[求助]申请Finance PhD 求定位

本科是北大，现在在U of Michigan读Economics的MS。准备申请10fall。

本科成绩一般，绩点只有3.3 。 在Umich的课还没学完，本项目要求必修的经济类的课都是A或A+，其余的都是数学课（不全是数学系或统计系的，也有IOE的），有一个是A-，其余的是A。

本科是研究经历多一些，但硕士期间只有在Umich的Business School（Ross School）当RA，五月份开始的，会干到12月份。推荐信一份来自自己的老板，NYU的Finnace PhD，但只是一个Assistant Professor，另外一份来自自己项目的指导老师，还有一封正在找。

想申请Finance PhD，因为专业竞争激烈，想保险一些。希望大家能指点一下该如何选校。想申请10个吧，该怎么分配？

研究生水平的高等数学相关的课在课程成绩评估中绝对占最重要的比例，象实分析，统计，计量经济学等。LZ可以在前30中选6到8个，再选两个合适的保底。

我没注意比较过这边4和5的数学课之间的内容，不过对于我来说，这边5的数学可已经够难了。。。。。。。。。STATS 505 就是这边经济学PhD的高级计量的第一部分（这边的高级计量是两门连续的课，分两个学期上）。

我本科时候是behavioral Asset pricing theory，但现在跟的老板的大方向是corporate finance。

I got a call from a professor from UT Austin in July (because I emailed him with my CV to ask if he needed a RA and he was a Chinese professor). I thought my CV was impressive for him and he called to check my background (I mentioned I want to apply for Finance PhD program at Austin in my email), and he was like making a interview in the call.

I found he kept asking me if I had work experience in Finance Market and said chinese students like me were not familiar with how financial market works and that is a seriously weak aspect. I told him that I had chosen several Math courses, but I did not think he really cared about that.

My point is that Math may be not that important.