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  1. I have looked course lists and got questions on mathematical stats 1 course. It seems quite hard one as it uses Shao’s book. How did you find this course in terms of difficulty. I was thinking of studying Simon&Blume Math for economists, De La Fuente math book and intro to mathematical stats by Hogg only. Should I go for more math and stats textbooks to follow the course without any problems?
  2. I was offered a place for m1 economics (international) and was notified by an email. As I am non-EU applicant, I had to submit application file to TSE and CampusFrance simultaneously. I have not heard anything from Campusfrance, nor had any interview. Do I still need to wait for a decision from CampusFrance? or the offer given by TSE is the final confirmation.
  3. Thank you aweu. I got some questions to ask! Would you say the standard track is equivalent to LSE Msc econ, UCL Msc econ or M1 at TSE? The bgse website says limited no. of standards track students are allowed to proceed to MRes. How limited is the place for such students and difficult in terms of grade requirement for standard trackers (I guess you will be given a conditional offer to move from Msc to MRes). I am considering not to take any adv course at msc. Do you think my 2 year plan at BGSE seems convincing? and are there any students in standard track aiming for Phd? Lastly, how is the grading system at BGSE (Inflated? or hard to score like French system)
  4. Yes I did study EMEA as well. Those books are the most advanced books I used (you can assume that I have gone through easier ones like Gujarati). I took Mathematics for Economists kind of modules but not ones run by Math departs as it is not allowed in my univ. I used wooldridge in my final year and had to meet particular requirement as you said it's not terribly easy, though there some universities using the book for their undergrads in UK. Just wondering, if advanced track is a first-year Phd level, then are msc econ at LSE and UCL in pre-Phd level?
  5. Thank you for your reply! I got some questions to ask! Would you say the standard track is equivalent to LSE Msc econ, UCL Msc econ or M1 at TSE? The bgse website says limited no. of standards track students are allowed to proceed to MRes. How limited is the place for such students and difficult in terms of grade requirement for standard trackers (I guess you will be given a conditional offer to move from Msc to MRes). Do you think my 2 year plan at BGSE seems convincing? and are there any students in standard track aiming for Phd?
  6. Thanks for reply. In terms of texts books, what I studied are: Math : Further Mathematics for Economic Analysis by Sydsæter. Didn't do real analysis and topology. Stats : Intro to mathematical stats by Hoggs Metrics : Econometrics Methods Johnston Dinardo, Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and .. by Wooldridge. The reason why I compared BGSE advanced track with LSE MRes is to know the rigorousness and depth in topics that advanced track covers. For instance, LSE's EC441, EC442 which are core Micro and Macro courses for MRes seems to be on the same level as advanced track for BGSE (again, I may be wrong) and this is the reason why I am quite frustrated to take advanced track.
  7. Dear all, I am trying to figure out the best master degree option for placing me to top level UK or US top 40 US phd econ and I am VERY interested in staying in Barcelona for my master. Any advice or comment would be really appreciated (Especially current or old BGSE students!). My concern is whether I can really handle advanced track or not. I've done my bsc economics in the UK and took as many theory courses as possible and did quite well on them. However, my university is not a stellar one, around top 15, hence, my econ courses may not be as rigorous & challenging as top univ like Oxbridge or LSE. Moreover, BGSE standard track seems to be the same level as most of British msc economics: LSE msc economics, 1st year Oxford Mphil and UCL msc econ. Advanced track looks like equivalent to UCL, LSE MRes courses or 2nd year Oxford (I might be completely wrong though). Hence, rather than doing advanced track straightaway, I might start with standard and stay one extra year for UPF MRes (called delayed(?) entry phd track) for advance level and make phd applications while I am on MRes. Do any of you think my scenario is convincing? or should I force myself to advanced track as it is far better option.
  8. Dear all, I am trying to figure out the best master degree option for placing me to top level UK or top 40 US and I am VERY interested in staying in Barcelona for my master. Any advice or comment would be really appreciated (Especially current or old BGSE students!). My concern is whether I can really handle advanced track or not. I've done my bsc economics in the UK and took as many theory courses as possible and did quite well on them. However, my university is not a stellar one, around top 15, hence, my econ courses may not be as rigorous & challenging as top univ like Oxbridge or LSE. Moreover, BGSE standard track seems to be almost the same level as the most British msc economics: LSE msc economics, 1st year Oxford Mphil and UCL msc econ (I may be completely wrong though) and advanced track is more like LSE, UCL MRes level and 2nd year Oxford. Hence, rather than taking advanced track straightaway, I might choose to study standard and apply for MRes at BGSE (so called delayed(?) track) to stay one more year for advanced track and make phd applications while I am doing advanced ones. Do any of you think my scenario convincing? or should I force myself to the advanced track? as it is far better option.
  9. Hello! a lot of people mentioned English or other European masters to apply top US phd. But I barely hear about German courses. I am aware institues like Bonn or Mannheim are well respected schools. But I have heard that even top German master courses have almost no record of sending students to top phd programs and some of profs discouraged me to take german master. I am courious if top students from German Msc economics(taught in English) have some decent chance for US top 20 or European schools such as LSE, UPF.
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