<p>Ok...I am not even in college yet, but I want to know if you can get into a graduate school right after college. I know that for MBA programs you generally need some work experience first, but is the same rule applied to PhD's in econ?</p>
<p>And what tests do you have to take for a PhD in Econ? GMAT or GRE (do you have to take GRE Subjects, as well? how many subjects?)?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>What is your goal for having a PhD in econ?</p>
<p>Right now, I want to become a college professor, or at least do research, in something I like and understand. Maybe it's just some weird calling that will go away in 6 months, but right now I like the part of economics I learned until now (and want to improve my mathematics skills in college), and I read interesting things about Game Theory, and my teacher told me that Econometrics might be something interesting to look out for. The prospect of doing research is tempting for me now and a PhD in econ seems to fulfill my plans (because this is the field I kind of like now; maybe I don't know that much about it yet, since I relatively recently started studying it, but I am scared that I will end up hating economics by junior year of college...). I don't want to study business per se, because I see that many successful entrepreneurs had nothing to do with economics during their lifetime; I am starting to think that microeconomics is pretty intuitive, so, yeah, no point in spending 4 years of your life studying something with what some of us are normally born. Moreover, reading about how stressful being an investment banker is makes me think more about my future career. Anyway, I asked my initial question because I was rather curious about the requirements for a PhD, the testing requirements in particular. Maybe, I don't make too much sense, but can anyone answer my initial question(s)?</p>
<p>PhD's usually do not require working experience. Research experience might be a good thing in order to be admitted to good programs.</p>
<p>I don't know to which level you have studied yet, but economics changes quite drastically between the introductory level and the intermediate level. Be aware of that, and if you find you don't like it don't hesitate to switch majors.</p>
<p>Make sure you go to a top college because if you decide to change your major you won't mess up and as Alexandre would say "anywhere in the top 25 economics programs would be good."</p>
<p>Does USNEWS top 30 suffice?</p>
<p>maxy: The top 30 would definitely suffice, but the top 25 seems catchier or something because people on these boards always talk about it.</p>