PHD finance help, Thank you :)

SarahLitke
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:59:51 +0000

Hello I am Sarah I am currently a junior at the university of Maryland college park. I am majoring in pure Math and Quantitative Economics. So far i have been taking the toughest math classes a math major can take at this school. I am a currently in the schools official honors program, in addition to the the departmental honor programs in the math department and economics department (i will also be admittied to the Phi Beta Kappa next semester). For next year i will be writing 2 undergraduate thesis papers both in math and economics for my senior year. So far i have taken the most challanging and mathematical economics classes you can find in both departments and my current overall GPA is a 3.71 (Will be changed hopefully disputing a grade with a teacher, so wish me luck ) My overall Math GPA is a 3.9 and as well with Economics.

I was recently informed about a PHD program in finance. Up until this point my hopes have been to go receive my PHD in economics. How Close is the subject of finance to economics. How competitive would i be for a PHD program in finance. Would i have to take the GRE’s or GMAT? and if its GMAT can i substitute it for GRE scores??? How big is the field, is the applicant pool very compeitive?? How much is math stressed, because in economics its extremely important. Also whats the difference between a MBA in finance (well i guess whats an MBA) and a PHD in finance. Is an MBA = bachelors???

Thank you for all the help you guys are the best. :)