Chances for PhD in Economics at Top institutions

<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I am an INTERNATIONAL student from a strong liberal arts college. I am a double major Economics and Mathematics with an Honor's degree in Economics. Personal statement is pretty good. I want to get in to a place and possibly get a first-year fellowship.</p>

<p>Some statistics:
Econ GPA: 3.91/4.00
Math GPA: 3.5/4.00
Cumulative GPA: 3.67/4.00 (but will increase this term to about 3.7)
GRE: Quant: 169 (98th Percentile)
Verbal: 156 (76th Percentile)
A. Writing: 4.0</p>

<p>Research:
Co-Author of a Labor Economics Paper with a Professor at my institution
Honor's Thesis on Econometrics (abt 60pgs)
Electoral Mathematical Model for the Presidential Elections in Finance and Mathematics Department</p>

<p>Additional Facts:
I have a strong computer science background and know programming pretty well.
I studied at the London School of Economics & Political Science for my junior year and took graduate level courses.</p>

<p>LORs:
Chair of Economics Dept (who is also my thesis advisor)
Another economics professor and a mathematics professor. </p>

<p>Applied to:
Reach: Stanford, Columbia, NYU, Oxford, Cambridge, Northwestern, Chicago
Target: U Michigan-Ann Arbor, USC, Vanderbilt, Boston Uni, Carnegie Mellon
Safety: USCB, Ohio State, Boston College, U of Maryland-College Park</p>

<p>Any chances on ANY of these schools?</p>

<p>We can’t chance people for graduate school as we would undergraduate admissions.</p>