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enhancer00

不好意思，又来麻烦大家了。。～


我也很好奇这个问题的说。。


本人药理（基本是理科中数学上的比较少的）出身，
以前没有经济或者金融的背景，
现在在考虑这些潜在的master专业：
MS Maths (专业排名15左右)
MS Stat (专业排名10左右)
MA Econ (专业排名20-30名左右)
MS Applied (Agro) Economics (专业排名10左右)

大家能不能帮我排排序，根据对申请商学院的PhD的帮助？
如果可以主修一个，辅修一个呢，哪个组合比较好？

谢谢。

enhancer00

Thanks!

check the courses of the math master. I know a lot math master can take applied math courses in finance and econ. if that's the case, then go for it.
stats would be more useful for empirical study. if your friend is interested in empirical study, then go for stat master
applied econ, not considered

-- by 会员 Chevovish (2009/12/6 13:02:29)

Chevovish

check the courses of the math master. I know a lot math master can take applied math courses in finance and econ. if that's the case, then go for it.
stats would be more useful for empirical study. if your friend is interested in empirical study, then go for stat master
applied econ, not considered

enhancer00

interesting... this is a new perspective since I've been browsing through the finance PhD forums and it seems math carries a lot of weight., aside from research experience, and RL.
Could  you tell me what you think is the most important factor then?

thanks for the reply.
1, is the good PhD programs (especially in finance and accounting) require very high math background? (maybe I used the wrong word "theory")

No...

-- by 会员 cacaha (2009/12/6 7:36:03)

金融

high school math talent? hehehe
forget about it..

cacaha

thanks for the reply.
1, is the good PhD programs (especially in finance and accounting) require very high math background? (maybe I used the wrong word "theory")

No...

darcie

do not put too much emphasis on math,   unless you are going to MIT or stanfard.
sorry to say that, I guess columbia is overvalued as a whole... They are damn empirical.

enhancer00

hehe, it is kind of a risk to take. so he's reading maths books to see if he can pick up his math talent in high school...
Question: if columbia stat is very shui, can it get you into a good PhD program? cuz everybody knows how shui they are...

不要光想着哪个更有帮助，关键是他的背景读什么硕士能拿到高gpa。在math对这个背景的申请人survive都很难更不用说高gpa，显然是最后的选择。找个最水的，名气最大的去读就好了，比如columbia的stat。

-- by 会员 xiaopanghu (2009/12/6 7:07:45)

enhancer00

thanks for the reply.
1, is the good PhD programs (especially in finance and accounting) require very high math background? (maybe I used the wrong word "theory")
2, if 1 is true, then what will help more than a master in math?

tell you what, only 1% or less people is capable of doing theory.   btw, if doing theory, a math master will not help too much.

-- by 会员 darcie (2009/12/6 6:37:17)

xiaopanghu

不要光想着哪个更有帮助，关键是他的背景读什么硕士能拿到高gpa。在math对这个背景的申请人survive都很难更不用说高gpa，显然是最后的选择。找个最水的，名气最大的去读就好了，比如columbia的stat。