30 Nov -1

Brown University

Economics (econ), PhD (F18)

Rejected via E-mail on 30 Nov -1

Note

This was the first program I applied to and It was an accident (rough draft of my SOP was submitted, etc.). Oh well. Also, the email was terribly informal. Sent by the Dean of the graduate school (why not the department...?) Here's my summary: 0a/0w/3r (PSU, Yale, brown)/3itv/13p, from a school ranked ~200 in the USA, Math/Econ major stats minor, 3.81 gpa, 2.5 yrs of research (1 yr in an NSF funded program, 2.5 in McNair Scholars, 8wks at prestigious school for summer REU); research in complex numbers, statistics (KDE and QReg), and computational financial math (at summer REU), only 3 years of university (took AP/DC courses in HS), 1 paper near publication, at least 3 decent letters of recommendation (2 McNair advisers (1 being a prof. I had in 3 classes Summer REU), I was homeless in HS which inspires what I want to study, and I have an internship in Act.Sci/Pred.Analyt. at a good company for SUM'18, president of 2 clubs, treasurer of one, Vice Prez of a political org. (raised $5,000 for Hurr. Harvey and sent down goods), and I’m a mentor for at-risk (drugs/homelessness) kids and I mentor/tutor for TRIO. I sent 2 GRE scores to all schools (161v/165q/5w and 158v/166q/5w). I want to research market design/IO/MicroE, namely, types of market exchanges/Auct.Thy/Game.Thy.

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