Why Can't Penn Place its students into MIT/ Chicago's Economics PhD Program?

bruno123
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:31:49 +0000

In fact, looking at this list, one might conclude that Bocconi University and Pontifical Catholic University are the top schools in the world.



As a matter of fact, Bocconi University (Italy) and the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) are indeed among the best schools in the world for ** undergraduate economics **.

American students are just too insular to acknowledge the reputation of overseas colleges. On the other hand, PhD advisors who had students from those colleges in the past probably know better, and that’s why Princeton accepts graduates from the likes of Bocconi and PUC-Rio.