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Hi I am an international student. I request ideas from people, LSE alum views are particularly requested, regarding financing/scholarship/loans options available for international students. I am mainly interested in MSc Econometrics and Mathematical Economics Program. Thanks

I was checking the ranking of the program and in Europe it comes after LSE-Tilburg-Oxford-Cambridge-Erasmus Rotterdam .. basically at 6th spot .. I was more interested in knowing how this program is perceived in US.

Hi I just wanted to get feedback from people on this forum about this program. Master of Advanced Studies in Economics - Studieaanbod - K.U.Leuven It is one year program and I see it as precursor to PhD Economics. I am applying for PhD Economics this fall but just in case I am also looking at some Master programs in Europe. Kindly share your views about this program. Thanks

I think what you are inkling is why academics after jobs. Honestly, I am interested in Financial Economics and want to do research in that area. I see Phd economics as a way to do that.

Hi I am a graduate in Master in Financial Mathematics from UChicago and I intend to apply for PhD Economics this fall. I have not done much of economics till now. My background is mostly in mathematics[engineering types] and programming. Prior to UChicago I graduated from IIT [indian Institutes of Techonology, India] in Civil Engineering. I have around 4.5 years of work experience as programmer where in addition to couple of small firms I worked with Goldman Sachs for around 3.5 years. In gist my academic background is :- GRE - 800Q+660V GRE Subject Math - 73 percentile GPA at UChicago - 3.8/4.0 GPA at IIT Kanpur - 6.8/10 [it is low!] At UChicago I did a advanced level economics course 'Topics in Asset Pricing', which is my only economics course. I happened to discuss about my intention to apply for PhD Economics with Professors at UChicago and they kind of hinted that if I take some grad level econ courses here it might help my application. I have studied more advanced mathematics topics while writing for GRE Subject Math but as such I don't have courses in Real Analysis on my transcript. Coursework at UChicago included Stochastic Calculus, Regression Analysis, Statistics and Probability Theory, Linear Algebra, Mathematical Option Pricing etc. I am trying to get some research opportunities here but till now I did not get lucky. I would like to have suggestions from people that what can I do in this time to have positive push to my application and a very reasonable estimate of my chances at top-15 univs. Thanks