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Originally Posted by standard2785
The reason I am picking Finance over a Econ is because I would get in easier at a Finance school where I can use my real world experience and it is less theoretical than Econ.
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Everyone professor I've spoken to, at a variety of schools, have stated that "real world experience" may give you some additional perspective....but it is not particularly useful for admissions purposes to a Finance PhD.
Additionally, I've spoken to PhD co-ordinators for about ~20 schools and they all noted Real Analysis as being very helpful for admissions. I don't think it is has gotten to the extent of Econ Phd admissions, where nearly every applicant has Analysis on their transcript, but it is certainly getting to that point.