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What is the best master program for HRM(good) US Phd?
ftcrazyft replied to Funnyjoker's topic in PhD in Economics
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What is the best master program for HRM(good) US Phd?
ftcrazyft replied to Funnyjoker's topic in PhD in Economics
As tutonic said BGSE has two tracks. One, the advanced track, is their first year of the PhD and is brutal since they do not curve grades and a lot of people fail. However if you already know that you do not want to stay there you can take two advanced courses and one elective per term to lighten your load. I recommend it if you have a good preparation and like macro (the macro rec letters are way better than everything else). If not LSE, Bocconi, and MAPSS are very good as well. Personally I think the two year masters at Bocconi is the best in placing in the US. First of all two years means you can apply while you are still a student and don’t have to worry about finding a job, and you have more time to really learn the material. Then most importantly, their placements are really good, probably the best. -
BGSE will be an infernal year, but if you want to do a PhD in a top US PhD it will give you a better chance. A lot of people go to BGSE and end up getting terrible grades and find themselves in a rut afterwards. That's why you see all the negativity here. However they always manage to send 3 or 4 per cohort in a top us PhD. Since it is a one year program then most of these will get in one or two years after the masters. However another 5 or 6 end up in a top European PhD or in a top 50 US PhD. One last thing. If you are really into Macro and think you can crush at least one Macro core then your chances to get into a top US PhD increase even more.
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If you chase two rabbits you will lose them both
ftcrazyft replied to adamska's topic in PhD in Economics
Can you share with us the name of the US program? You can also PM if you feel more comfortable. This can help in case any of us know people that got into that program and that will likely reject therefore increasing your chances. It is still risky since you don't know if you are the first on the waitlist. In any case I think cdreier's advice is pretty sound. Good luck. -
Is it normal for departments to not invite waitlisted candidates to their visiting day?
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Thanks!!
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I got waitlisted at UCSD but it says for fall 2020. Is this a mistake or is in fact for that year?
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I am probably accepting by the end of next week.
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Edit: did not realize most people had answered the question already
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The emails were not but the PDF was. Me and a friend got the email in two different moments and we had two very different financial offers attached to it.
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Congrats!!
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Yup. I did not hear back from Penn and I don't think I will get in there. Not a good fit in terms of research interests. Also I will reject most of the offers I have next week so good luck to everyone else!
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I heard back from Wharton. My interviewer told me they plan on on contacting everyone today. Good luck.
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Someone I know has a similar dilemma (not the exact same schools) and multiple senior and junior professors at a top 10 institution are all telling him the same things: econ program gives you a better shot on the job market. The down side is that you have to work harder given that the faculty to student ratio is lower, and most of the time funding is lower. That said given the particular area of interest I would rank them as follow: MIT, Stanford, HBS, Princeton. HBS is probably the only B School that has better placements than the lower ranked top 10 econ programs. Although if your friend wants to do behavioral instead of experimental, I would rank MIT much lower. Hopefully others can give additional info or correct me if I'm wrong.
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Those two do not fit my dual body problem :)