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warriordawg23

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    2016 Fall
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    Economics

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  1. Hello everyone. I'd appreciate all and any insight into what I should be able to expect and what I should emphasize in my interview with the University of Tübingen for their "Management and Economics" master program, which, from most appearances, has primarily to do with strategy. The last time I had an interview for a university it was informal, for an American university, and more than five years ago so I need your help! What sort of questions can one expect in an interview for a strategy-centric economics and management program? What traits, characteristics, or knowledge should one emphasize? Do you have any other specific or general advice? I thank you all so very much for your help!
  2. I've applied to the following programs and I'm wondering if anyone else has heard anything back yet from the universities: Mannheim Bonn LMU More recently: Tübingen Heidelberg Some of the universities state on their page that they won't let you know how your application is looking until all applicants have been reviewed, but I'd be interested to know if any of you have applied and already heard back from the economics programs of the above schools?
  3. If the rest of your application is strong, I'd believe that they could ignore 4% on a single standardized test. It's not like you're far from the goal. It's also important to notice that they wrote "typical successful candidate." This means that normally the candidates have a score that's around the 90th percentile, but not always.
  4. I'm in the processing of applying to several different German universities that are somewhat selective. (Acceptance rates of approximately 6%-33%) I'm getting nervous about how I compare to other applicants, to some degree because of this forum. It appears, to me at least, that most everyone on GradCafe has a GPA around 3.9-4.0, a GRE around 169-170 V/Q, and a good amount of practical work experience. My question is, are most applicants to graduate school similar to this? Or is GradCafe populated by significantly better than average students? I appreciate your feedback!
  5. I took the first PowerPrep II test after having distractedly studied for about half an hour. My scores were: Verbal: 161 Quantitative: 161 I then studied a for about 3-5 hours and took the second PowerPrep II test. I received the same scores. Two days later, without having studied any more than before my two practice tests, I received the following scores on the real GRE: Verbal: 165 Quantitative: 163 Because I had studied so little, I didn't even know there was a third part to the quantitative section. I had mentally decided to be done at the end of the second verbal section. Needless to say, I was a little shocked and dismayed to see a third quantitative part. I feel like I would have done better if I would have been mentally prepared for the third quantitative section, but oh well. I'm still waiting to receive my analytical writing score.
  6. I'm applying to several German schools for a master's program in economics. Most of the universities only accept one letter of recommendation so I'm faced with a dilemma. I've already asked both professors and both have agreed to write letters of recommendation for me. My one professor has taught me German for at least six semesters. We have such a great relationship that she asked me for a letter of recommendation a year ago. The problem, of course, is that she taught me a subject other than the subject, economics, that I'm studying in graduate school. My other professor has only taught me one course in economics, but is very friendly and positive as well as the dean of economics at my university. I'm not an outgoing student though, so I don't know him very well. He called me a good student when I went to ask him and said he was delighted to write a L.o.R.. So my dilemma is whether I should have my German professor, who knows me very well and would definitely write a very positive recommendation, or my economics professor, who doesn't know me as well, write my letters of recommendation for the universities that only accept one letter of recommendation. What are your opinions? Does the enthusiasm of the recommendation or the relevance of the professor to the field matter more?
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