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Parag Saurabh

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I have a 166 Verbal, 168 Quant and 4 in Analytical. Should I retake? I plan to apply in the top ten Econ PhD programs in US and UK for Fall 2019.

 

A brief bio - Engineering grad (IIT) 2008, MBA (IIM A) 2011, 7 years of work ex in M&A (3.5 yrs.), Analytics (1.5), Education Startup (1.5).

 

Last but not the least, I would be turning 33 this October. What are my chances?

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Some more information:

 

I had a paper published in Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering during my graduation in 2009 (if that helps). I can get a recommendation from my mentor prof who was cowriter in this paper. Should I try working with a professor from my MBA college for a working paper in Economics?

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In my MBA,

Finance & Economics - Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Financial Markets, Economic Environment & Policymaking, Industrial Economics, Futures Options & Risk Management, Asset Backed Securities, Trading Strategies, Capital Market Theory, International Finance

 

Maths - Probability & Statistics

 

In my engineering

Finance & Economics - 2 introductory courses each in Economics & Finance

Maths - Ordinary & Partial Differential Equations, Transform Calculus, Integral Calculus, Differential Calculus, Complex / Vector etc.

 

Took economics in high school as well

 

Recommendations

My mentor prof from engineering would give a good recommendation. I planned to get the other recommendations from my reporting managers. Expect a good reco from them. Lastly, am thinking of doing a short internship with a professor from my MBA college. Hope to get a reco from him.

 

What math and economics courses have you had? What will your letters of recommendation look like and who will write them?
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What math and economics courses have you had? What will your letters of recommendation look like and who will write them?

 

I had tried to reply earlier but somehow it didn't get published. Re-stating the same:

 

I have taken a number of courses in economics right from high school to college and then in my MBA. These range from very basic ones - Microeconomics and Macroeconomics to advanced ones - Economic Environment and Policy Making, Industrial Economics etc. I have also done a number of courses in finance that could qualify as Economics - Capital Market Theory, International Financial Markets, FORM (Futures, Options & Risk Management), Asset-backed securitization, Trading Strategies etc.

 

Regarding recommendations, I could get one from my undergrad professor (I have co-authored a paper with him in an international publication) and I am planning to do a short research internship with one of my MBA professors. I could also get from my manager when I was working in M&A.

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