Graduate school application for pursuing a career in economics

¶ … Graduate school admission letter for one interested in pursuing a career in economics.

Career Path

There are many careers available in the world today. One can be a doctor and perhaps discover a cure for cancer, a teacher who inspires the next President of the United States, or even an astronaut who may one day travel to Mars.

A enjoy working with the numerous financial dealings of companies, making a career path in Economics the best choice for me. Currently there are few minorities choosing to major in Economics, however it is a steadily growing field due to the creation of several organizations aimed to support those who do pursue this vocation.

Short-Range and Long-Range Objectives have a number of professional short-range, as well as long-range objectives that I would like to implement. My short-range goals include obtaining a Masters Degree in my chosen field of Economics, incorporating all I have learned academically and professionally. My long-range goals include obtaining a position utilizing analytical, quantitative, communication skills I have acquired through previous work and academic experiences.

Particular Program have chosen to pursue a Masters Degree in Economics because I enjoy the financial aspects of all forms of businesses, whether it is assisting customers in a bank, lending my expertise to a new company, or working as an accountant in a firm.

I have strong organizational and oral skills, as well as being accomplished in speaking Spanish and fluent in Gujarati, which is a dialect of Northwest India. These are great assets for the international financial dealings many companies engage in today.

There are a number of job possibilities available for an economist today, each applying a specific economic approach in its setting. There are business economists who work in banking, insurance, retail and investment organizations; government economists who work for the federal government or the Federal Reserve Bank; and academic economists, who, after receiving their graduate degrees become instructors themselves. I, myself, have vast experience in the business approach of economics.

Contributions

The contributions I can make to my graduate classes are immense due to my professional and academic background.

A earned B.A. For Rutgers University in New Jersey, where I Majored in Economics, and concentrated on Finance. While there I became a member of the Minority Business Students Association (MBSA) and the Association of Indians at Rutgers (AIR).