Admission:
1. Duke MAE admission基本就是Director Charles Becker 一人说了算。给多少TW也是他定的。但正如Halking所说,Econ套词作用不大。如果你拿到ad,而且比如说家里真的经济比较困难,倒是可以跟他讨个25%TW啥的。 但理论上讲这个TW是merit based。
2. PS 跟resume Charles 看的,所以不要以为这个不重要。建议ps跟resume写的突出重点。ps讲motivation,study experience,research experience,activities。 resume可以搞个你学的课的list (超过一页没啥问题)
Study:
1. 如果你是准备读PhD的,选课基本没啥要求,差不多想学啥学啥(包括所有Phd的课,所有的你需要的数学课)。但从今年开始,一些 1st year Econ Phd courses分成了两个班,一个只是为Duke Econ PhD开的,另一个是其他人选的。内容名称毫无差别,甚至可能是一个老师教。
2. Charles 会从 1st year master 中选一到两个推荐直接留Duke phd program。我们这一届就有一个事这样的,来自对外经贸。之前2届也有,都是来自浙大的。如果留duke Econ 是你的目标,那最好还是跟着econ 的PhD问老老实实修他们的1st year sequence (micro,macro,metrics)而且最好能在各种midterm中考到第一名(among all master and phd)。 只强调midterm是因为这种事一般发生在11月-12月(Duke Econ Phd application deadline is in Dec),final还没有考呢。但这个真是很不容易的事。
不知道你说的是不是math 204, basic analysis。 这个课我没有修,所以也不好说。但根据这个课的描述:Differential and integral calculus in <i>R<sup>n</sup></i>. Inverse and implicit function theorems. Further topics in multivariable analysis, 我觉得这个课,如果国内学了高数,内容都概括了吧。
如果你收的是real analysis,我还是没上过,但这个课的描述是:Measures; Lebesgue integral; L<sup>k</sup> spaces; Daniell integral, differentiation theory, product measures. 从内容上来看可能比国内的实变函数多了L_k space ,differentiation theory。
首先我要说的是intern的事我不太熟悉,也没啥experience。其实你这个问题可以直接email charles或是其他的director,问他们要点信息。他们应该很乐意的。其次我听说的是好像intern不是gurantee的,能帮你联系的公司主要是RTP(research triangle park)中的公司,外加可能是charlotte的 Bank of America 之类的公司。还有的就是一些研究机构(Federal reserve bank,需要是citizen;Brookings)的RA position。
master level的课程list
master fall term:
205 MICROECONOMICS
218 MACROECONOMIC POLICY
220 TIME SERIES ECONOMETRICS
225 MATHEMATICAL FINANCE
232S MICRO OF INT'L DEV POLICY
233 ECON HIST ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST
235 MEDIA POLICY AND ECONOMICS
239D INTRO TO ECONOMETRICS
243 THE ART MARKET
245 URBAN ECONOMICS
247S POL EC MACROECON PERFORMANCE
248 HISTORY ECONOMIC THOUGHT
252 ECONOMIC GROWTH
261 EVAL PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
270 RESOURCE/ENVIRON ECO
271 INTERMEDIATE FINANCE
276 MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS
284 GLOBAL HEALTH SUPPLY, ORG, FIN
286 ECON GROWTH & DEV POLICY
287 PUBLIC FINANCE
288 COMPETITIVE STRAT & INDUS ORG
290S DEV OF MODERN ECON THOUGHT
Spring Term:
206 ADV MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS
210 MACROECONOMIC THEORY
231S LAW AND ECONOMICS
239D INTRO TO ECONOMETRICS
244S ART AND MARKETS
253 INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND POLICY
257 FINANCIAL MARKETS/INVEST
266S INTERNAT MONETARY ECON
267S GLOBAL RESPONSES RISE OF CHINA
268S CURR ISSUES INTL/DEV ECO
269S SOC CHNG, MKTS, ECON IN CHINA
270D RESOURCE/ENVIRON ECO (DISC)
271 INTERMEDIATE FINANCE
273 ECO ANALY RES ENVIR POL
从课程上来看应该差不多。Intro to metrics跟intermediate finance两个学期都有,macro只有春季有。time-series,mathematical economics 跟mathematical finance只有秋季有。
如果是PhD的micro,macro,metrics sequence。micro fall 学MWG(part),spring学game theory。之间联系不是很紧。Metrics fall学statistical inference by Casella & Berger跟Econometrics by Hayashi (chapter 2 GMM),spring前半段学 Econometrics by Hayashi (almost all the rest), 后半段学Time Series Analysis by Hamilton(first several chapters)。 两个学期之间有联系,但如果你在国内学过mathematical statistics and probability 直接读2也可以。GMM metrics2 会复习一次课。Macro不知道
Wow, congratulations! Have you already entered Duke MAE program? I am applying to its international economics track now. I haven't heard anything from them, so it should be good based on what you said above. In addition, I asked one of their graduate assistants, and he told me that writing sample is required for applicants. Do we have different information?
Wow, congratulations! Have you already entered Duke MAE program? I am applying to its international economics track now. I haven't heard anything from them, so it should be good based on what you said ...
goodluck007 发表于 2011-2-17 11:44
饿,congrats啥,刚被yale reject的说......
申请是差不多两年前的事了,有点记不太清楚了。不好意思。我申请的时候好像不分啥track的,就是申请的MAE program。Good luck to your application.