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Thanks for your reply! Do you mean by that it's not too competitive but mainly very expensive?

Hey, I'm an economics major (in the UK, which means I just do econ and math) and am trying to choose which programmes to apply to next year. So far, I found the masters in duke, at boston university, nyu, and oxford (where I'm now) and cambridge very interesting. Having spent the last three years in the UK, I'd be happy to go overseas though. I don't know whether I want to continue to do a Phd afterwards or not just yet. Does anyone have experience with applying or attending any of these? It's quite hard to determien how competitive they are. Or can someone think of any other programmes worth looking into? I also checked Chicago's MAPSS and Columbia's MQ QMSS, both seem very interesting. Thanks!

Hi, I've only just seen your post. Don't know whether it's still relevant or whether you already had to decide. I'm in Oxford's Economics programme right know. Albeit being an udergraduate we get quite an insight into the grad program (in the UK, we don't have a major minor system...I study economics and that's it basically). Oxford's MPhil is actually designed to lead you to a PhD due to its structure and course content. A considerable percentage of their students eiather stay in Oxford for their D.Phil (aka PhD) or go elsewhere to complete a PhD program. I've also been looking into NYU's MA quite extensively because I consider applying there for 09. THe structure is somewhat different, although, afaik, you could choose to have the same courses relevant for the PhD which are on the core syllabus in Oxford. One thing to note is that NYU has much more flexibility. I'm not sure how much research experience NYU allows you to get...Ox is quite keen on research on the graduate level as it doesn't exist for undergrads. Have you made a decision yet?