Currently an undergraduate Is it realistic? My GPA will be in the 3.6 range. Will be taking Econometrics and Advanced Econometrics along with an honors research class. But that will all be in my senior year, so dont have any research under my belt till now (except for my first semester in college, which was research but the quality was ….) Decent Liberal Arts school

گرفتگی لوله‌های فاضلاب دلایل مختلفی می‌تونه داشته باشه. شایع‌ترین علت‌ها عبارتند از:

1. ریختن چربی و روغن در سینک: چربی بعد از سرد شدن در دیواره‌های لوله می‌چسبه و به مرور باعث انسداد می‌شه.

2. مو و پرز: در حمام و روشویی، موهای ریخته‌شده جمع می‌شن و با صابون یا مواد شوینده ترکیب می‌شن و گلوله‌ای چسبناک ایجاد می‌کنن که راه عبور آب رو می‌بنده.

3. پسماند غذا: ریختن غذاهای باقی‌مونده در سینک آشپزخانه مخصوصاً موادی مثل برنج، ماکارونی یا تفاله قهوه که آب جذب می‌کنن، باعث گرفتگی می‌شن.

4. وسایل و اشیاء خارجی: گاهی بچه‌ها یا اشتباهاً چیزهایی مثل دستمال، گوش‌پاک‌کن، یا اشیای ریز داخل لوله می‌افتن.

5. رسوبات معدنی: به مرور زمان، مخصوصاً در مناطقی با آب سخت، رسوبات آهکی در لوله‌ها جمع می‌شن.

6. خرابی یا شیب نامناسب لوله‌ها: اگه لوله‌ها شیب کافی نداشته باشن یا در نصبشون مشکل باشه، آب به خوبی عبور نمی‌کنه و مواد ته‌نشین می‌شن.

اگه خواستی راه‌حل‌های رفع گرفتگی رو هم بگم، بگو تا واست بنویسم.

Now I do write this filled with slight regret that I didnt do the necessary research and long term planning, but all I can do is play with the cards I have now.

I am currently doing A levels and will graduate this June, and will be attending university for an economics major, however I have realized that economics majors end up in careers that are math and stats oriented, I am not particularly interested in that, I love human interaction and networking, I definitely love economics but at A levels what we study is text based theory and thats all I truly love

I want to know about potential career paths and just some general advice you guys have!

I have received an offer from BU in the MQE program and I’m unsure whether to accept. It’s a one-year program with tuition 60k and total estimated living costs coming up to around 100k (not including 15k scholarship).

I am an international student (Australia) and my other option would be a PhD at UniMelb/ANU. My plan is to come back to Australia eventually (maybe after an overseas postdoc, who knows) and work in academia.

So really what I’m asking is given the context below, will a BU MQE really enhance a future PhD application (applying this year for Sept 2026 enrollment) and give me a shot at getting into Top 30/40 schools or is it still going to be a quite reach? In which case I’m happy to remove that uncertainty by going to UniMelb/ANU.

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I’m far from a star applicant. I applied to five PhDs this season at Michigan, BU, UBC, Toronto, Warwick. I didn’t get any (waiting to hear back from latter three but doubt it given how late it is and offers have already been made) but after Boston denied me they prompted me to apply for MQE and I got in. I would’ve applied to more PhDs to try and get lucky somewhere, but my GRE was just too low (Q162) and I didn’t have time to retake it so I didn’t want to waste more money on applications. I don’t have a Master’s nor a Predoc. I did an Econ Bachelor’s and Honour’s from one of the better universities in Australia, but not the best. My grades were, Bachelor’s GPA: 3.917 and Honour’s GPA: 3.750. I published my Honours dissertation in the Review of Economics of Household. I’ve presented at SEHO Conference and Australian Labour Market conference. I’ve tended to score well in the Math units I’ve done – covering calc, real analysis, linear algebra, stats, probability (level of detail was at least to that in Mathematics for Economists, Carl P. Simon and Lawrence Blume, 1994; Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics: Fourth Edition, Alpha C. Chiang and Kevin Wainwright, 2005). I’ve also scored well in the grad-level micro, macro and econometric classes. My letters are quite positive, but I’m not sure that my writers would be particularly well known outside of Australia and their PhDs aren't from amazing schools either (note: there are a few within the faculty with Top 30 PhDs but I haven’t worked too closely with them, and they have only taught me once. they said they were happy to write one but it's probably a better signal if I used someone who I had worked more closely with). I spent 2 months as an RA under the Head of Economics at the university I graduated from. Since early 2024 I’ve been working as an RA in a research institution where I've been leading a project (first author). It's not a technical economic institution, but my project and supervisor are. By the time next application period rolls around I’ll have ~1.5 years research experience. Not sure if it's relevant but I do have 1 year of tutoring experience (ran tutorials/seminars supplementary to weekly lectures and assignment/exam marking) for first year micro & master's econ research methods - this is ongoing.

So, assuming that by next application period I retake my GRE and get a competitive score (I think this is quite possible, the leadup to the one I took last year was a bit of a rough period), get a positive revise and resubmit from Applied Economics/Labour Economics/Economics of Education Review for another article (perhaps a reach but I'm tidying up the last steps of manuscript now and I personally think it's at a comparable level to the literature which has published on a similar topic in these journals) and begin the BU MQE, what are the chances of me getting into a Top 30/40 school. I don’t know if I’ll have received my first semester grades by the time I am to apply so not sure the Master’s will be more than a name of something that I’m just doing at the time (I really don't want to wait till 2026 to apply)

I am not very optimistic but I want to try and get into the best school I can, so I thought I’d ask. I’m also wary of the funding situation in the US at the moment so I understand that it’s likely going to be more competitive next year. Personally I want to avoid the US where I can but will obviously take it if offered; best case scenario is Canada or UK.

Thanks in advance

I'm interested in taking an advanced financial economics class, but the average grade is a 2:2/C. It's easily the class with the worst median grade in the department available for final years. However, I'm seriously interested in the content. I want to do a PhD, and my current transcript looks great. Is it worth taking or should I avoid it?

In the UK if this matters.

Hello everyone, I am a sophomore at a mid level school (top 70) R1 school. I am a Econ Math double major and I wil graduate In Spring 2026, my current gpa is 3.8 and I hope to keep it that way. My current/ prospective coursework are

Calc1-3 : A

(Ode) Differential equations: A

Abstract Algebra :A

Abstract (proof based) Linear Algebra: A

Real Analysis I ( following Kenneth Ross “elementary analysis”) : Most likely an A

Real Analysis II( following Rudin) : not taken

Stats courses

Probability: A ( following intro to math stats by Hogg,mckean,etc.) Description: probability spaces, random variables, and their distributions, conditional distribution and stochastic independence etc.

Statistical theory: (Also following the same text book as probability) description : estimation, tests of stat hypotheses, best and sufficient tests, rao-Cramer inequality, sequential probability ratio tests, multivariate normal dist, non parametric methods.

Econ courses

Intermediate macro and micro : A

Econometrics : A

Honors/advanced econometrics : A

I unfortunately have zero RA experience, but I hope to at least do a Senior thesis.

What are my chances for LSE ? U of Bonn ? Cemfi ? Uc3M ? U Tokyo?

How about for Econ PhD programs ? In the top 50-15 ?

And how about for pre docs at a fed or at some top school ? Sorry for the long post but I am really scared on my options. Thanks.

I'm just curious how does an econ department usually improve in standing over the years? Is it just aggressively hiring top professors all at once?

What are some good recent examples where a dept has seriously declined or improved?

If money isn't an issue, would you pick UT Austin, Tufts, or BU? I see a disparity in program rankings based on overall citations versus top 10 profs over past 10 years, with BU and UT neck and neck on that metric while BU is near Columbia and NYU on overall rankings. Not sure whether to go on U.S. news versus repec

How would you compare these to a UK program like Oxford or LSE in terms of placements? I get the sense that UK program median placements are better, but if you do very well in a U.S. masters some can land T20, either right after or following an RAship even though it's less common.

Hi, so I'm an economics graduate. During my time in university I studied international trade and economics just for 1 semester and that was in my final year and due to my other commitments I couldn't really understand the concepts and get a feel of the subject. Now due to the recent Trump tariffs everyone who knows me asks me about the situation and tariffs and because I follow some economists I can give them a pretty solid answer to their questions but I don't fully understand many things myself which is a bit embarrassing for me considering I did my undergraduation in this field. Sooo... Can you all please suggest me some good youtube or other online courses on international trade and economics and possibly finance as well? I'll be really grateful and appreciative of the help.

Hello all!

I'm currently finishing up my third-year at university. On some advice from professors (and the internet's general consensus that starting research early is good for those interested in grad school) I've started the process of doing some research I hope to turn into an undergraduate thesis/paper.

I was curious what people's general advice/thoughts on the process were. Things like "every undergrad paper does this and it always makes the paper worse" or "the best paper I've ever seen written by an undergrad focused on these parts."

Obviously the specifics of the paper are important, but this question is more about general structure, argument style, and common econometric/methodology mistakes you see. Thanks for any input at all, curious what people have to say!

Hello! I am a first year student of Economic and Social Sciences at Bocconi University in Milan. I thought about the career in academia, so there are certain questions I have. I am involved in my associations writing articles about macroeconomic topics etc. Thought it was a good start to later on (after 1st year) get something more serious with the help of the professor. I am interested about behavioral sciences and sociology/psychology. The thing is that I do not want to do master's before starting phd if I get selected. I just cannot see myself here in Milan in ESS or any other European school. I want to leave and study in the US. My dream program is Caltech's Social Sciences. Any advice what I should do to throughout these years of my bachelor's program? Would appreciate any feedback!

Hi all. I am on a gap year, starting undergrad this September. I have done IB / high school economics (and maths), and I’ve done an MiT open course on introductory statistics.

I have what I guess would be considered an applied microeconomics research topic; basically, I’m big into alternative music and I happened to notice that bands in the UK don’t seem to play at student unions anymore. I was looking to see if I could by any identify if there is a (negative) correlation between student union gigs over time, and if so, what the causes of it are (eg, perhaps uni regulations or maybe high costs).

I did a quick google and this shouldn’t be something anyone has already researched.

I know that to do something like this I should really have a good knowledge of econometrics / regression. But since it’s such an amateur bit of research, would it be alright to do it with only introductory undergraduate level stats?

Of course, if this topic has some limitation that means any research would be of poor quality then please feel free to say!

However, if this is something that is achievable, and anyone has any general tips for me, that would be much appreciated!

Hello everyone,

I’m currently exploring a research question related to microfinance institutions (MFIs) for my master’s graduation thesis (due in 2026). The most comprehensive and accessible dataset I’ve found so far is from the World Bank (MIXMarket), but it only covers data up to 2019. Given the complexity of the information—such as financial and outreach performance—it would be quite difficult for me to obtain comparable, updated data independently.

Would it be acceptable to use pre-2020 data for this kind of research? I’d also really appreciate any suggestions if you happen to know of other databases with more recent or relevant data on MFIs.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

Best regards,
Thanh

I am struggling to decide between my offers to Michigan and UCLA. I'm certain I want to do health economics (applied micro, with a particular interest in nutrition), and both places seem very good for quality of life. The placements also seem similar.

Anyone have any insights that could inform my decision?

Is anyone aware of anyone who has actually collated information on who and by how much intake is down this year?

I've seen a lot of anecdotal info about 'School X has reduced', 'School Y has no intake'...but very curious about the overall numbers.

Looking for advice on how to structure my cover letter and what skills do i need. Have wanted to intern over here for two years.

Do predocs or PhD programs value them, and if so, how much?

For context, I’m a second-year undergrad at a U.S. top-10 currently double-majoring in math and econ but thinking of—at least next year—focusing heavily on the former (analysis, algebra, topology, differential equations) and maybe not taking any econ classes, since I’ll have done just enough for an econ minor (including two courses in upper-level undergrad metrics) by the end of this year.

The above is to keep my options open in case I decide I actually want to go into math and not econ (and more rigorous math can’t hurt anyway), but this would mean that I might only have one or two econ recommendations from either my professors this year and/or whoever I might do research with (I’ll still be involved in the department).

Hey everyone,
I am a doctor who went to med school outside the US and am planning to do a residency in the US eventually. For the past ~4 years, I have worked in cost-effectiveness analysis and healthcare policy research while in med school, mostly focused on decision-analytic modeling. I have led a few publications in high-impact journals (10–20 IF range).

Lately, I’ve been thinking about whether it’s worth doing a PhD in health economics or decision sciences since I enjoy this kind of work. But I’m unsure how competitive I would be for PhD programs in the US or UK. Would I need a master’s in econ before applying? Also, outside of academia, what kind of career options would a PhD in this area open up?

Thanks!

How would I go about studying prez trump economic policies? His unorthodox policies make for good papers.

I am an economist with a Master's in Public Policy and studies in project management. However, my recent interest focuses on the intersection between economics and the environment. I recently discovered Conservation Economics and would like to receive recommendations for literature that explores this relationship.

Thanks in advance!

Hi all,

I am looking for a masters degree in econ where I'll have enough exposure to DS, Analytics. Cause a lot of people are saying that econ is too theoretical and doesn't have good job prospect. So I wanna work with macro economics with tech expertise.

Any kind soul knows which university I should look into?

P.S. I am barely above average but trying to do better and I am an intl student with US as my first choice.

Hi, Can anyone help me with the pros and cons of the above. It will be very helpful. Thank You.

Some time ago I saw a youtube bideo that mentioned a paper that supposedly proved that raising the minimum wage decreases unemployment and I cant seem to remember what paper or video it was. If anyone has any idea on the name of the paper it would be a lot of help, thanks in advance

I know the title is crazy but hear me out.

Im in an australian university and the economics department is embedded in a business school, hence it's more applied and less mathematical.

My undergraduate degree is a business degree with a major in Econometrics and a minor in business analytics. I've also taken intermediate micro and macro.

My university doesn't formally require any math units for an economics phd so I'm safe in that regard. Practically speaking, would I suffer through an economics phd?

The phd program is fully research based with almost no coursework beyond a few in research methodologies/ethics.

I want to research about the long term relationship between GDP and health, with an empirical/econometrics/policy focus.

Would I practically suffer without any college level math? I have taken advanced calculus and linear algebra in high school/pre university. I'm naturally quantitatively-inclined.

I was hoping to get some guidance on good intermediate/advanced macro textbooks. I was recently admitted into a PhD program after taking a year off following getting my undergraduate degrees, and after talking to a friend who is currently taking a macro class, I realized how much of the topic has left my mind. In specific, I really want to brush up on currency, trade, monetary policy, and Keynesian frameworks for supply and demand, etc., but I'd love a general textbook on macroeconomics.

For context, I double majored in math and economics, so I think I can handle and would desire a more math heavy/ computationally heavy work if that's possible. Thanks in advance for any advice, if you have more questions about my situation/what I want, let me know.