Where to apply for Econ

Wegmanstuna
Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:34:27 +0000

Thinking about applying to some phd programs in the fall for Econ (rising senior). Here are my credentials:


Top 30 Private University
Double Major in Math & Econ, Minor in Phil
GPA: 3.74 (3.81 Major GPA)
GRE: 770q, 500v, 4.5awa
Research/teaching includes:
-one summer spent as an RA helping a prof write a statistical study
-TA for an upper level Math course
Experience (not that it really matters for grad school):
-summer internship at a prop trading firm
-two separate internships at a large I-Bank
Letters of rec should be solid–from distinguished profs in the Econ department as well as one potentially from the President of my University


Not sure what else. If anything, I really would like help narrowing down (or adding to) a list of schools that I’m interested in:
Columbia
NYU
LSE
Penn
Brown
Duke
Cambridge
MIT
Berkeley
Stanford

Any others? Obviously, a huge weakness of mine is my GRE score–I blew the SAT in HS as well, guess I’m just a poor ST taker. Should I add a safety school or two? Any insight is appreciated.