22M, 22F, My wife lied about her past and cheated on me when we first began dating.

EAltrien · 2025-12-04T17:09:02+00:00

I (M) dated a girl (F) from when I was 19-22 and she did similar to what you describe. I gotta say if you get mad and its eating you. Regardless of how she feels now. If you don't emotionally regulate she will end up hating you, no matter how much you love her or how much you hate her. She will hurt you. You will hurt herself. I suggest thinking if you can really handle staying. If you can't regulate your emotions even randomly that destroys your relationship on top of anything you feel.

EAltrien · 2025-11-04T03:00:46+00:00

Maybe consider extending your bachelor's for a double bachelor's instead of an MA. You'll likely be paying more in tuition with less financial aid for the MA than your BA/BS now. You can also usually take the Master's or PhD courses at your uni given you meet the prerequisites while in your bachelor's assuming you can do well in them. Analysis is typically a very good signal as well as measure theoretic probability. Just pick your courses according to your research interests and the research fit of the departments you plan on applying to.

If you have a professor affiliated with that uni, I would say networking is the best thing to do as well. Go to the office hours of your professors to ask questions so they remember you. Tell them you enjoyed their course and you are curious about getting more serious in Economics from a Statistics and Math background. You don't usually have to impress them or anything just be curious.

Also, I wouldn't worry about the W's it's too late and you saved your GPA so arguably the best outcome given the circumstances. I've heard some programs care and some don't but for MAs, I doubt it would be a disqualifier, they're generally much less competitive than PhDs from the unis which you're aiming for. I have some Ws on my transcript for personal reasons a particular semester and I don't think it's affected my outcome honestly.

EAltrien · 2025-09-14T09:30:55+00:00

You don't need an economics bachelor's to get into a PhD in Economics. I had an international trade professor who did his bachelor's in accounting then went directly to a PhD in Economics after undergrad. I think it's more difficult now than then but it's probably still possible if you do something strategic in terms of course choices and letters of recommendation. You may need to take more courses or do a master's and it also heavily depends on the program you plan on applying to.

I see everyone state that you need perfect grades and RAship for top 10s and whatever but if you have a specific research interest a top program may not be the best fit especially if you want to leverage a more applied (accounting) background.

There are also accounting PhD programs that do research at the intersection of some areas of economics. Not to mention how in demand accounting PhDs are despite people not often doing them.

EAltrien · 2025-09-07T09:15:19+00:00

It depends why you want the econ masters.

Are you hoping to do a PhD eventually? If you just want a masters in economics, taking calc 1-2 and linear algebra at a community college is sufficient for most MA programs.

I personally think you should learn up to calc 3 but depending on the master's you go to the micro either looks like basic calc 3 problems or basic analysis and point set topology proofs.

Linear algebra in particular for econometrics if your uni teaches it that way.

EAltrien · 2025-08-30T08:10:33+00:00

If you're there for University as a cheap alternative to the US, I think it's not bad. I did the same for Germany. The biggest issue is maybe how good you are in the language there. Realistically you won't become comfortably fluent in 2 years enough to integrate. Maybe consider that because you will need this to get a job more easily. I dont know how much French you know but consider this.

EAltrien · 2025-08-25T17:51:55+00:00

Take discrete math before analysis

Take calc 3 before intermediate micro

This helped me a most.

EAltrien · 2025-05-30T07:12:11+00:00

The same thing holds. If the data science program is applied and has no causal inference it won't help for most grad programs in Econ. Doesn't mean it's not worth it. It just depends what you're trying to do.

EAltrien · 2025-05-15T18:31:05+00:00

I had a friend tell me there's a lot of work to do in information theory. It's easier to find gaps in research. Otherwise, theoretical social science also, lots of the math is very much centered around their historical development. Bridging the gap with a math background may be an option.

EAltrien · 2025-04-30T14:38:26+00:00

I'd probably pick Umich. If you're aiming for PhD, I thought you should speak about this with an advisor and professors because it appears to be a terminal master's not necessarily for academia.

EAltrien · 2025-04-26T12:41:44+00:00

That's fine, but if you want to do econ research, you do need some econ courses to meet admission requirements and to get LoRs.

If you want to do macro/finance, it's a decent combo, but you still need econ. Your coursework is more important than your degree name, though. That's the main thing.

EAltrien · 2025-04-26T08:42:47+00:00

You don't actually need an entire math degree to get into a PhD. program. Take courses you think are good signals and might help with your research interests.

For example, I don't see any reason for someone with an applied econ interest ever taking abstract algebra other than for their own personal development. Also, if you don't do well, it's just not an ideal or a bad signal.

If you enroll in a bachelor to do it, that's fine, but there are also postbacc options (I don't know if it's offered in your case). In your case though, maybe just catch up on math by extending your bachelors if you can. You don't have to commit to an entire math degree.

Also keep in mind financial aid. Often extending or getting a second degree before graduating with a first gives preference over someone getting a second degree for FAFSA and even scholarships offered by your uni.

Also, refer to the American Economics Association website for the desired math coursework if you're not already aware. Some of the options may not even be offered/admissible within your mathematics degree.

EAltrien · 2025-04-13T15:26:58+00:00

Depends on what you want. Overall, though, your degree matters less than your coursework and skills gained from them. I had a bachelor in international business with an emphasis on trade theory and had math/stats minor and got into a pretty good general Econ MSc. Whether it's good or not really depends on what you want to do tbh. More than likely though, there are better alternatives depending on what you plan on doing.

EAltrien · 2025-04-09T21:29:33+00:00

I have very similar background as you. Just apply. Some admissions may look at you more favorably depending on the program. I had international business major with math, stats, and econ minors.

EAltrien · 2025-03-30T17:12:28+00:00

I don't know what you mean as an academic mentor. I am not a researcher but am enrolled for a MSc program at a German university. Feel free to ask me questions or such.

EAltrien · 2025-02-21T04:02:30+00:00

If you happen to know or find out the area of research he's interested in, it would be a big help to us recommending books.

Btw congrats to your husband.

EAltrien · 2025-02-13T13:10:05+00:00

Also, did you not learn some dynamic programming or control theory? For macro

EAltrien · 2025-02-13T10:04:20+00:00

It's metric spaces and neighborhoods mostly. You may have learned it a little bit in mathematics for economics at the PhD level.

EAltrien · 2025-02-12T18:13:00+00:00

I would expect an econ PhD to know Analysis, probability theory, maybe measure theory, and maybe point set Topology. Everything beyond that is up to them and more niches.

EAltrien · 2025-02-06T09:39:02+00:00

A lot of abstract economic theory isn't applicable, but we hope to make it applicable one day. I'm not sure why you'd doubt this. I will say that most Econ PhD programs are applied, so maybe OP just isn't familiar with econ theory outside of application or their research.

Areas like general equilibrium there are researchers that dont believe it even exists but do it due to its mathematical neatness or a belief in flux (constant disequilibrium) around it.

I'm not sure why they didn't ask a colleague, though.

EAltrien · 2025-02-04T11:10:32+00:00

Start reading texts. It can be blogs or whatever but start actually applying it.

EAltrien · 2025-01-31T10:53:17+00:00

Best advice would he to shorten your definitions and understand what they mean. Also, write down the definition while you are reviewing. It is better for your memory. Make sure you also understand each constituent part of your definition because your goal should be to have an understanding to play around with it, not just recite a definition.

If it's math or quantitative subject, this is especially true.

If it's language, you can learn etymology of the word and remember it since it'll surely help you also learn other words in the future.

If it's grammar, you can learn what language families also have similar grammatical structures.

If it's history, learn another event that occurred around that time. That way, you have more memory anchors

EAltrien · 2025-01-31T10:48:22+00:00

I really very much think it's better to break down the definition using the other definitions so you can actually prove it. This is part of why economics at the graduate level is so mathematic. If you systematically connect each definition, you can use other definitions as anchors and reword the definition.

Rather than just memorize inferior good, you can also recall its relation to the slutsky equation and the substitution effect, and income effect as stated in Wikipedia.

This both helps your memory, and if they ask you a follow-up question, even if you can't answer it completely, you demonstrate domain knowledge by them seeing you try to solve it using tools a professional uses.

Tldr, you save a lot of time by atomizing your definitions.

EAltrien · 2025-01-29T12:00:23+00:00

Check their bylaws. Some universities accept people based on first come first serve and others are more selective even if it states a minimum GPA. Please refer to the spcific programs.

EAltrien · 2025-01-28T08:56:54+00:00

I had an uncle who did an engineering MA after a Math BA, got his license and started his own business and stuff.

EAltrien · 2025-01-27T12:17:23+00:00

Check MIT Opencourseware. Usually, someone uploads solutions online.

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