by the time i apply i will have one semester's grades. Frankly, I dont know into what to specialize, shouldnt i worry about that when applying to PHD programmes instead of masters.
so now the question would be if a
LOR of a big shot like schmidt (or Sinn) , one semestre's grade at munich would help me get into a top phd program. i am not trying to fix some bad record i got at undergrad, it is just that my undergrad is not sufficient. My prof told me that it is almost impossible to get into grad in the states with just a bachelor from my uni. almost all internationals have masters. so i need that master, and LMU seems like the best fit for me. so graduating at top 5% of class(trying to improve that) at my uni(top 3 bschool in latin america), 800 GRE Quant, one semester master grades at munich, good
LOR: do i have a shot at top phd programmes with that. would a master at bonn or mannheim considerably improve my chances over munich???thanks a lot for you help
EDIT:
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/news/top_fac.pdf
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/news/top_med.pdf
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/news/top_res.pdf
I know this doesnt mean much, but it shows munich as the top faculty in germany. as for economists the top researcher is schmidt and the top media economist(dont know what that means) is Sinn, both at munich
(i had some problems downloading those files, they wouldnt open, try using DAP, it will work for sure)
so, a semester in there, with
LOR of one of those guys, could help a lot, dont you think?
i checked bonn, and they only start the masters in the winter semester(doesnt work for me)plus it is a 2 year programme,, mannheim has got no master nor humboldt.