Grad School Category
The Tree of Choices
Nov. 21, 2011—To my high school-aged readers: Think about college right now. Did it induce a little bit of decision-based panic? If so, I totally understand, and have some bad news for you: It will get worse.
Vanderbilt 2017
Mar. 25, 2011—This Wednesday I formally accepted the Vanderbilt Law and Economics PhD/JD Program offer. This program is 6 years, so I’ll be a Vanderbilt 2017 graduate! I think it’s appropriate now to post some snippets from my personal statement (for law) and economics (statements of purpose). (You may not recall but I applied to law schools...
Applications, Applications, Applications
Dec. 3, 2010—For the past two weeks, I’ve been doing applications for law schools and economics schools. My dream is to be able to do both and end up as a professor, whose specialty is economics and law; with these degrees, I’d also be a very powerful public policy consultant. I just finished my batch of law...