Policy (A-), Tax Policy (A), Public Economics Seminar (A)
Teaching Experience: Taught 1 1/2 undergraduate-level courses following my Masters. Taught 4 8-hour days of an undergraduate-level economics class US Forest Service employees.
Research Experience: Master's thesis and 1 1/2 year of research experience with the USFS
Research Interests: environmental and resource, behavioral and experimental
SOP: About my long varied path toward deciding I wanted to pursue a PhD
Letters of recommendation: Master's advisor (PhD - University of Queensland), Master's econometrics professor (PhD - University of Oregon), current supervisor (PhD - Oregon State University), none of them well known
Concerns: Math
Applying to: University of Washington, Oregon St Applied, Berkeley ARE, Davis ARE, UCSB, Wyoming, Minnesota, Wisconsin AAE, Texas A&M ARE
Results:
Accepted: University of Washington ($), Oregon St ($), UCSB ($, funding off waitlist), Wyoming ($), Minnesota (?), Wisconsin AAE ($), Texas A&M ARE ($)
Rejected: Davis ARE (rejected off waitlist), Berkeley ARE
Attending: UCSB
What would you have done differently?
I would have started following this forum earlier. Seriously, this forum was an invaluable source of information for me. I found this place in August of last year and at that point I was relatively clueless about the level of competition I would be facing in applying to graduate school. This forum guided me through the admissions process and helped me choose a school that I feel will be a very good fit.

daffyack 2012:
Institution: Yale
Program: School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification Date: 2/8/2012
Notified through: email to check web
Posted on GC: No
Comments: First rejection...... but kinda expected.

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?