undercover Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Is anyone familiar with their program? How competitive is the admission? Is it necessary to have a masters? Is it similar to a 40-50 US econ phd? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXcuvator Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I do not think anyone without a Masters degree would be accepted there, let perhaps highly mathematical and renowned backgrounds be the exception. Ah well, what regards the competitiveness, I guess they have intakes between 5-10, and more than 100 applications per year. If you search in this forum, I'm pretty sure you'll find profiles of people who got accepted/rejected there to get a better understanding of the requirements. The program is joint with Stockholm University and IIES. I would rate the course program in the 10-30 area (some even higher), it highly depends on the course unit and who gives which course (but I am sure you can find that out using "the internet"). There are some visiting professors from top US institutions that teach at the program. Trivially, your chances afterwards depend on your skills and your supervisor's marketing. And then again, the latter depends on your supervisor (but again, I am sure you can find out who that could be). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undercover Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share Posted July 2, 2013 eXcuvator, Thanks for the input. I assume you are currently enrolled in the program from searching on the forum. I do not have a masters degree but I have taken a whole bunch of math classes as a econ and math double major. I am very interested in this program and in going to Stockholm. What are the odds of being transferred into the Phd program if I do very well in the first year of Msc? Do you have any idea about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXcuvator Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I don't know. Somewhere in (0,100), probably closer to 100 than to 0. However, if you do well, I think the odds of going from the masters to the phd at SSE is quite high, if you do well. After all, noise in the admission process is huge, but not so, if they managed to see you "in action". I don't think rushing up that one year has huge benefits for you (unless you're really old and feel that you need to hurry). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undercover Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 Thank you eXcuvator, I plan on applying to both the masters and phd at the same time. I believe I have a great shot at Masters but very unsure about Phd. In any case where I do not get into my desired programs in the States, I plan on going to SSE for masters because of the possibility of transfer and finishing earlier. Also, do you know what they look for in the writing sample thats required as part of admission process? I do not have a very solid original research paper and feel like it could be a bad signal to adcoms over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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