Please Rate profile for PhD Economics

TooCentric
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:37:55 +0000

What schools should I be looking into?
Finishing undergrad in 3 years (this is my 2nd year).

Type of Undergrad: Top 10 Econ, top 40 US University (By USNews)
Undergrad GPA: Overall 3.71, Math 3.62, Econ 4.0
Major: Joint Math & Econ
GRE: 800M/500V/4.5AWA
Math Courses: Multivariable Calc (A), Linear Algebra (A), Differential equations (B), Mathematical Reasoning (A), Intro to Probability (A-), Real Analysis I (B), Real Analysis II (A-)
Econ Courses: all the core classes, all A’s
Letter of Rec: 1 math senior full time prof, 2 econ
Research Experience: Summer Thesis with Math Professor as advisor, and possibly Econ research in the Fall when I apply
Teaching Experience: None
Other: Asian-Vietnamese, 20 year old female

How are my chances at UCI, UCSB, UCLA, UCSD, CalTech, USC? Are the top 10 and top 20 schools completely out of reach?

Any advice? What are some of the last minute things I can do to improve my chances?

How competitive is it to get a job teaching at Community Colleges and possibly later on teaching at Cal States (State Universities) full time?

How about in the private industries? Are they looking for PhD in Economics? Does the university I attend matter too much to them?

Thank you in advanced! Any sort of help/advice would be greatly appreciated.