Econ PhD at top ten or fifteen

Chance Me / Match Me
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Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
School: The Ohio State University
Degree(s): BS in Economics and BS in Finance
GPA (all years cumulative): 3.65
Unique factor: Ex-Amish (similar, not Amish/ was closed religious community) (not sure if relevant)

Relevant Coursework:
Statistics and Linear Regression Analytics, Calculus, Intro to Micro, Intro to Macro, Calculus based Microeconomic Theory, Calculus based Macroeconomic Theory, Econ 5001 (Game Theory), Econometrics I, Econometrics II, and possibly Industrial Organization (may take next year).

Research Experience:
Two years of Economic research with professor in Industrial Organization and Applied Microeconomics (May or may not be co-author)

Internship:
Internship at Large Insurance company in Financial modeling for one summer.

EC’s: Member of Undergraduate Economics Society, Co-Founder of small Landscaping Company, Founder of small utility Website (not finished working on atm).

Have yet to take GMAT or GRE but I test extremely well and have almost 0 test anxiety so I believe I will do well.

Should have several letters of recommendation soon from professors of top schools (Northwestern, Penn).

Preferred Schools: Northwestern, Penn, NYU, UC Berkley, Stanford

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One more thing, I am the first in my family to ever attend College.

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Anybody?

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Chancing is a section of the forum devoted to absurd guessing games, so it wouldn’t clutter the more serious admissions and search areas and the HS kids can talk among themselves. There is a separate section for grad school discussion, pretty much everywhere else is undergrad on this forum. there is also thegradcafe.com

You can’t really ‘chance’ PhD applications. Econ is especially competitive I understand. Likely your profs will have the best feedback for you. The LOR and your personal statement are so important.

How did you get research experience at such a large uni? And why do you have reco from other uni and not your own? What about Real Analysis?

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/graduate-school/

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Thanks, I wasn’t sure if I was posting in the right forum. My brother just mentioned that he used College Confidential to help him out with his Med School decision. I meant the professors All did there PhD’s from those schools. I will check out that forum, thank you.