<p>I am currently studying in the UK and will be applying to university soon. My choices are Cambridge, UCL, King's London, Edinburgh and Warwick but I guess that's not important. Basically, after I leave university, my father would like me to take a 'Master's' degree in the US. How would I go about doing that? What exams would I have to take? Would the grad schools in the US prefer candidates from certain universities? How many years is an American equivalent to a Master's? I will be looking mainly at Stanford and Harvard for Economics by the way. Are their grad acceptance rates just as low as their undergrad acceptance rates? </p>
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<p>Why would your father be deciding this, does he pick who you will marry when you are all growed up too? </p>
<p>UK is one year Master’s right? US is typically 2 years.</p>
<p>For U.S. grad school you take the GRE and if relevant, the subject GRE.</p>
<p>Grad schools do not prefer certain universities except to the extent they always like candidates with strong backgrounds from strong programs. But doing well at any you name should be sufficient.</p>
<p>Undergrad and grad acceptance rates are not related. But programs can still have very low acceptance rate. Pick your grad school when you know something about the field and understand what those programs offer.</p>
<p>Are you currently in high school preparing to go to college? It is far too early for you to be making lists of grad schools. When I was a high school senior, I thought I would go to med school or law school. I went to neither. Most college students change their minds about majors and future interests at least once. I know in the UK you pick a little earlier, as the bachelor’s degrees are a bit shorter (3 years IIRC), but it’s still too early.</p>
<p>By the way, neither Stanford nor Harvard offers a terminal master’s degree in economics. Both departments offer a PhD only.</p>
<p>As for admissions, Stanford says that they receive 700 applications and accept 50 people per year (or about 7%); Harvard says that they receive about 800 applications and accept 30-33 students (about 3.75%). So it is even harder to get into graduate economics at both schools than it is to get into their undergrads.</p>
<p>Thank you for your reply Juillet. I am as you say, preparing to go to college and in the UK, we do tend to think about these things a lot earlier however I understand your point and will give it another few years before I begin thinking about grad school again. </p>
<p>A PhD program does sound intriguing however I imagine that it would be nothing short of 4 or so years which means that I should be thinking about funding more that anything else. </p>
<p>Those statistics are interesting as I thought that the acceptance rates would be similar for grad school and undergrad. I guess more and more people are seeking a higher qualification which explains why although it looks like I’ll have a better chance getting into undergrad this year which would mean that I could take my Master’s in the UK (although I am trying not think that far ahead). </p>
<p>PS if undergrad in the US is one more year, how does it compare with undergrad in the UK? </p>