PhD in Economics at MIT

vitiatethis
Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:43:23 +0000

One quick question beforehand, is it possible that your post “community college on 1994” actually a typo of 2004?

PhD programs weigh last 60 units (latest 2 years, basically) heavier, so the fact you have 3.7 GPA on your latest is to your advantage, especially if you have upward trend. It’s safe to say old GPA from older CC will have small effect on your app. Even more so with the fact that you took that community college 6-16 years ago.

You have a chance with 3.7 considering GPA alone BUT it all boils down to your competitors: everyone that applies to MIT will have somewhere between 3.6-4 GPA so if every applicants with those GPA ask the same question the answer will be “yes you have a chance” while the fact is only ~5% will be accepted. It’s because research/LoR/SoP weigh much more than GPA. If your other parts of app are great (greater than other applicants) then I can be quite sure that yes you definitely have a chance.