ForTheWin_08

I know a decent amount of measure theory, but no macroeconomics. If what you say is true, that is pretty worrying. I'll be sure to bring it up in macro (with Stokey herself!) this year...

Are you going to Clemson? Yikes. If so, it might be worthwhile to find out who Mr. Maloney's boss is and forward her this missive.

On the contrary, I think that would demonstrate commitment to political economy. I have a friend at U of Siena who has one master's in economics, and one in creative writing. Another of my friends (at UCLA) has an undergraduate degree in history and economics. So I don't think that an interdisciplinary background hurts at all.

Obviously, it depends on whether your goal is to impress the public at large or economists. I picked Chicago over Princeton, which I maintain was the right choice, but non-economists think I'm an idiot.

Which is...?

You are given that the events {bead 1 is yellow} and {bead 2 is yellow} are independent. So Pr({beads 1 and 2 yellow}) = Pr({bead 1 is yellow})xPr({bead 2 is yellow}) = 6/49.

It's not a tutorial, but Cleve Moler (creator of MATLAB) has a really nice (and free) book called Numerical Computing with MATLAB.

Chicago's math camp starts on September 9th, which is a bit later than I would have liked.

Why did you apply to places where you weren't prepared to accept even funded offers (UAZ, Tilburg, BC, UCD, etc)? Did your preferences change between December and now?

I think by "necessity," chicagoer was referring to his subjective preference ordering, not claiming that micro and econometrics in general are but the handmaidens of macro. Right?

empirical micro>game theory>econometric theory>macro Warning: preferences subject to change without prior notice.

I agree, though perhaps not for the same reasons as pevdoki1. I appreciate that you want to hurry up with the PhD, and that you are likely very clever, but I don't know if trying to squish a dense, abstract subject like analysis into six weeks is wise. Sometimes one actually needs time to mull over the new concepts and the new way of thinking.

I got accepted to Princeton from the waitlist. But Chicago beat them this time...

Congratulations to all!

Not quite - mine's from Wikipedia. As for your excellent choice of grad school... well, what's that they say about the sincerest form of flattery? See you in September, Mr. Keen and chicagoer!