July 14, 2004

Reflections on the 1st Year

By Kevin

Ben at Economist to Be reflects (part 1 and part 2) on his first year of the Ph.D. program in economics at U of M.

Completing the first year and passing the prelim gives me a tremendous feeling of accomplishment, much more so than finishing any given year of college or high school. The department throws down the gauntlet and to make it out on the other side, still very much committed to a career in economics, is a great feeling...

Unfortunately, at the same time I still feel woefully unprepared to come up with my own ideas, create rather than regurgitate, invent rather than plug and chug. Sure, I learned some of the basics of thinking like an economist, but I think I will have a lot of “Oh...riiiight” experiences this upcoming year...

Yes, he does.

Posted at July 14, 2004 02:52 PM

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