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I see. Thank you for the perspective. I have consistent public policy grades (A/A-) and am interested in political economics and development anyway so should I look at public policy phd programs with economics focus instead? I have been advised against it but I would like to hear what you guys think. Any program you recommend I look at in particular, given my background?

I failed the course, got an F. It was a course that prepares phd math students for their prelims but students from other programs can also take it. In undergrad, I got a B in analysis and a C in measure theory. The independent research experience I had during college, though, was in analysis. And I thoroughly enjoyed it despite my other analysis grades. For undergrad econ classes, I took Intro (A-), Macro (B), and Resource Economics (D). In grad school, I took two microeconomics classes (As), Econometrics (A-), and Energy Economics (A-) counted toward a public policy degree. Let me know if you want more info. Thanks for asking questions.

Hi, First of all, thanks for reading. A little bit about me: I'm applying to PhD econ programs this year. I don't have the exact list of where I would be applying yet but my grad GPA is 3.4 (applied math/social science dual degree at a Top 10 school) and my undergrad GPA is 3.1 (math major) so I'm looking at the top 30 - top 50 school like Irvine or Rice (or if you suggest otherwise, please let me know.) My interest is in political economics and development. No econ research experience, but one math paper (not published but) presented at a conference. 4+ years of work experience related to development. My main concern (beside no econ research experience) is that my math grades are all over the place. I have A+ in math for finance in grad school, some As, mostly Bs for other proof-based courses, but also a failing grade for a math phd real analysis course (it's not a required course but I took it because I was stupid: I wanted to be in the same class with my friend who I kind of dated and then we broke up ....that semester was a mess). Questions: at what level would this affect my chance of admission? Should I address it in the SOP/application or should I just leave it? And how to do it tastefully? I mean I am really not that good at math, not at my peers' level anyway. But I like to think I'm good at using it to interpret human behaviors and how society works. Thanks y'all