Masters in Economics

[ynori111]

Hi all

I finished my Masters in Economics from a reputed technological university in my country. However, there are two drawbacks to the course:

a) I am one among the second batch of students who graduated from an Arts programme in a pre-dominantly technological institute, and hence there is no established reputation for the course. (That said, my classmates are in reputed places like LSE.)

Also, since it was an Integrated Masters, we effectively did only 3 years of Economics, with the first two years focussing on various disciplines of humanities and social sciences- like Philosphy, Literature, Sociology, History and the like.

My GPA at the end of 5 years in 9.12/100.

The core economic courses I have done are:

Agricultural Economics

 Applied Econometrics

 Basic Statistics

 Econometrics (I and II)

 Economics of Healthcare

 Economics of Social Issues

 Field Methods and Report Writing

 Fundamentals of Operations Research

 Game Theory (I and II)

 Growth and Development

 History of Economics

 International Economics

 Macroeconomics (I and II)

 Microeconomics (I and II)

 Mini Project (Field Methods)

 Money, Banking and Financial Markets

 Optimization and Economic Theory

 Principles of Economics

 Public Economics

My grades range from A+, A or A- in these courses. Also, I have had to submit a Master's thesis for the completion of my degree.

I will get solid letters of recommendation from my professors. Also my GRE scores are 163 verbal (91st percentile), 162 quant (86th percentile) and 5 AW (92nd percentile).

I have done a couple of internships, one of which gave me an international exposure.

With these qualifications, what are the chances of making into a top school for Economics/ Development Economics masters?

More specifially, I am looking at LSE's Economics and Philosophy M.Sc, Oxford' s Economics for Development M.Sc, SOAS' Development Economics M.Sc and UCL's M.Sc Economics.

Eventually, I would like to get in to a Ph.D programme.

My major concern is my GRE quant score which is not above the 90th percentile. Should I retake it again and try my luck?

Please share your opinions.

THANKS!

[ynori111]

*Oops! my gpa is 9.2/ 10 and not out of 100

[professorpaal]

If you are not committed to studying in the UK, check us out at ma.eco.utexas.edu.  Depending on your grades in the more technical classes and the school you are from, you might qualify.