Serious question about graduate school

IAmNobody
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:34:07 +0000

It’s not a ■■■■■ unless they did extensive research and picked out the three of the most annoyingly graded and difficult economics and applied math courses here, and the professors that made those semesters particularly painful. I’ve taken all three of those (with the same professors except for 305) and they were tough.

I would say ask your adviser though. I do think it’s a stretch to be aiming that high for graduate school since there ARE students who did well in those classes, especially 362, and 310 was pretty easy if you hadn’t taken it with Takahashi, but there are other graduate school options. Also, it might help if you got a masters first at a different school and did really well on that and then applied to a different program at a more prestigious school. If you’re talking MBA, it’s more helpful to work a few years first anyway.