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  1. Which versions of grad courses did u take between 2010 and 2020? Ex) micro 2010a
  2. I am an undergrad student in top10 planning to take a first semester course in PhD Micro. In my school, the first semester Micro covers decision theory and general equilibrium in each of the half semesters. I am worried that the majority of incoming students in my school’s PhD program already has an exposure to PhD level micro from masters degree and etc so that it might be difficult to pull an A. Furthermore, it is known that A/A- are given to roughly 25~30% of the class, which may be risky for an undergrad student taking a PhD level course in my current institution. I am also considering Grad Optimization course and more research experience instead. Given that I already have taken Analysis, Analysis on Manifold Measure and Integration, Measure Theoretic Probability, PDE, Numerical , Linear algebra, will it be worth it to take first year micro for additional signaling? Or would spending more time doing research be a better option? Is it common for students aiming top10 or 5 to have graduate courses in economics?
  3. so do you think Ph.D Micro sends the strongest signal? Also, can As in grad level math/econ courses compensate for B+s in lower level courses? Furthermore, how do adcoms look at students if they took a math course pass/fail?
  4. Type of Undergrad: BA/BS in Math and Economics (Top 10 Math/Top 10 Econ US) Undergrad GPA: 3.82 Type of Grad : N/A (accepted into Bachelor/Masters program in Math with full funding, will be finishing up the masters degree component by the 2020/2021 year; haven't decided whether to do masters or not) Grad GPA: N/A GRE: N/A Math Courses: Calc 1,2,3 (A,A-,A) Honors Analysis (B+), Linear Algebra (A-) , Complex Analysis (A-), ODE (B+), PDE&Fourier(A), Numerical Analysis (A), Probability (B+), Measure Theoretic Probability (A), Grad Analysis 1 (A) Econ Courses: Undergrad: Micro Math approach(A), Macro Math Approach (A), Prob&Stat (A), Econometrics (A), Development Econ (A), Poverty&Income (A), International Econ (A), Game Theory (B+) Research: Summer math research (might be published) ; Summer Econ research; Plan to write undergrad thesis and masters thesis Plan (including my senior year& masters): Undergrad Point-set Topology, Analysis on Manifolds, Grad Analysis 2, Phd Real Analysis, functional analysis, undergrad math stat, Phd Macro, Phd Econometrics, phd-level Probability, Stochastic Calc, Grad Linear Algebra, and some mixture of applied&pure mathematics courses Concerns: 1. I am looking to pursue masters in mathematics mainly to supplement more math courses and a few phd econ courses. It seems like the B+s in some important subjects can kill my profile (in fact, all the B+ happened all in one semester where I was physically ill during the finals season). Therefore, i wanted to see if more math/ econ coursework and better performance can compensate for some B+s in my profile 2. I originally took regular Analysis early in my undergrad as pass/fail mainly to get an exposure to proof-writing and received an A- in the class. Given my profile, will a P in regular analysis be overlooked as I have honors analysis and more proof-based math courses ? 3. I am trying to take one phd econ course for the upcoming fall semester. Which of the following two courses is easier at most schools in terms of the workload? Phd Macro 1 or Phd Econometrics 1? 4. How do grading works in most phd econ classes at other schools? Is it the usual "top 10~20% A, next 50% Bs, and etc?) 5. Can masters in Math significantly improve the chances of getting into Top 10?
  5. I think Yonsei's masters program is known to place many into top phd programs; I don't know if they still have the terminal masters degree though. Another option I am thinking about is ,as you said, applying to masters program abroad such as Toronto, LSE, Barcelona, Toulouse and etc. I would also consider places like University of Tokyo. Furthermore, given the profile you provided, I feel like you will have to supplement your transcripts with more math courses. I would say take at least up to Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, Real Analysis 1 and basic probability theory.
  6. Hi, I am currently a junior in the top 10 list of the schools you mentioned above. My questions are the following: I don't know if the "top 10 UNDERGRADUATE" schools are necessarily the same as the list of "top 10" schools you mentioned above since some undergraduate programs that are not in the top 10 list according to USNWR are generally considered to be top 10 for Econ Ph.D. Furthermore, would better performance in the upper version of the courses compensate for a few B+s on my profile? For instance, would As in Topology, Grad level Analysis, Grad level Probability, Complex Analysis compensate for B+ in Honors Analysis and Probability Theory? I also took a regular version of Analysis 1 as pass/fail in the early year of my undergraduate career after getting an A-;(back then, I did not think about applying to econ phd programs and just wanted to get an exposure to math). I was recently accepted into Bachelor-Masters program in Mathematics with funding and coauthored a math paper that involves PDE. Will a masters degree in math and having graduate math courses (some phd level math courses) on the transcript send strong signal if I also supplement the math masters coursework with 1~2 Econ Ph.D courses?
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