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well,guys,I strongly doubt that your advises are applicable for the female part of the graduate students.for women,it is more than obvious that they have to get done with school first before endevoring in family life.'getting done with school' means finishing whatever degree they want to-let it be a high school diploma or PhD.I truly don't believe that a woman can handle a PhD program,a husband and even a baby,all at the same time.correct me if I am wrong:p

my support is here[clap] after all,besides economics,I have a Bachelor degree in Political science as well:blush: this is the least I can do:tup:

Babyrudin,thanks for the info.how about the US PhD programs?do you have any idea about placement there?

how about SFU Master graduates?do you have any idea about PhD placement?

hey,slatinas.it seems that in this forum only famous universities are discussed:D just kidding.I am going to attend SFU and nobody has talked about it up to now.I don't have any insider information about it,on top of that I am shy to ask all these people who are going to Yale and Princeton to advise me on SFU:hmm: .so pretty similar situation.by the way,I don't know anything about McGill.so I am open to comments about SFU.good luck to you:tup:

but if you are not interested in academic career,why do you consider TI?I would say that if you have to pay for both LSE and Cambridge and you consider only Master,I would be indifferent between the both.if you can afford Cambridge,go there.if you have to take a loan for LSE,don't go there.if I don't wanna do a PhD and endevor in academia,I would go to Cambridge(given that it is cheaper than LSE).

ok,but as far as I understood,the LSE profram is Msc,not MRES.by the way,how is the funding in Cambridge,guilty_conscience?you never mentioned anything about it.and after all,do you wanna do a PhD afterwards or not?I think this is of crucial importance when considering the options and the financial side as well.

guys,I just don't get your point.how do you plan to take enormous loans to pay for the master degree in LSE and at the same time plan to continue for PhD???my modest guess is that you will be able to apply for PhD at least 3-4 years after the Master(I don't know how much money one can make with a master from LSE,so this is just a projection).do you truly believe that a master from LSE is really worthy close to 35000 pounds just for tuition?come on,guys,you can get a PhD from Harvard for much less money.besides this,I believe that the reputation of the master in LSE is strongly exaggerated.and I STRONGLY disagree that quality of Cambridge is lower.I just don't get all this excitement about paying huge amounts of money for master degree in economics.especially if one plans to go further on with a PhD.I had a similar problem deciding whether to go for a Master in USA which would cost me $40000.then I just realized that taking such loans closes my door for a PhD for the next 5 years at least.and since the point of getting a master was for a PhD preparation,actually the point is missing!I don't know,guys,this is just my humble opinion after all.

I clearly remember a thread some time ago which was initiated by people currently in the Master program in London School of Economics.They claimed it's just aweful,the professors don't teach,everyone so strongly discouraging the other people to apply there.I was pretty surprised by this 'revelation'.in addition to that,I have the feeling that in LSE they don't fund anybody:hmm: I would suggest you rather consider the other two options.good luck:tup:

I agree.after all,the school you go in,it is not only the name and the image after that.it is important how much you can make of studying.I strongly doubt that all the people who leave Harvard are of equal quality.my professor(a Harvard graduate:) ) told me:"a perfect student is a perfect student regardless of where he comes from".I personally don't believe there is such a great difference.furthermore,you seem to be 99% persuaded to go in Warwick:) even though you ask for advice,you seem to be pretty resolute,or at least this is my impression.or maybe you keep on asking for advice hoping to get more people in favor of Warwick:) I already shared my opinion so don't wanna bother you any more.good luck:tup:

sorry for the misunderstanding.but indeed,you have nothing to be sorry about UBC.I am already very much sorry about applying and paying the enormous application fee.these were the worst spent money for the last 6 months

Apropos,I did not know that.anyway,I am not considering the program,not until I get my Master in economics first.I got very interested because after I took the GRE,I was connected from Berkeley and was notified about the program.I was pretty surprised because as of that time I had not even the slightest idea what financial engineering is like.the coorinator notified me that work experience is not a must,it is an advantage of course,what they really requited was a rigorous math and stat training.

well,at least UBC told you about being waitlisted.I never heard anything back from them:mad:

I don't know about finance,but definitely Berkeley with its program in Financial engeneering is the real stuff.I am very much considering it,as it promises to be really tough and rigorous,just deadly.and the prospects for salary after that...[w00t] it seems awesome!still if your friend wants MBA,let him go for MBA.if he wants finance,I would vote with two thumbs up for financial engineering.by the way,I have heard nice things for the Finance program in Boston College;)

hey!I could not figure out whether you have to continue for PhD or you can quit after the Master?If you can quit after the Master and apply for PhD,I am sure you can score much better placement.I think that 10000 pounds per year is just unbearable.I would not adivce you to go into such extensive debts for this degree.I had a similar problem.I got into Duke and Michigan-Ann Arbor for Master and I was ready to take loans to pay.but now I thanks God I could not find a co-signer for a loan and did not take a loan.I am very risk-averse and would never endevor in such obligation,if I were you.I know these are good universities,but think twice how comfortable you would feel with this extensive loan for the next few years.and THINK how much time you would need to pay it off.do you really wanna be 40 years old and still paying for studies?my advice is go where you are offered money-York,and think about applying for PhD again,in case you feel bad about getting a PhD from York.this is my very humble opinion.hope I helped you at least a little(or messed you up additionally):) P.S.I forgot to mention that if indeed York is better in your field of interest,just go there.you would enjoy working with professors strong in this field and I guess you would get good recommendations,in case you decide to move to another university for the PhD.after all,graduate study is not like undergraduate-you are not one of the thousand guys doing Economics.I think it is important to have people to work with in your field of interest.for example,I am going to Simon Fraser university for a Master with the idea for PhD afterwards.I am such a Macro fan that after I figured out Kenneth Kasa is teaching macro and monetary there,I fell apart of happiness.so don't underestimate the strengths of the department in terms of your particular sphere of interest.good luck!don't forget to inform us what you have decided!