u/Comfortable_Chip5413

This question isn’t entirely related to economics, sorry about that, but I had a question about the process of getting into a “top” economics PhD in the U.S (and Europe, but US primarily).

I’ve been a research assistant for a professor at my university within financial economics from freshman year. I’ve had the position for almost 3 years now.

For context - this professor, prior to teaching at my school, used to teach at M7 for ~2 decades.

Is such a letter, given my time with them, enough to make up for a slightly lower GPA? Or am I basically “done for”?

Thank you!