rugbyguy07

Anyone? Please help?

Hi all, I'm trying to apply to top Econ PhD programs, and I lacked a math background so I decided to take summer classes at Harvard this summer and I'm at Columbia right now for Quantitative Studies for Finance. Graduated Top 20-30 U.S. Undegrad (Summa Cum Laude) Double Major: Economics/Marketing and concentration in Finance Major GPA:3.90 (Cumulative:3.81) (Econ All A's except 1 B+) Honors: Beta Gamma Sigma (top 10% of business students) Math background: Linear Algebra, Calc III (both A-'s at Harvard), current classes at Columbia: Analysis & Optimization (A/A-), ODE (A/A-), Modern Analysis (A- to B; pretty wide range). GRE: Q160 V158 AW N/A (just took it this past week after midterms; in retrospect, I should've taken it earlier). LOR: I had my professor for three classes and I got two A's and 1B+ and he corresponds with professors at Harvard and the top schools. One particular professor at Harvard said a good recommendation from him would mean a lot. I'm also intending on asking one of the math professors at Columbia to write me one. I'm not sure I'll be able to get into the top programs so I'm thinking about MA programs. Can someone please list some PhD programs/MA programs that are within my grasp? And perhaps a few that are out of my reach so I can see where I stand in my current situation. Should I apply to MAFN at Columbia or Masters of Finance at Princeton as stepping-stones to my PhD? I understand there are numerous threads like this but I haven't been able to find one that is quite similar to mine. I'm hoping that AdCom will see that I'm motivated to do Economics with my post-bacc studies. Thanks in advance.