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Schools Applying To: MPP (or whatever variation each university uses): American U, Carnegie Mellon (traditional 2 year Pittsburgh track), U of Texas-Austin, Texas A&M; Agricultural economics: Ohio State (PhD), U of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign Undergraduate institution: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Undergraduate GPA: 3.71 (3.85 last 60 hours) Undergraduate Majors: Economics Study Abroad: No GRE: V: 159 (80 percentile) Q:159 (77 percentile) Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 2 by fall 2013 Years of Relevant Work Experience: Internships; some relevant volunteer experience; full-time experience isn't relevant. Describe Relevant Work Experience: Internship at Statehouse, undergraduate research assistant, intern at Brookings Institution Languages: English (native), Spanish (intermediate) Quant: Calculus I, Statistics, Probability, Linear Algebra, Econometrics (if that counts) Strength of SOP: I wrote an original one for each university. I have had them reviewed by a former English professor and a relative who is on an admissions committee at Michigan (not the Ford School). Although these people liked them a lot, I would evaluate my SOP as good, not great. Strength of LOR (be honest, describe the process, etc): All from former professors (2 economics, 1 math). I followed my aforementioned relative's advice on letters and picked the people that could best speak to my academic background. Overall, I expect this to be one of the stronger aspects of my application. I have already submitted all but 2 of my applications, so I am just posting in hopes of encouraging more people to post their profile. However, I might submit a few more applications later, so feel free to evaluate my profile. Best wishes to all of you during this admissions cycle.