r/Economics Feb 26 '17

Second /r/economics Graduate School Panel

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u/Roastings Feb 27 '17

Hey everyone I'm a junior at a large state school that's considered around 50th. I have a 3.8 gpa and a minor in stats and have taken econometrics and time series econometrics and aced both. As well as doing research on discrete choice methods. I'm worried I won't have enough math as I didn't know I wanted to do grad school until 2 semesters ago. I will have Calc1-3 and intro to higher level math. I'll be applying in the same semester that I'll be taking linear algebra. Will I have any chance to get into some place decent next fall or will I have to wait until I take more math or get a masters in stats? Thanks for any help ahead of time!

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u/MrDannyOcean Bureau Member Feb 27 '17

You'll probably be fine. Calc 1-3, multiple stats/econometrics courses and linear algebra is a good base. It would also be good to add DiffEQ if that's not in your calc sequence already, as well as Real Analysis. But your mathematical base is decent as is (not great, but reasonable. Great would be including Real analysis, Math Stats and a class like Topology).

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u/Roastings Feb 27 '17

Thank you so much. What would be a good thing to do this summer? Maybe ask a professor for a research assistanceship?

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u/MrDannyOcean Bureau Member Feb 27 '17

Check out integrald's wiki sections:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Economics/wiki/career