sulebrahim

Any ok laptop will do as long as you are not doing any powerful computing or playing advanced video games. For the former, you can always one of your campus's clusters/super computers or whatever they call it.

The issue here is that OP may be in a non-US university where they are restricted in course options, so the math for economics courses are meant to be self contained and provide with the math one needs as applied to economics. I'm not suggesting that OP tells us her school but if you look at the international profiles here, you would see that many students with the exception of those coming from Germany and Australia and a few others, do not have any formal math courses.

I think it's difficult to advice because you have not taken any math in undergrad, but then again you were able to do well in two Masters programs that look rigorous enough, which should erase the concerns, for some and maybe not for others on the admissions committee. So the question is, will Adcoms look at the two Masters and say "he can make it through the first year", or will they be concerned that you did not take any math. I think it's more of the former, because I know someone who went to JHU with possibly worse grades and got into a top 10 ARE program, but that's only anecdotal. He like you has a lot of research experience. So I guess the generic advice of applying broadly is pretty much ideal for your case.

-----> EJMR If actually serious, OP is still building foundations, so it wouldn't make sense to jump straight into those books.

From experience it depends. Some schools when applying have a math section where they explicitly ask you to provide course descriptions. Others may not provide that, so in such a case, you would need to have one of your recommenders and/or your SOP mention that. I think even if there is a section in your application, it does not hurt to mention it.

It normally counts. The same thing appplies for people who did math for econ as opposed to math. You may have to provide course descriptions.

No. Game theory is not required. The undergrad econ courses that seem to carry the most weight are intermediate micro and then metrics. Even the latter is not always required.

Schools like Sharif and University of Tehran are well known in the US. At least in Engineering they are well known. One of the top young economist specializing in Matching did his undergrad at Sharif University of technology, so there's that. FYI: The competition at the top 20 schools is really really high, acceptance rate are Harvard is like 4% . So, I don't know if that obsession is healthy

There's a lot of anecdotal evidence to contradict this. Take a look at the profiles and results archive. Some of the people have already finished and are APs, and some of them didn't do better than OP in math.

One thing you can do is to look at the placement information of both schools, especially the European placements and compare. But while you compare the placements be aware of the self selection bias. Many people who want to place in Europe after graduation, only go to the US if it is a top 20 school, so this affects placements from mid ranked US to EU, because there are not many to begin with.

Stupid question but what do you mean by 'not on transcript'. Did you take it at another school or you self taught yourself? Also, I know you say your school is unknown but do you know if they have sent people to PhD programs in the US? If they have, then your school may not be as unknown as you think.

It's pretty common for some ARE programs to have 4 years of funding. As far as getting an additional year of funding, It really depends on the school and how much money they have. My advice is to assume that getting an additional year of funding is not automatic so when you get to your fourth year, you can start asking professors if they need RAs and apply for fellowships. From talking to people in econ, ARE and policy, many people fund their unfunded years through teaching gigs (sometimes at community colleges), student loans or personal funds. With people now finishing in 6 years in econ, I assume that schools will start adjusting, but right now, that does not seem to be the case, at least for the programs (LRM) I am familiar with.

Have you looked at the placements? Economics: Placement and Graduate Placements - University of Houston I think looking at the recent papers of the macro faculty may be a good way to evaluate which is the better fit.

Not one to give math advice but isn't this where math for econ books are helpful. They don't cover everything about linear algebra, but they cover the essentials of linear algebra that you would normally would need for econ.

The calculus wouldn't be a problem. Once they see the advanced math classes, the admissions committee would not be concerned about it. It's pretty common for people to test out of calculus 1 and/or 2 or take it in high school.