markhame

I have only taken intro macro and intro micro, as far as economics goes. I don't have any economics research experience, only physics. A masters might be called for in any case. The math on the GRE is undoubtedly extremely easy but I don't do so well with short-timed exams. I do qualify for extended time though so I could finally use that. I also didn't practice much last time. I guess I can do it if I try.

Hi, I am a math major and I went to a pretty good college, and have a fair number of advanced mathematics courses relevant to econ (Real Analysis, ODE, and an assortment of courses in probability and statistics), and I am coauthor of a paper that is published in an undergraduate journal. But in these listed courses, I have one B- and most of the rest are all B+. My GPA is 3.5, while my in-major GPA is 3.11. As for my quantitative GRE, it's only the 80th percentile, whereas top programs look for 90th percentile. (I could retake it but I'm not sure how much better I would do). I am thinking that I might want to get a phD in economics, but I am worried that I wouldn't get accepted into a good program. I feel like math majors are very welcome in econ phD programs, but only assuming you have very good grades. Do you think I would be best served by getting a masters or would it be worth my while to just try my luck at applying to graduate schools with my grades being what they are?

Hi there, I am a math major with some statistics coursework and recently I have started considering graduate school in sociology. My grades in math are not great (gpa 3.45), and I only will have had two courses in sociology under my belt by the time I graduate this year. I don't really know what to do, I especially have no idea what range of grad programs to even consider. I think I am interested in studying economic sociology or something along those lines but I don't really know how to narrow down my focus because of my lack of experience. Also how do you figure out what a school/department specializes in? Do you just have to go through the faculty pages and look at all of what the faculty researches? Or is there a better way to get a feel for what the strength/fit of a program is? How did you do it?