walkingthepath

Yeah, agreed, that was the original plan, though this offer just came out of nowhere, so have been dabbling with it.

hey guys - long story short; been working on wall street for a few years, am looking to apply to phd programs this coming fall. was recently made the offer to teach AP econ at a private high school. any thoughts on how this would be received by adcoms? should i simply stay on wall st? would make the move really to get a taste for teaching, while taking a break from being burnt out after wall st while applying to programs. should i leave it out from my application altogether? thanks

Could you give us some info on your profile? Thanks much -

Definitely not a school known for grade inflation, but not deflated either. Also, does it make any difference that many of my A's were taken over the summer?

At t-10 programs - think my GPA doesn't do me in?

Hey guys - long story short: been working in finance for two years, two strong recs from econ faculty in my top 5 uni, aced GRE, but have noisy grades at top 5 uni, albeit in upward sloping grade progression. Don't mean for this post to sound pedantic, but want to know if lower-end of my grades from freshman/sophomore year shoot my chances at top programs. Thanks again everyone - Undergraduate Degrees: Econ at top 5 US uni GPA (Overall): 3.6 GPA (Economics and Quantitative Courses): 3.4 Courses: RA1: A RA2: A LinAlg: A ODE: A Probability: A Econometrics (retake: A; original B-) Stats: B+ Calc II: B Calc III: B- Intro Macro: B+ Intro Micro: B Intro Econ: A- Four econ electives (A-, A-, B, B-,B- C+).