This last week I finally began my first week in grad school,
as math camp officially kicked off for our program.
We began the week with a review of topics most relevant to
microeconomics, including Real Analysis, some fundamental results from
Calculus, Optimization, correspondences, lattices, and a look at various fixed
point and separating hyperplane theorems.
We then covered a couple days’ worth of material in
Statistics and Econometrics, with a particular emphasis on asymptotics.
Next week we’ll finish math camp by covering topics in the
macroeconomics portion, where we’ll focus on solution methods for differential
equations, along with stability analysis and optimal control theory.
However, beyond all of the material covered so far and yet
to cover, I have found this first week particularly inspirational due to the
wide and diverse interests and backgrounds of the rest of my cohort.
Speaking with the other 35 members of the cohort, listening
to their brilliant ideas, and feeling the incredible potential in the room is an enormously
humbling experience, and a standard that I only dream I can live up to.
I’m excited for what’s ahead and ready to meet the
challenge.
