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Acceptances:
wajihc 2007:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Top 20 nat'l univ; ECON & PSCI dbl major.
Undergrad GPA: 3.0
GRE: 770 Q, 520 V, 4.0 W
Math Courses: Calc I & II (B+), Econ Stats (A), and Social Sci Stats (A-).
Econ Courses: Intermed micro (B) and macro (C+), Int'l Trade (C+), Open Economy Macroecon (B-), US Econ History (B), Financial Instrmts and Mkts (B-), and Money and Banking (C).
Other courses: Financial Acctg (A), Int'l Political Econ (B), and Capitalism and Democracy (A-).
Letters of Recommendation: One from visiting professor who is well known in economic history, and another from new political science professor.
Research Experience: None
Teaching Experience: None
Research Interests: Economic development and int'l trade.
SOP: Spoke about first-generation background, and briefly about interests.
Other: Male, 21.
RESULTS:
Acceptances (MA): Northeastern, UDelaware, Tulane, N Texas ($8000).
Rejections (MA): American and Miami of Ohio.
What would you have done differently?
Taken more math classes, and been more serious.
Accepts: Acceptances (MA): Northeastern, UDelaware, Tulane, N Texas ($8000).
Rejects: Rejections (MA): American and Miami of Ohio.
Waitlists:
wajihc 2008:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Top 20 nat'l univ; ECON & PSCI dbl major.
Undergrad GPA: 3.0
Type of Grad: One semester at private university in Boston.
Grad GPA: 3.3
GRE: 770 Q, 520 V, 4.0 W
Undergrad Math Courses: Calc I & II (B+), Econ Stats (A), and Social Sci Stats (A-).
Grad Math Courses: Math and Stats for Econ (A-).
Undergrad Econ Courses: Intermed micro (B) and macro (C+), Int'l Trade (C+), Open Economy Macroecon (B-), US Econ History (B), Financial Instrmts and Mkts (B-), and Money and Banking (C).
Grad Econ Courses: Micro (B).
Other courses: Financial Acctg (A), Int'l Political Econ (B), and Capitalism and Democracy (A-).
Letters of Recommendation: One from visiting professor who is well known in economic history and is professor emeritus at an institution in Ohio, and another from new political science professor.
Research Experience: None
Teaching Experience: None
Research Interests: Economic development and int'l trade.
SOP: Spoke about first-generation background, and briefly about interests.
Other: Male, 22.
RESULTS:
Acceptances (MA): UDelaware, FL Int'l, N Texas ($4000), and Miami OH.
Rejections (MA): American.
What would you have done differently?
Taken more math classes, and been more serious.
Accepts: Acceptances (MA): UDelaware, FL Int'l, N Texas ($4000), and Miami OH.
Rejects: Rejections (MA): American.
Waitlists:
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