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Econ PhD after SAIS
| glassy crawly cuckold national | 05/17/09 |
| Racy legal warrant | 05/17/09 |
| Maroon curious masturbator | 05/18/09 |
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Date: May 17th, 2009 4:08 PM Author: glassy crawly cuckold national Subject: Econ PhD after SAIS? I'm headed to SAIS this fall (Bologna then DC). Like many students at Pub. Pol. style programs, I'm a bit unfocused. But my grander dream is to work for a think tank, which as far as I understand, basically means I want to stay in academia. Alternatively, I'd like to have some other research based job.
Most of the people I want "to be" have PhDs in Econ. I graduated from UCLA with a BS in Math and a 3.64 GPA. I haven't taken most of the Econ "pre-reqs" for an Econ PhD program, but I will have once I'm done at SAIS. And if I do well in the classes, which I plan to (If I don't, I will probably be considering a different course of action), I'm curious what my chances are to get into a top Econ PhD program. Some people seem to think SAIS will give me a different and unique background. I'm not so sure. But I do think it will give me the opportunity for a pretty decent job if I decide on a different course of action. But I'm curious what other people think.
I'll also hopefully have some research experience under my belt after SAIS, which will help. I worked with a Physics prof while at UCLA, but it wasn't anything to get excited about. |
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Date: May 17th, 2009 5:31 PM Author: Racy legal warrant It depends on the Econ PhD program you choose to apply to. For example, at Harvard, there are several people who are from programs very similar to SAIS. At others, going to a more policy oriented program might even work against you because it signals your interest in policy more than economics. You seem to have one strong prerequisite (ie Math), so that should work very favorably towards you. It is really hard to give correct advice because once you fulfill the basic prerequisites, there are a lot of random factors that can determine who gets in: your research experience, who reads your application, your subfield choice, who writes your references. There are quite a few SAIS students lately who have gone on to PhD econ programs at Columbia, Harvard, Brown, JHU, LSE and Berkeley.
If I were you, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Take as much quantitative econ at SAIS as you can and try to get involved in research projects with economists. This will be a great skill enhancing experience but should also provide you with an opportunity to think more carefully what you yourself want to research once you become a doctoral student.
I would also try to sit in the PhD microeconomics and macro sequences at GW/Georgetown or American during your second year at SAIS. It should be tough to combine with your own SAIS classes but will pay off in the long run. Even if you don't take the classes for a grade, you will be much better prepared to appreciate MWG the second time around. |
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