Jeremy

Thank you for your advice! What kind of programs should I target on? As far as I know, there are many programs offered by top universities in UK or US etc. But most of them are applied econ degrees, which implies that they are terminal degrees and may not be helpful if graduates want to apply for PhD. Are those programs worth trying? Thank you.

Thank you, MR14. Do you think I need to take elementary econometrics or some higher level econometrics given that my statistics courses cover many topics of econometrics.

Thank you for your reply, iamelben. I want to study rigid economic theories in the future. I was told that US schools are good at it. I don't have clear idea about European MRes or MSc. Would you mind giving me some brief introduction? Like, which country, which school? Thank you!

Hi, chateauhear! Thank you for your reply. I didn't take any economics courses in high school. I finished my high school in mainland China, and got the full scholarship to study in Hong Kong. Quant finance is a department under business school, and graduates are supposed to find a job after graduation. A few choose to go to graduate school. But I find I am interested in theoretical stuff rather than those taught for job seeking. My math and stat courses are taken with math or stat major students. Do you have any good master programs to recommend? (P.S.: Last year, a graduate for my major got admitted by USCD. But she has 2 recommendation letters from UCB.) BTW, do you think I need to have some academic research experiences? Thank you.

My major is quantitative finance, but I am very interested in macroeconomics and econometrics. I plan to purse a PhD in economics. Because of lack of economics theory training, I think I should go to MA degree first. And I know that MA programs leading to PhD are very limited, and I may not have a good recommendation letter (this is a big drawback). I don't know whether my RA experience in a Asian central bank helps me or not. I list some of my courses for your reference: grades are good ECON: Introductory Microeconomics, Introductory Marcoeconomics, Game Theory, Intermediate Marcoeconomics MATH: Calculus and Advanced Calculus (3 courses), Linear Algebra (2 courses), Numerical analysis, Probability theory, Ordinary Differential Equations I haven't taken any pure analysis courses, such as Real Analysis, but I will take more math courses in the coming year. STAT: Statistical Inference and Probability (2 course), Stochastic Process, Applied Linear Regression, Time Series Does anyone help me analyze my situation and give me some advice on grad school selection? Thanks a lot.