Should I try again next year?

tzuchang · 发表于 2008-3-8 12:42:00

I need some advices from you guys. I am already 29 this year, and study in the US Top 50 Econ PhD program. I just passed the comprehensive exams but failed to get any offer from finance program this time. I dont know what is wrong with my profile. (It might be my low TOEFL score, only 104) I am very confused currently if I should continue my study here or try again next yr. Any advice is appreciated.

samson · 发表于 2008-3-8 12:55:00

Take TOEFL exam again. Your score is not good enough to pass the pre-screening stage. Also if you are in US already, you should try to visit those departments in person and talk to some professors directly. That might help a lot.

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joysource · 发表于 2008-3-8 12:55:00

Now that you've survived your first year, it's good for you to expect a PhD in economics at the age of 33.

fiance · 发表于 2008-3-8 14:06:00

take it easy, the god just opens another door that you temporarily cant see.

1. ask for the waiver for your toefl, that shouldnt bother you

2 try to take more math classes, and age is not a big deal

3 lower your schools' tier

4 do you think your reference letters hurt you? in my opinion, it is usually harder for transfer student to get a strong letter.

5 phd sucks. your life may be better without it.

darcie · 发表于 2008-3-8 18:23:00

你是博士第二年？会不会是推荐信的问题，老师可能不希望你转校。

btw, 不知道以往有没有经济phd中途转金融成功的，也许只能曲线救国了。。。

judydongxueni · 发表于 2008-3-8 22:59:00

你推荐信谁写的肋?

neo1001 · 发表于 2008-3-8 23:42:00

老实说，我觉得楼主背景挺好的（assume那些微观计量数学都学得不错的话）

经济转博士应该很常见啊，我认识有些朋友就是这样转过来的

托福的话，楼主可以waive掉吧（不过有少数几间不能waive）

可能是推荐信出问题了？楼主你有看过那些推荐信吗，可能有些老师表面上跟你谈得很好，可是信里却写得不怎样。只要一封negative的信就可以ruin你所有东西了。。

chrisf · 发表于 2008-3-9 00:14:00

toefl成绩不重要吧，104足够了，我就是104

我同意楼上的话，很可能是推荐信出了问题

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m05025004 · 发表于 2008-3-9 00:24:00

我觉着你都过了 comprehensive exams了，英语应该不是问题，金融申请真的应该是很难的。。顺便问一下你的 comprehensive exams是什么形式的？

m05025004 · 发表于 2008-3-9 00:26:00

建议如果美国的学校实在不行，你也可以考虑加拿大和英国啊，我觉着你年龄也不小了，不要浪费时间了！加油！

Should I try again next year?

Should I try again next year?

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