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has anyone heard from cornell's masters yet?

Did anyone hear from Cornell AEM Masters? I saw on Gradcafe people heard back for PhD

just heard from VT too! might meet you at the weekend event!

Awesome, I applied to VT, Maryland, and MSU. I think for ARE it may be more competitive in some programs because it's a much harder "fit." It's different then let's say applying to UChicago for economics. But compared to applying to Maryland for general Econ, Maryland ARE is one of the best applied economics programs and specializes in resource economics, so unless you have that background it would seem odd to apply?

Sure! I am very interested in development, like working at the World Bank or in the IMF. I have many family friends who work there and they suggested to look into these programs specifically--they focus on field research and looking at forming optimizaiton, regression, etc using collected data. Many of my friends who are studying at schools in these fields are going to various countries these summers to conduct impact assessments on USAID funded projeccts or ones funded by IFPRI. However, if you are interested in let's say sustainability or maybe behavioral economics this would be also the field for you. Here are some articles that are somewhat related that are from the NYTimes that show some examples of "applied" economics. Some schools are more agriculture than others--this is purely based on the fact that many of these programs are from "land grant schools" and are housed in the college of agriculture--Cornell is in the Ag school but has broadened itself a bit--in that the behavioral masters program for example has a tuition associated in the Ivy section of the university, not the contract (I can clarify if needed) Lunch Lines http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/10/21/opinion/20101021_Oplunch.html?_r=0 Food Riots http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/science/earth/05harvest.html?pagewanted=all I think the major difference here is that you use real world data and then try and see how it relates to economic theory--externalities fit and models aren't always right.

Hello, I noticed that this application cycle there wasn't a thread for those of us interested in agricultural, resource, or applied /development etc economics programs. I recognize most applications are due already, so best of luck to all of you! I think Cornell will be the first for us to hear back from! How would you guys rank the different applied economics programs?