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In my third and fourth year I had all 80s-90s in my econ courses in the last two years and an 83% average over my whole academic career. My overall average was terrible I think around 74%. In the first two years, I was in physics/software engineering and I did terribly, because it was not for me and I was having too much fun. So although I had great econ marks, especially in the last two years, my overall average hurt me. It also didn't help that I was applying in the middle of the recession. I applied to UBC, Toronto, and Queen's, but I was only accepted to Toronto.

I was one of the few students I met at Toronto who had taken Calc III and Linear Algebra and my grades were absolutely terrible (Cs). I knew someone in the Doctoral stream that had majored in Anthropology but minored in econ. Also, there were a number of engineers who wouldn't have seen much beyond Calc I or II. For an MA, it's really all about how well you did in your tough econ courses.

Hi there! I am a relatively recent grad of the MA UofT program. You probably have a shot at getting into the regualr MA stream at UofT. I had very similar grades at UWaterloo but I had an A- in advanced micro. My overall econ average was 83% which included grades across the board, although I had all 80-95 in my last two years. If you have other good math grades, you will probably get in. Also, there is zero difference between the teaching or courses that MFE vs regular MA students take. You really pay the exhorbitant MFE tuition to get an internship at a bank/investment firm. THe bottom line is that the MFE program is only advantageous because it opens up more career doors. If you want to focus in finance while in the regular stream, you certainly can. The funding sucks. When I Was there, anyone who wanted to be TA in the regular stream could be one, but the stipend just covered tuition and some expenses.

Nor to the domestic applicants who are waiting. :mad:

Unfortunately, academia is fraught with self-congratulatory enterprise. Economics is no exception. One can only hope that the upcoming generation of economists will be more practical.

I just emailed Rachel and found out that I get to keep waiting. Better than rejected, I guess.

What was I thinking? That my top Master's program touted as one of the best in Canada was a stepping stone to a good Phd program, and when one of my recommenders who graduated from Queen's said 'oh you will get into Queen's'. I assumed that I then shouldn't waste time applying to places I would not prefer to Wueen's So far, I have been rejected everywhere, with no acceptances but UWO, GMU and Queen's pending all of which have been sending out decisions. So, I would have done a lot differently.

I didn't even know if they had a master's program. I just looked it up, they have a master's program and only 5 full time faculty members.

Ah there's my rejection.

I am still waiting for mine.

Based on the fact that I got in last year with a worse profile, I think you should be fine. They weight advanced micro and metrics courses the most. Toronto was quite late telling me I was accepted last year, I think it was early april at least.

To my understanding Toronto will go lenient on you if you only get B's in the PhD core courses. So, you don't need to do 'well' mostly just not totally screw up. Although according to a couple of profs, an A or A+ in MA micro is an absolute must to get into the PhD program. I'm currently an RS student taking the PhD econometrics. I would definitely recommend against it. I've just spent about 20 hours on a mammoth assignment.

I think the Wooldridge -> Greene is a good way to go. I've also had to use Davidson and Mackinnon and Gourieroux's textbook. The latter is possibly the least practical book in econometrics I have and will likely ever come across.

Institution: UBC Program: Economics, PhD Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 3/13 Notified through: E-mail Comments: I chose the wrong year to apply to PhD and definitely aimed way too high. :mad::crazy:

Economic Determinants of Beard Growth Theory: Wealthier people are more likely to engage in face maintenance. In times of recession, this luxury may beforegone and as a result more men will grow beards. You would likely have to include some sort of structural breaks for `fashionableness`shocks. :hmm:

As far as I know, no one has dropped out of the Master's at Toronto this year, or at least very few have (the classes are quite large so it is hard to tell). I would say that adequate preperation is intermediate micro and macro, some linear algebra for metrics, and some familiarty with Simon and Blume's Mathematics for Economists.

I'm still waiting on 8 out of 9 :mad: Although, I would say at least one of those is an assumed reject.

If you are not going for a PhD and you plan on living in Toronto. I would definitely go to Toronto. I can confirm to you from experience that you do not need to be that heavily prepared in math. Roughly, you need to know, or be prepared to learn quickly, the level of math in Simon and Blume and certainly not all of it. I would also imagine that it would look better to prospective Canadian employers, and you have the advantage of being able to more easily look for work in Toronto if you go to school there.

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As far as I know, nearly everyone who applied for a TAship got one as a regular stream student. That said, it only covers half of your living and tuition fees. Tuition is around 7K alone and living in Toronto or commuting there is expensive.

It appears to be out only if you were accepted.

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1 rejection 8 pending.

Institution: Caltech Program: Social Science, PhD Decision: Rejected Notification date: 02/27 Notified through: E-mail

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