半冰影儿 发表于 2013-10-8 12:39
I don't know... When I communicate with professors in US by email, they again recommended me to ap ...
Q is important, but you got 170 on both! Your dilemma is between V and AW. Apply for PhD directly is my suggestion, since MA takes 2 more years. As for me, DUKE MA is not as good as a TOP40 PhD. Time means too much more than ranking, at least for me.
半冰影儿 发表于 2013-10-8 12:39
I don't know... When I communicate with professors in US by email, they again recommended me to ap ...
One saying is that, schools need to admit an amount of Chinese students for Variety. But as there are more and more CUUS, they may prefer to admit CUUS since they have the common network.
From this saying, it is becoming harder for mainland students. But you should not care about that if you are determined to apply for ECON, you can apply for both for double check, but don't be afraid of phd