Hello, I have a question that many of you might regard completely bizarre and immature (and perhaps rightly so). I am close to finishing a double major in math (pure, with some probability/stats/regression analysis stuff crouses) and econ with a 3.8-3.9 GPA from a top 10-20 university/lib arts college. I chose the majors because I like econ and math a lot, and I have had finance as well as international relations/politics/policy-ey internships. Now to my question... I am not sure what I want to do in life (still), and I am open to finance, economics, political science/international relations (got some language skills for this, I am not a US citizen but an international student), etc. I am wondering what graduate programs in the US/(even UK?) are accessible to math/econ double majors with some experience in public policy as well as finance? Now I am not talking about ALL the programs, but perhaps the more relevant ones. I have already seen MA in economics -- many people say it's a waste of time (as well as MA in IR apparently, anything on that?) There are also various programs like mathematical finance, operations research, financial engineering etc. etc. Ideally, I would maybe be looking for something public-policy oriented where my quantitative math/econ background would give me an edge. But basically if you have any advice or can think of any options I could look at to make a decision for myself, I would be very glad and thankful! I do realize that this is a ridiculously open-ended question, but I just wanted to hear as many suggestions and see as many options as possible to complement my own research of programs. Thanks to all of you!!!
Ugrad in math/econ: now what?
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