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Acceptances:
lightyears 2009:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Laurea in Economia e commercio
Undergrad GPA: 26,5/30
Type of Grad: Laurea specialistica in scienze dell'economia (2-years)
Grad GPA: 29,5/30
GRE: 800/550/3,5
Math Courses: Math analysis 1/2, Math for economists (optimization, ODE), financial math (up to some stochastic calculus), Stochastic Processes, Probability theory, Statistics
Econ Courses: usual stuff, a lot. No int. micro. A lot of int. macro, monetary, banking etc.
Other Courses: History of economic thought, Modern history etc.
Letters of Recommendation: 2 Math PhD profs, 1 Econ prof, pretty standard and positive I think.
Research Experience: no
Teaching Experience: no
Research Interests: Macro, monetary, international
SOP: Boring but standard I think
Other: Nothing special.
RESULTS:
Acceptances: CEMFI (attending), UPF, Tinbergen I, ULB.
Waitlists: none
Rejections: EUI
Pending: Toulouse
What would you have done differently? Nothing. Since when I realized I wanted to do a PhD (middle of my first year of Msc!), I was already in the wrong university (unknown), with no time, and with an Erasmus period starting in few months. Given that, I did all I could. I didn't apply in the UK for economic reasons, and I wanted to stay in quite a warm place. At the end of the process, I'm very satisfied.
Accepts: Acceptances: CEMFI (attending), UPF, Tinbergen I, ULB.
- Institution: Tinbergen Institute Economics MPhll/PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: None
Notification date: 3/6
Notified through: E-mail from Judith
Comments: No funding and rain? Mmmh
- Institution: CEMFI
Programme: 2-year Master in economics and finance
Decision: Accepted (e-mail and snail mail)
Notification Date: 25/2/2009
Funding: Tuition waiver
Comments: i'll go there
- Institution: Tinbergen Institute
Programme: Mphil/PhD
Decision: accepted (e-mail)
Notification Date: 04/03/2009
Funding: No
Comments: Great, but too rainy
- Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Programme: Economics Msc
Decision: Accepted (e-mail)
Notification Date: 30/03/2009
Funding: None
Comments: Nice for self-esteem, less for my wallet
Rejects: Rejections: EUI
- Institution: European University Institute
Programme: Phd
Decision: Rejected (e-mail)
Notification Date: 16/01/2009
Funding: None
Comments: Too bad
Waitlists:
confusedgrad 2009:
Institution: Duke University
Program: Economics, PhD
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 03/02
Notified through: E-mail
Funding: Will be informed by the department
Comments: Will decline soon.
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In: Minnesota (fellowship), UCLA (no 1st year funding), Boston College (TA), Duke($?), CEMFI (10K)
Out: Yale
Pending: Many many....
Accepts: - Institution: Duke University Economics, PhD
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 03/02
Notified through: E-mail
Funding: Will be informed by the department
Comments: Will decline soon.
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In: Minnesota (fellowship), UCLA (no 1st year funding), Boston College (TA), Duke($?), CEMFI (10K)
Out: Yale
Pending: Many many....
- Institution: University of Maryland Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 18K fellowship
Notification date: 3/5
Notified through: E-mail
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In: Minnesota, UCLA, Duke, Maryland, Boston College, CEMFI
Out: Yale, Northwestern
Pending: A lot more
- Institution: Tinbergen Institute Economics, MPhil
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Full scholarship
Notification date: 3/9/2009
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: Even though amsterdam is an appealing city, I have to decline the offer...
- Institution: Goethe University, Frankfurt Economics, PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Tuition+stipend
Notification date: 3/12
Notified through: Email
Comments: I do not even know why I ever applied...
Rejects: - Institution: Northwestern Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/4
Notified through: Website
Comments: i knew it from the very beginning...
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In: Minnesota, UCLA, Boston College, Duke, CEMFI
Out: Yale, Northwestern
Pending: many more...
- Institution: Princeton Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/5
Notified through: E-mail
Comment: Totally expected...
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In: Minnesota, UCLA, Duke, Maryland, Boston College, CEMFI
Out: Yale, Northwestern, Princeton
Pending: A lot more
- Institution: Columbia Economics PhD
Decision:Rejected
Notification date:March 6
Notified through:E-Mail
Comments: My dream school and my dream city has gone. It hurt for the first time...
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In: Minnesota, UCLA, Duke, Maryland, BC, CEMFI
Out: Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Northwestern
Pending: A lot more...
- Institution: UPENN Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/6/09
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: I am really not sad. The only thing to upset me is the fact that I could not receive even a single acceptance from the top of my list.
- Institution: Johns Hopkins University Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: March 11
Notified through: e-mail
Comments: Now this one was really suprising for me...
- Institution: London Business School Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: March 11
Notified through: e-mail
Comments: Two surprising rejections at one night... God, I was at least expecting an interview....
- Institution: University College London Economics, MPhil/Phd
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/17
Notified through: Postal service
Comment : seems like i am not type of london...
- Institution: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/18
Notified through: Website
Comments: i never wanted this school indeed...
- Institution: UCSD Economics, PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/19
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: already expected...
- Institution: London School of Economics Economics, Mres/Phd (Track 1)
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/30 (?)
Notified through: Website...
Comments: No e-mail. Just checked the website. This is how far you can go with a pretty weak research proposal. No London for me...
- Institution: NYU Economics, PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 4/15/2009
Notified through: E-Mail
Comments: Finally good to know...
Waitlists:
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