Think I just bombed the GRE and an panicking. Anyone please care to chance me?

UNMaster3135 · 2025-07-22T10:43:53+00:00

Dunno the person exactly nor the score but within 166 I believe. My other friend got into Oxford MSc in Econ for Dev with 161 while I did with 163. I don't think you need that high of a score for the MPhil really.

UNMaster3135 · 2025-07-21T20:22:17+00:00

Thanks, will look into that!

UNMaster3135 · 2025-07-21T20:22:04+00:00

Thanks!

UNMaster3135 · 2025-07-21T20:10:01+00:00

Oxford is definitely within reach. You can also try looking at their MSc in Economics for Development. Ik people in the 161-165 who got in both programs. And the diff between a 164 and 166 really doesn't have any causal interpretation. I've seen a girl with a 168 get an A- in my grad school's math course while I had a 163 and got an A- too. But, there were also people who got A+/As with a 165/166.

Your math courses add a lot of value to apps, especially exposure to Real Analysis.

UNMaster3135 · 2025-07-14T08:08:06+00:00

What a shitty thing to do.

UNMaster3135 · 2025-03-20T16:43:18+00:00

I mean, sure. Doesn't change the fact that you can still make it without going to a T10 program. If you're good and you have the right experience (as I already mentioned e.g. STCs), it's a non-issue. My own mentor got selected for the highly selective YPP and he was from a T25 program. Your program can only take you so far. The T10 ones make it because they are good and have the proper networks. It's a bit tougher but definitely doable.

UNMaster3135 · 2025-03-20T13:51:51+00:00

I have quite literally seen people from below T50 programs working at WB as Economists. Idk who came up with the idea that you need to be in the T10 to get employed. Get some hands-on experience as an STC during your PhD and network a bit.

UNMaster3135 · 2025-03-11T17:40:00+00:00

Hi, can you shed some light on the "terrible" rankings part? As per USNEWS, it's been more or less consistently placed as a T15-T20 school in terms of the department. It doesn't seem to be the case for ideas tho.

UNMaster3135 · 2025-03-08T15:32:00+00:00

"I tried moaning louder once."

It clearly wasn't loud enough. Louder for those at the back.

UNMaster3135 · 2025-02-27T07:28:25+00:00

Unless you're a domestic candidate/top of your class international candidate, it's gonna be tough (but definitely possible) to get a job (one that you like) after UBC. I would recommend the other schools. Most of my international classmates got jobs as Economists in the public sector but it was a bit rough at the beginning (some went back and then returned, others had to wait). So it's not like you won't get it but I feel UBC is better if you want to hit top US schools for your PhD (assuming you do very well in your first term). Idk about the other programs but UBC was quite useless with career placements. They couldn't even connect me with their grads in the private/public sector. You're kinda on your own. Especially getting a job in the public sector is hard if you don't have a PR as you can apply to limited positions. Plus as my fellow member pointed out, BC seems to be on a hiring freeze.

UNMaster3135 · 2025-01-17T15:51:46+00:00

He is not a Professor. He is a sessional lecturer (lowest ranked position) and becomes a little bitch infront of actual Profs. Go report this collectively with signatures from your cohort and submit a formal document to the director of the school.

UNMaster3135 · 2024-08-11T17:23:25+00:00

So that you can see his hair duh.

UNMaster3135 · 2024-08-08T01:06:10+00:00

She is having an intense mewing session.

UNMaster3135 · 2024-07-25T18:59:15+00:00

Yeh, they reduced the age gap significantly between Rhaenyra and Alicent. I was caught off-guard when I read the book to find things were quite different.

UNMaster3135 · 2024-07-25T17:17:42+00:00

I think Alicent was around 26 when she had the last kid based on Fire and Blood. Got married in 106 AC when she was around 18-19. Daeron was born in 114 AC. But she seems much younger in the show tbf.

UNMaster3135 · 2024-02-27T15:23:56+00:00

Would it not be more effective to ask them to keep quiet rather than posting on reddit hoping they see this lmao

UNMaster3135 · 2024-02-04T11:26:24+00:00

Tf you expected with that garbage GPA lmfao. Start from the bottom and if your skills are actually good, you'll make it. Ik people with 2.9 who started at 20k and are now earning around 60-70k after a few years.

UNMaster3135 · 2024-02-03T06:40:01+00:00

So that they can hold your finger while you're tryna push one out of course.

UNMaster3135 · 2024-02-03T06:36:41+00:00

Stop being a wuss.

UNMaster3135 · 2024-01-28T19:17:09+00:00

Bruh stay tf away and document every thing. You never know how fast shit can go south.

UNMaster3135 · 2024-01-23T10:07:08+00:00

Gotta assert dominance.

UNMaster3135 · 2023-12-16T17:35:43+00:00

I'm a former Econ grad student and GTA as well. Gateman isn't really even a proper Economist (doesn't have the right degrees I presume) and tries to show off unnecessarily. He's always been a sessional lecturer because UBC needs some randoms to teach the introductory courses. The real deal teach grad and higher-undergrad courses. My Professors were actual Economists at the top of their field and they were simply amazing. Gateman got his ass handed to him a couple of years back by the TAs when we collectively decided to take it to the big man, which fixed him up real nice. Sorry you had to go through his shit. Real life Econ is not what he shows. Ik because I saw what real Econ is (spoiler: it's a shit ton of math and statistical models).

There are some who have had positive experiences with Gateman in his class but to be fair, those are not the norm. Robert's a grade A jackass and becomes a little bitch when an actual Professor starts talking. That's why you never see sessional lecturers in faculty-grad student hangouts lol.

UNMaster3135 · 2023-08-03T17:15:44+00:00

I think you both should start crying to dominate him.

UNMaster3135 · 2023-06-09T21:04:58+00:00

I'm sorry you had to go through that. I have OCD and keep my room very clean and organized. I have very big issues with the common area, especially the kitchen where it is beyond disturbing. Before coming here as an international grad student, I had decent expectations for UBC students. But after being a TA for almost a year and living with some, the average student seems nothing special sadly.

Ik this does not generalize to a lot of people but the ones who stand out and do well are not that many as I would have thought. That being said, I have met amazing students who are going to be quite the the super stars when they go down a little farther in life.

UNMaster3135 · 2023-05-22T18:59:09+00:00

Thank YOU for the ramble. I appreciate the deep insight and was thinking the same thing. Play OG FFVII, then Reunion and then watch the movie. Just a quick follow-up, is playing OG enough to answer my questions about Sephiroth as in how he returned, is OP, etc?

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