I turned that into a small website: **gradlist** https://thegradlist.com. Right now it's a simpler version, just for Economics PhD programs, 50 US schools, showing the deadline, GRE/TOEFL, references, SOP, CV, and application fee for each one in a single card, plus a personal list where you can track your own applications.

This is an early version I mainly built for myself. If it turns out other people need and would use something like this, I'd like to keep improving it. Any feedback, missing schools, wrong info, anything you'd want to see, would be really helpful. Thanks for reading!

I know of a few domestic applicants who seem to have received offers from UofT. I'm just wondering if there are any international applicants who have heard back from UofT (University of Toronto) or UBC (University of British Columbia)?

Thanks!

I am from Western Europe and I had a question regarding my eligibility for Econ PhD programs. I assume my profile is very weak, but I was a bit in need of advice.

I hold a bachelor's degree in social-economic sciences from a low ranked (top 400 school), master's degree in Economics from the same university, and an additional research master in Economics from a top 75 univ. I used a GPA converter to convert my grades.

Undergrad: Social-economic Sciences (top 400)

GPA: 2.87 (ranked 9/70, was not trying for grades/PhD at this point)

Master 1: Economics (top 400)

GPA: 3.47 (ranked 2/16.) Got first or second of my degree for every course except for one. My master's thesis won an award.

Master 2: Research master in economics (top 75, need good grades to enter)

GPA: 2.87 (ranked 10/14)

During the 5 years of study, I failed an exam once.

GRE: Not taken yet.

Relevant courses and grades:
Undergrad.: Mathematical methodology (B), Statistics 1&2 (B), Intro to Economics (B), Intro Micro (C), Intro Macro (C), Intro Econometrics (C), Public Economics (A), International economics (A), industrial organization (C), Social-economic analysis (A+), Bachelor's project (B), Global Economics (A), History economic Thought (A). Wasn't thinking that grades mattered at this point.

Grad.: Public Economics (A), Financial Econometrics (B), Macroeconomics (A+), Applied Welfare economics (B), Environmental and transport economics (B), Research methods (C-), Master's thesis (A), Economic analysis of inequality (A+), Econometrics (A). Except for research methods, always ranked 1st or 2nd/16.

Research master: Advanced Microeconomics I (game theory+ec. decision making) (C), Advanced Microeconomics II (mechanism design+general equilibrium) (C-), Advanced Econometrics (C), Advanced Labour Economics (A), Master's thesis (B), Advanced Macroeconomics 1 (SVAR) (A), Advanced Macroeconomics 2 (DSGE) (B), Dynamic Methods (B).
 

Research: Only 2 master's thesis projects, one bachelor's project, almost one year as PhD-researcher at a quantitative public health department.

Research Interest: Public/applied micro/health/welfare
LoR: I dispose of two reference letters at the top 400 Univ. Both are economists, 'highest' publications would be journal of public economics, journal of economic theory, and multiple journal of health economics.

Additional relevant information:

As mentioned, I was not aware of the importance of grades/choosing more mathematical courses during my undergrad. I became aware during my first master's degree, where I mostly felt like I got the maximum grades possible except for 3 courses. My master's thesis won an award, and my  thesis supervisor strongly urged me to try for a PhD by following a research master's in economics. However, I did not have the financial means to get accommodation near the university, because of which I made the very big mistake to spend almost half the day commuting to pursue the degree (instead of working and then pursuing this degree). Ultimately, I felt like I couldn't defend my chances this year as well as I could have, but this of course is an easy thing to say and I cannot expect for committees to take this into account. Both of my thesis supervisors (and reference letters) are quite enthusiastic about my research capabilities.

Last year, I applied to some econ PhD programs (however without any guidance in this process so too randomly) and got some interviews, however I did not get anything in the end. At that point, I got a bit desperate as I did not have any idea about whether my profile was just too weak to get into an econ department anyways. One of my thesis supervisors had connections with a prestigious quantitative health economics/epidemiology statistics department and strongly recommended me to apply there, and I ultimately got this position.

I have been working there for a few months now. However, I have realized that my main interest still lies in academic economic research, and not in the health statistics journals. I have generous funding and I am allowed to aim for economic journals as long as there is an intersection with epidemiology (despite my supervisor not being an economist, but a programmer/statistician), but I still feel it is not ideal for an economic research career. Therefore, I was wondering if anyone could illuminate me on how weak my profile is or whether there is still any chance I could do my PhD at an economic school, which would give me a chance of an economic academic research career later.

Feel free to tell me if my profile is by far not enough, I just need to know to determine my options. In case I would stand a chance for a PhD program that could reasonably lead to an economic academic research career, could you tell me for which quality programs it would be worth applying for, and which not? My former supervisor told me the only way to find out is to apply everywhere, but I do not want to waste money in the application process if I would get kind of 'desk rejected'.

Thanks in advance, and apologies for the longer message or if this is not the place to post this!

Does anyone have experience with the GU Econ admissions process? Do they tend to do late rolling admissions or am I past the point of no return now?

Appreciate any insight you could give.

I would like to pursue a masters degree in economics. In contrast, I have always been passionate about economics and often devote my free time to reading and contemplating the topic. While I lack formal experience in the field, I am interested in pursuing a master's degree in economics.

Now that I am older and my mental health is in a much better place, I'm confident that I can excel if given the opportunity. If I crush the GREs, would that be enough to compensate for the poor GPA? Should I re-take math courses at local universities to show that I understand the material?

Am I doomed? Is there any way ANY graduate program will accept me? It does not have to be a top school. (I am open to schools both in North America and Europe, I have been living and working in the New York for the last five years, but I am a Canadian citizen).

I am still waiting on results. Has anyone been accepted yet?

Share your journey, dilemma and decisions.

I know ETHZ is amazing for sciences and engineering, but in economics it seems lacking a bit. But they do have Peter Egger for international trade. I couldn't find anything on where previous PhD grads have ended up though.

Cheers

Anyone else also apply for this program? Or are there any people who had experiences with this program last year/before? Will there be any interviews - if I wait so long without an interview it means that I did not go through the first screening round?

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Income taxes are distortionary because they increase the cost of hiring an employee, but don't affect other production costs such as equipment.

I am not sure whether they do mean income taxes or payroll taxes, so if we include both taxes, how can they increase the marginal cost of labour? Is this because they incentivise the employee to seek better pay as a means of mitigating the impact of such taxes on their wages?

I got 2 offers for the above programs. For those who are less familiar with these 2 programs (since its a US-dominated forum):

Cambridge: leading to a PhD conditional on an average grade of 70 across the modules in MPhil, and by historical statistics, 50-70% students met the criteria. However, funding is not guaranteed. 

UCL: No funding for MRes (but I can afford the MRes). Average of 50% across courses to enter the MPhil/PhD, where there will be TA positions for unfunded students and it will generally cover the tuition fees + 20k annual stipend. 

I know Cambridge Econ is rock bottom these days, but this is why I am struggling:

1) I plan to go for Macro, and Cambridge seem to have a larger faculty, where UCL's strengths are in labor and econometrics. 

2) Although the program is criticized for its poor teaching quality and less guidance provided to students, but dude, its Cambridge. Although I am not considering entering the industry, but who knows what will happen 10, 20 years later, and Cambridge definitely dominates over UCL. 

Finally, I hope you guys could offer me some suggestions.

Has anyone who applied for MA/PhD in Economics heard back from them?

I applied by December 3rd deadline and have not heard anything since. Is this a bad sign?

Anyone with a similar experience?

im an undergrad econ student from a middle lower-ish income eastern country. and im planning to pursue my phd at a prestigious program.

unfortunately there is not that much information available to me in my country especially considering my somewhat unique resume which i'll explain later

so i want you guys to give me tips and advice on where should i aim and what to do in the next 12 month left until the next application window (which i'll be applying in)

here is a quick look at my resume:

undergrad in economics at the best program in my country (around 350-400 in the world) unknown amongst top programs in the us. with a minor in mathematic

undergrad gpa: 3.99/4 economics , 4/4 math ( i also have a U15  medal in national math olympiad)

math courses so far : Calc I-II (i also TAed calc II for 2 years) , differential equations, real analysis 1 , linear algebra, elementary combinatorics, stochastic processes, statistics I-II, mathematical economics .... all A/A+ s

economics courses: micro I-III and macro I-II , metrics, applied metrics(will be taking next sem) , IO, Public sector economics I-II, labor and a ton of subfield related courses (development, energy,...) All A/A+.

GRE: expecting to get a 99th percentile score in the quant

Interests: Micro theory, IO, applied metrics, development

i'm aiming for top 20 Phd prgrams and safety schools in 40-80 range for the next year (2023 admission cycle) do guys think i'm aiming too high?

but i want you guys opinion on something. i really like the market design/ micro theory research and i mentioned my course work in economics so far. i want to know your opinion on what math courses should i take in the nest semesters? my university policy allows 2 more math courses. i'm thinking about graph theory and another course. what you guys think? is graph theory useful in the micro theory/ IO or should i go for more advanced analysis/linear algebra? or anything that you think helps in the micro theory field?

also let me put this out: economics undergrad is really strange in my country. there is a very limited math courses available (calc and stats and mathecon only) and i took most of the courses mentioned in math dep which is rare between econ students and thats why i said that i have a unique resume :). so for this reason (bad math background) most of profs in my country don't take undergrad students as RAs but im contacting them and might start RAing a Chicago graduate professor soon. but the question is do you guys recommend emailing foreign profs and asking if they need a RA mainly because there is not that many micro theorists in my country and thats my field of interest. 

also if you have any comment/ advice for me to do in the next year before i apply to grad school i appreciate it.

thanks for your help guys.

For me, I've applied for MPhil in Econ Research and the diploma. My application was submitted on 3, Dec. Currently, my application is under review by the department. 

Any sort of updates/info are welcome.

I believe this is gonna be another tough cycle. Best of luck to all who read this thread.