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pepper00 · 2009 July 1st, 05:10 AM

Hi all,
If you are doing MS in Econ, planning to apply for the ECON Ph.D program this fall and
if you are offered a funded RA opportunity (beginnig this summer and continuing until next semester) for a project,
what do you think is the best course of action?

1. Take the RA job, and take Ph.D Micro sequence + metrics (not even sure if this is possible, considering the competition to get good grades in core sequence courses..)
2. Assist professor only during summer, Give up RA job during the fall semester, and focus on core Ph.D coursework (Micro + Macro sequence together+maybe metrics or math econ)

Also, I wonder how much impact the Ph.D Macro sequence course has on the application (when you assume that you take the course in addition to Micro sequence). Some people say it wouldn't have that much impact, since it's not standardized like Micro sequence, but the others say it's really essential to take Macro sequence and get a good grade, so I'm really confused...

Good luck for everybody preparing for fall 2010 admission!

2009 July 1st, 05:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
pepper00 I JUST got here. Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4	RAing vs. taking Ph.D core courses Hi all, If you are doing MS in Econ, planning to apply for the ECON Ph.D program this fall and if you are offered a funded RA opportunity (beginnig this summer and continuing until next semester) for a project, what do you think is the best course of action? 1. Take the RA job, and take Ph.D Micro sequence + metrics (not even sure if this is possible, considering the competition to get good grades in core sequence courses..) 2. Assist professor only during summer, Give up RA job during the fall semester, and focus on core Ph.D coursework (Micro + Macro sequence together+maybe metrics or math econ) Also, I wonder how much impact the Ph.D Macro sequence course has on the application (when you assume that you take the course in addition to Micro sequence). Some people say it wouldn't have that much impact, since it's not standardized like Micro sequence, but the others say it's really essential to take Macro sequence and get a good grade, so I'm really confused... Good luck for everybody preparing for fall 2010 admission! Last edited by pepper00 : 2009 July 1st at 06:22 AM.