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

danas
Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:54:00 +0000

Penn tends to attract pre-professional students, not folks who are attracted to academia. Also, Penn was a bit easier to get into than some of the schools you list at the time. On the other hand, there are some “nerd” schools with lower admissions hurdles than Penn whose students salivate for academia.