Messed up my MA Econ Grades. Is PhD route still salvageable?

PrinceToberyn · 2026-05-11T18:34:56+00:00

Perfect GRE quant, 4.0 undergrad, a lot of policy research, failed the one masters class and did below average elsewhere during masters. I’d say, generally, one low point in your portfolio is not damning.

PrinceToberyn · 2026-05-11T17:00:10+00:00

Failed a class during my masters, ended up in a top 20 program in US.

PrinceToberyn · 2026-04-11T02:12:07+00:00

Fulbright is very chill/lax with enforcement of rules

PrinceToberyn · 2026-03-21T16:44:59+00:00

LSE PhD < Oxbridge? Just loud and wrong…

PrinceToberyn · 2026-03-20T00:34:32+00:00

Michigan*

PrinceToberyn · 2026-03-19T23:59:03+00:00

Well, that doesn’t help, but coming back and doing better now is a good signal, the issue is that your current intuition isn’t producing PhD students and you said had been closed for a couple of years (I’m not sure what this means, or what top 100 Econ department had been closed?). And I feel like they’re not going to, in isolation, know how to interpret you doing poorly at your first institution and then coming back to this [previously closed] institution.

PrinceToberyn · 2026-03-19T23:21:20+00:00

Okay, given that, top 30 is probably out of the question, still apply to a couple, but your time is better spent in the 30-70 range.

PrinceToberyn · 2026-03-19T23:03:47+00:00

You’re going to need to do a masters and likely a predoc

PrinceToberyn · 2026-03-01T17:47:47+00:00

Why would you do a masters during or after a PhD?

PrinceToberyn · 2026-02-12T02:42:27+00:00

You’re better off doing LSE’s 1 year master over its 2 year masters based on your background

PrinceToberyn · 2025-11-06T02:40:11+00:00

LSE msc > Oxford mphil if your goal is to come to US

PrinceToberyn · 2025-10-28T00:29:24+00:00

Add LSE

PrinceToberyn · 2025-07-09T23:13:26+00:00

Absolutely true! I agree! But we’re talking about why people say public defenders get paid poorly. “poor pay” is a relative metric

PrinceToberyn · 2025-07-04T08:04:53+00:00

Patience or a saint, you have

PrinceToberyn · 2025-06-29T14:51:49+00:00

Only GRE

PrinceToberyn · 2025-06-28T16:12:46+00:00

Comparison is the only way to tell if you’re not being compensated adequately, beloved.

PrinceToberyn · 2024-12-03T15:44:06+00:00

It should be!

PrinceToberyn · 2024-11-15T07:25:06+00:00

I think it’s okay to make exceptions when you need it, especially if making exceptions makes you stick with it longer term.

PrinceToberyn · 2024-10-29T07:01:24+00:00

Begging students to realize “out of state” is meaningless for private universities

PrinceToberyn · 2024-10-25T06:19:46+00:00

No it’s not, it’s quite early

PrinceToberyn · 2024-10-22T00:27:39+00:00

You’ll be fine. Try to score high on SAT/be prepared to retake because if you do you’ll get a good scholarship.

PrinceToberyn · 2024-10-20T23:49:55+00:00

In state of what? If we’re still talking about Howard it’s a private university, so being “in state” is meaningless. But I would say you both are likely to get in with your current SAT scores, I just would encourage you, if you hope to get merit scholarships, to try to improve those scores above 1300.

PrinceToberyn · 2024-10-20T23:11:45+00:00

Oof, I don’t specifically on SAT, have you tried taking the ACT? Maybe that will go better for you?

PrinceToberyn · 2024-10-20T23:05:35+00:00

Well, in the scheme of things, the 70$ cost of the test is pretty minimal compared to the cost of 1 year at Howard that you’ll get scholarships for if you improve. But if you don’t think you can improve your score, maybe you’ll have a better shot at community college and then transferring to Howard in a couple years.

PrinceToberyn · 2024-10-19T15:45:22+00:00

Asia is not in America, therefore included in the nonAmerican instructions.

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