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Ibn Abbas · 11-03-2006, 11:07 PM

Thanks for the reply, werther.

The Maths course I took in my BBA covered basic calculus uptil limits and continuity. But I was wondering whether that should matter because if I had all the maths in the first place, I wouldn't go through a 'Qualifying Year' Program in the first place, right? The whole idea of the QY program is to prepare me for the Masters.

And that is precisely what I am doing right now at Carleton. The ECON 4001 course at Carleton that I am doing right has ECON 2400 as its prerequisite which in turn has ECON 1009 as its prerequisite.

So if I am handling ECON 4001 Advanced Maths course well (I got 92 in the first mid-term...thanks to God), where I am doing advanced optimization including Kuhn-Tucker conditions, saddle point theorems etc., the Maths course during my BBA really shouldn't matter, right? Correct me if I am wrong.

What I am more worried about is my Econ courses. The intermediate Micro and Macro courses that I had during my BBA is not equivalent to the 2-semester long courses Canadian Econ programs have. It was more like the 1-semester Micro for Non-Major and 1-semester Macro for Non-Major.

True that I am taking Advanced Micro and Advanced Macro at Carleton in the Winter, but the admission decisions will be made by the time the grades come out for those courses.

So effectively, my application will be banking on my ECON 4001 and Econometrics course grade unless the admission committees at the universities I will be applying to are kind enough to consider the mid-term grades of Advanced Micro and Macro in the Winter.

So the bottomline question is: do I stand a reasonable chance of getting in to UBC or U of T with As in the Maths and Econometrics course at Carleton?

And if someone else can shed some light on the US programs, that would be really helpful.

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Ibn Abbas Within my grasp! Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 244	Thanks for the reply, werther. The Maths course I took in my BBA covered basic calculus uptil limits and continuity. But I was wondering whether that should matter because if I had all the maths in the first place, I wouldn't go through a 'Qualifying Year' Program in the first place, right? The whole idea of the QY program is to prepare me for the Masters. And that is precisely what I am doing right now at Carleton. The ECON 4001 course at Carleton that I am doing right has ECON 2400 as its prerequisite which in turn has ECON 1009 as its prerequisite. So if I am handling ECON 4001 Advanced Maths course well (I got 92 in the first mid-term...thanks to God), where I am doing advanced optimization including Kuhn-Tucker conditions, saddle point theorems etc., the Maths course during my BBA really shouldn't matter, right? Correct me if I am wrong. What I am more worried about is my Econ courses. The intermediate Micro and Macro courses that I had during my BBA is not equivalent to the 2-semester long courses Canadian Econ programs have. It was more like the 1-semester Micro for Non-Major and 1-semester Macro for Non-Major. True that I am taking Advanced Micro and Advanced Macro at Carleton in the Winter, but the admission decisions will be made by the time the grades come out for those courses. So effectively, my application will be banking on my ECON 4001 and Econometrics course grade unless the admission committees at the universities I will be applying to are kind enough to consider the mid-term grades of Advanced Micro and Macro in the Winter. So the bottomline question is: do I stand a reasonable chance of getting in to UBC or U of T with As in the Maths and Econometrics course at Carleton? And if someone else can shed some light on the US programs, that would be really helpful.