prep4econ Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Hi, I went to a ~top20 econ phd institution for undergrad. During most of the semesters when I had mix of econ/math + other courses, I had a lot of downs in terms of grades. But during the last three semesters, I showed improvement (at least that's what I think) - during the first of those three last semesters, I took the first sequence of real analysis, an econ elective, did the thesis, and the rest were random gen-ed courses. During the last two semesters, the courses were basically almost all math courses (4/5 math courses each semester) and these courses were all advanced courses. Thankfully I managed to pull up my grades straight As in the past three semesters. It also seems strange to me that my academic performance were much stronger when I stacked up my schedule with all the advanced/math courses (I guess the skills just built up overtime through struggles and they thankfully helped eventually), but would the admissions committee rather see this as something suspicious/bad? I would like to hear some opinions, thanks for the help! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chateauheart Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 In the U.S. it's common for advanced courses (for juniors/seniors) to have easier grading curves. B or B+ median for core/freshman courses, A- or A median for advanced courses. I don't think your situation is actually very uncommon for math/econ students. It's definitely a good thing for PhD admissions and not suspicious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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