MS Applied Econ from Johns Hopkins?
For someone who graduated from a non-target and looking to get into Research, would this degree help out any?
The total cost appears to be only ~25K
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the only johns hopkins grads i know of are M.Ds
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Haha. Sickkk.
^me too.
Find out their placements, first. As someone with an econ master's, I'm not so sure it's the best route if you want to break into finance (I only did it because I wasn't even interested in finance at the time).
so this program is worthless for trying to break in?
I was in this program and it was hard unless you were econ, stats, or math major. Really meant for those interested in phd later on, as hopkins has a well known econ phd. It's like a vetting degree for those interested in their phd.
The head of derivatives trading for ML has a phd from hopkins. He worked out at my gym and smelled like cheese because he was german and never washed his dri-fit tees.
I transferred to a different hopkins program. I ended up breaking in through intense and daily networking combined with a supreme amount of luck, there is no career placement for finance. That being said, I owe everything to having hopkins on the resume to help bury the no name shit school that gave me a BS.
Check out SAIS, they have a dual program with Wharton for an MBA/MA. SAIS is elite though. Paulson works there, Geitner graduated from there, the guy on cnn every night talking about the middle east teaches there, and they have an enormous chunk of the Berlin Wall at the entrance of the school. The Carlyle Group manages to get their CEO and a couple of other top guys to give speeches there throughout the year.
They also have an MA in Econ part time for working people based in DC that could be an alternative. Seems to be a little less quantitative.
HPM, I'm confused man... I don't get it, what's the joke...
Haha
Not too sure about the MS Applied econ, but I'm really not impressed with the panzy part-time MSF.
Agree with whoever mentioned that SAIS is a powerhouse though
Hopkins MA Econ (Originally Posted: 09/20/2010)
I searched a bit through the forum but couldn't really find anything definitive. Does anyone have info on the value, rep, etc. of the Masters in Econ that Johns Hopkins offers in DC? Its not the actually campus obviously but since it looks like I'll be working in DC and my prospective employer seems to like the idea, or is at least ok, with newer analysts going to school part time. Is it worth it? The cost is a bit high but since its part time along with full time employment, its not really that big of a deal. They also offer a grad certificate in Investments of Financial Econ as a dual degree option.
Coming from a non-target, I lucked out beyond description getting this position so I know if I want to move on later, I will have to improve my profile somehow and this seems to be a decent option.
Any thoughts are welcome.
Maryland's grad program (not sure if they have a graduate Econ degree) would be more valuable than the Johns Hopkins degree. JHU's MBA program wasn't even accredited when I was looking to go there (~2003). I've since moved from Baltimore. Both schools are good, but pretty sure Maryland MBA program is more highly though of. If you aren't looking at an MBA disregard this I guess. Good luck.
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