cheesechan 发表于 2015-1-9 07:35
my suggestion is: calm down and wait a bit, what you can do now is, get a list of MSc (to be app ...
She can "beg" her recommender to help her since her recommender really like her, for example, her recommender is most likely willing to make a phone call to some of the top programs to sell her............... Professors at this level (like that Repec 5% guy) usually have personal connections with several ad com members in top programs, or at least professors who have great influence on recruiting Phd students......
_alph 发表于 2015-1-9 13:07
yes i know.. thinking about applying for more master's.. here's my list drafted just now: syracuse ...
delete Syracuse, delete gwu, they don't have the ability to place you to top programs
why not apply CEMFI and SSE? They are better in placing students to top programs than all of the master programs you listed here
The most important thing in her profile is THE RECOMMENDER !!! In master application, it may not help, but in Phd application, that dominates everything!!!