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The advanced calculus course is described as follows: Axioms for the real numbers. Techniques of proof for limits, continuity, uniform convergence. Rigorous treatment of differential/integral calculus for single-variable function Thanks for the advice. I think I will definitely sign up for those two courses. Walrus, or whoever else is out there, what do you think I would need to do to become competitive for a program like AREC at Berkeley? The reason I ask is because it is the premier location for ag econ, and they place extremely well. Would you recommend retaking the GREs, maybe do a grad program first, more math classes? thanks for the help

The advanced calculus course is described as follows: Axioms for the real numbers. Techniques of proof for limits, continuity, uniform convergence. Rigorous treatment of differential/integral calculus for single-variable function Thanks for the advice. I think I will definitely sign up for those two courses. Walrus, or whoever else is out there, what do you think I would need to do to become competitive for a program like AREC at Berkeley? The reason I ask is because it is the premier location for ag econ, and they place extremely well. Would you recommend retaking the GREs, maybe do a grad program first, more math classes? thanks for the help

So a real quick background on myself. I graduate in Spring of 2011 with a degree in Business Administration, and then after a summer of interning and some reflection I realized that my heart was in economics. More specifically development/ environmental economics. Over the past semester I have been catching up on maths, taking Calc 2, 3, and Linear Algebra, plus intermediate micro and macro. My ideal goal would be the ARE program at Berkeley or AREC at Maryland. I realize to get into either of those programs I probably need more math, and thus am thinking about taking Advanced Calculus and Probability this summer. I know real analysis is what everyone on the forum recommends but at my local University (University of Minnesota) you cannot take analysis until you have taken discrete math, and because of how the courses schedules work, I couldn't take it until Fall of 2014! So the question is two fold. 1) Would taking advanced calculus and also probability be beneficial, or are there other math courses that I should be looking into (differential equations, another stats course etc)? 2) With my profile + the two summer courses would I be competitive for either the ARE program at Berkeley or AREC at Maryland? Profile: School: University of Wisconsin, BA Business Administration GPA: 3.88 overall, 4.0 econ, 3.8 math Econ/maths: Calc 1- A/B, Calc 2: A, Calc 3: IP, LA: IP, Advanced Calc: summer? Probability: summer? Finite Math: A. Intro to Stats A Developmental Econ, Honors intro to micro and macro, Intermediate Micro, Intermediate Macro, Environmental Econ: all A's GRE: Quant: 88%, Verbal: 98%, AWA: 96% No research experience :( Any and all help would be appreciated! Thanks in advanced for your feed back, and any suggestions on what I would need to do to be competitive for these programs would be greatly appreciated.

That´s exactly what I meant. Moreover, could anyone evaluate my chances at getting into the school that I´m considering applying to to make sure I´m shooting for the right range. I would hate to go through the whole application process without one admit, and have to wait a whole year to apply again!

Definitely don't mean to offend, as I too would be thrilled to make it into one of the masters programs in Canada. So a little background. I just graduated with a degree in international business, but after much thought, I realized that business wasn't the route I wanted to go and that economic development is what truly interests me. Because my degree in business didn't require much math, or intermediate economics, I am now playing catch up via continuing education courses. One of these classes is a 4 credit linear algebra course, that incorporate differential equation, I'm enrolled in that for the upcoming semester. Because of my weak math background I figure that it would be greatly beneficial to get a masters degree first in order to enroll in more mathematics courses as well as take advanced level economics. Seeing as Canada has very good terminal masters programs, I have set my sights on them (as well as a few other ag econ PhD programs in the states). I would be thrilled to do a masters in Canada, and would enjoy continuing onto a PhD at one of their institutions as well, although my real goal is a top rated ag econ department in the states, such as Berkeley or AREC Maryland. I figure that a terminal masters in Canada would allow me to enroll in many classes that would strengthen my application for PhD admission for the following year in either the US or Canada. Sorry to offend, and hopefully this explanation provides some clarification.

Thanks for the advice, makes me feel a little bit better about my chances. Hopefully I'll be able to get into a MA program in Canada and use that to boost my chances to get into a better ranked program the following year.

Profile Undergrad: University of Wisconsin, 3.85 GPA, Math GPA 3.8, Econ GPA 4.0, Majored in International Business and Marketing GRE: 167 Verbal (98%), 163 Quant (88%), AWA 5.5 (96%) Econ: Honors intro Micro and Macro (A), Intermediate Micro (A), Intermediate Macro (A), Development Econ (A), Environmental Econ (A) Math: Finite Math (A), Stats (A), Calc 1 (AB), in progress Calc 2, will be taking Linear Algebra with Differential Equations, and Multivariable Calc in the upcoming semester LOR: 2 professors in the University of Wisc. Business school, 1 from a graduate class that I took with him, other recommendation from a well know professor in the ag. econ program at Wisconsin. concern: lack of math, and the fact that most of my math course work is still in progress -quality of recommendations? -low-ish quant score on the GRE Ideally I want to study development and environmental economics, and have been leaning towards an ag econ phd program. But, because of the many concerns I have I don't have the slightest idea of what my chances of getting into a competitive program are. I plan on applying to: UMN, UC-Davis, UC-Berkeley for ag econ phd Georgetown, Boston University, University of Colorado, and University of Santa Barbara for traditional Econ PhD Masters in Econ from UBC, UofT, UWO, and Queen's in Canada Any help, and the brutal truth would be greatly appreciated