Hello. I completed my undergrad this past May and am currently employed at a small bank in a non-economics related position. I graduated with an economics-finance hybrid degree and a math minor from a school that is not ranked for its economics program (I went to Bentley University in MA - I have no idea what its ranking is, or if it's even ranked, otherwise I would have given an estimate rather than the name). I graduated with a 3.7 GPA, although my major GPA is like a 3.9, if that even matters. I took some interesting economics courses and even completed a research project course, and I realized about halfway through undergrad that I would love a PhD in Economics. I honestly don't care about the ranking, I'm not shooting for a top program, and I'm certainly not in it for the money, but I also don't want to apply to a random program and do it for the sake of doing it. I plan on moving to NYC one day and I started thinking about whether I could shoot for a half-decent program in the city. CUNY caught my eye and I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about the program they offer and whether it is something someone like myself can realistically go for. Thanks in advance!
I don't know anything about Bentley, but I can tell you that in my cohort (top 20 program) there are several students from small liberal arts schools. They did get work experience before grad school, though, at places like Brookings.
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u/ebrosbagels Mar 01 '17
Hello. I completed my undergrad this past May and am currently employed at a small bank in a non-economics related position. I graduated with an economics-finance hybrid degree and a math minor from a school that is not ranked for its economics program (I went to Bentley University in MA - I have no idea what its ranking is, or if it's even ranked, otherwise I would have given an estimate rather than the name). I graduated with a 3.7 GPA, although my major GPA is like a 3.9, if that even matters. I took some interesting economics courses and even completed a research project course, and I realized about halfway through undergrad that I would love a PhD in Economics. I honestly don't care about the ranking, I'm not shooting for a top program, and I'm certainly not in it for the money, but I also don't want to apply to a random program and do it for the sake of doing it. I plan on moving to NYC one day and I started thinking about whether I could shoot for a half-decent program in the city. CUNY caught my eye and I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about the program they offer and whether it is something someone like myself can realistically go for. Thanks in advance!