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Agree, weird but not impossible at least at lower ranked schools. think about it, why not? I don't see why the grad school wouldn't accept a student it initially rejected if the Econ Admissions Committee accepts him/her after an initial rejection. Now what I am puzzled about is that they initially sent you a rejection letter and then a month letter an admission letter; does this program have a waitlist ?

I am not entirely sure about your claim dude. 2 former classmates of mine, one going to Penn now, and the other Columbia, both got Bs in not only analysis but abstract algebra as well. So, the claim that Top 10 will dismiss someone who got a B in analysis is not always true. I am not a member of an adcom but I doubt a student with an otherwise good profile would be rejected because of a B in analysis.

very interesting. I wonder why ETS states on their website that a candidate can take the test multiple times if schools see the test as a one shot deal only.....

can you give us a link where you got your information from? I currently attend a top 20 school for a masters in math and my advisor, who is on the ad committee, told me that they consider the highest set of scores regradless of the number of times a candidate take the tests. Maybe you got some inside info we don't know about.

Do schools read additional letter of recommendations or do they just discard them. For instance, if I send 4 letters to a school which only requires 3 letters, will they only choose to read 3 and ignore the 4th?

yes it is. It helped me a great deal. Their quant and verbal are way much harder than the real GRE. Furthermore, all the voc words i came accross were from the GRE Bible. I was surprised to find out that so many on this forums found GRE Bible to be absolutely useless.

since you got 800 in quant your application will not be filtered out. With so many applicants having 800 in quant I dont't think it will make a big difference.

don't worry dude, shooter is indeed correct, B- is not the end of the world. Only on testmagic have I seen so many econ majors getting A in real analysis like its another easy calculus course. I was a math major, and trust me my classemates and I found the course ridiculoulsy hard, I got a B+ and was very happy, a lot of kids got Cs

well to erase any worries from your mind, why don't you retake the test and get an 800 in quant. Folks here will give you advice, but at the end of the day what matters is that score. So, get to work, work on your speed, avoid careless mistakes, remember you do not have to answer every question right to get 800, I missed 6 and still got an 800, but I got the first 20 correct.

The GRE keeps amazing me everyday. Its probably, in my opinion, the most stupid standardized test around. However, schools do need a way to weed out students, especially when ther have over 300 applicants , and each of them with descent GPA. When I was an undergrad, one of the kid on my dorm floor, put his GRE score report on a frame because he got an 800 in Quant but was not able to get a D in pre-calculus, he got an F, he was a sociology major, and he told me he was surprised that he got some really good admits. So, when some schools think that the GRE Quant is a fair way to compare students on a fair scale or a reality check for grades, I find that approach quite interesting. I was lucky to escape that test with an 800 in quant and 580 in verbal. It will really be a shame if a 760 on Q keeps you out some of the schools you are applying to because you do have a good profile and a 4.0 GPA is quite an amazing performance, good job!

thats a really bold statement lol. how can a GPA of 3.4 in an MA program rules him out Top 50 schools. Geez not everyone in Top 50 schools have GPA > 3.5. I think he should reapeat his GRE to improve his verbal and quant scores, then he can into schools ranked in the range 30-50

be careful of what you wish for. The subject GRE is not that easy. In my opinion, you are gambling. If you do very well, then its superb. Otherwise, a poor GRE subject score might hurts.

As long as the agenda in place can be fulfilled for whatever reasons, wheter its for money or ideology, I am sure many consulting firms won't care about "personal integrity" issues if they know others would not know about it.

Do you have the opportunnity to audit topology at some school, if yes do so. I think it is quite hard to learn topology by yourself

which of Time series econometrics, or panel data/cross section econometrics is mostly used for Empirical Industrial Organization?

One my classmate in my MA in Maths told me he took the GRE 5 times so he could get 800, which he eventually did, and it was a pretty competitive program. I am not very sure about econ Phd, but I just don't see how taking a "standardized test" multiple times could have any negative effect on your whole application. Furthermore, a lot Phd programs like to publish their statistics, and often they will choose the highest set scores from each candidate. Just my 2 cents. I would not worry about taking the GRE twice, especially if you do very well the second time around. Good luck on your test, study hard and make sure you get an 800 in quant, it will help you a lot. Also visit the math forum here, it is very good, the quant GRE is a bit harder than it used to be, but still easy.

Which sometimes is sad because government intervention often has some political agenda.

You can make it into a Top 20. Learn some intermediate micro and macro on your own. I have had classemates when I was undergrad who never took econ courses, but they were able to get into some Top 30 schools good luck! Don't waste your time doing a masters degree. Apply to a wide range of Phd programs to increase your chances

You bring up an important issue youngecon. If you get a chance, watch the documentary, Enron: the smartest guys in the room. In the documentary there is a discussion about the deregularization of the electricity market in california. Free-entreprise is maybe good in some cases, but in others not so well.

Kartelie, You are correct, I should have been more precise. I am refering to schools ranked between 20-50, the schools outside the Top 20. The point I am trying to make is that, although it is very nice and certainly very prestigious to get an Econ Phd from a school like Yale, a Phd from a school like Iowa does not mean that one has all the doors shut for a good career at a Top 10 school. After reading previous threads, I was under the impression that many seem very worried about guetting a job at a Top 20 program if they do not come from a top 10 program. Of course it will be hard for most with degrees from school ranked in the top 20-50 range to get a tenure track position at say Princeton; neverthless, it is possible. I don't really think we should be worried about the job market 5, 6 years down the line. Geez, qualifiers need to be cleared, 2nd year paper need to be written before even thinking about a dissertation topic let alone worrying about job prospect.

I am not 100% sure about all schools. But schools do not average. Most take the highest score, some even take the highest individual score from each section.

Definitely retake. GRE Q of 710 will find your application in the pre-screening round. Not fair, Maybe? But when schools are faced with hundreds of applications the first step is to eliminate those with lower GREQ scores. You should aim for 780+ in Q. Good luck!

It is indeed possible to get a tenure track position at a top 10 university if you come from a Top 50 university. I think the most important thing is to be happy to whatever school you choose to attend, write a good dissertation, and do well in the interviews. I think some on this forum are just guetting a bit paranoid about this whole job market stuff. Andriy Nored Phd University of Iowa then Assistant professor at Princeton link: Untitled Document Also check NYU income assistant professors: 1 from Penn State, 1 from Ohio state link: New York University>Department of Economics My point is if you get admitted to a school like Iowa or Penn state or Texas or any of those Top 50 program, you should never be disappointed nor should you be worried about the job market, which nobody knows what the market will be like once you graduate 5 or 6 years from now. In my opinion, the most important thing is to write a good job market paper. In my humble opinion, I am not sure if someone with an average job market paper from say Yale will necesseraly do much better than someone with a better paper from say Texas.

"Publish or Perish". I dont think academia is any better than the private sector as far as flexibility.

Don't stress over the job market 5 or 6 years from now. Apply to a wide range of school, get admitted to a descent school, where you think you will survive and like the environment as well, write a good dissertation, and then do your best on the job market. I am sure you will find something satisfying.