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1、2011Fall出国经验交流会 经济/金融类本科申请经济学试验072班 姚羽欣 2011-5-7About Me姚羽欣 经济学试验0702班 Apply for 14 graduate programs in Economics (9MA+5 PhD, 13 US+1 Netherlands) Offer: Tilburg (RM/PhD, TW+420/m*24)UC-Riverside (PhD, TW+TA $17100/y*4) Admission: NYU(MA), NCSU(MR/PhD) Rejection: Columbia(MA), Duke(MA) Pending: TA&
2、MU(PhD), Syracuse(PhD)About MeMy Background Overall GPA: 85+ Junior/Senior GPA: 88+ Exchange at UC-Riverside: A/A/A+ GRE: 1400+4.0 TOEFL: 105(20) Recommendation letter: 4 from HUST, 1 from UCR Research: have no decent paper Internship: ICBC-WuhanWhy to study Econ/Fin abroad? Good Reasons： Academic I
3、nterest/ImmigrationBad Reasons: Only for experience/Not sure what to doUncertain: Better Career Fit or not, that is the problem. - Motivation/Preparation/Personality - Financial- few funding, never push your parents hard - Better Opportunity- 保研，工作，经济实惠出国只是途径，而不是目的！Set up your goal Majors - GSAS-Eco
4、nomics MA/PhD, Agri-econ MS/PHD, Statistics MS e.g. PhD-Econ PhD, US NewsMA-Duke, NYU, Umich-AA, Vandy - Business School- Accounting, Marketing, MBA, Finance (MSF): 1-1.5y, few programsFinancial Engineering (MFE): Quant! 1.5-2y, Math&Computer e.g. Princeton, NYU, Columbia, CMU, Umich-AA, Gatech - Pu
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6、)Pros: 更容易被牛校录取, 目前回国吃香Cons:几乎全自费，难移民找工作 - Master + PhD: Econ 7 years, Fin 5 yearsSet up your goal Where to go- depend on yourself - US, Canada (U British Columbia,U Toronto, Queens) - UK(LSE, Oxford, Warwick) - Europe: Netherlands (Tilburg, Tinbergen),France (Tolouse I), Germany (U Bonn, Frankfurt)
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8、SF) GMAT 730+/700 (all business schools) - TOEFL/IETLS T: Overall 100+/95 Speaking 22+/19 I: 7.5+/7.0 Europe: both T or I are acceptable.How to prepare?- Research Important to RM/PhD! 在保证GPA和GT的情况下，主动寻找机会配合专业课，看前沿英文文献，做总结，多琢磨 论文能发表更好，但重要的是对研究领域有所认识 参与老师的课题，机会极少，主要看自己 - Internship Important to Busine
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