Prometheus_Econ

If anyone has a webpage with a listing of possible summer internships for PhD students in economics/finance for the summer between their 2nd and 3rd year, this would be greatly appreciated. Right now I'm looking at everything (private/government/NGO) to just get an idea of what's out there, but I am having to manually assemble every organization/bank/government agency I know, so some kind of listing or online ressource (beyond JOE) would be helpful.

I was admitted there last year and attended their fly-out. My impression is that they admit a pool of people who have very well-defined research interests already, at least in terms of the field they want to do. If you are interested in micro, neuro, experimental, or political economy, it's a great place. However, make sure you are really certain about doing one of these fields because other fields (except for a bit of finance) are virtually non-existing. Of course you can also take classes at USC and UCLA, but that won't substitute having an advisor in your field at Caltech. I think the small size of the program is an upside, as is their generous funding, and the California weather :tup:. I think some of their research also tends to be more high risk than at some other places, and hence it could be very rewarding if you're that type of researcher.

At my undergraduate institution, the grad students were doing problem sets in their cubicles ... ;)

I used the Fitzpatrick book. It covers more or less the same material as Rudin, but in a somewhat more elementary way. For instance, Rudin immediately starts with metric spaces and topology, while Fitzpatrick starts doing everything in R, and then introduces metric spaces and some topology in chapter 10. Also, some topics like Fourier and differential forms are not covered in Fitzpatrick at all, so our professor just used some of his own notes for that. So, Rudin is definitely a bit deeper, but you'll also learn a lot from Fitzpatrick.

Haha, I got exactly the same books from China for my classes last semester :tup:

I agree with the posts before. Top 10 is a reach but apply to a couple. It's not only about math but also about quality of LORs (definitely more important than additional math classes beyond analysis), and research experience. As for the two additional math classes, I would suggest taking measure theoretic probability and theoretical statistics. It might be too much though for one semester with those other three math classes.

Yeah, it's not canceled (although as Stuy correctly pointed out, it's not a math camp per se either). Instead, you are given the opportunity to place out of it by taking an exam. You can also place out of metrics, but I assume that doesn't apply to you since you're in Stern, and you have your own sequence.

Cause NYU rocks. :tup: They have made a lot of hires in the last decade, and that tends to attract better students. I also think their program has been revamped. The better the students, the more rigorous you can teach the courses. I've talked to quite a few people who chose NYU over Penn, Northwestern, or Yale. Although this might also be true for UCSD, I think this is an indication that NYU is on an upward slope in the rankings (and in attracting talented students who got offers from higher ranked departments).

Haha! I'm glad I called the university today about it. It was due at 5pm today, and I thought I could just submit it at midnight .... So I ended up submitting it at 4.40 after frantically proofreading it :D

McFadden.

Number 3. No doubt about it.

I don't know if this helps, but Jacob Goeree at Caltech I think did his graduate work at Tinbergen. So it's not impossible to get placed in the US with that degree (I think he was initially placed at Virginia).

If Harvard were in Sudan, I would indeed not go.

I believe it's quite renowned in the business world. It is not a good place to study economics for academic research though as I understand. I have met two guys who did their masters there during the last year (both who are now at top 20 institutions), and they both told me that it's more of a business school than a school to study economics at. So it depends on your goals.

Apart from the academic qualities of these two programs, I would recommend The Netherlands as a country over France. I think it's much easier if you don't speak Dutch there because most people speak English (unlike in France, where French is even legislated into radio stations' songs).

I bet your letter will never arrive Veroniquaz. It's interesting that some people never hear back. The only school I never heard back from was Stanford, after they put me on a waitlist a month ago. I guess they just assume that I'll infer that it's a reject if I don't hear back from them.

I got an answer back pretty quickly as well, maybe two to three days. They then send you information on how to set up your NYU email account, and from there you get access to the documents you need to send in for housing. I wonder when they'll send us information on how to register, which books to buy etc.

Here's a collection of metric/theoretical stats books that seem to be used a lot: Ruud: An Introduction to Classical Econometric Theory Greene: Econometric Analysis Hayashi: Econometrics Kennedy: Guide to Econometrics Casella/Berger: Statistical Inference Hogg/Craig/McKean: Introduction to Mathematical Statistics

I doubt you'll need to read 99 books before tackling MWG.... I actually don't think it's that difficult to read. In terms of intuition, I actually like Kreps' "A Course in Microeconomic Theory" the best. I think a minimal "library" for graduate microeconomics should consist of that, MWG, and Varian. You don't really need more than that. If you still have problems, get some intermediate book to supplement these.

I think you really need to take real analysis to have a good shot at the top 15. A class in probability theory also wouldn't be bad. If you want to be really competitive in terms of math, throw in some functional analysis, topology, or measure theory class.

Yeah, I sent in my housing application last week.

Pretty low if picking major A was independent of major B. But some majors go together, like math and econ, and math and physics etc. I would think that conditional on already majoring in math and econ, CS is not that unlikely (perhaps only stats or international studies/relations is more likely).

I don't think UW is a "weak school." I mean, it's not a top school, but its' still more reputable than - say - CSU Fresno. In other words, it's still in the top 50, and I think many of your professors probably got their PhDs from top schools, so they're valid references when it comes to saying whether you'll be able to make it in a top 50 PhD program. I think your weakest point is the GPA and the (current) lack of math classes. You really need to make sure you can handle the math if you want to go for a PhD. Look at Mas-Colell, and look at some articles in econometrica, and make sure that's the kind of stuff you would like to be doing in 2 years.

Yes, newbie. All my math classes are at the undergraduate level, although some were cross-listed with graduate (both undergraduates and graduates took them).

Hey again, I don't quite understand what you mean by saying "you're leaning towards the PhD and then you'll try to do the postdoctoral thing?" You can go to SFI as a grad student for a month in the summer. They have a summer school. Anyways, I got into Michigan's economics program this year with the IGERT fellowship, so here's my profile: http://www.www.urch.com/forums/440445-post12.html I hope that helps.