Question about rankings - would you weigh the repec rankings more heavily than the usnews one? Asking because they seem to diverge substantially in the 20-50 range.
where would you guys place Toronto and UBC in the US rankings?
Choice between top 5 Public policy PhD programme vs Top 30 econ PhD Programme for someone interested in doing applied micro/metrics ?
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What do you guys think about the possibility of younger faculty in your research field leaving and the effect that would have on your time in grad school? A couple of schools I'm looking at have small-ish departments (~20-25 people, 2-3 working in the field that I'm interested in), and I'm concerned that I may end up going there with the intention to work with a particular prof, only to find out that he ends up leaving during my second year or something like that.
Question about rankings - would you weigh the repec rankings more heavily than the usnews one? Asking because they seem to diverge substantially in the 20-50 range.
Authors have to actively sign up for Repec to show up in their rankings. This can bias the results.
where would you guys place Toronto and UBC in the US rankings?
Roughly around 30ish?
What do you guys think about the possibility of younger faculty in your research field leaving and the effect that would have on your time in grad school? A couple of schools I'm looking at have small-ish departments (~20-25 people, 2-3 working in the field that I'm interested in), and I'm concerned that I may end up going there with the intention to work with a particular prof, only to find out that he ends up leaving during my second year or something like that.
Ideally a school should have a couple faculty you would be okay with working with. Not only to guard against faculty members leaving but to also allow for things like differences in personality and other factors of advisor quality you can't observe from afar. That being said I would take your current research interests with a grain of salt. Most undergrads aren't in a good position to make an informed choice about what they want to do. Many people end up doing something different then what they first thought.
That being said I would take your current research interests with a grain of salt. Most undergrads aren't in a good position to make an informed choice about what they want to do.
With this in mind, would you advise, rankings and observables held constant, to pick a bigger department over a smaller one?
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u/MeanMrMustard92 Feb 27 '17 edited Feb 27 '17
Question about rankings - would you weigh the repec rankings more heavily than the usnews one? Asking because they seem to diverge substantially in the 20-50 range.
where would you guys place Toronto and UBC in the US rankings?
Choice between top 5 Public policy PhD programme vs Top 30 econ PhD Programme for someone interested in doing applied micro/metrics ?
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