mojito08 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 hello! i am choosing between funded offer from UPF (Mres) and unfunded offer (so far) from LSE (Msc research). my main goal: PhD in the end. interests so far: macro, development, financial economics. thank you for your comments! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennisboy85 Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 MSc at LSE is way better, however the EME program at LSE is the best for PhD. I would probably choose LSE even if it is unfunded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojito08 Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 thank you tennisboy85! anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canecon Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 It depends where you want to go for PhD. If you are looking at the US, I would say go for UPF. They have a fantastic reputation for sending students to good US schools - at least as good as the LSE's. IMO the limiting factor here is you, not whether you go to LSE or UPF. Both schools will not limit you in any way, it is up to you to perform well. In this sense I think that it is not worth the extra money to go to LSE. However if you want to do a PhD at LSE then clearly LSE might be better, since conditional on satisfactory grades you may progress to their PhD. Also for PhD in the UK LSE might be better (this I am not sure of though). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardinho Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 I want to second everything canecon said. One other thing which might work in your favour is that if you decide to apply this fall, you'll be able to send in fall grades if you go to UPF, although you probably won't be able to get new recommendations. But the most important thing is to perform well wherever you go, as canecon said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues88 Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 what about PhD from UPF? any thoughts? comparable to PhD from LSE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues88 Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 and btw: mojito08, till when do you have to decide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojito08 Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 upf deadline is 15th april (payment) and lse didnt really specify the deadline... I am also interested in the quality of PhD at UPF and other eu phd programs. usually people here mostly talk about Msc only, but I would really appreciate opinions about PhD in Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojito08 Posted April 8, 2008 Author Share Posted April 8, 2008 anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
representative_agent Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 PM me if you are interested in a PhD at upf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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