kaion

Hi all, I was an international student and I graduated 2 years ago. I was interested in doing graduate studies but I ultimately returned to my home country to work for 2 years, trying to reduce the financial burden as an international student. After 2 years, I have paid off most of the debts and I am thinking of returning to university in 2020 to do a master degree (and eventually a phd in public policy/economics). My gpa is a bit mediocre as I did pretty bad in most of the arts and humanities courses. Just want to know if graduate programs such as oxford econ mphil / lse msc econ etc. would be a long shot for me? I understand that they are typically looking for 3.7+ GPA students and I am not sure if this is a hard admission requirement and would they focus mainly on econ/math courses only? I am also quite concerned about the courses in red. Are these red flags to admission that will lead me to a quick ding? I am particularly concerned about my withdrawals and C+ in a seminar course. Also, if I am lucky enough to receive an offer and perform well at these masters programs, will it overcome my academic deficiencies in undergrad? Thank you so much! ------------------------- Profile: Economics undergraduate at Columbia (transferred from a top 20 majoring in econ and business) GPA: 3.55 Math courses at old uni: Calcs I II (A) Business stat (A) Maths for economics (W) Math courses at Columbia: Calc I III (A, i have taken them again at Columbia) Intro to probability (A) Intro to statistics (A) Maths for economics (A) Stat reasoning (W) Economics at old uni: Microeconomics for Business (A-) Macroeconomics for Business (A) Political economy (B+) Intermediate micro (A) Intermediate macro (A) Intro to econometrics (A) Economics at Columbia: Intermediate micro (A) Intermediate macro (A) Financial economics (A-) Money and banking (A-) Public economics (A-) Corporate finance (B+) Industrial organization (W) Monetary policy seminar (C+) Planned: linear algebra and real analysis from harvard extension or illinois online