Which universities I should apply for MA Econ???

subasa228
Fri, 28 Dec 2012 01:06:27 +0000

Hi everyone,

I want to apply for master degree in economics, but I dont really know which universities I have good chance to be admitted. I am seeking for some advices.
I am currently senior at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, not well-known school (US News ranks 199 National University). I am doing double majors in Economics and Construction Management. I already earned 123 credit hours (most classes in construction) and my current GPA is 3.91. I am going to finish econ major next August and construction management next December after finish senior capstone (around 170 credit hours at that time). I got all As in econ classes (Intermediate Macro & Micro, International Econ, Managerial Econ, Econometrics, Industrial Organization, Econ Busn Forecasting). I only have Mathematics Econ and one more econ elective class left. I am member of two honor societies (one engineering, one international students) I also have some research assistant experience with a professor in construction nearly 6 months(We develop new cost & benefit analysis system for North Carolina Department of Transportation) and my contract ends next May, not sure it helps for econ admission. I havent taken GRE yet. I am studying for it now, and will take GRE this summer. I believe I can achieve over 90 percentile for quantitative part, but for verbal part, and analytic writing, I think I can only get around 60-70 percentile. (I am a international student). I really want to start studying for master the spring after I graduate. My interest econ field is microeconomics (game theory, modeling, forecasting). I did some research about econ programs which have spring admission. Some econ master programs I am interested in from Duke, USC, Boston University, John Hopkins, NYU, Clemson, and NC state. I wonder which universities I should apply with my profile? and what can I do to improve my chance? I consider about doing econ thesis or taking more math classes (cal III & linear algebra) this summer. I also look for econ research assistant position after my current contract end(If not, I can renew contract with current professor). My final goal is to earn Ph.D in Econ (UVA, UNC or UCLA). I really appreciate for any advice from everyone.

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