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Do you think Oli is going to stay in UT Austin for a while? Or going to a better place, actually I am hesitating about going to UT Austin or not

Dear all, I recently got two offers from UIUC and UT Austin, I am extremely into macroeconomics, also in applied econometrics. However, the only offers I got are not macro specialized department, however, I am thinking about doing I/O or applied microeconomics, could anyone give me suggestions about these two schools, it seems like they are very similar in these areas. I checked the job candidates on website, I found that students from UIUC graduated on average 6-7 years, is it true? Also, I am thinking about locations and weather, Austin seems to be better, but could anyone give me some true opinions? Many thanks:)

Hello, I am a freshman, and I wonder if I should apply for some other good universities, I am from a top5 university in China, and undergraduate in printing engineering and finance, I have the experience of researching and publishing paper, though not internationally famous. Now I am on phd track in UIUC and going to be the second year student, fortunately, i am still on the track and I think I have pretty high chance to go to the phd program directly after graduation. However, the only thing I am not satisfied is that the bad location. And I like city life and want to try something different than living in Champaign. Could anybody give some advice about universities? I know if I stay on UIUC, I will save one more year for being phd since I will turn to the second year directly after graduation of my master degree. My advantages: good grades on math in undergraduate: calculusI II, linear algebra, some other engineering courses( I am not sure it will help) such as physics, chemistry...And I take 2 phd level courses in the first semester, and get A+, I am now taking real analysis during the summer. And I am researching with two professors. DisadvantagesL Low verbal of GRE, some bad grades in international finance, monetary finance, international markets... in my second major of finance.:sorrow: Can anybody give me some advice of staying here or applying for other universities as well as what universities you suggest. Thanks

Hello alls: I am an international student, and study master of economics in UIUC, Undergraduate level: Printing Engineering + Finance Wuhan University in China( top5) GPA:3.5 overall Graduate GPA:4.0 Courses taken: Advanced Calculus I and II(100/100), linear algebra(91/100), probability and statistics( 81/100); Some courses in Finance is not good, B- due to some personal reasons but later I made up for those bad grade in my second major. Graduate courses: Microeconomics principle for phd(MWG)(A+); Statistics for economics phd level(A+); Game Theory(A); Econometrics(A); Macroeconomics(A+); Probability and statistics(A+); Real Analysis(A); TOEFL:104, gonna retake it; GRE: 167Q;148V;3.0 AW Research assistance: RA for two professors in economics,one in environmental economics; the other in macroeconomics; Publication: three paper in undergraduate Internship: two interns at bank; Grader for a phd level course I am fresh man for applying phd in economics and select universities; Can anybody get me any advice? Especially my GRE grade, it is really bad and I am really bad at verbal. I am worried about it, however, I really do not want to retake it since next semester I am gonna take two other phd level courses which gonna get me occupied and those application work for me to do, umm....I do not think I can really improve my GRE verbal part before application... Thanks