XPost: sci.econ, soc.college.grad, sci.stat.edu   
   From: wardnine9@yahoo.com   
      
   Hey, I graduated from a major public university in the Baltimore/D.C. area a   
   couple of years ago with an economics degree and have been working as a   
   statistician for the federal government since then. I really want to go back   
   to grad school to get my master's in a statistics and/or economics-related   
   field and was wondering what some of the "top" economics/statistics grad   
   schools are? I'm particularly interested in finding out what the top stat   
   schools are, as I've had difficulty finding a list. In truth, I'm unsure as   
   to what my exact major will be (econ-related, stat-related, or a mixture of   
   the two - like econometrics)   
   or what I will even do with my major but I'd like to get a good list so I   
   can at least look at some schools and get some ideas. Also, my undergrad   
   grades were decent (3.43, 3.93 in-major) and I expect to do reasonably well   
   on the GRE but, except for one advanced number theory class I took, the only   
   math I have on my transcript is one year of calculus (calculus I and II, no   
   linear algebra). I took numerous advanced stat/econometric courses and did   
   extremely well in all of those but I'm wondering if my not taking any   
   additional calculus or linear algebra courses will hurt my chances of   
   getting into a good college? Also, I'd like some thoughts on the suggestions   
   I've heard that a master's degree in economics is almost worthless, compared   
   to a Phd. I'm still young and am only a couple years out of college but,   
   after working and being out of school for 2 years, I'd rather go back to   
   school for only 1-2 years and get a master's, rather than investing 5-7   
   years for a Phd. Any thoughts/advice anyone may have is much appreciated...   
      
   Jose   
      
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