graduate school

[dcheel]

Hello. Let me first tell you that I am not really sure what graduate program I would want/ could get in to. I am looking at a masters in finance, phd in economics, or phd in finance. I graduated from a top 5 public university with a 3.8+ GPA. I had a 4.0 economics major and took the following math/stat following courses: calc 1, calc 2, calc 3, linear algebra, matrix-based stats, time series stats all with an A or A-. I have been out of school for a year and have been working at the federal reserve in a highly macroeconomic/finance section. I took partial differential equations at a local university here and unfortunately got a B because I was having a hard time balancing work and school. Should I just not send this grade to schools when applying or will having just taken the class outweigh the fact that I got a B in it? Also, are there any suggestions on what classes I should be taking? I know I will hate real analysis and dont want to take it. Does this pretty much limit me to getting a masters in finance? What classes should I be taking in that case? Any suggestions on what schools I should be looking at? Oh and my GRE scores were 780 math 560 verbal.

[notacolour]

I basically say just about the same things in these types of t thoughreads. I would really worry about how you would do in an econ phd program if you're so certain you would hate real analysis. Not so much because it's necessary for admission (and it's generally not, though it may help a lot), but because that type of math is what you'll spend way, way, WAY too much of your time doing in an econ phd program. If you hate it before even seeing much of it, you probably aren't going to be too happy spending most of your time doing it in the core courses.

What do you find appealing about econ and finance programs? What is your end goal--academia, consulting, fed reserve, etc.?