I don`t know about taking graduate courses, but i plan to take a year of upper devision econ courses at UCLA, and do whatever that is necessary to show research ability. Will this get into a T20 program for masters? I hope to use research for my masters to get me into a phd program in a T5.
I want to go to graduate school in economics, and eventually getting a Ph.D in economics at a T5 school. If this means taking courses for a entire year as a non degree student, and gaining the recommendations needed, or by going to a lesser school for a masters.
That is why i plan to go to grad school for masters first. I really did not pay much attention to my undergrad study. As to my true abilities. I do score pretty high on my LSAT( 178), and all the professors that know me, do like me a lot.
I graduated from a top undergraduate program in applied mathematics with a general GPA of 2.91, subject GPA of 3.13 from a T1, or T2 applied math program in the nation. I found that my GPA don `t reflect my true capacity, and that i chosen the wrong subject to get a degree in. My low GPA might...