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Bachelor's Degree: Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering from College of Engineering Pune (rank: 20-25 in India) GPA : 3.4/4 or 8.4/10 Research experience : Recipient of prestigious Research Fellowship by Indian Academy of Sciences (Research Fellow at IIT B for 3 months) in my third year of undergrad. IIT B ranks 1 in India for their undergrad program in Engineering. Work experience (since July 2017) : Larsen & Toubro Project Management Team. I am currently working here. Other activities: I am teaching Economics to 11th and 12th standard kids at an NGO in IIT B. Research intern in Economics at GIPE (ranked 5th/6th in India for MA Economics). I am currently working here. BA in Dance (Kathak- Indian Classical Dance) from a university in India (not well-known). Completed alongside my engineering. I want to get into top schools for Masters in Economics. How should I go about it ? Should I do a 1 year diploma in Economics / MA in Economics in India and then apply for a second Masters in Europe/US ? I am open to all suggestions. Also thank you for your time and valuable guidance in advance.

Hi, Could anyone give me some information about this program? I received an admission letter said I have been award some funding,I have received any paper letter,I just want to know how this program work, how PhD student get funding even when they didn't get fund at first. Thank you!

Hi, Myself Manistesh Anand, I am planning to pursue PhD in Finance in US University but am unable to decide where to apply. Will be very kind, if you guys can suggest few colleges which will be good fit for my profile. Since, I don't know in particular how to map ranking to colleges and specifics about colleges would be obliged, if you guys can write college names along with the rank. Thanks Bachelors in Engineering; IIT Kharagpur (top 5 engineering college in India) CGPA: 8.5/10 (Rank 5/51) GMAT: 770 (51Q 42V 7-IR 5-AWA) Passed: Level 1 FRM, Economics Actuaries Paper and Level 2 CFA Work Experience: 2 Years: Trading Analyst, Treasury Tata Steel (one of the big 5 corporate treasury in India) 1 Year 6 Month: Junior Analyst, Fixed Income Research; Bank of America (Quantitative Modelling, trade idea generation, research recommendation for Latin America region) Past 9 Months, during weekends I work on research projects (Infrastructure Financing) with a professor at IIM Calcutta (top 3 business school in India) Recommendation: Mostly average (since, I wont be taking from my employers) Research Paper: none in finance (1 conference paper in metallurgy) Warm Regards Manitesh

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Hi, I have got admit from following universities for Spring 2012. North Eastern University (MS IS) University of Texas Dallas (ITM) Utah State University (MIS) Illinois Institute of Technology (MIS) New Jersey Institute of Technology.(MIS) well I have a very big dilemma of to choose the final one.The climate, Funding and Inter are my concerns.would be great full if anyone helps me.