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Shall I share my personal views? Let me do.
Maths: Simon & Blume is outstanding, if you are dedicated. But, it doesn't have too much numerical exercises, and abstract concepts are asked relatively less in the entrances, so I should say Sydsaeter suffices, and go to the "ESSENTIAL Mathematics for economic analysis". You also have to follow some AIEEE problem math book for ISI.
MICRO: I have still not made my mind, though I think Jehle-Reny. You can handle any level of micro depending on your math maturity. I really disliked verbal(no-math) presentation of Varian's IM.(I read only first 9 chapters and got exhausted.) i tried Nicholson's Micro Theory, but sometimes its presentation is really poor.It boasts of being mathematical, but many times just state things in an un-understandable way, definitions of many important things are lacking. Now, I am reading Jehle-Reny, this is the best micro I have read ever. I don't know why people are so afraid of Jehle. If you have completed first 4 parts of Simon-Blume, it is pretty readable.
MACRO: Blanchard is the best among the Macros I have read. And so is Branson, just needs the total differential ability in you. Some say Dornbusch should be done also, at least for Open Economy.
Statistics: The best book I think is the combination: SC Gupta-VK Kapoor and DeGroot. I am going to read both!
You may disagree with me, but follow challenging books, they will really be benefitial.
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