Hello, I am a senior at Columbia University majoring in Econ with Stat minor. I have been on the career path for wall street jobs til my third year and have changed my mind and decided to pursue grad school in Econ. As I know that I have not prepared well for grad school at this point, I wanted to ask for your evaluation and guidance for future. I am at this point not decided between applying for masters (in Econ/Stat/Applied Masters) and getting some kind of research job. When I talked with my professor, he said I would have a chance of getting in LSE or Barcelona GSE. Any advice would be very helpful. PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Private 4 year school with good curriculum
Undergrad GPA: 3.37
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Grad GPA:
GRE: V 157 Q 167 (I could have done better with my Q score - usually get 180 in practice)
Math Courses: Calculus (A-), Linear Algebra(A-), Multivariable calculus (B+), Real Analysis (B )
Econ Courses (grad-level): Price Theory (B )
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Game Theory (B ), Finance (B+), Static and Dynamic Optimization (B+), Economics Micro/Macro (A-), Econometrics (B )
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Letters of Recommendation: Some of courses I took were extremely difficult, and professors seemed willing to write good/mediocre LORs
Research Experience: Spent my last summer for Econ research under professor
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Applying to: LSE, Barcelona GSE, Columbia QMSS, or any suggestions you would have Thank you.