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Agree that getting into top 5 (harvard, mit, chicago, princeton and stanford) is super tough krub.. and you'll probably need to hold good bachelor's degree from either strong mainstream econ deparments (which I think do not exist in Thailand) or do very technical sciences (theoretical physics etc.) I think if you want to get there, it is not really impossible. You can consider doing master degree in econ first in strong mainstream econ deparments (e.g. lse & oxford in the UK), and then use ur performance (you'll need beautiful exam result) in that master's degree to apply for PhD in the top 5. Downfall of this strategy: 1) if you perform badly in the MSc, ii will actually hurt u rather than do you good when it comes to PhD application 2) you'll probably need to waste 2 years before replying to the top 5. One year doing the MSc.. and another year to reapply.. It is very hard to you to apply during ur MSc year because your result is not :-) out. 3) it's expensive. Nonetheless, I think this is quite a good route for you (if money is not the problem) because you'll have some chances to test yourself whether you're really suitable for graduate courses in economics or not. If you cannot perform well in these master programs.. you'll find it very hard to survive the courseworks & research & give seminar at the top 5 (or top-20).. then you can back off and go do other stuffs instead. Mainstream economics is certainly not everybody's cup of tea.. really! Advantages of top 5: 1) likely to get inspirational lecturers (not all good researchers can teach!) 2) surely will get to work with world-class researchers 3) almost all sub-disciplines within mainstream econ will be strongly represented.. (this gives you the degree of freedom to switch around easily if you don't like something) 4) can get good academic job easier than those outside of the top 5 at the START of academic career. (but anyway.. if we look into the long-run.. your ability to hold good academic job depends mostly solely.. I believe.. on the quality of ur research output).. 5) wow factor.. in the case that you decide not to stay in the academic field. If you hold things like first class economic degree from Thailand.. I think getting into at least top-20 won't be hard. You'll get it if you do everything properly. My suggestion is to try to get into at least top-20 ( or a bit lower) for the reason being that technical training is very important in economics. and only good departments will equip you with sufficient technical training for you to make fruitful contribution to the discipline. If you do not go to this sort of departments.. you'll need to work harder by yourself to learn technical things. That's a tough job! I agree as the above that you'll need to do as many maths courses as possible fo application's sake.. (although I really don't believe that mathematics is the most important thing in economics... at least not for every research economists). Let's wait for more comments from p' p'.. and good luck! :)
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