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Thank you! A friend of mine who took 525 last semester said the same thing. Will go for 526 then :)

Make sense! Thank you :)

tutonic, thank you so much for your advice! I believe that I will have two strong LORs (fingers crossed, cuz nothing is certain...), one from my thesis advisor, and one from a professor I have taken a seminar class with (final paper graded A+) and will RA for over the summer. As for the third LOR, I am torn between 1) asking the professor whom I took another seminar class with two semester ago (got a good grade but it's been a while and we haven't been keeping in touch) and 2) asking the professor whom I have RAed for since the start of the past semester (worked with his grad student so I never communicated with him directly, but grad student told me that he will update the professor on my progress and a LOR is guaranteed if I need one). What do you think?

Cauchycomplete, thank you so much! Nice to see a Michigan peer here. 1. Yup, now I am certain that retaking RA isn't a good strategy at all. 2. Actually, I am on the waitlist for MATH 525 (also 526). I was a bit worried that since I've taken 425, 525 won't add too much value. But it does seem like those two are quite different, especially that 525 touches upon measure theory at the end. Also taking tutonic's advice into consideration, taking 525 next semester sounds like a great idea. As for 490 and 663, well, tbh I am a bit worried that it will take me a lot of time and effort to excel in those classes. Since next semester I will be working on my applications, I'm trying to keep the course workload manageable... 3. Thanks for bringing up the phd econometrics class! I did not know about that somehow... I checked the syllabus and it certainly looks very useful and relevant.

Thank you so much Zubrus! Right now it seems unlikely that I can take either an additional analysis class or grad micro this fall semester (which is the last semester before I apply), since the more advanced analysis class is not offered in the fall term, and I couldn't get permission to enroll in grad micro... But I will try to email the instructor for the grad micro class and see if he will change his mind.

Hi everyone, I took real analysis this past semester and unfortunately got an A-. I heard that nowadays for your application to be considered competitive, getting an A in real analysis is almost a 'must'. I am aiming for T30 programs, and I wonder how much of a negative impact this A- in real analysis will have on my application. A bit more information on my math background (I'm an undergrad double majoring in Econ and Math at the U of Michigan): Calc I-III (As) Linear algebra (A-) Intro to Probability (A) ODE (A) Abstract Algebra (A-) GRE quant (170) Also, I wonder what I could do to offset the negative impact of this A- in real analysis. I am a rising senior and will be applying this fall, so I only have this spring/summer semester and the upcoming fall semester. I have thought about: Retake real analysis in the spring and get an A+ (but after second thought I feel like the marginal utility of this strategy is pretty low, considering that taking courses in the spring is expensive and time-consuming, and might affect other work I have over the summer, namely thesis and RA work) Take a more advanced analysis class and get a good grade. However, the second course in analysis is not offered in the upcoming spring/summer/fall. Would taking it online be an option? If so, where can I take it? Take grad-level micro theory. However, I couldn't get permission to enroll from the instructor due to the fact that I haven't taken game theory ( the policy to enroll in grad-level econ course here is a bit stricter) What other things can I do to demonstrate that I am mathematically prepared for grad-level coursework? Any comment/help/advice will be greatly appreciated! Many thanks in advance :)