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Hi guys, so I am interested in applied/theoretical micro, Game Theory and behavioural econ. What is your opinion when ranking TinbergenInstitute, Berlin School of Economics and Warwick uni?

Hi I have MSc in Behavioural Economics from Nottingham. But unfortunately I got a low merit, do you think it will be possible for me to get into LSE, Oxbridge, UCL. Since for the US it defo has kicked me out. Or should I try Warwick, UEA, EUR? Would really like to hear any suggestions!

Type of Undergrad: BA in Business Econ, low-ranked UK university Undergrad GPA: 3.7 Type of Grad: MSc in Bus Management at medium-ranked UK university & MSc in Behavioural Econ at a top 6 UK department (especially good at exp. and behav.) Grad GPA: 3.7 for both GRE: 166Q/158V/4.5 Econ Courses (grad-level): Micro (B+) Macro (A+), Metrics (B+), Econ Data analysis (A-), Time series metrics (B+), Adv. Micro (B+), Behavioural econ (A+), Experimental econ (B+), Econ Research Methodology (A-), Thesis (due at the end of the month) Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Business econ (A), Intermediate Macro (A), Japanese Econ (B+), Chinese Econ (C+), EU Econ (B), Managing the economy (B-), Business environment (A), Finance (B+), Thesis (A+), other courses in business (marketing, hr, strategy, etc.) Letters of Recommendation: 1 from MSc thesis advisor, should be quite good though not amazing (hard to say though cause he likes my ideas, likes my research interests, but he is incredibly stoic ôO) (D. Phil Oxford), 1 from Experimental professor should be pretty good too, outline my capacity and skill for conducting experiments, etc. (PhD UEA), 1 from other experimental professor, should be OK (kind of lack decent interactions in the UK in large programmes) (PhD Erfurt University) Research Experience: Small research paper for a class; one experimental paper where I had to design and conduct the experiments myself; BA and MSc theses, the latter was an experiment I designed and ran myself Teaching Experience: None Research Interests: behavioural, experimental SOP: Interest in economics, in teaching, in doing research. Some bits about how the targeted school would allow me to achieve those goals, etc. (standard in a way) Concerns: coming from the UK and given my applied econ bachelor, there are hardly any math class (in fact none in the traditional sense), but the econ classes in my MSc were very mathematics-oriented: Time series was proof-based, Micro/macro/metrics were all intensively math-based. Also my undergrad is terrible, which is solely because I had no idea what I wanted to do later and I just did f*** all for 3 years essentially. Thankfully my MSc somewhat mitigates that, but I’m painfully aware that this will stick in adcoms’ minds, and even then it’s not flawless Applying to: Chicago, UCSD, UCSB, Pittsburgh, Arizona, UT Dallas, GMU, OSU, TAMU and USC I hope this looks fairly consistent with what most people do in terms of distribution between reaches, targets and safeties. I know giving advice on uk profiles isn’t always easy, but if you maybe know something about these schools (especially GMU, USC, Arizona, OSU, UCSB) then I’d love to hear it. And if not, then thanks for checking in anyways :)

Hi everyone - I come to you begging for your advise. I am an American college graduate and will be attending one of these schools next year. I've read conflicting information about which would be best, so I was hoping anyone with insight would be kind enough to lend his/her advise. I just ask that you please keep the advise focused on the quality of the school and degree, not cost or other factors, etc. I am unsure as whether I would like to eventually pursue a PhD, or enter back into the private sector, but I would like a program that (if possible) would help me keep both of these options open. I'm specifically interested in Behavioural Economics, especially using applications of the Big Five Personality Theory and Myers-Briggs. Here are the schools I am considering: Nottingham University - MSc in Behavioural Economics (applied) Erasmus University Rotterdam - MSc in Behavioural Economics (accepted) University of Amsterdam - MSc in Behavioural Economics and Game Theory (almost done with application) Maastricht University - MSc in Human Decision Science (applied) Thank you in advance for your advise, it is truly much appreciated.

Hello all - I need help finding the right masters programmes that have options in psych, behavioural, experimental economics I am Interested in pursuing a masters (and eventually a phd) in something related to the above (I know this might be vague for now). I am an upper level honours undergraduate student graduating with a good background in economics mathematics and finance. I also took the revised gre ( 750-800 revised quant gre, 610 - 710 revised verbal gre) I have done research (over the summer) in an experimental economics lab so I have some experience. I am looking into masters everywhere and eventually phd's in the united states. For now i believe i am not competitive enough for top us programs (some B'S on transcript in math and econ) but might be for top UK and Europe given top references, european background and research experience. I have read the threads http://www.www.urch.com/forums/phd-economics/63785-behavioral-experimental-economics.html http://www.www.urch.com/forums/phd-economics/126904-program-strong-experimental-economics-behavioral-economics.htmlregarding behavioral experimental and neuroeconomics it seems as if the following is a pretty comprehensive list of masters for behavioural economics - Nottingham - Warwick - Maastricht - Zurich - Bonn if I understand correctly there are no masters in Canada or the US that focus on this? in the us it seems there is - NYU for neuroeconomics (only after 1st year phd) - Carnegie Mellon (decision sciences) - Caltech, MIT, Berkeley they are all phd though correct? regular masters in economics that are worth looking at seem to be - toronto in canada - nyu in the us - oxford - lse any other masters in economics programmes worth looking into? possibly masters that allow classes and thesis in behaviourally related fields (maybe classes in psychology?!) thank you for your time!