NYU Stern Undergraduate to go into a phD program afterwords? Is it possible?

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<p>Well, I got into NYU Stern School of Business for the Business and Political Economy program. I just wanna know whether it’s possible to go from business school to a phD in economics from this point. Would it hurt if I would go to a business school instead of a traditional liberal arts college? </p>

<p>By the way, if I don’t go to Stern, my other choices would be Binghamton and Boston College, so yea…</p>

<p>Also, what are the grades that are usually required for the top phD economics programs?</p>

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<p>You could alternatively enter a PhD program in business. [url=&lt;a href=“http://www.stern.nyu.edu/AcademicPrograms/PhD/?CFID=10201528&CFTOKEN=53111453]Here[/url”&gt;http://www.stern.nyu.edu/AcademicPrograms/PhD/?CFID=10201528&CFTOKEN=53111453]Here[/url</a>] is one you might like.</p>

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<p>I enjoy economic analysis more than business however…</p>

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<p>You will want to have a strong background in math… far beyond the courses that will be required for your business major. Definitely not impossible.</p>

<p>You will want stellar grades and ideally some economics research experience. You should maybe ask someone at the school about opportunities for this sort of research as an undergrad at NYU.</p>

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<p>Okay thank you… How far along do you think I should go in math??? Whtat course to be specific?</p>

<p>Btw, yes I did just notice that I misspelled the title… In case anyone was thinking that lol…</p>

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<p>You mean like the PhD students in [url=<a href=“http://www.stern.nyu.edu/Economics/]this[/url”>Sign On]this[/url</a>] department?</p>

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<p>Yes, actually.</p>

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<p>The math background that Wellesley recommends to their own economics majors:</p>

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<p>Now, that’s an answer… Lolthank you so. Much</p>

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<p>By the way, do you know if it’ll still be a struggle getting in from a business school instead of a liberal arts college?</p>

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<p>I don’t see why it would matter, but I am not in a position to give you advice on that.</p>

<p>Have you considered asking NYU how many students in your program typically go to graduate school for economics, and which sort of schools they go to? There’s probably a designated adviser for grad school questions (either a faculty member in the department or a staff member in an academic advising office) who should be able to answer these questions.</p>

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<p>Major doesn’t matter for Economics Ph.D. program – just excellence in undergraduate and graduate math courses. An Economics Ph.D. is basically a re-labeled applied math degree, and (after having taken a few doctoral courses in Microeconomics) no knowledge of economics is assumed for each class.</p>

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<p>I think you should ask Stern about its placement in PhD programs in economics. You might also want to go to the websites of some of the top PhD programs and peruse the list of graduate students to see where they went to undergraduate school. In general, however, business is considered a pre-professional major, and economics is an academic one, so the transition from one to the other may not be easy, although, of course, it depends on what the individual undergraduate major/school offers. A business school may make it difficult for its students to take the necessary high level math courses . . . or it may make it easy. You need to check.</p>

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<p>Actually, I would argue that, for the purposes of economics PhD admissions, what is even more important than math skills is a strong research record, which collaborations with economics-oriented Stern faculty can provide. Let’s face it, if you can coauthor papers that attain R&R, or better yet, acceptances at AER, JPE, QJE, RAND, or similar A-level economics journals, nobody is going to really care about your math coursework. {To be sure, attaining R&R at an A-level is not trivial by any means.}</p>

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<p>Thank you all, you’ve all been a great help :)</p>