EconPhDApplicantF2015

Hello everyone, I just heard about this website, and thought I would post some of my details. I am currently enrolled as a Master's student in economics at one of the better Canadian schools, and have already been accepted into the PhD program for the fall, with more than full funding. However, I also applied to some of the top American schools, since I think that I may have a shot at being accepted to some of them, and am already set to go with my current program. Namely, I applied to Berkeley, Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, and Yale. My details are as follows: Undergraduate pure and applied mathematics double major: CGPA 3.87, 3.98 major GPA, with A+ grades in 13 of my final 16 courses, all of which were in math and stats. No substantial undergraduate econ. Econ MA: Two 100 grades, as well as one 94 and one 98, in the first each of two PhD micro, macro, and metrics courses, as well as a mathematical economics course. GRE: 168Q, 161V, 5.0 analytical writing. It seems to me that the quantitative GRE is somewhat uninformative, given that it mostly tests competence with high-school level math (as it should, since many people writing it haven't taken any more advanced mathematics courses), while the mathematics used in graduate-level economics, particularly economic theory, are much more skewed toward higher-level college courses. At any rate, it seems to me that my 168 should not exclude my application from consideration by any of the schools I applied to, and it seems that some people get 170 who yet have relatively poor GPAs and competence in formal mathematics. Any thoughts on this? Little research experience, aside from a research project this term and another during the course of an internship a few years back. I see this as being the essential weakness of my application. This impression was informed mainly by the typical admit profile listed on Berkeley's website, wherein the only attribute I lacked was significant academic research. References: Three of my professors from the fall term, all economists trained at top- to mid-range schools (say, all top 40); I'm unsure of their international reputation. CV and SOI: Not weak, but probably not relatively superior, either. I think that's everything; if not, please let me know. Any thoughts on my chances of acceptance, or any details of other applicants to similar programs would be appreciated. Thanks for reading, EconPhDApplicantF2015