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I'm waiting on Penn Econ too, but no word yet

Something to actually connect me to the places I'm studying... I'm probably going to be going to Oxford to study Development Economics (my best admit so far). I plan to focus most of my research (population economics) on India and Sub-Saharan Africa

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Same problem cliff23.... I'd also like to learn another language. I plan to try and go for a job at the UN after grad school, so I'm thinking about trying something that pertains to development, like Hindi or Swahili

Boooo.... our department just hired one of their guys and he wrote me a recommendation.... what gives? Oh well, it certainly makes my decision process easier: Oxford, here I come! I wonder what they will think when I'm sitting on an Oxford MSc?

Desired field of graduate study: Ph.D/MSc. in Economics or Development Economics Research interests: Development economics & population/demographic economics Degree: Double- major B.A. Econ/Math Undergraduate School: Clemson University Cum. GPA: 3.91/4.0 GRE: 750 Q, 580 V (ouch) 5.5 AW (79/79/86) Maths: GOD everything: Multivariable Calculus, Dif Eq, Linear Algebra and Operations Research, Statistics & Linear Regression, Probability, Modern Algebra (Abstract), two semester of Analysis. Admits: Oxford (at St. Antony's college) MSc in Development Economics UNC - Chapel Hill, PhD Rejections: Well, not outright, but on the LSE waiting list Pending: Penn University of Maryland (College Park) Columbia Brown UCL Manchester

Congrats! I applied there too for the MSc... although just sent off my app 1 day ago express global mail :p so it'll be a while before I hear back

Congrats!

Congrats man! I applied there too.... thanks for making me nervous :)

Snail Mail. The decision came mid-Late January, mostly because I made it into their first gathering field (for apps submitted before November 26th)

I did, but my research interests focus on development economics, so I felt this MSc would allow me to really embrace what I love. If I did well enough in my course-work, I can just apply for the PhD program, and after about a year of extra work, I'll be right where all the MPhil students would be anyway

Double-Major BA in Economics and Mathematical Sciences from Clemson University, 3.91 gpa, GRE: 750Q (yeah, I know) 580V, 5.5 AR Um, really good letters of recommendation, plus I went and spoke to some faculty (for Oxford) the previous summer

Thanks! Well, in the UK (Oxford, LSE, UCL, Manchester) I applied to MSc programs, in the US (Brown, Columbia, Penn State, UNC-CH, and Maryland) they were all PhD. I think Oxford is my top choice for the UK, and UNC my last for the US, so currently Oxford tops UNC :) We'll see if more good news comes, but it would nice to get some money as well! Regardless of the program I go into, I plan to go on for the PhD, it's just that the UK's master's programs are more disjoint from the PhD program.

Got in a few weeks ago :) Also got into the PhD program for Econ at UNC-Chapel Hill the other day