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HeyNomad 2011:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Small but highly regarded liberal arts college. Degree: BA, Economics
Undergrad GPA: 3.91 in major, 3.89 overall
Type of Grad: Large state school (highly ranked within the field). Degree: MA, Education
Grad GPA: 4.0
GRE: 720Q/800V/5.0W
Math Courses: Embarrassingly little. Just one semester of calculus, stats (A in both)
Econ Courses: The usual macro & micro (the latter was very math intensive), urban political economy, international trade, history of economic though, Marxism, various seminars (all A's, with a B+ in intermediate micro))
Other Courses: Some math-intensive physics and environmental science courses
Letters of Recommendation: Very strong and personal recommendations from three profs who know me very well, including one who was a graduate of UMass and pretty well known, as far as heterodox people go
Research Experience: All in econ: independent study, grant-funded student/faculty collaborative research project, honors thesis (presented at an undergraduate conference/paper competition where it won 1st place in macroeconomics category)
Teaching Experience: TA and/or tutor for several intro/intermediate micro/macro courses, taught high school econ (for whatever that’s worth—probably not much)
Research Interests: History, philosophy, & methodology of economics, political economy, public economics, comparative economic systems
SOP: Emphasized my strengths while acknowledging my shortcomings; talked about how I’ve worked to overcome them (a great deal of self-directed study in math). Emphasized research and teaching experience, originality of thesis. Made a case for my research interests as unique and worthwhile, and successfully (I assume) presented myself as a potential asset for the department.
Other: College honors, department honors, Phi Beta Kappa, award in economics presented annually by the college
RESULTS:
Acceptances: UMKC ($$), Denver U (M.A.) ($), New School (meh), UUtah ($$), UMass Amherst ($$ + fellowship)
Application withdrawn: LSE philosophy and economics (I always knew LSE was both a long shot and impractical for other personal reasons; once I got an offer from UMass in mid-February, I decided to bail on LSE)
Waitlists: NA
Rejections: UC-Riverside
Attending: UMass Amherst
What would you have done differently? UMass was by far my top choice, not just within the set of departments I applied to. I received a TA/Instructorship, plus a University Fellowship for at least the first year, which grants a larger stipend and frees me from teaching obligations, so I’m pretty pleased overall. Nonetheless, I do wish I had taken more math as an undergrad (at the time, I didn’t expect to be going on in economics). I had been very sick for several days when I took the GRE, which is what I'm blaming my low quant score on. I guess I was risk-averse and chose not to retake. I’m still not sure that was a good decision, but it didn’t hurt me, so oh well. If I'd gotten my act together, I would have applied to more UK/Continental schools.

ssoRBttaM 2011:
Type of Undergrad: Large Public University (Not Flagship).
Undergrad GPA: 3.2 (3.4 for Econ)
Undergrad Major/Minor: Economics Major
Type of Graduate: Regional Economic Development
Graduate GPA: 4.0 (Expected Near 4.0)
GRE:730 Q 590 V 5 AW
Math Courses:
UnderGrad: Calculus I, II, Stats I,II, and Linear Algebra
Graduate: Econometrics, Quantitative Research Methods
Econ Courses: Letters of Recommendation: Rec. from two well known/ highly published heterodox graduate professor, Rec. from the director of the research center I am employed in.
Teaching Experience: T/A one course.
Research Interests: Political Economy, Labor Economics, Regional Development.
Research: 1 report published, 1 article under review w/ peer edited journal, and 1 in process.
Other Resume Stuff: Lots of volunteer work and multiple conferences presentations
Applied: University of Utah, American University, CSU, UMass, UKCM, University of Manitoba, UNH, and UCONN.

manfromthemoon 2012:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: BA (Honors) in Philosophy
Undergrad GPA: 3.4
Type of Grad: MA in Economics
Grad GPA: 4.0
GRE: Q800; V 760
Math Courses: Math for Econ (A); Statistical Analysis (A). Both were graduate courses.
Econ Courses (grad-level): Micro I (A); Micro II (Research based) (A); Macro I (A); Macro II (A); Econometrics I (A); Econometrics II (A). Econ Courses (undergrad-level): None.
Other Courses: Wrote a thesis for the masters degree.
Letters of Recommendation: All very strong, but none of the recommenders are high-profile.
Research Experience: Did an independent research project on the classical Post-Ricardian theories of value and distribution..
Teaching Experience: Graduate Assistant for three semesters
Research Interests: Macroeconomics; International Political Economy
SOP: Focused on my research interests and career plans beyond the PhD
Other: There hardly is a proper math course on my transcript.
RESULTS:
Acceptances: UMKC, Oregon, Utah, UMass Amherst
Waitlists: None
Rejections: Princeton, Claremont
Pending: None
Attending: UMKC for Interdisciplinary PhD in Econ and PolSci
What would you have done differently?
It was quite difficult to do well in the masters program, considering that my undergrad background was in Philosophy. So in that sense there was a lot of "catching up" to do with economics and I'm happy that I got out of it alive. I really wanted to get into UMKC because there really is no other school in the US with so many faculty with whom I share my research interests. I ended up applying to fewer schools than I intitally planned to. But that's okay, I guess, and I am quite excited about going to UMKC.

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?