Forum: PhD in Economics

hi there ! , i´d appreciate your objective opinion about this Master Program at ITAM México: Departamento Académico de Economía - ITAM (i.e. is this a good program to help someone, who does very well at it, to gain admission to top PhD in Economics Programs in the USA ? ? ). I applied to...

I was sitting here thinking about applying to PhD programs today and was wondering what people generally do if they do not get accepted anywhere they applied? Can you usually still find some low ranked PhD programs that have late application deadlines? Can you apply to a few more schools, but...

I am under the impression that the application deadlines at many schools are just in order to be eligible for financial aid, and that someone could actually turn in an application months later and still be accepted to the program (but without financial aid). Is this true? If so, how late can one...

I would like your opinion on my chances for NYU, UPenn, Michigan, Boston College, LSE (Mres), SSE admissions. Nationality : Italian Age: 24. Undergraduate: Laurea magistrale (five year program) in Economics (TopItalianUniversity), summa cum laude, (average of exams: 29,1/30 or 9,65/10) ...

How you mind telling me which schools explicitly require a writing sample(except for chicago and wisconsin madison)? On the other hand, I know that toronto discourage applicants to submit writing sample.

im looking to get into a 20- 40 ranked school, I have the gpa (3.9) and the math background for it, should i retake the gre knowing that i will do better (according to the practice tests), or do i suck it up with the 750 and apply anyways

Hello All, I would like to ask whether it does matter if I got 300 in verbal and 800 in Math part for my application to Econ phd ?

my turn I guess. :) PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Top Canadian University (UBC) (honours) Undergrad GPA: The usual story, didnt care in 1st year, only "found economics" in third year, so my Cumulative GPA is 3.51, by year it is (2.69, 3.67, 3.94). Econ GPA is 3.96 for all upper level...

What do u think of this school? Santos has joined this school recently.

One thing is hard for me to figure out: how do you translate grades from a 0-10 scale to a 0 - 4 GPA? Can anyone help me out on this? Thank you very much!

Hello all, I was reading some recommended courses from some universities' website. many universities like U Penn would suggest: An excellent level of preparation consists of additional courses in: real analysis point-set topology

Soooo...I just finished math camp at Umich. Math camp here is the front end of a semester long math course that is compulsory for incoming students. It's two and a half weeks of intense math before term starts, 4 hrs a day (felt like more). We covered, using Simon and Blume and the lecturer's...

Got this question in my stochastic operations research class. What do you guys think? supply- 100 goods demand d is a continuous random variable with the following density function: 1/40 if 80<=d<=120 0 ow Q: what is the expected number of items sold? what is...

Please evaluate my profile... Undergrad: Top 30 liberal arts college (women's college) Major: Mathematical Economics (overall GPA 3.2) Math Classes: Calculus 1, 2, 3, Linear Algebra, Probability, Math Clinic (Research for an Institute) LoR: Will be awesome. I know all 3 profs personally as I...

Out of curiosity.. I know of a professor who used to teach at a top 30 school, who applied for tenure after having been there for approx. 5 years and was not awarded one, and so he immediately left to an unheard of university (but as an associate professor with tenure there). After having...

Dear all, Since I blew my first GRE completely (Q710) due to personal circumstances, I had to retake it once - now with more success (Q800). However, I understood that ETS reports both scores to universities. Does the first test harm my chances seriously or do the universities only look at the...

I have two questions regarding the GRE: 1) How much in advance to application deadlines should one take the GRE for the first time? In case you care, I am planning on applying to programs during fall 2008 and winter 2009 (in other words, I want to start my PhD program during fall 2009) and I am...

I am wondering if people can give me a better idea of what range of econ PhD schools I should apply to. I have a BA in economics from the University of Chicago with a GPA of 3.6, my GRE scores are Q 790 V570 and AWA 4.5. I took multivariable calculus, linear algebra, stats, probability, and real...

For the demand functions idefined by D(P) = A * e ^ (-yp) and D(P) = A * P ^ (-y) where A, P, Y > 0, find the elasticities of these functions. Aren't the first derivatives the elasticities? I saw a differnt approach, so I just thought I would ask!

I am an Asian student preparing for applying Econ. Ph.D this winter. My GRE score is pretty good in verb. and quant. But, what matters is a terrible AWA score, 3.0. I don't know why I got this score. Should I take the exam again? Actually, I don't want... I am not confident to get a...