读哪个master对之后申PHD更有帮助呢?

vera413

现在有两个AD,一个是syracuse university的MS in accounting,一年的项目;另外一个是University of South Carolina的MA in Econ,18-24个月的项目,with a thesis. 我本科是读会计的,背景一般,对研究有兴趣,目前比较感兴趣的是standard setting和international accounting.

我的计划是读了master之后再申请PHD,自己分析了下这两个AD,雪城综合排名高,但是项目时间太短,而且msa学的内容对申PHD似乎也没啥帮助; 南卡的项目时间上宽裕一些,可以补补经济和数学,但是这个项目好象很小,每年十来个学生,讨论的很少,也不知道课程设置到底好不好.

现在我比较倾向去南卡,争取读master的时候和那边accounting的老师熟悉一点,有一些研究经验.但是它们家又是做behavioral的(网页上都这么写了...),好象不太适合我这种没工作经验的?

如果去雪城的话,我总觉得一年的硕士对申PHD没什么帮助,想读了MSA后看看能不能再在它们家读MA eco.雪城eco好象排５０多,好过南卡.不过雪城的会计PHD版上讨论好少,隐约记得在哪个帖看过说它们家印度人多,不太友好之类的.

大家能给我一些建议么?我也知道按照这几年的形势,哪个项目不能保证我之后申到PHD,但还是想尽最大的努力.

谢谢大家啦!!!

BeyondGMAT800

I think MA in Econ is better than MS in Accounting considering that you already have an accounting bachelor degree. Just as you mentioned, through MA in Econ you can take some advanced econ and math courses, which should be very helpful for your PhD application later.

vera413

I think MA in Econ is better than MS in Accounting considering that you already have an accounting bachelor degree. Just as you mentioned, through MA in Econ you can take some advanced econ and math courses, which should be very helpful for your PhD application later.

---谢谢你^^我现在主要的顾虑就是这个项目的信息太少了,不知道到底好不好.它们有一门必修课是introduction to econometric, 我觉得怪怪的,怎么master了还是intro level的课呢,所以就担心这个项目比较水,学不到什么东西...(虽然我本科也没学过计量吧,从头学起也好...)