JAlfredPrufrock

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This is also in the other profile page, but since I'm going to florida state i'll post it here. Profile: Gre: 770 Q, 560 V, 5.0 A LSAT: 156 GPA: Overall: 3.51, Econ: 3.85, Math: 3.61, Majors: Economics and Mathematics Classes: (all undergrad- highest grade is A) Math: Calc II(B+) Calc III (B-), Calc IV (B+), Dif EQ's (B), Foundations of Math (A), Mathematical Statistics I (A-), Math Stats II (A), Math Stats III (A-), Math Modeling and Optimzation (A-), Statistical Computing (A), Matrix Theory (A), Linear Algebra (B), Advanced Calc I (A), Advanced Calc II (A), Elementary Point Set Topology (A-) Econ: Intro Macro (A), Intro Micro (A), Intermed Macro (A), Intermed Micro (A), Advanced Micro (A-), Advanced Macro (A-), Econ Stats (A-), Econometrics (A-), Public Finance (A-), Game Theory (A), Economics of Heath Care (A), Environmental Economics (A). Type of Undergrad: Medium Sized Mid-West State University Research Experience: One year Research Assistanship for Econ Faculty memeber, 1 year+ Research Assistanship for small think tank with ties to econ department (ongoing) Teaching Experience: University hired tutor in Math (2 years), Supplemental Instruction for Principles of Micro and Macro (3 yrs) LORs: Econ professor (PhD Florida State) who taught me Public Finance and Econometrics. Econ Prof (PhD Rochester), who taught me Econ Stats, Game Theory, and Health Care Economics. Math Prof (PhD Bowling Green) who taught me Math Stats I, II, III and Statistical Computing. SoP: Mentioned my research interests and how each school was a good match. Interests: Econometrics, Law and Economics, Applied Micro, I/O. Admissions Decisions Admitted: UVA (no funding), UW-Seattle (No Funding), George Mason (No Funding), Florida State (Generous Funding) Waitlisted: Boston College Rejected: MIT, NYU, Duke, Vanderbilt (Law & Econ), UCSD, UC-Berkeley, UI-UC, Brown. Never Heard Back From: WUSTL Heading to: Florida State. What would I have done differently? I would have gone to a more prestigious undergrad institution if I had realized what a handicap not going to one would be. Also I would have started caring about my grades a lot earlier, and studied more for the GRE and LSAT. Also I would have applied to more mid-level schools. I knowingly applied to alot of reaches, just on a lark.

Maybe I'm being a bit crass, but there is no reason you should ever spend a yeard and a half doing everything to make a person happy. If they want to be with you, your company should be enough*. Doing things for someone isn't going to win their heart, it's only gonna make them stop respecting you. Start living for yourself and you will be a lot happier. *Note: If you want to do something nice or special that is fine, but don't do it to make them love you or to expect anything in return. If you love them and want to make them happy, then it's fine. If you love them and want them to love you back, then it's selfish and manipulative.

http://homepages.nyu.edu/~eo1/books.html halfway down this page is "PROBABILITY THEORY with ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS", by Efe A. Ok. Or atleast some of it.

Profile: Gre: 770 Q, 560 V, 5.0 A LSAT: 156 GPA: Overall: 3.51, Econ: 3.85, Math: 3.61, Majors: Economics and Mathematics Classes: (all undergrad- highest grade is A) Math: Calc II(B+) Calc III (B-), Calc IV (B+), Dif EQ's (B), Foundations of Math (A), Mathematical Statistics I (A-), Math Stats II (A), Math Stats III (A-), Math Modeling and Optimzation (A-), Statistical Computing (A), Matrix Theory (A), Linear Algebra (B), Advanced Calc I (A), Advanced Calc II (A), Elementary Point Set Topology (A-) Econ: Intro Macro (A), Intro Micro (A), Intermed Macro (A), Intermed Micro (A), Advanced Micro (A-), Advanced Macro (A-), Econ Stats (A-), Econometrics (A-), Public Finance (A-), Game Theory (A), Economics of Heath Care (A), Environmental Economics (A). Type of Undergrad: Medium Sized Mid-West State University Research Experience: One year Research Assistanship for Econ Faculty memeber, 1 year+ Research Assistanship for small think tank with ties to econ department (ongoing) Teaching Experience: University hired tutor in Math (2 years), Supplemental Instruction for Principles of Micro and Macro (3 yrs) LORs: Econ professor (PhD Florida State) who taught me Public Finance and Econometrics. Econ Prof (PhD Rochester), who taught me Econ Stats, Game Theory, and Health Care Economics. Math Prof (PhD Bowling Green) who taught me Math Stats I, II, III and Statistical Computing. SoP: Mentioned my research interests and how each school was a good match. Interests: Econometrics, Law and Economics, Applied Micro, I/O. Admissions Decisions Admitted: UVA (no funding), UW-Seattle (No Funding), George Mason (No Funding), Florida State (Generous Funding) Waitlisted: Boston College Rejected: MIT, NYU, Duke, Vanderbilt (Law & Econ), UCSD, UC-Berkeley, UI-UC, Brown. Never Heard Back From: WUSTL Heading to: Florida State. What would I have done differently? I would have gone to a more prestigious undergrad institution if I had realized what a handicap not going to one would be. Also I would have started caring about my grades a lot earlier, and studied for the GRE and LSAT. Also I would have applied to more mid-level schools. I knowingly applied to alot of reaches, just on a lark.

Princetonreview.com Although I think you have to sign up (It's free.)

My undergrad University #10 Their Students (Almost) Never Study #4 Lots of Beer #7 Lots of Hard Liquor #6 Party Schools Grad School might be a difficult transition.

I've heard that "Estimation and Inference in Econometrics" by Davidson and MacKinnon is a better text, and more technical (uses Big O and little o, for instance). FWIW, The advice I was given was to read it instead of Greene or the one you are talking about. Although I haven't read it yet, I'm planning on buying it. http://www.amazon.com/Estimation-Inference-Econometrics-Russell-Davidson/dp/0195060113/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/002-2840809-8935212?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177511270&sr=8-3 Post Script, I also hear that Davidson and MacKinnon are just better "authors" in terms of how the book reads. I cannot attest to the validity to this statement myself though.

Wow, i just now realized that you can rate threads and posters(is that what you call someone who posts on a forum like this?) Now I feel like a big goober for now realizing it sooner.

I concede your point. I assumed without statement that the time spent learning was constant. Otherwise we are getting into trading off leisure versus studying versus some vector of allocations of time, et cetera. I was trying to keep it simple and illustrate a point.

Come on guys, lighten up. Attacking chau chau isn't goint to solve anything. I think he has a point in that there is a tradeoff between math skills and english skills, given a finite amount of time that can be spent on either, more time spent on develping math skills means less time spent on develping english skills ergo a lower proficiency in english than otherwise might be. Also, I've TA'd for principles classes that use Mankiw's book and it's ok. Nothing special but not bad either.

We hear alot of real analysis, topology and even measure theory here on this board, but i was wondering, how applicable is set theory to economics? I imagine it would come in handy when we are defining preference relationships, and perhaps some other micro theory that i don't know about. Is it's lack of discussion within these hallowed threads necessary evidence that it is, in fact, not useful, or atleast not efficiently useful?

Florida State University. Law and Economics, Econometrics

I was waitlisted and sent them an e-mail telling them to take me off of it. Hopefully that might free up a spot for someone.

http://mum.edu/math_dept/courses.html from the Maharishi School do Management Here's some of my favorites Infinity: From the Empty Set to the Boundless Universe of All Sets — Exploring the Full Range of Mathematics and Seeing its Source in Your Self (MATH 148) Topology: Relation between Point and Infinity (MATH 466) Complex Analysis: Transcending the Real Numbers to a Simpler and More Unified Numbering System (MATH 318) hell, i'm halfway to being a deity based on these criteria.

I'll answer this is a very intuitive way, not a proof but an illustration. Say you have some probability distribution, for example the standard normal X~N(0,1). You should be able to visualize this no problem. Now, imagine what happens to the distribution, and specifically the standard deviation, when you multiply X by b? b*X~N(0,b). The standard deviation has been multiplied by b, therefore the standard deviation has been multiplied by b^2. You do this in reverse all the time when you standardize variables, ie calculate Z-scores. For the second part, i'm not sure what you mean by "expected variance" because (true) variance isn't a RV, it's a statistic of an RV ie a constant (given any RV). I'll try to illustration intuitively why Var(X)=E[(X-mu)^2]. Let's deconstruct this equation and consider what it is saying. First, let's look at (X-mu). This is simply taking the distribution and centering it around 0. This is nice because it's now easier to see how much X deviates from the mean. But we don't care which direction it deviates, so we can just square (X-mu), that way the negative values don't cancel out the positive ones when we that the expected value. Therefore we are left with the "mean squared deviation" For example. lets take X~N(5,b). this implies that (X-5)~N(0,b). (X-5)^2 is harder to visualize, but it will similar to N(o,b) chopped in half at 0 and stretched with it's center of mass (mean) at b^2. Hope this helps.

I agree with this. I didn't much care for Calculus when I took it, and performed poorly(B's). Once I took Analysis everything because much clearer, I did much better (A's), and if i forgot something, i could always just go through the proof again to figure it out, so no sweat. Honestly, i believe I would have been better served starting with analysis and skipping calc all together.

out of curiosity, what did RA1 cover?

This is a decision you should be making on your own. People on this forum can discuss probable acceptance rates et cetera, but this is really an inappropriate question to be asking anyone but yourself.

hmm, considering that OU is my undergraduate school this is interesting. BTW, we (OU) don't have a PhD program, which is probably why we aren't on econPhD.net

The title sums it up pretty nicely. What are people going to do over the summer before they start grad school? Personally I would like to work, but I don't know what I can legitimately do. I assume it would be unethical to accept a full-time job then just "quit" come late august. Am I stuck rolling pretzels or flipping burgers for the summer? Bright idea's and snide remarks are welcome.

Look back at the exams you have already attempted and try to identify any patterns in you mistakes. If there is a systematic error then it will be easier to address. There may be a particular subject or presentation that is troubling you. You might want to pick up one of the GRE prep books and go over the math review. If I didn't tutor algebra and pre-calc I might have had some difficultly remembering some of these things too. If you honestly don't know this stuff, just work hard at it and practice a ton. I see no reason why anyone would be unable to get 760-800 (actually getting an 800 is a different story, but any college student should be intelligent enough to get within the range.)

Hmm, that's interesting. When i was talking with Dr. Pepper at UVA he also said that schools cannot force an early decision. I will have to look further into this.

Did he get rid of the Measure theory notes too?

Hey Everyone. I am on the quarter system, and winter quarter just ended. I got an A in advanced Calc (real analysis) and an A- in Elem. Point. Set Topology. Should I send these grades to the schools who either haven't made a decision, or who I am waiting to hear about funding? Also, i have to make a decision by April 2nd, so there is a greater time constraint.