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Hi guys, I am planning to apply for Econ PhD starting on Fall 2017. But I am not sure which range of schools I should apply for. Hope you can give some advice. Specific school recommendations are welcome. Thanks. PROFILE: Type of Undergraduate: Bachelor in Economics, top university in China, not well-known worldwide Undergraduate GPA: 3.6 (Top 15%) GRE: TBD Math Courses: Mathematical Analysis(for three semesters), Linear Algebra, Intro to Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics. Econ Courses: Micro and Macro, Financial Economics, Economic History, Econometrics, Mathematical Economics. Electives: International Trade, Environmental Economics, Investment Principles, Law and Economics, Game Theory, Derivatives Analysis and Experimental Economics. RA Experience: RA at the Financial and Economics Experimental Lab of my university since October 2014; RA for one project led by one Harvard professor, stayed at Harvard for one month last winter and work remotely now; Research internship (12-week) at UBC now. Letter of Recommendation(Probably): 1 from Harvard professor(well-known), 1 from one professor of my university (also teaching in one good U.S Liberal Arts College) and 1 from my research internship supervisor of UBC. How much chance do you think I have of being accepted by Top 10 and Top 20/30? Where? And should I apply for a master program firstly? Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks.

Hi , i want to know which of the two schools ,UC Santa Barbara or UC Irvine are better for a PhD in economics , especially in labor and public.

Hi everyone, Long-time lurker, first-time poster here. I searched around through past threads for a bit, and couldn't exactly find what I was looking for, which is some help in selecting schools I should apply to next year from the preliminary list I have at the moment, with a focus in IO. I've looked at a lot of rankings online but I feel like I've narrowed down my list as much as possible without others' input. I know that for IO, business school programs tend to have quite good faculty and groups (i.e. Booth, Wharton, etc.), but I'm focusing primarily on Economics programs at the moment. After a long time researching these programs, I came up with the following list of 24 schools I'd potentially be interested in applying to: Harvard MIT Berkeley Princeton Chicago Stanford NYU Columbia Yale Brown Boston U Northwestern UCLA U Wisconsin U Maryland U Minnesota UVA Johns Hopkins Vanderbilt Georgetown Penn State Duke U Washington Obviously, the list is ambitious both in sheer number of schools and in their respective rankings. I'm trying to balance applying for the very best programs while also having some programs further down the rankings that I also feel are good schools and I would be comfortable attending (hence why my list is so long at the moment). Without my profile I know it can be difficult to make an assessment as to what schools make sense for me to apply to, so let's just say I feel confident enough that I'm competitive for programs in the top 10 (so I'm not being 100% delusional in being interested in almost all the top 10), such that I feel there's a decent probability I get into at least one of them. I also figured grad school apps is the one moment I shouldn't be too stingy, so money isn't itself that much of a problem and I'd rather give it a shot at a good number of the top programs. Having said that, based on my interest in IO, are there any schools from the list above that I should definitely not remove from my list, as I try to cull down my list to 15-20 schools? Are there any that you feel I should be comfortable removing? For example, I think Northwestern's particularly strong in IO, and I've heard good things about Wisconsin in that respect as well. Minnesota, on the other hand, is more of a macro environment. Are there any schools I may be overlooking? Thanks for any help!

Hello everyone, I am new user but I have found this forum quite useful for all applicants. I am facing a dilemma regarding my business school endeavors. I have two offers at hand: a professional MPhil at Cambridge Judge Business School without funding and a PhD at one of the better known French Schools (ESSEC/EMLYON/EDHEC). I know the career choices would be different in both cases, however I am trying to gauge which school offers a better placement prospects for employment of international students in the countries they are based. Is the Cambridge brand really stronger than the French schools in Europe? Even though I won’t have to take a loan to attend Cambridge it would still be a very expensive investment (cost a total of GBP 36000). Further, is it possible to join industrial research/consulting after a PhD in Business in Europe (I know it is difficult in the USA)? Any opinion, experience or suggestion would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[h=2][/h] PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: BA Economics and Political Science; Minor in Mathematics from a top 30 Liberal arts college. Studied abroad in Oxford during junior year. Undergrad GPA: 3.96 Type of Grad: N/A Grad GPA: N/A GRE: 163V/170Q/4.0 Math Courses: Calc I/II/III (A/A/A), Linear Algebra (A-), Real Analysis I/II @ Oxford (A), Intro to Statistics (A), Probability (A) Econ Courses (grad-level): Financial Economics @ Oxford (A) Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Econ Principles (A), Intermediate Mathematical Micro (A), Intermediate Macro (A), Political Economy (A), European Economic Models @ Oxford (A); Econometrics (senior first semester) Letters of Recommendation: 1 Econ Prof (Honor Thesis Advisor) not from famous PHD program but really close relationship, 1 Duke Political Science PHD (advisor, excellent relationship), 1 Mathematics prof (Oxford D Phil) decent for sure Research Experience: Honor thesis about take over, M&A , etc Teaching Experience: N/A Research Interests: Micro / Financial Economics SOP: will talk about my Interest in financial market since 7th grade and my past investment experience; would like to explore more about economic perspective of financial market; currently interning at JP Morgan. Concerns: 1. Too few mathematics courses/ too few hgrad level econ courses 2. no teaching experience/ few research experience 3. recommendations are not from econ prof from excellent programs even though these letters will be very personal and very strong. 4. GRE writing is too low I know I will not be eligible to get in top phd programs, but I have no idea what kind of programs, especially PHD program, I should aim for. If I want to go to the top PHD program in US, what kind of master I should apply? Will attending a master be beneficial for me to get to top ECON phd programs? Thank you in advance for the advice!

Hi all! I want to apply to some PhD schools for Fall'2013. This is my profile: Undergrad: In top 5% (CGPA- 3.95) but not very known university in South-Asia (Best in my country). Graduation: Masters in SFU (Economics), Canada. I am currently doing my paper, GPA will be around 3.5 Math Courses: My undergrad system was different than USA, but I took every possible options to take advanced math courses. I had training there on Dynamic Optimization, Linear Algebra, some real analysis, GRE: Old system (Verbal 430, Quant 800) Research Experience: 10 Months in Development Organization (in 2010-2011). My duty was to make survey questionnaire, doing data work, making report etc. Teaching Experience: Doing TA job for 4 semesters. LOR: I intend to take all the recommendations from grad school, Most probably- Macroeconomics Professor, Applied Econometrics Professor and Financial Economics/ Experimental Professor. Research Interest: My current paper and previous experience is on Development Economics, but I have interest in Natural Resource and Environmental related issues also. I like research process in Behavioral Economics too. Now, I know my limitations: like verbal part of my GRE, not known undergrad school etc. I am confused where actually I should apply. I talked to my professors about school names but they seem to be very optimistic. I do not see any benefit to apply to top 30. I made a list, but at last I have to pick up 15 schools. I need some suggestions from you about the good schools where I should take chance. 1. Queens and SFU in Canada. 2. Rutger University 3.Iowa State 4. Texas Austin 5. Notre Dame 6. Colorado Boulder 7. Indiana University 8.Chapman 53 9. Clemson 10. University of Oregon 11. Oregon State 12. Georgia State 13. Wyoming 14. North Carolina Chaper Hill 15. Rochester 16. Brandeis 17. Houston 18. North Carolina State U What do you think about these schools? And any other school to apply? Please do suggest what will be the best way for me to approach.