rgyecon

Hi all, I am a final year Economics and Philosophy student in the UK and I am planning to do a PhD at a top US institutions following my MSc in Europe. I got masters offers from the top European departments but I am afraid that my limited background in mathematics will prevent me from being top of my class and therefore being accepted to a good PhD. I was thinking about taking a gap year and doing a distance learning Mathematics diploma from LSE (Mathematics | University of London) in order to improve my maths background. Do you think taking the diploma will improve my chances for the PhD? Following the diploma, would you recommend me going to CEMFI or LSE MSc Econ?

Hey, I am a current UCL final year student and I'm planning to do a Master's and PhD in Economics. My final aim would be a top 20 US or LSE PhD programme. I have offers from: - Cambridge- MPhil Economic Research (Funding results at the end of May) - LSE-MSc Economics (No funding) - UCL-MSc Economics (No funding) - Toulouse School of Economics - Master 1 in Economics (Still waiting for Eiffel Scholarship) - Barcelona GSE - MSc in Economics (50% off tuition waiver) - CEMFI - MSc Economics and Finance (No funding) I am more inclined to CEMFI as it is a 2 years programme and would provide me with better preparation for PhD. However, as I did not get any funding, it is also one of the most costly options for me besides LSE. It is very likely that I will get funded at TSE, but the teaching there would probably be the worse among my options. Barcelona, UCL and Cambridge would come with approximately the same costs. Furthermore, staying at UCL would mean that I can get good LoRs but I am not sure if I should stay in the same institution for my master's studies. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!