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Decision* time, between the schools in the title. Interested in applied micro broadly, with some special eye towards market design, experiments and development. I value broad strength in applied micro over strength in any particular subfield since I'm not sure what subfield I want to do. * This is not strictly the decision problem as I've been waitlisted at Booth and Yale, but factoring them in will help me decide whether to press to get off the WL.

Yale undergrad here. The only beef I have with Princeton is its messy Visit Day which didn't leave good impression on me because I didn't have time for one-on-one faculty meetings and its up-and-down placements. Meanwhile NYU and Yale fare better in terms of placement. Not sure about my interests yet. Probably not Macro theory or Metrics (but might be applied metrics or macro labor/development etc.) Talked to some real nice Yale profs during Visit Day. Would it help career-wise to expand my network outside of Yale?

Asking because I'm currently contemplating a Yale offer, and people (IRL profs as well as anonymous posters on forums) say that their PhD program places better than the department's rank and has high value added. I'm wondering what's special about Yale that allows it to outplace higher ranked schools. To be clear, I would be very happy going to Yale, and I don't mean to belittle it at all, I'm just interested in knowing how they manage to punch above their weight, so to speak. It seems obvious that the quality of students coming in and the department's overall reputation would play a big role in placement. Given that Yale's faculty doesn't have quite the reputation in economics as the rest of the top 7, and that prospective students presumably value the faculty a lot when choosing where to do their PhD, how do they consistently place so well? What are the ingredients of their "value added"?

Hey guys! Please help me! I have been driving myself crazy trying to decide between these two programs. I managed to get accepted into the PhD program in Agricultural and Resource Economics at Maryland. It is a fully funded offer. I also got into Yale IDE and MESc (research track) with a $30K/year scholarship from the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. I am completely torn between the two programs. One on hand you have Maryland AREC which is a great program for environmental and development economics--my areas of interest. I also visited the school and absolutely loved it. The professors were all fantastic as were the graduate students. On the other hand, there is the joint degree program at Yale. Yale is great for environmental economics and the MESc program is flexible so I can make it a hybrid policy and science degree even though it is an MESc. My assigned research adviser is pretty awesome as well. Also, I have the chance to learn more about development economics through the IDE program. I am completely torn between these two programs. Any help or additional information would be extremely appreciated. I have to make a decision soon and I've never been more lost. Thanks guys! :)

Hey guys, Anyone under the impression that Yale SoM doesn't interview their applicants as much as other b-schools? -OT

Hi, I recently came to know about Yale's Masters programme in International Devpt and Economics. Wanted to know how good is it, if I want it to be my terminal degree and not currently pursuiing any PhD dreams. Some background info abt me: I'm an economics undergrad from an asian developing country. Have been working in energy and climate change consulting domain for two years - wish to go to back to school now. However, with my limited maths and not so stellar grades, a PhD Econ looks out of reach. Therefore I have been looking for terminal masters degress in econ which can provide me a job in pvt sector/think tank after i graduate. Any info on this course - in terms of it market value - would be highly appreciated. Thanks! PS: i searched for a forum on this course, but was not able to find one. Hence, a new thread

Hi...I got a GRE score of 1170 (quant 760; verbal 410)...:livid:...I am an international student with GPA...any chances for admission in any US universities? Can anyone plz suggest which universities might accept this score?? I would also appriciate if someone can mention some European schools which accepts this GRE....plz help!!!!!!!

What are my chances of getting into these schools? PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Mid ranked Liberal Arts College: graduated in 2010 , US Majors: Economics and Mathematics Cumulative GPA: 3.71 Econ Major GPA: 3.83 Math Major GPA: 3.51 GRE: 800Q, 600V, 4.0 AW Math Courses: Calc I,II,III, Discrete, Linear Algebra, Mathematical Structures, Financial Mathematics, Mathematical Statistics I, Mathematical Statistics II, Real Analysis, Research in Math (Mostly A's and B's) Econ Courses: International Economics, Economic Development, IO, Game Theory, Economics of Non profits...the list goes on (Mostly A's) Letters of Recommendation: 2 from Northwestern and 1 from Princeton ( I'm expecting very strong recommendations) Research Experience: Im currently working at a think tank in my home country (not USA) Teaching Experience: TAed Accounting and Managerial Finance SOP: not written yet........ Application list: Oxford MSc in Economics for Development LSE MSc Econ LSE MSc Finance and Economics Cambridge MPhil Econ Yale IDE