Help me find an Econ Grad school!

<p>Hi all, I am a senior at the University of Michigan and will be graduating in the spring of next year. My major in Economics and just today, I had this feeling that I want to go to grad school immediately after I graduate. There are a few problems with these and I ask your your guidance.</p>

<p>1) I haven't taken the GRE. Is is too late to take the test or even prepare for it?</p>

<p>2) I am just an average student with a B in Intermediate Micro and B+ in Intermediate Macro. How will this affect me?</p>

<p>3) Here is the most important thing to me. I need to find a school that will give me a fellowship offer. I don't need to go to a top school or anything like that, just something respectable. I need this fellowship because I really cannot afford grad school.</p>

<p>4) I haven't had much close contacts with any professors during my years here. Is time to befriend some to get those letters of recommendation?</p>

<p>5) Can you guys suggests some school that might me easier for me to get a fellowship?</p>

<p>6) I am an international student but English is my native language. Will this be a plus for me when applying for a GSI position?</p>

<p>That would be all I could think of as of now. I really appreciate it guys! Thank you.
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<p>“I am an international student but English is my native language. Will this be a plus for me when applying for a GSI position?”</p>

<p>I really don’t think it would. For some reason, especially for econ classes, I feel that they like to hire GSIs with unique and awesome accents just to confuse us as a practical joke. Not to mention it creates a more challenging academic environment that most Michigan students crave…</p>