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Sorry

fixed that for you

I went from Bs in calc to A in Reals. Calc suffers because it caters to engineers and it's pretty computational. Understanding the material will net you a better grade in RA most likely. Memorizing calculus, not so much.

Hot? Edit: Please, all who view this, assign a bad post rating so I can remember that this forum's personality has turned into that of a funeral.

The GMU was not in the actual Econ department, from what I heard, and for what that's worth. Definitely a cool job, though. No idea on the NYU thing.

Looking at NRC data on attrition rates is making me seriously consider looking into Math PhDs.

Apparently this year has no sense of humor. Gonna pour a 40 out for my fallen 2009 homies.

I'll guess that they might use multiple stage least squares / instruments or something for supply and demand equations. Read about the "identification problem". It's a possibility.

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Y'know, some people at Wyo opt to take comps as MS students if they want to do a PhD...you'd have to take the second semester PhD courses, but that's no biggie, they're enjoyable enough.

Laramie is likely windier than Chicago, but I can't say for sure. Sometimes the interstates close just for wind. That said, I haven't found the weather out here to be so bad. The sun really does make a difference. I will admit that crossing the border to go to Fort Collins is like crossing to a new world, however.

For what it's worth, I get the impression that UO has lower attrition, less competitive, and more stable funding. Might be worth verifying, though.

In before Monte Carlo?

Well, I've had to juggle around my plan since making that post. I have to take the two electives this summer, and add a math major seminar to the fall sequence, putting me at 4 classes, a thesis, and 20 hour RA job to handle. I think I'll do my programming in the spring, and will have to see what's offered, so I might have a chance to take C. I learned C++ in 8th grade, but have since forgotten it. Looks like fall is going to be a brutal semester.

Hey guys, I've settled on Analysis, Math Stat, and Matrix Theory. Talked to the prof and asked around today about MT and was sold. Not too excited about ODE II to be honest, anyways. Now I've just got to find a way to fit in those annoying "college required" electives to actually get the degree. 1010's as a grad student here I come! (only need 2) Also need to fit in a Java class, and I'm set.