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Old 10-09-2006, 02:36 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Can u all plz help..tell me my chance for Phd?

I m currently doing my Joint Honours in Economics and Mathematics at McGill University which is in Canada.
Courses completed:
Microeconomics (A-) 6 credits
Macroeconomics (A) 6 credits
Econometrics(A) 6 credits
Advanced Econ Theory(A) 6 credits
Money and Banking (A) 6 credits
Labour Economics (B+) 6 credits
Graduate Game Theory(A) 3 credits
IO (B-) 3 credits

Maths completed:
Calculus 3 (A) 3 credits
Advanced Calculus(A) 3 credits
Analysis 1 (A) 3 credits
Analysis 2 (A) 3 credits
Algebra 1(A-) 3 credits
Algebra 2 (A) 3 credits
Matrix, Geometry and Vectors(A) 3 credits
ODE(A) 3 credits

Course in progress:
Analysis 3 3 credits
Algebra 3 3 credits
Graduate Advanced Probability 1 3 credits
Graduate Mathematical Statistics 1 3 credits

GPA : 3.8x
No TA or RA experience.

My interest is Growth Theory,Macro and financial Econ.

I am going to apply to following Econ Phd programmes:

MIT,
Princeton U,
New York U (NYU),
U California - Los Angeles (UCLA),
Cornell U,
Columbia U,
U Michigan - Ann Arbor,
U Texas - Austin,
U British Columbia (Canadian university),
Ohio State U,
Brown U
U Minnesota
and U Toronto(Canadian University)

So I just wonder if I need to apply that many Us if I am not competitive enough for those programmes.
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Old 10-09-2006, 04:36 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I m currently doing my Joint Honours in Economics and Mathematics at McGill University which is in Canada.
Courses completed:
Microeconomics (A-) 6 credits
Macroeconomics (A) 6 credits
Econometrics(A) 6 credits
Advanced Econ Theory(A) 6 credits
Money and Banking (A) 6 credits
Labour Economics (B+) 6 credits
Graduate Game Theory(A) 3 credits
IO (B-) 3 credits

Maths completed:
Calculus 3 (A) 3 credits
Advanced Calculus(A) 3 credits
Analysis 1 (A) 3 credits
Analysis 2 (A) 3 credits
Algebra 1(A-) 3 credits
Algebra 2 (A) 3 credits
Matrix, Geometry and Vectors(A) 3 credits
ODE(A) 3 credits

Course in progress:
Analysis 3 3 credits
Algebra 3 3 credits
Graduate Advanced Probability 1 3 credits
Graduate Mathematical Statistics 1 3 credits

GPA : 3.8x
No TA or RA experience.

My interest is Growth Theory,Macro and financial Econ.

I am going to apply to following Econ Phd programmes:

MIT,
Princeton U,
New York U (NYU),
U California - Los Angeles (UCLA),
Cornell U,
Columbia U,
U Michigan - Ann Arbor,
U Texas - Austin,
U British Columbia (Canadian university),
Ohio State U,
Brown U
U Minnesota
and U Toronto(Canadian University)

So I just wonder if I need to apply that many Us if I am not competitive enough for those programmes.
What did you exactly learn in analysis II and III?
have you encountered sequence spaces in those?
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Old 10-09-2006, 04:54 PM   #3 (permalink)
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"Introductory" real analysis

Your profile looks strong to me, assuming you score high on the GRE.
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Old 10-09-2006, 05:30 PM   #4 (permalink)
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This looks like a good range of schools for you to apply to assuming your letter of recs are good. I wouldn't expect to get into a top 10 school though.
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Old 10-09-2006, 08:15 PM   #5 (permalink)
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What did you exactly learn in analysis II and III?
have you encountered sequence spaces in those?
i did.
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Old 10-09-2006, 09:42 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Analysis I I did cover following topics:
A rigorous presentation of sequences and of real numbers and basic properties of continuous and differentiable functions on the real line.
http://www.math.mcgill.ca/students/math242.php

Analysis II I did cover following topics:
Series of functions including power series. Riemann integration in one variable. Elementary functions.
http://www.math.mcgill.ca/students/math255.php

Analysis III I am taking cover the following topics:
Introduction to metric spaces. Multivariable differential calculus, implicit and inverse function theorems.
http://www.math.mcgill.ca/students/math354.php

Analysis IV I will take next semester covers the following topics:
Lebesgue measure on Rn and integration, convergence theorems, Fubini's theorem. Further topics in metric spaces. Introduction to Lp spaces, Fourier series
http://www.math.mcgill.ca/students/math355.php

Actually,
which ones are real analysis?
Ppl always said real analysis is very important..
I just have done such courses..named Analysis 1234...
My university has no courses named Real Analysis...
I just assumed they are the same ...as what I did.....
could anyone clarify for me plz?
thanks in advance.

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Old 10-09-2006, 11:11 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Analysis I I did cover following topics:
A rigorous presentation of sequences and of real numbers and basic properties of continuous and differentiable functions on the real line.
http://www.math.mcgill.ca/students/math242.php

Analysis II I did cover following topics:
Series of functions including power series. Riemann integration in one variable. Elementary functions.
http://www.math.mcgill.ca/students/math255.php

Analysis III I am taking cover the following topics:
Introduction to metric spaces. Multivariable differential calculus, implicit and inverse function theorems.
http://www.math.mcgill.ca/students/math354.php

Analysis IV I will take next semester covers the following topics:
Lebesgue measure on Rn and integration, convergence theorems, Fubini's theorem. Further topics in metric spaces. Introduction to Lp spaces, Fourier series
http://www.math.mcgill.ca/students/math355.php

Actually,
which ones are real analysis?
Ppl always said real analysis is very important..
I just have done such courses..named Analysis 1234...
My university has no courses named Real Analysis...
I just assumed they are the same ...as what I did.....
could anyone clarify for me plz?
thanks in advance.
Analysis IV has something that you won't see in a calculus course, so it must be the "real" real analysis. Analysis I, II, III cover the same topics you would in a calc sequence, but I saw the keyword "rigorous," so I guess they're "real" too. The point is: were these classes proof-based or computation-based?
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Old 10-09-2006, 11:22 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Analysis IV has something that you won't see in a calculus course, so it must be the "real" real analysis. Analysis I, II, III cover the same topics you would in a calc sequence, but I saw the keyword "rigorous," so I guess they're "real" too. The point is: were these classes proof-based or computation-based?
They are all Proof-based..
We have other courses called..Calulus 1,2,3 and advanced Calculus which are computation-based.
AS for those Analysis courses....all are proof-based.
So are they all "Real" Real Analysis courses?
I really dun know...
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Old 10-10-2006, 01:35 AM   #9 (permalink)
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I = Intro to Real Analysis (RA I)
II = Real Analysis (RA II)
III = Analysis in several dimensions
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Old 10-10-2006, 01:48 AM   #10 (permalink)
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They are all Proof-based..
We have other courses called..Calulus 1,2,3 and advanced Calculus which are computation-based.
AS for those Analysis courses....all are proof-based.
So are they all "Real" Real Analysis courses?
I really dun know...
I think they're all "real." You have a really strong profile.
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