Riya_Thakur Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 (edited) Hi guys. Need a little help out here. I intend to apply in a PhD course in Economics in the 2022 cycle. My profile: 1) Undergrad: A fairly decent private university (BA. Hons in Economics. Major- Eco, Minor-Finance) 8.11/10 2) Master's in Economics from a Government college : 8.3/10 3) Past experience: Visiting faculty for Microeconomics and Econometrics - for Undergrad students (20 days in total) 4) Research Associate under a Government project. Position was for 2 months 5) Academic Associate in Economics at IIM-A for 1 year 6) Research Assistant in Marketing Department under 2 projects at IIM-A (1 year) LORs: 2 Profs from IIM-A and 1 Prof with whom I did the Government Project What will be my chances of acceptance for PhD in Economics? If any. If yes, which colleges should I be accepting a positive response from? Edited June 28, 2022 by Riya_Thakur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissEconomist Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 In which country did you do your Bachelor and Masters Degree and how is your University ranked within this country? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riya_Thakur Posted June 29, 2022 Author Share Posted June 29, 2022 Bachelor's from a fairly decent uni in Gujarat, India Master's from Mumbai, India. Mumbai uni being a fairly reputed government uni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riya_Thakur Posted June 29, 2022 Author Share Posted June 29, 2022 Bachelor's from top 100 unis in India and master's from 70th best uni in India Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riya_Thakur Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 The place where i am working since the last 1 and a half years is India's number 1 B-school Help me through this please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissEconomist Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 IIM-A has a good reputation and the fact that you have worked there as a RA is definitely quite useful for your PhD application. On the other hand a University which is top 100 of India is probably pretty much unknown in Europe and the US and they will be a huge drawback when it comes to your PhD application. So I don't know where you plan to do your PhD (USA, Europe, Asia) and what you want to do after it, but I think that the chances for you to get into the top 20 of either Europe or USA are very low. However there are of course many other decent PhD-programs which are much less selective than the top ones and where I think you have a good chance to get in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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