<p>Hmmmmmmmmmmm…MMSS with the MA would actually be very doable if there wasn’t a thesis requirement for the former. I know the website says the MA is “very selective”, but it seems to me that so many kids are doing MMSS or IEMS by the “I’d rather do this for sure than take a risk” logic that not many people wind up applying for the MA. When you say chances of acceptance are slim, do you mean that from firsthand experience? I know that the engineering schools has guaranteed 4 year MAs for people with GPA>=3.5. I could be completely off base here, but it seems that pretty much everyone who meets the, granted, very rigorous requirements for consideration (including the GPA>=3.6) would be granted admission (to the Econ MA).</p>