My Classes, 2005-2007

Of course, there is no guarantee that you will get into Berkeley or a comparable school if you take all these classes and get A's- this is only one data point!  (Hopefully you'll start off with a better academic record than I did, though.)  I did a number of other things to prepare for applying, not the least, working as a research assistant for Chad Jones, and separately for Julian Jamison, starting with in December 2005 and January 2006.  

However, if you are considering pursuing a PhD, try take these classes (or similar ones) at a research university.  If you are out of school, it is harder.  Most schools allow the public to take classes, at least during summer school.  Consider pursuing an MA in statistics or math, or an economics MA outside the US.  For whatever reason, economics MA programs in the states are not highly regarded.

I scored an 800 on my quantitative GRE, 690 on the verbal section, and 5.5 on the analytical, October 2005. I focused all my preparation on the quant section.  I'm good at standardized tests; I scored a 1600 on the SAT.  That helps, too.  : ) 

Finally, classes number 1-199 are undergraduate classes, 200+ are graduate classes.  PH253C was an MPH-level class; 202 and 240 classes are the first-year PhD sequences in economics.  

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