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  1. Hi. I think after years EJMR took some part of "popularity" + now Chinese bros have their own forums with more extensive and exhaustive info than here
  2. Hi. Note that CEMFI and Bocconi is very competitive, so it will be a hard work to become a top-3 student there. Also from what I've heard Bocconi faculty is biased towards Italians in US PhD placing. RoME is in decline after a couple of good US PhD placement rounds. But remember that it is better to become top-1/2 in mediocre school than top-10 in superb school, but also don't forget to compare median placement of superb school with that of mediocre school. And you can also consider some French schools (like Toulouse).
  3. Hi. I've heard that there are kinda quotas in bachelor, master admissions for underrepresented groups in US schools, for example, competition for Indian and Polish guy is not same, adcom would compare Indian guy with "neighbors", i.e with Chinese one, so that this Indian guy would face more harsh competition than that Polish guy for the same place. I guess it is true. But I am wondering is that true for Phd Econ in US? Is there any positive discrimination/quotas for underrepresented countries? Or is PhD admission merely merit-based? I know two guys with almost the same bachelor degrees (neighboring countries with the same unranked 3rd world schools) and graduated in different years from the same schools with MA Econ degree. One of them was ranked top student in his cohort and managed being placed to top-40 US Phd Econ, whereas another guy with a bit above median GPA was placed to top-15 US Phd Econ. So, apparently, there is positive discrimination but it is flaky and chaotic whereas in US undergrad and master admission it is something regular. Or not?
  4. Hi. It depends on math courses you have already taken. If you have enough math courses, then it will be unnecessary to take topology, so go for time series, otherwise topology is preferable. IMHO, from the description of TS course it seems the course is not advanced one but demonstrates basic things that can be learned by self-studying within 2-3 weeks, hence if I were you, I would go for Topology.
  5. It depends on reputation of phd program. For US all econ phds I think 157Q is useless and adcom generally does not care about research experience
  6. In other posts people talk about Harvard extension something. Cast a glance
  7. For top 10 US PhDs undergrad's grades and classes somehow can be a matter of consideration and top 10 admission can be brutal, but not for top 50, unless you are domestic student applying directly from undergrad to phd. I'm not that familiar with IHEID, just search for its PhD placement list. And keep in my mind, you will apply at the begining of your second year, so you should get TA or RA as soon as possible. It is mainly depends on your place in MA cohort rating, letters and GRE, not on your undergrad grades. I personnally know Harvard PhD student with only couple months of RA in master and that's it, but he aced GPA, GRE Q and got quite good letters from well-known profs, so he has nor rigorous math-based undergrad nor years of TA/RA
  8. It depends on what you want to become. If you want to do PhD then definetely choose IHEID. But if you don't know then MIEF. I know several guys who did MS/MA in Finance and then after years in industry they decided to do PhD, hence they took additional MA in Econ
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    The 5 letters in the list G, H, I, J, K are to be rearranged so that G is the 3rd letter in the list and H is not next to G. How many such rearrangements are there? I thought that "is not next to G" means that H does not go after G. But according to the official explanation, it means H goes neither after G nor before G
  10. Hi. How hard is to score 640-660 in GRE Math Subject? I am an econ undergrad.
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    a (0; 8) (1) a a^2-a-20>0 (a-5)(a+4)>0 (-inf;-4)U(5; +inf) (2) 2a+4 a^2-2a-24>0 (a-6)(a+4)>0 (-inf; -4)U(6; +inf) (3) (1)∩(2)∩(3)=(6;8) Integer solution: 7
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