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Hi everyone, We will have another run of the math camp starting on September 23rd (the deadline to register is October 7th). As usual, the course...

Hey Compatriot, I'm from Iran also. I'm MBA graduated and have a bad GPA in my undergraduate studies like you. we share a similar problem. this is my...

Not so "cheap"

Hard sell, in my opinion. At minimum you would need letters from economists.

No. Don't be that person. Extremely frowned upon by all parties involved (faculty, grad students, attendees). And trust me, being frowned upon for an...

Ok that makes sense, thanks for the advice!

I would put "Statement of Purpose" and your name. It's linked to your application online, but note that many departments print out these...

UCLA has several faculty that are active in economic history, and it has an economic history specialization. An economic history course is also...

Look at where past graduates have gone on to, from your alma mater. If there's no one who broke into top 10, realistically, you can't expect any...

Hi Shivani Congratulations. Could please share your short-notes of complex words for writing section. That would be really helpful. Thank you

You're thinking of the admission's process backwards...lots of people do. There is no set of check boxes that guarantee admission. Admission...

For an older applicant, it is even more important to effectively signal to admissions committees why you want to pursue a PhD. Fair or not, I...

I'd say that's a very unrealistic expectation. RAs are not co-authors. In fact, if I received an application from a perspective PhD student who was...

I would strongly advise against accepting a flyout invitation just to "visit" somewhere for free. If the school is not a school you can realistically...

This is also a good idea. And compare those profiles to those who only got into top 30's or top 50's and those who only got into below top 50...

Econ adcoms will not care much about the LSE masters that you have because it is not in (mainstream) economics or in a quantitative field like math...