Harvard Economics

ginandtonic
Sun, 05 Oct 2014 11:10:14 +0000

Hello, I am a senior planning to apply to Harvard, wishing to study economics, especially development economics.
I have some questions about the course for economics.

I looked over the course descriptions but I do not clearly get its how it is carried out.

Could someone give me a brief outline of what one learns at what year? Do you learn the half courses from the first year if you finished ap micro and macro economics? When can you start your secondary field studies or possibly an interdisciplinary?

Plus, for the supplemental question where I have to write my plan for using the education I hope to receive, to what specificity do I have to write it? With a limit of 50 words, it seems that the applicants answers will seem pretty uniform.

I plan to study entrepreneurship in the future. Would it hurt to say things tailored to business in this section although I am applying for economics? I have heard that students like me, wishing to study business in the future, who applied for economics as sort of like a transit to the future business studies were rather disappointed in their undergraduate course, and I thought the admissions may be wary of that, seeking an reply pertaining to “economics”.

Thanks :)