PolEcon

You are welcome... yes the big book is by ETS but it is available online... if you search for rapidshare... i also got it online and then took out printouts... keep a tab on gre books blogs... search using "blogspot" with GRE Prep and GRE Books... or directly type GRE Big Book Rapidshare and google

Lol!!!! I would have done better than that!..

I never knew that misspelling leads to "pulling the chain" - what an interesting causal relationship... !!!

its a he... and i am not that bad at writing... i am currently running distinction in all my essays and formative coursework... it was a bad day...i was getting good grades during test prep!

Nope...no academic research...mostly surveys and report writing...it was NOT academic research

Sorry for the misspelling... it was a typo in a quick fast mode

Lol its past history... have to think for the future...

Thanks for the detailed reply... my GRE scores arent that good for Management Sciences...and i am not that much interested in management sciences since i can only teach in a business school...i plan to work for policy think tanks and research centers... and also teach...i am more interested in issues of public finance / policy analysis that lead to poverty, inequality and social exclusion... i find public policy a cross between Political Science and Economics... which is interesting...

I have seen people with 4.0 / 4.0 GpA struggle in their jobs badly... My friends who have GPA of 2.9 have become Head of marketing at Toyota, P&G, Shell etc... i have seen people who have scored 800Q / 790V in GRE not being able to speak english even properly and doing bad even in TOEFL.. GRE and GMAT are though necessary because there has to be some threshold to draw a line between the thousands of applications...you cant review them all... so it has to be one of the criteria... One thing i could never understand was why Grad Schools want us to send our GRE scores directly to them when they have online access especially the top unis... i called a couple of unis and their administrator said that it is not necessary that you send the score, we can access it from here also!

Arco Barrons Kaplan Nova Big Book Most of these books are available online... you can download them through deposit files or rapidshare...do a quick search of blogs...

Yes...this is correct... i was sort of confused with the second equation...forgot to add seven to S

Hi There! Just wanted to make a long comeback...my semester has been difficult at LSE... anyways i am thinking of applying for a Phd in Public Policy with a specialization in Public Finance (if available)...so having said that i want to share my profile which is not that good... Degrees MSc in Development Studies - LSE UK (Underway) MBA BBA (HOns) GRE Q = 770 V = 540 AWA = 5 I had a very bad day at GRE..i was shot and robbed 2 days earlier and was traumatized...even worse was when i got fever during GRE test...all my sections were messed up... i was getting 800 in Q and 700 in V when i was practicing... i studied hard for GRE for 2 months day and night with around 10 books...but it does not matter now TOEFL 116 / 120 Mathcourses No i have not done two years of college algebra, real analysis, multivariate calculus, stoichastic, linear algebra etc... it is simple maths and statistics....but i am strong with numbers Achievements British Chevening Scholarship NUFFIC Research Fellowship All is based on my research experience and nothing more... Work Experience Probably my greatest strength... Over 8 Years of Work Experience World Bank ILO Ernst & Young Arthur Anderson Gallup Research Have worked on issues like Public health, education and a lot of field work research and report writing...but i have not published any articles because the data from these studies is for clients and i am not authorized to use it for personal publishing purposes... My current course work at LSE revolves around issues of education, asset-poverty traps, social exclusion, post colonial politics and institutional development.. Phd Interests Public Policy, Public Finance & Budgeting, Public Institution Performance Management, Public Health and Public Education Policy Management Future Plans Work extensively in issues of poverty and social exclusion within the ambit of public policy in a think tank and also be part of academia... Advice Needed I initially wanted to go for a Phd In Economics or a Phd Finance but since i dont have the required math courses in my undergrad and also in my MBA and neither do i have acceptable GRE scores i thought that Public Policy would be a good fit...and within that Public Finance / Economics... I want to request you people to help me identify some good schools.... since my profile is not stellar i dont plan to apply to Woodrow Wilson or Harvard or Stanford etc... But coming from LSE i was thinking that maybe i have a shot at Columbia though it will be a remote one... I want to know which schools can i target with my profile....suggestions are welcome!!! I do not plan to do MPAID or MPP or any other Masters...i have passed 30 and am too old for a third Master! Another Question Oh Yes! I forgot... i was thinking that apart from top 10 or top 15 institutions other institutions are also very good in terms of research...so is it true that it depends more on the individual rather than the university... true that the top 10 or top 15 have an edge but one can accomplish good results even in mediocre universities.... I was talking to my professor of sociology at LSE who was the Head of Department at Yale and also the Head of Institute of African Studies and he was telling me that he had a PhD from Sheffield University...yet he was supposed to be recognized due to his research work... probably his profile made me thinking that why disappoint oneself by targeting top 15 univs when one can get a good research opportunity and it depends on the individual... Thanks

I was actually looking forward to something like Public Finance...which has some overlap with my MBA...any ideas of good schools for PhD?

I didnt know where to start this thread so i guessed that probably the economics section would be the best as it involves majority of the members that are into research. I, like many others, am actively looking for applying ESRC funding for 2009 term probably for my PhD. I have gone through the Funding Guidelines and Research Notes on the ESRC websites but i am sure that experienced people on this forum would be able to guide us in a better way. My question is simple - what are the tips, tricks and strategies for winning the funding?

Hi I just wanted to know if anyone can inform me about good PhD Programs in Public Policy with a special emphasis of Public Finance & Budgeting and Policy Analysis. I have heard that the US News Rankings arent that reliable for Public Affairs so i would appreciate if any other source of rankings can be found. Thanks