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I’ve also been shocked by how quiet it is. I ended up sending out the bulk of my applications on the 15th as well. I’ve got a few stragglers that have slightly later deadlines, but we will see. My nerves are starting to set in now. Just trying to stay busy with work. Good luck to everyone over the next few months. Results start coming out about mid February right?

Right here! I am trying to finish up my applications tonight because my first deadline is before I get home from work. I've got a few for the 12/1 deadline but the majority of mine are December 15th-20th and a couple in January. I'm finally starting to get a little nervous, I am already looking forward to March when I will finally know what all is going on lol. I hope everyone else is doing well with their apps!

Anyone getting nervous for the first set of deadlines coming Dec. 1st? I also wanted to ask, for the writing sample page limit, does that generally include references or no?

Both of your scores are very competitive. I think as long as you have a good writing sample the lower AW shouldn’t be an issue.

How is everyone feeling about their applications and the possible cohort sizes this year?

I used the Scoreitnow and it gave me a 5, but I thought that it may have been high considering how I felt I did on the essay. Also, it has given me a 5 every time so I am now sure if it is just that I am outsmarting the computer or what. This one, for example, has no conclusion or polishing because I ran out of time. Please let me know your honest opinion of what grade you think this would warrant for the GRE. Prompt: "During the past year Alta Manufacturing had a 30% more accidents than nearby Panoply Industries, where the work shifts are one hour shorter. Experts believe that sleep deprivation is a significant factor contributing towards the number of accidents. Therefore, to reduce the number of on-the-job accidents , we recommend shortening each one of our three work shifts by one hour. If we do this, our employees will get adequate amounts of sleep." While many employees would be thrilled by the prospect of working fewer hours, especially if pay is kept constant, shortening the work day may not provide the greatest benefit for a reduction in accidents. Many confounding factors outside the scope of the memo may be affecting the results of the the accident statistics. No mention is made of whether or not a comparable amount of employees work a second job, if childcare is provided, if personal protective equipment is supplied by Panoply and more. Thus, this argument rests on many false assumptions and obscures the proper way of reducing accidents by attributing the variation in accidents to a single factor. To start, the employers should collect information regarding how individuals spend their time after work. If many employees are working a second job, shortening the hours worked would likely not help to meaningfully reduce the number of accidents since these employees spend more time at another job anyway. Furthermore, Alta Manufacturing would need to determine if this reduction in hours would accompany a reduction in salary. If it did result in lower wages, this may then cause individuals who had previously exclusively worked at ALTA MANUFACTURING to now take on a second job. In doing so, they would likely be more sleep deprived and it could possibly cause even more accidents. Furthermore, struggles related to childcare may also be impacting sleep deprivation. If employees must drive their children 30 minutes away from the home to drop them off at day care, and then drive another 30 minutes to the factory, that is an extra hour out of their day just spent on childcare. Therefore, if Alta Manufacturing were to provide childcare, they might be able to keep production constant and still reduce the number of accidents at work. Moreover, by just reducing the work week, there is no guarantee that the employees will spend the extra time sleeping. As stated previously, some employees may have a second job, or may need to undertake one if this decrease in the work week corresponds with a reduction pay. Many employees may simply devote more time to their hobbies, or spending additional time with their children. Consulting with Panoply Industries may also bring innumerable benefits and provide invaluable information to the executives at Alta Manufacturing. It seems as if the executives have gleaned only one difference between their company and their competitor, the shorter shifts, but they could be missing plenty of pertinent information. For example, perhaps Panolopy is a drug and tobacco free workplace while Alta is indifferent to drug or nicotine use. While Alta employees may get cravings for nicotine during their shift, which may cause them to be distracted and therefore more likely to commit a mistake, Panoply employees would not have such a problem. Furthermore, the memo speaks nothing of whether or not Panoply employees receive more breaks, or whether they wear additional personal protective equipment. Additionally, the memo does not state whether Panoply employees work three shifts like Alta Manufacturing's employees do. The executives should look over the records to determine which shift had the most frequent accidents, and then compare it against Panoply to determine how much their numbers truly vary by shift. It could be that Panoply in fact does not even have a night shift and thus none of its employees must stay awake the whole night. Nevertheless, it would be out of turn to suggest any course of action based on another businesses' practices without knowing all the possible confounding factors that could be influencing the accident rate. Additionally, the memo does not state whether Panoply employees work three shifts like Alta Manufacturing's employees do. The executives should look over the records to determine which shift had the most frequent accidents to gain a better understanding of how various shift times can influence accident rates. For instance, if the executives find that nearly half of all accidents occur during third shift, a more effective way to reduce accidents would be to eliminate third-shift or provide things to keep the employees awake such as energy drinks or coffee. After this data has been collected, the executives should then compare it against the shift accident statistics from Panoply. If Panoply does not run a third shift, and the above figure is correct, then Alta Manufacturing would actually have lower levels of accidents when compared with Panoply

This is quite a nice profile! Without knowing the specifics of your IR interest it is tough to say, but barring it being a super empiricly rigorous field, I don't think they will penalize you for your quant very heavily. The 160 shows that you are definitely able to do math. A good statement of purpose should really help show that you are adequately prepared. Good luck my friend.

It is, but depending on how data collection goes I may have to present without results, hopefully a solid quant score could help make up for that.

By graduation I will have 3 poli sci methods courses, and then two courses in econometrics so I was hoping that could maybe signal my quant background. However, appreciate your input, and will go hit the books!

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice for the quant score that some of the more methods heavy programs are looking for. I am currently scoring about a 160-162 in both sections and was wondering to what extent I should focus on improving my GRE scores versus working on other parts of my application. I am not interested in methods as a primary field but I am interested in it as a possible secondary. I am most interested in Rochester and NYUamong other schools, but I know both of these schools are very quant heavy. I have about 10 combined economics stats and methods courses (3.75 among all) and was wondering if that is enough to show I am familiar with methods or if I should work towards like a 165 or higher quant. Any advice is appreciated!

I would like to say thank you for your response and taking the time out of your day, I truly appreciate it. Even if I get a 4.0 this semester and take 2 summer classes I’d still be at a 3.792 unfortunately. I definitely need to get cracking on some revisions haha. Thank you so much for all of your advice and I wish you luck in the upcoming cycle. Also, I’m not sure if you have an idea of what range it seems like I’m in I would really appreciate that too!

First of all, I would like to congratulate you on a couple of acceptances I would kill for, especially given the current state of admissions. I also wanted to say that I appreciate your response. I’m scared my economics class GPA may mar my chances a little bit, I noticed you were in political economy so I wonder if you could speak at all to that. Second thing I would like to ask is as follows: given your recent cycle success, do you have a rough recommendation for the range of schools I should apply for? I was thinking it looked like the 15-25 range but I’d appreciate anything!

I have been a long time reader of the site and was wondering if anyone could give me a rough idea of where I should likely try to target my applications and what I can do over the rest of my junior year to increase my chances of getting into a better program. I posted once before but I figure since more people are on now it may be worthwhile to get s0ome more opinions from people who just went through the process Type of undergrad institution: Public T40 in Political Science Major/Minor: Political Science / Economics and Statistics Overall GPA: 3.76 Major: 4.0 Statistics 3.75 Economics 3.4 (ouch I know) Special Courses: One graduate level game theory course, one graduate level IPE course, analysis of economic data, econometrics, research methods in poli sci, multiple 4000 level stats courses GRE: I have been prepping for around 6 months and think a combined 325-330 is likely with mostly the same quant and verbal LOR: Two from professors, one Tenured I have done research with for one semester, 1 full in the school of business who I am co-authoring with and had a yearlong RAship turn into a DIS, the other is an economist by PhD but in the Poli Sci dept. and then a professor who knows me very well from the Community College I went to while I was dual enrolled in HS, also TT. Research: Full academic year of research on business sustainability, two DIS, another semester working with the political economy and game theory Teaching: None Subfield/Interests: Mostly interested in IPE and Development Other: One poster presentation about the sustainability project, one co-authored paper with professor from business school and a presentation forthcoming in the fall and then a standard B.S. senior thesis. I really appreciate anyone who took the time to read this! I have been stressing like crazy over what to do where I can likely get in so anyone giving me a general range of colleges would be appreciated.

Thank you very much! I will make sure to spend ample time on those. I am applying for next year's cycle, is there anything I should try to accomplish between now and a year from now?

I am currently a junior majoring in political science, I was scared of taking economics for the longest time because it was more math heavy and I did not do well in math in HS. However, I found my stride in stats and have an A in econometrics without any real difficulty. My interests are in IPE, I can be more specific if necessary. I was wondering how feasible you guys think it would be to make myself competitive for an econ phd if i take an extra year in undergrad. Feasibly I could make it through a full calc sequence before next years admissions cycle, but if I need more than that I'd have to tack on a year. Type of undergrad institution: Public T40 in Political Science, and Economics Major/Minor: Political Science / Economics and Statistics Overall GPA: 3.78 Major: 4.0 (1 B in Macro 3 years ago, one A- in international finance the rest are As) Special: one graduate level IPE course, graduate level comparative Political economy, game theory, analysis of economic data, econometrics, research methods in poli sci, multiple 4000 level stats and econ courses GRE: I have been prepping for around 6 months and think a combined 325-330 is likely with mostly the same quant and verbal LOR: Two from professors, one Tenured one TT I have done research with, 1 in the school of business, the other is an economist by PhD but in the Poli Sci dept. and said that he would vouch in LOR for my economic credentials and a professor who knows me very well from the Community College I went to while I was dual enrolled in HS, also TT. Research: Full academic year of research on business sustainability, one DIS, another semester working with the political economy and game theory (If I add another year I could probably get another year working in PE and game theory. Teaching: None Subfield/Interests: Mostly interested in IPE and Development Other: One poster presentation about the sustainability project, standard B.S. thesis, one paper under review, solo author, focusing on game theory and employment.

Unfortunately not, it was at a restaurant.

yeah unfortunately nothing like that, i figured that would be the biggest downside but I did not know how different my field, poli sci, was to her field. Is there a range of colleges she would likely fall in rankings wise?

Hello, my friend asked me to post this for her so she could see where she should look at applying. She is looking to specialize in developmental or family psychology Undergrad: T40 R1 in the South Major: Psych Minor: Sociology, 12 credits in stats Major GPA: 3.85 Overall GPA: 3.71 GRE: 167 V 158Q Type of student: NonPOC woman, first time in college Research experience: 1 semester with a grad student in psych. Awards: Dean's list, graduating with honors, senior thesis Miscellaneous: none Jobs?: Worked 35 hours a week for entirety of undergrad Any general comments are appreciated, thank you guys!

I have been a long time reader of the site and was wondering if anyone could give me a rough idea of where I should likely try to target my applications and what I can do over the rest of my junior year to increase my chances of getting into a better program. Type of undergrad institution: Public T40 in Political Science Major/Minor: Political Science / Economics and Statistics Overall GPA: 3.78 Major: 4.0 Special Courses: One graduate level game theory course, one graduate level IPE course, analysis of economic data, econometrics, research methods in poli sci, multiple 4000 level stats courses GRE: I have been prepping for around 6 months and think a combined 325-330 is likely with mostly the same quant and verbal LOR: Two from professors, one Tenured one TT I have done research with, 1 in the school of business, the other is an economist by PhD but in the Poli Sci dept. and then a professor who knows me very well from the Community College I went to while I was dual enrolled in HS, also TT. Research: Full academic year of research on business sustainability, one DIS, another semester working with the political economy and game theory Teaching: None Subfield/Interests: Mostly interested in IPE and Development Other: One poster presentation about the sustainability project, one co-authored paper with professor from business school and then a standard B.S. senior thesis. I really appreciate anyone who took the time to read this! I have been stressing like crazy over what to do where I can likely get in so anyone giving me a general range of colleges would be appreciated. :)