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  1. CanadianEcon
    Apply to Western MFE and MA. They love quant/math people and often take engineering majors given some econ knowledge. However, professional programs like the MFE cost a lot and may not be ideal if you want to continue to a PhD.
  2. CanadianEcon
    Your profile to me seems competitive for top 5 Canadian MAs. From what I hear the doctoral stream MA at U of T is gone, they just allow some students to take PhD courses. Western is the only program with a PhD stream MA in Canada now I believe.
  3. CanadianEcon
    Are you doing an Honours BA? if not i would recommend that if you can do it in your last year upcoming. It would give you a bit of research experience and potentially a good reference. As well, as i recall a few programs asked in the application about the type of research papers i wrote in the undergraduate degree.
  4. CanadianEcon
    Yes, if you're a Canadian I would expect you to have some options between the top four.
  5. CanadianEcon
    I did poorly my first year, went to a very unknown Canadian school and took a extra year taking 3 a semester to upgrade to an honours degree. I ended up getting a few offers from top Canadian masters programs, so don't worry about it much.
  6. CanadianEcon
    I don't think this is entirely true, most applicants at these schools are expected to have advanced macro and micro. You also only meet the bare minimum for math courses, in fact Queens actually states on its website most applicants are expected to have ODE in addition to first year calc sequence and linear algebra. Try to talk to your dept. about taking these classes, with them you will for sure get into top Canadian schools.
  7. CanadianEcon
    If your goal is to get into a top tier PhD, do another MA after carleton at a feeder school. I.e UBC, U of T, SFU, Queens or Western. Generally these schools will fund you so the extra year wont set you back horribly.
  8. CanadianEcon
    Recently rejected U of T offer so they are still making offers if anybody is waiting.
  9. CanadianEcon
    Good point, I think I'm going to apply today to put my name on the list as well. Don't have to decide right now anyway.
  10. CanadianEcon
    Ya Western MFE is 0 funding also. I was lucky enough to not have debt from undergrad so i decided to go for the loans opposed to a funded offer given my interest in financial econ. And yes, I've looked into housing a bit. I've been looking into the graduate apartments on campus, and approx cost to rent off campus. So far including utilities cost they seem comparable. My only concern is the summer internship most likely will be outside of London so im trying to decide whether on campus or off campus will be an easier transition leaving and coming back for my final semester.
  11. CanadianEcon
    I have not heard back from UBC. Im assuming I did not make first round as others on this forum have been made offers. Not sure if UBC sends out notifications of implicit rejections or not. Did you end up hearing from U of T MFE?
  12. CanadianEcon
    Was offered admin to Carleton, Guelph and McMaster with funding over the past few weeks also. Still going to go to Western MFE.
  13. CanadianEcon
    Heard from them last week, offered admission with full tuition + 22k funding. Rejected the offer today.
  14. CanadianEcon
    Vancouver is a beautiful city.. but id much rather be in Cali... congrats bro, very good department and school.
  15. CanadianEcon
    Seems more like a personal choice to me. However, I have been told by some profs that their colleges who went on and did PhDs at U of T felt like just a number (too many students at U of T). I would recommended to not renege on these offers if you will apply as a PhD student to them in the future, don't burn any bridges. Ask for a deadline extension instead.
  16. CanadianEcon
    Both are good for preparation and signalling for a PhD. In my opinion its down to personal choice.
  17. CanadianEcon
    Yes, honestly even though its an English university do not go to Quebec if you don't speak french.
  18. CanadianEcon
    Its still pretty early. Definitely still in the first round so you may still receive offers in the coming months. Most my deadlines to accept/reject are not till mid march so second round offers may come by the end of march and a final round after for some schools.
  19. CanadianEcon
    M.Sc. Econ?? would be a great experience, but yes, those international fees are expensive. Not even considering living costs. I was going to apply to LSE Financial econ but never got around to the GRE.
  20. CanadianEcon
    Congrats dude, you thinking you will likely accept?
  21. CanadianEcon
    Congrats, and I agree with Gronk, if you want to do a PhD Western is a good choice because its a PhD stream MA. if you dont want to do a PhD i wouldn consider Queens or U of T if you get offers.
  22. CanadianEcon
    I have multiple reasons for the MFE being my top choice. But the main is that I have zero intention of doing a PhD, and an MFE provides much better employment prospects, especially in the financial industry. I will sit for my CFA exams in the future but am not currently in either the CFA/FRM. The program director did mention many students end up in risk management though. Let me know if you end up coming to Western also, we will probably see each other around a lot. Gronk--Feel free to PM me if you want to know a little bit more behind my decision.
  23. CanadianEcon
    Was offered admission to Western's MFE! going to accept the offer.
  24. CanadianEcon
    I've been told Queens favors people with Canadian degrees. UBC seems to have a decent amount of international students in their PhD program, not so many in their MA.
  25. CanadianEcon
    Thanks, Skype interview. See above for my other applications.
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