BenedictProsper

Does U Chicago have a standard taxtbook?

How do you guys think of Berger & Casella?

So what text usually used at U Chicago?

Hi all, I am looking for a useful and cost-effective econometrics textbook for the first year of a top PhD. I tried Hayashi, but felt difficult to get started. Do I indeed suck?:hmm: Any other books to recommend?

Is real analysis really that important? I don't know how much I should learn about real analysis? What role does it play in grad courses?

I am looking for a real analysis textbook. Any recommendations? :hmm:

I told you my penis is longer. How come most of you guys didn't believe me! You see, Chicago is the first, first, first!!! Hooray!

Chicago has just won the Nobel in 2007, how bad can they be right now. You figureed out Chicago sux because of the recent placement history? If that's the case, the outcomes are really really too arbitrary!

Well, I dare not say anything but that Northwestern is by no means in the top 5 or even top 10...:hmm:

I think this thread has lost its original intention. Some people are simply advocating their own school.

Chicago Harvard MIT Yale Princeton Stanford U Penn Berkeley Northwestern NYU Checking many world-recognized rankings would convince you its validility.

So who else is going to Chicago without being funded? Just want to get more friends.

More often than not, it would be very difficult to get good recommendations. Also you should consider the opportunity cost. Doing this means you will have to sacrifice two extra years. Assuming you successfully graduate from a top school, you will still have to lose 80k*2 or something.

This year really seems to be unusual. Many top schools are like on the edge of bankruptcy!

But correct me if I am wrong, but Gary Becker won it a couple of years ago...

Too old? I thought he is no more than 50.

I guess people on this forum tend to tell everyone never go for an unfunded offer because the program doesn't really want him...

I really appreciate all the inputs you guys made. I think the decision is almost made. If I miss this Chicago opportunity and go to a funded top 30, I will surely regret later in my life.

What you posted was very objective! Thanks!

Me underdog? I have remembered this. Tell you what, my real name is John, Decades later, there will be a nobel laureate named John!!!:mad:

Admittedly, I will choose Harvard, MIT, and Princeton over Chicago, but will definitely not choose berkeley. Maybe I will hesitate between Chicago and princeton. But I;d say i 'd choose harvard and MIT due to their well-known reputation.

LOL, you are telling me indirectly chicago is a great program with sucking training. hey Dr. List, you should know this too Thank you!

Hey Internationalstudent, thanks for your nice input! But you didn;t answer my PM. LOL :hmm:

Thanks for your great insight! I will not take a loan or anything, but use my own savings. I do have the money to afford the first two years, I am just thinking if going to Chicago is worth the money. I think I can improve as long as I try my best.

That they will not fund me for the first two years can only mean that I am not at the top half of the class since they will only fund 13 students this year. Also not being a star at the beginning doesn't mean I will not be in the end! moreover, this is not a problem of only money or earning later. Being a member of "Chicago School" will honor me a lot throughout my whole life-time. Just my two cents!