Vokram

Greetings Grad-cafers I am an undergraduate economics student who's very interested in statistics. I know that Stanford has a top statistics department and a top economics department as well. But I heard that the strength of its economics department lies in game theory and IO. So I would like to know how its econometrics ranks. Does the strength of the statistic department pass through to its econometrics? Any idea would be very much appreciated! Thanks!

Hey guys, I am a 3rd year undergraduate student who is planning to apply for Ph.D next semester, and I'm looking for researches in the coming summer, though seems I have hit on some obstacles.... I am a quite mathematics and statistics oriented student, so I'm pretty sure that I will be applying for econometrics or mathematical economics next semester. Ideally I would be hoping to do something in econometrics, but seems there aren't many good opportunities in our school on this topic.... There are, however, some really good ones in demography and labor. I read through the profile of many of our faculty members, and found that many econometricians actually are also heavily involved in demography. So my question is, how close are econometrics (or mathematical econ) related with demography? Is such an experience going to be helpful when I apply for Ph.D in econometrics? help! any opinions would be very much appreciated

Thanks for the words of encouragement cyberwulf, I hope things can turn out as you predicted this fall. But one thing that still concerns me is my (really) insufficient amount of courses in statistics. I got one grad course in Berkeley (which is a good thing), but no course in advanced level statistical inference, regression, and those computational stuff (can't even name them...). I heard they are quite essential when you apply but I really have no time left for them before the application deadlines. So exactly how much do they matter?

Hey guys, I'm a student in the economics department of a university in hong kong. It's one the top schools in Asia, but I'm not sure whether people in the States have heard about it. I am thinking about doing stat phd in the future in the U.S., but I'm not sure whether I'll be competitive due to the change of major. Can anybody give me some advice? GPA: 3.96/4.00 GRE: V:790; Q:800; W: 4.5 (great scores, but I heard they are not so relevant once your scores pass a line) Math courses taken: Linear Algebra: A Introduction to Analysis: A- ODE: A+ Functional Analysis: A Real Analysis: A I went to UC Berkeley on exchange last semester, where I took one of their grad course in stochastic process in the Statistics department and got an A. Also got onto their Dean's Honor List. Other courses are mainly econ and lower divison stat. I'm also doing a research with a statistics professor in my university this semester What schools should I target? Is it advisable that I do a master in Stat before applying for Ph.D?