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So I'm preparing for this stupid standardized test, and I need tm members' help for selecting appropriate books! I scored 530 on the SAT verbal, so as you can see, my vocabulary is quite weak. I'm considering Word Smart and Barron's word book for vocabs and I need a good workbook for verbal... I think Barron's workbook would be helpful, but I'm open to any opinions In addition, I want to know how to practice for the writing section! Many Thanks!!!

Oh.... if I were to take a train or bus this could work. But I was talking about driving a car by myself.

Hello TMers, I have a few questions about grad school application and commuting. 1. If I apply for one school consecutively, do I get any disadvantage (caused "just" by applying twice) ? For example, I apply in Fall 2013, gets rejected, and apply again Fall 2014, is there a disadvantage? Especially, I want to know if there's some checkbox that I have to fill in, saying that I'm applying to this school again. 2. This is a more serious problem. I am applying together with my girlfriend (soon-to-be fiance), who is pursuing grad studies in another field. Finding a school that admits both of us will be difficult. Therefore, I want to allow for some "distance" between the schools we get into, so that commuting would not be too much of a problem. My opinion is that 20~30 min commute (one-way) is just normal for any environment, so I am willing to allow up to 1 hr one-way. So that's about a distance between Princeton and NYU, for example. Do you think this will affect my graduate studies? I'm thinking of leaving my home in the morning, stay in school until 6~7pm and come back home just in time for dinner. I know that this will seriously limit my time devoted into courseworks for the first two years, but I'm more concerned of what is to come after that i.e. doing research. Feel free to comment on anything related to these questions. Thank you!

My school won't let me take a phd macro sequence as I got a B.... would taking phd metrics sequence help? (I think I'm doing quite ok with metrics... very comfortable with it)

Hi, I'm at my 3rd year of undergraduate, majoring in math and economics. For the Fall 2012 semester, I pulled out A for all the courses I took (Analysis, Advanced Metrics, Game Theory) but got a B+ for Advanced Macro Is there any way to make up for this bad grade by doing anything this semester? For example, I could do research with macro prof. Any opinions welcomed!

Thank you! I once heard that topology will be helpful - any opinion about this?

Hi everyone, I am a junior in undergraduate, majoring in math and econ. For this semester, the math courses that I'm taking are abstract algebra and real analysis, and I found both quite interesting - partly because grades are turning out to be good ;) I'm looking for more courses in pure mathematics, as I need to fill the major requirement for math. Foremost of all, I have to finish the abstract algebra and real analysis sequence (both year-long), and I have the following courses in mind... 1) probability theory (generating functions, random walk, markov chain etc) 2) differentiable manifolds (tangent bundle, vector fields, lie groups etc) 3) topology these are what I have in mind. If you can think of some abstract mathmatical concept that is worth knowing (and potentially useful) please tell me! In addition, my advisor told me that taking stat courses could be useful (maybe because she's a time-series econometrician). Do you think a course on stochastic process or time series would be useful? In my opinion, not so much, because I am going to take grad metrics class next year anyways and I think a better way of learning those concepts is to actually try running those regressions (by research projects or reading relevant papers).

To tell you about my profile briefly, I'm a rising junior in a private university with top 10 econ dept. Classes I took so far are pretty basic courses in math (Calc, Linear Algebra, Differential Equation) and introductory theory courses in economics(micro/macro/metrics). I'm planning to take advanced econ theory courses along with analysis next school year. I'm also planning to do econ TA starting next year. I have not done any research so far (which seems to be a problem for me)

Hi, I'm a rising junior in undergrad majoring in math and economics. My GPA is 3.9/4, getting As in math/econ courses. My concern is that whether this would not be enough for top20 phd programs. Is working as an RA for 2 years or getting a masters degree a necessity for top programs?

I would like to add that I am doing TA(teaching assistant) in math department (usually in calculus and linear algebra courses). How does this help to PhD admission? Plus I would like to ask what GRE scores I need to apply (are there any subject tests I have to take other than the common one?)

Hi, I'm a sophomore in one of the Ivy schools, majoring in physics and economics. I am getting a very good grade (3.9/4.0) so far, and I understand I have to try hard even more when I take graduate level courses. However, since I am majoring in physics, I have to take 2-3 physics courses per semester. This leaves me only 2-3 courses of econ/math per semester. I am planning to take analysis and topology (+2 other math courses if I have to) and grad level micro/macro/econometrics. Can you suggest some more courses that would be helpful in PhD admission? Any advice that would be helpful for preparing grad school would also be good.