Summer Prep?

[MCneelified06]

Hey everyone -- It's probably too early to talk about this, but I was wondering what you all recommend in terms of preparing for a M.P.A./M.P.P program? I'm most likely attending the Woodrow Wilson School, and I know they have a "Math Camp" in August. But I don't want to make a fool of myself. I was a Political Science major in college and have an extremely limited background in economics and math.

Are there a couple intro texts or something similar out there that I could use to brush up this summer? Any current students who wish they had done this or that before entering their program?

Thanks!

[Cornell07]

I, for one, have started leaving Italian news running in the background and try to read a couple articles a day in Italian in preparation for g-school language exams. I also will probably need to take a Macro course, so I am looking into that in the meantime.

[irgraduatedr]

Math is probably the biggest concern for me, but at least most of the schools where I got in have math tutorials to do over the summer.

I will be brushing up on my portuguese too, as well as rereading my principles of econ textbooks and statistics too.