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dreck 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: BA in Economics (summa cum laude), BA in Math (summa cum laude), large state school, not well known for economics Undergrad GPA: 4.00/4.00 Type of Grad: N/A Grad GPA: N/A GRE: 790Q, 630V, 5.5 AW Math Courses: Multivariate Calc, Linear Algebra, Diff. Eq., Abstract Linear Algebra, Numeric Analysis, Set Theory & Proofs, (Analysis and Topology not reflected in the application) Econ Courses: Intermediate Macro/Micro, Game Theory, Labor Economics, Discrimination Seminar, Colloquium on Poverty, Two Undergraduate Econometrics courses, PhD-level Econometrics, PhD-level Micro I made an A in each of these. My school does not use +/-. Other Courses: A lot of psychology, Letters of Recommendation: Three professors at my school. Did research and classes with one, taught with the other, just class with the third. None are famous, but two are reasonably well-known in their field. One is the department chair. Research Experience: Two Honors Theses, one term paper in econometrics. Wasn't able to secure a publication before application season. Teaching Experience: TA for two years, Intro to Micro and Intermediate Micro Research Interests: Applied Micro, Micro Theory, Development SOP: Pretty standard, just outlined my progress through an undergraduate degree and my research interests Other: RESULTS: Acceptances: Michigan (no $(?)), Illinois Urbana-Champaign ($$), Texas at Austin ($$ if I wanted it) Waitlists: Princeton ($$ if admitted) Rejections: Harvard, MIT, NYU, Columbia, Duke, Northwestern, Berkeley Pending: LSE (applied later) What would you have done differently? Started math classes sooner. Considered more seriously a Masters program abroad. I also wish that I had discovered these forums earlier! So much good advice... If I could go even further back, I would have attended a undergraduate institution with a stronger economics program. That said, I'm still happy. I'm leaning toward Michigan, but keeping my fingers crossed for Princeton.
Accepts: Acceptances: Michigan (no $(?)), Illinois Urbana-Champaign ($$), Texas at Austin ($$ if I wanted it)
Rejects: Rejections: Harvard, MIT, NYU, Columbia, Duke, Northwestern, Berkeley
Waitlists: Waitlists: Princeton ($$ if
good_tea 2010:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: BA, Joint Econ/Math at Top 30 Econ department (I am an international student, though)
Undergrad GPA: 3.83/4.00
GRE: 760Q/670V/4.5A
Math Courses: Calculus (B, B, A), Linear Algebra (B+), Differential Equations (A), Analysis (A,A), Operations Research (A), MA Statistics in economics department (A).
Econ Courses: Intermediate Micro (A), Intermediate Macro (B), Econometrics (A), Economics of Information (B+), MA Micro (A), MA Macro (A), and many electives (As).
Letters of Recommendation: One famous economics prof., wrote term paper (not sure about strength of the letter but not bad), one somewhat famous economics prof., senior thesis advisor (should have been quite solid), one analysis professor (should have been very good).
Research Experience: Senior thesis.
Teaching Experience: None.
Research Interests: Development, trade.
SOP: Nothing special.
Other: Had been working for an international organisation for a few months during the time of application.
RESULTS:
Acceptances: Cornell AEM MS (no $), UVA (wl-$), UMD AREC ($$), Michigan (no $), BU (wl-$).
Rejections: Yale, Harvard KSG, UCB ARE, Princeton, PSU, UMD, Brown, NYU, UCSD.
What would you have done differently?
I am very happy with my outcome but realise that with a bit of bad luck, it could have been a lot worse. I am answering this question not so much in retrospect but in terms of how my a priori thinking/information could have been better (e.g. in retrospect it wouldn't make sense to apply to Princeton but a priori it was reasonable to do so just in case my recommendation letters were extremely strong).
1. I would not have applied to Maryland Economics b/c it really didn't match my interests very well. I would not have applied to Cornell AEM b/c it turns out it is very difficult to get admitted directly into the PhD program and I didn't want to do a MA/MS. I might have applied to Cornell's economics instead, though. I would have applied to at least one more place outside the top-20, maybe University of Washington.
2. A higher GRE score would have been good but I tried and didn't manage (canceled my score after taking it the second time), so it is not something I regret. I am not so good at that kind of test.
3. In terms of the longer run, I should have considered how I could do better in math classes earlier on. I am naturally quite good at math but had been doing only ok since late high school and never really thought about how I could improve. I learned (while studying for my Linear Algebra final exam, which took my grade for that class from a B- to a B+), that it is very useful to study by writing/typing out explanations to make sure one understands everything properly. Studying in this way, I did very well in all my subsequent math classes.
Accepts: Acceptances: Cornell AEM MS (no $), UVA (wl-$), UMD AREC ($$), Michigan (no $), BU (wl-$).
- Institution: Cornell AEM
Decision: Accepted for MS.
Funding: None.
Notification date: 23rd of February.
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes.
Comments: Email said that getting into the PhD program after successfully completing MS should be of no difficulty. Not sure what to be make of this.
- Institution: University of Virginia Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Nothing yet.
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email to check website.
Posted on GF: Yes.
Date posted on Gradcafe: 03/02/2010
Comment: This is very good news.
- Institution: University of Michigan Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Nothing yet.
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Checked the website but did not receive an email. On the website, it says I will be contacted soon.
Posted on GF: Going to very soon. So Yes, basically.
Date posted on Gradcafe: 03/02/2010
Comment: This is really excellent!
- Institution: University of Maryland AREC
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Graduate Assistantship, tuition remission
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Will do.
Comments: Excellent...
- Institution: BU economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Basically waitlisted for funding.
Notification date: 03/05/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No, maybe I will, in which case I will put my TM name.
Comments: Good to know, though I am unlikely to choose it at this point.
- Institution: Cornell AEM
Decision: Accepted for MS.
Funding: None.
Notification date: 23rd of February.
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes.
Comments: Email said that getting into the PhD program after successfully completing MS should be of no difficulty. Not sure what to be make of this.
- Institution: University of Virginia Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Nothing yet.
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email to check website.
Posted on GF: Yes.
Date posted on Gradcafe: 03/02/2010
Comment: This is very good news.
- Institution: University of Michigan Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Nothing yet.
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Checked the website but did not receive an email. On the website, it says I will be contacted soon.
Posted on GF: Going to very soon. So Yes, basically.
Date posted on Gradcafe: 03/02/2010
Comment: This is really excellent!
- Institution: University of Maryland AREC
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Graduate Assistantship, tuition remission
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Will do.
Comments: Excellent...
- Institution: BU economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Basically waitlisted for funding.
Notification date: 03/05/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No, maybe I will, in which case I will put my TM name.
Comments: Good to know, though I am unlikely to choose it at this point.
Rejects: Rejections: Yale, Harvard KSG, UCB ARE, Princeton, PSU, UMD, Brown, NYU, UCSD.
- Institution: Yale Economics
Decision: Rejected.
Notification date: 18th of February, I think.
Notified through: Email.
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Wasn't expecting to get in anyway.
- Institution: Harvard KSG Public Policy
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/03/10
Notified through: Email.
Posted on GF: Will do.
Comments: Not particularly bothered.
- Institution: Harvard KSG Public Policy
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/03/10
Notified through: Email.
Posted on GF: Will do.
Comments: Not particularly bothered.
- Institution: UC Berkeley Ag & Resource Econ (ARE)
Decision: Rejected
Notified through: E-mail to check website.
Date: 03/09
Comment: I feel I had a fair shot here. If it is true that NYU and Brown are also out (and Princeton is almost certainly out anyway), then none of the offers I could still get are better than the ones I already have.
- Institution: Princeton Economics
Decision: Reject
Notification date: 03/09/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: No surprise...
- Institution: PSU Econ Phd
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/12/2010
Notified through: Email.
Comments: I would not have attended even if I got admitted with funding at this point. It was meant to be safety though, so that seems to have been a miscalculation!
- Institution: NYU Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notification date: 3/12/2010
Notified through: Marjorie Lesser got back to my email, that was nice of her since it was from several days back.
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Not surprised at this point. Only UCSD to go...
- Institution: UCSD Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/24/10
Notified through: e-mail
Comments: I wouldn't have gone anyway, but I am really glad I got into Michigan and in retrospect, seem to have been lucky since I was rejected by other similar programs!
Waitlists:
sperner's lemma 2010:
Type of Undergrad: Top 3 Canadian University (in economics)
Undergrad GPA: 95 cumulative, ~97 for math/econ courses
Type of Grad: Taking first year PhD Micro
Grad GPA: N/A
GRE: Q800,V730,W5.5
Math Courses: Calc I-IV , Lin Alg I-III, Differential Eq, Metric Topology, General Topology, Real Analysis I-II, Intro. to Probability and Stats
Econ Courses: standard honors sequence in Micro/Macro/Metrics, and some Math of Econ
Other Courses:
Letters of Recommendation: One well known in his field, Two semi-known. I have taken classes from the two semi-known ones. I have RAed for the well-known one for the summer. They all know me well.
Research Experience: RAed during third year summer. Did matching/social network stuff.
Teaching Experience: N/A
Research Interests: Applied Game theory, IO
SOP: Spent a lot of time on it. Looking back now, it was probably too much (I didn't know about TM back then). But I think it may have helped, especially for getting me admission from Chicago since I mentioned I am a Libertarian and big fan of Friedman (both are true statements).
Other:
RESULTS:
Acceptances: (Full funding): Stanford, NWU, UPenn, NYU, UMN, UMichigan (Partial Funding)Chicago
Waitlists: MIT
Rejections: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Berkeley
What would you have done differently?
Nothing really, other than taking more math courses (especially in Probability theory). I am very surprised by my result. My letter of recommendation writers must have gone all the way for me. I am very very grateful for their help.
Accepts: Acceptances: (Full funding): Stanford, NWU, UPenn, NYU, UMN, UMichigan (Partial Funding)Chicago
- Institution: Northwestern Phd
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 20.9 k + tuition for four years, 15k the last
Notification date: 2/20
Notified through: checked the website
Posted on GF: no
Comments:was feeling so down after yale's rejection, it's a huge relief.
- Institution: Minnesota Phd
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 20 k + tuition for first year, 15k for the rest
Notification date: 2/22
Notified through: email
Posted on GF: no
Comments: Very very glad.
- Institution: Minnesota Phd
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 20 k + tuition for first year, 15k for the rest
Notification date: 2/22
Notified through: email
Posted on GF: no
Comments: Very very glad.
- Institution: UPenn Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 22k first year, offers for year two onward is not clearly stated int he email
Notification date: 3/2
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF:Nope
Comments:Got a tough choice between this and Northwestern
- Institution: NYU Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: waiting for the info
Notification date: 3/9
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comment: Happy to get in.
Rejects: Rejections: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Berkeley
- Institution: Yale Phd
Decision: rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 2/18
Notified through: email
Posted on GF: no
Comments: Was a little surprised, so were my advisors, but they conjectured that maybe some of the students that went to yale from my school haven't been doing well. Oh well, I was pretty bummed for the weekend until the admission started coming in.
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 3/2
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF:Nope!
Comments: Wasn't too fond of the school to begin with, and didn't like the personal background essay I had to write for the app. Only applied to it because it's top 10. Also I misspelled Berkeley as Berkley once in my SOP. So I guess i deserve this rejection.
- Institution: Princeton Economics
Decision: Reject
Notification date: 3/9
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comment: was my best shot of getting into a top 5 phd program I actually wanted to go. I thought i had a chance and now it hurts a bit.
Waitlists:
econslave 2010:
Type of Undergrad: BA in Economics from top 15 liberal arts college Undergrad GPA: 3.7ish Type of Grad: None Grad GPA: N/A GRE: 800Q / 630V / 5.0AWA Math Courses: Calculus I/II, Intro to Statistics, Probability Theory, Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, Discrete Math, Ordinary Differential Equations, Real Analysis (Note: Some grades were good, but most were not.) Econ Courses (Undergraduate): A lot of basic field courses, but also econometrics and advanced theoretical econometrics Econ Courses (Graduate): N/A Letters of Recommendation: (1) RA-ed for 2.5 years; (2) RA-ed for, co-authored decent article with, advised for thesis, and took two courses with; (3) Took an advanced economics course with as an undergraduate and did very well in the class (Note: None of the letter-writers are well-known, but all went to top 10 PhD programs.) Research Experience: 2.5 years RA for one professor, 1 year RA for another professor, undergraduate thesis (ranked best), summer RA at prestigious policy think-tanks, 1 year full-time RA position with top 10 school professor Teaching Experience: None Research Interests: Behavioral/experimental, decision theory, micro theory, applied micro Concerns: Lacking in math (not many classes and less-than-stellar grades). Didn’t graduate with any honors or anything. RESULTS: Acceptances: UCSD (TA $), Michigan (no $), Boston University (no $) Waitlist: Minnesota Rejections: Harvard, MIT, Chicago, Princeton, Stanford, Berkeley, Yale, Northwestern, Penn, Columbia, NYU, UCLA, Wisconsin, Caltech, Brown, Cornell, Duke, CMU, Maryland, Texas, PSU, Stanford GSB, Chicago Booth What would you have done differently? Besides getting better grades as an undergraduate, not much. I applied to all of the top 20 and several others, and got into a few great schools. Perhaps I would’ve taken a different RA position, but it seems to have worked out anyway.
Accepts: Acceptances: UCSD (TA $), Michigan (no $), Boston University (no $)
- Institution: Michigan Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Don't know
Notification date: 3/1
Notified through: Checked website
Posted on GF: No
Comments I'm so thrilled about this. My first admit!!!
- Institution: Michigan Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Don't know
Notification date: 3/1
Notified through: Checked website
Posted on GF: No
Comments I'm so thrilled about this. My first admit!!!
- Institution: UCSD Economics
Decision: Accepted!!
Funding: To arrive via e-mail next week
Notification date: 3/12/2010
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Flyout March 31-April 1 ... Financial info to arrive next week. It was a personalized message. So happy!
- Institution: Boston University Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: No
Notification date: 3/26
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Nice, but I'll probably turn down the offer soon.
Rejects: Rejections: Harvard, MIT, Chicago, Princeton, Stanford, Berkeley, Yale, Northwestern, Penn, Columbia, NYU, UCLA, Wisconsin, Caltech, Brown, Cornell, Duke, CMU, Maryland, Texas, PSU, Stanford GSB, Chicago Booth- Institution: Duke Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 2/16
Notified Through: E-mail
Posted on Grad Cafe: No
Comment: First "official" rejection. Trying to keep the faith.
- Institution: Yale Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: None
Notified Through: Checked online status
Posted on Grad Cafe: No
Comment: No good news yet...
- Institution: Stanford GSB Economic Analysis and Policy
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/19
Notified Through: E-mail to check website
Posted on Grad Cafe: No
Comment: Not surprised, still worried
- Institution: Duke Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/16
Notified through: E-mail to check website
Posted on GF: No
Comments: 1
- Institution: Yale Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/18
Notified through: E-mail to check website
Posted on GF: No
Comments: 2
- Institution: Stanford GSB Ph.D. Economic Analysis & Policy
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/19
Notified through: E-mail to check website
Posted on GF: No
Comments: 3
- Institution: Chicago Booth Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: 4
- Institution: Northwestern Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: Checked website
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: 5
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Reject
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Not surprised, but very disappointed. Oh well.
- Institution: Columbia Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/4
Notified through: E-mail to check website
Funding: Laughing to hide the tears...
Comments: This is old news by now.
- Institution: University of Chicago Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: See decision.
Notification date: 03/05/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comment: Looks like Illinois does not like me.
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Reject
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Not surprised, but very disappointed. Oh well.
- Institution: Columbia Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/4
Notified through: E-mail to check website
Funding: Laughing to hide the tears...
Comments: This is old news by now.
- Institution: University of Chicago Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: See decision.
Notification date: 03/05/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comment: Looks like Illinois does not like me.
- Institution: NYU Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: ...
Notification date: 3/9
Notified through: E-mail (unofficial personalized rejection)
Posted on GF: No
Comment: This one really really sucks.
- Institution: Princeton Economics
Decision: Reject
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/9
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comment: Don't care anymore
- Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison Economics
Decision: Reject
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/9
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comment: Not surprised at this point.
- Institution: Penn State University Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: ...
Notification date: 3/10
Notified through: E-mail (from Lynn Sebulsky)
Posted on GC: No
Comment: More rejections --> disutility
- Institution: Stanford Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: ...
Notification date: 3/10
Notified through: Snail mail
Posted on GC: No
Comment: Hm.
- Institution: Harvard Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: ...
Notification date: 3/12/2010
Notified through: Postal mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Big shocker...
- Institution: University of Pennsylvania Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 3/12
Notified through: E-mail to check website
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Expected by now.
- Institution: Brown Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 3/16
Notified through: E-mail to check website
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Everything is alright.
- Institution: MIT Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 3/16
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: I'm so surprised...
- Institution: UCLA Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 3/17
Notified through: E-mail (with PDF attachment)
Posted on GC: No
Comments: It's ok.
- Institution: Cornell Economics
Decision: Reject
Funding: ...
Notification date: 03/19/10
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Oh well.
- Institution: Caltech Social Science
Decision: Reject
Funding: ...
Notification date: 03/19/10
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Not surprised by now.
- Institution: U Maryland Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/20/10
Notified through: E-mail to Check Website
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Not new news.[/QUOTE]
- Institution: UT-Austin Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 3/26
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Oh well.
- Institution: Carnegie Mellon Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 3/25
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Oh well.
Waitlists: Waitlist: Minnesota
- Institution: Minnesota Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Waitlist (not the "priority" one)
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/25
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Lots of rejections, and even more implicit ones. Hopefully one will work out.
- Institution: Minnesota Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Waitlist (not the "priority" one)
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/25
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Lots of rejections, and even more implicit ones. Hopefully one will work out.
EconDev137 2010:
Type of Undergrad: B.S. Quantitative Economics. & B.A. Political Science Undergrad GPA: 3.36 GRE: 770Q 570V 4.5 AWA Math Courses: Calc I-III, (AP, AP, A) Linear Algebra (A), Real Analysis (D), Probability (B+) Econ Courses: Intro Micro (C), Intro Macro (C), Elementary Econometrics (A), Econometrics (A), Advanced Econometrics (A), Intermediate Micro (A+), Intermediate Macro(A+), Economic Growth (A), Economic Development (B+), Environmental Economics (B+), International Monetary Policy (A) Grad Courses: Advanced Micro (A), Advanced Macro (A-) Letters of Recommendation: All very good, from top 10. Research Experience: Work at a public policy think tank. Thesis in Political Science. Research Interests: Applied micro, development Statement of purpose: Way better than average Other: LORs are the most vital part of your application. Do not overlook the importance of building quality relationships with a few profs. However don't use this as an excuse to be a kissa$$. RESULTS: PhD Accepts: Arizona (tuition waiver and assistantship for years 2-5), Purdue (nothing official, but presumed tuition plus 18k), Colorado-Boulder (waitlisted for $), PhD Waitlists: Boston College (Decent Chance of admit, but won't know until after deadlines for other schools), OSU (acceptance not probable) PhD Rejections: Duke, Maryland, Penn State, Vanderbilt and Indiana, Masters Accepts: Michigan, Boston University, Tornoto Masters Rejections: Tufts (really?) Masters Pending: UBC What would you have done differently? The most glaring thing would be not to have gotten a D in real analysis, I think I could have pulled vanderbilt without that. Other than that I think I had a pretty solid plan. Take the most useful classes you can, do as well as you can and spend your free time having fun. I think people on TM get too worked up about not having an 800Q or a 4.0 at the expense of living life.
Accepts: Accepts: Arizona (tuition waiver and assistantship for years 2-5), Purdue (nothing official, but presumed tuition plus 18k), Colorado-Boulder (waitlisted for $),
PhD - Institution: Boston University Masters
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Not available for Masters Students
Notification date: 3/1
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Very happy. While my goal is still to go to a PhD program at least I have a backup plan now!! :D
- Institution: Boston University Masters
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Not available for Masters Students
Notification date: 3/1
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Very happy. While my goal is still to go to a PhD program at least I have a backup plan now!!
- Institution: University of Colorado-Boulder Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Not now, but I am being considered
Notification date: 3/10/2010
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: Not Yet
- Institution: Purdue Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TBD
Notification date: 3/10/2010
Notified through: Email and Postal
Posted on GC:Not Yet
- Institution: Arizona Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Details will come within the week
Notification date: 03/19/10
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Now I have an excuse to fly to Arizona for a few days
- Institution: Michigan Economics MAE
Decision: Admitted
Notification date: 4/1
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Funding:
No Idea
Comments: Baring some amazing funding package or unreal placements, I'm pretty sure I'm going to decline, but the email said to wait a week before responding because they are going to be so busy.
- Institution: U of Toronto Masters Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding:
Can apply for a TA in July
Notification date: 4/6
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comment: Will decline
- Institution: UBC Masters Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: No Details at all, but I think I will get some
Notification date: 4/13/10
Notified through: Email and Postal to follow within 24 hours
Comments: Will Decline,
Rejects: Rejections: Duke, Maryland, Penn State, Vanderbilt and Indiana,
Masters - Institution: Duke Econ
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 02/16/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on Gradcafe: (yes or no) yes
- Institution: Duke Economics, PhD
Decision: Rejection
Notification date: 2-16-2010
Notified through: Email to Link
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: So happy that TM is back
- Institution: Duke Economics, PhD
Decision: Rejection
Notification date: 2-16-2010
Notified through: Email to Link
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: So happy that TM is back
- Institution: Penn State Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: No
Notification date: 3/10/201
Notified through:Email
Posted on GC:Not Yet
- Institution: Tufts Masters
Decision: Rejected
Funding: No
Notification date: 3/12/2010
Notified through:Personal e-mail
Posted on GC:Not Yet
Sorry I took so long to post these. I was out of the country with no internet all week.
- Institution:Vanderbilt Phd Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/30
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Funding: ...
Comments: Very Upset
- Institution: Indiana Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/31
Notified through: Email Response to an inquiry
Posted on GF: Yes
Funding: -
Comments: Looking more and more like Arizona
Waitlists: Waitlists: Boston College (Decent Chance of - Institution: Boston College Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding: Waitlisted
Notification date: 2-28-2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: Said I will remain waitlisted until at least April 15th when more spots could become available. It was sent really late on sunday night as well.
- Institution: Boston College Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding: Waitlisted
Notification date: 2-28-2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: Said I will remain waitlisted until at least April 15th when more spots could become available. It was sent really late on sunday night as well.
whoisdg 2010:
Type of Undergrad: B.A. Math and Economics, Tufts U Undergrad GPA: 3.8 Math, 4.0 Econ (Summa/PBK) GRE: 800Q 780V 5.0 AWA Math Courses (UG): Standard lower level curriculum, all A/A+; Real Analysis (A); Abstract Alg (B+); Complex Variables (A-); Probability (B – explained in SOP); Math Stats (A) Econ Courses (UG): Principles of Economics (A), Intermediate Micro (A), Quant. Intermediate Macro (A), Advanced Econometrics (A), Financial Economics (A), International Trade (A), Quant. International Finance (A), State and Local Public Finance (A) Letters of Recommendation: Michigan PhD, Stanford PhD, Duke Math PhD (two were advisors, both of whom know me very well; none are especially well known) Research Experience: Theoretical-Empirical term paper in international trade; RA at policy research organization. **No THESIS. No academic RA.** Research Interests: Diverse. Mostly applied micro. Statement of purpose: Don’t have any standard for comparison...but I actually think it mattered, contrary to popular opinion. More on that below. Other: Worked in management consulting for six months after college; a couple of national scholarships in college (e.g. NMSP); solid programming background. RESULTS: Acceptances: Berkeley ($$), Michigan ($$), Penn (Waitlisted “very high” for $$), UCSD ($$), Wisconsin (withdrew before funding offer made), UT (withdrew before funding offer made) Waitlists: MIT, awaiting rejection Rejections: Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Chicago, Yale, NWU NSF: Honorable mention (Intellectual Merit: 2 Excellent, 1 Good; Broader Impacts: 2 Excellent, 1 Very Good. Argh!) What would you have done differently? Lots to say here. First of all, a THESIS. The one reviewer that submarined my NSF proposal clearly wanted to see more independent research experience. I’m pretty sure that was the deal breaker. Even though undergraduate theses (or “first papers”, more generally) are usually pretty bad, they are (1) an important signal of interest in and ability to do independent research, and (2) a significant learning experience. It might have been useful to take grad-level core courses, but I don’t think they’re necessary – the math courses convey the necessary skill set. Similarly, it might have been useful to RA as an undergrad, but again, from what I understand those roles are usually menial unless you have good programming/data skills. I've also spent two years in the working world. For me, this experience was incredibly valuable. It's not for everyone, but I think it has a lot to offer - exposure to lots of interesting situations and questions, confirmation of your interest in research career, personal growth, big dollar. Important note: I think the adcoms took the SOP more seriously than I had anticipated. Several possible explanations for this observation. The increase in applications probably leaves marginally admissible candidates indistinguishable from one another, and the statement might therefore be used as a second- or third-order criterion. Or maybe they really do sort applicants according to fit. Or maybe I’m just imagining things! In any case – I called out my interests in applied fields more than theory, and in some more specific topics that interest me (e.g. tournaments, peer effects, evaluation), and the decisions I got seemed to sort themselves accordingly. If I could change anything, I'd probably shift a little weight from applied to theoretical micro. Overall, I’m thrilled with Berkeley. Ex-post,it’s my third-most desired program, behind the Cambridge contingent. My only disappointment is NSF – I really thought I could snag it. In any case, I now have a well-developed idea to embark upon this summer, so the process is valuable in and of itself. Good luck to all future applicants. I hope this information is helpful!
Accepts: Acceptances: Berkeley ($$), Michigan ($$), Penn (
Rejects: rejection
Rejections: Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Chicago, Yale, NWU
NSF:
Waitlists: Waitlisted “very high” for $$), UCSD ($$), Wisconsin (withdrew before funding offer made), UT (withdrew before funding offer made)
Waitlists: MIT, awaiting
MorgieLilly 2010:
Type of Undergrad: B.A in Economics-Philosophy and Mathematics from top 10 undergrad with a top 15 econ department. Undergrad GPA: 3.85 GRE: 780Q, 640V, 4.0W Math Courses (undergrad):Cal I, Calc III, Linear Algebra, Real Analysis, Probability and Statistics, Advanced Logic, (all As) Econ Courses (PhD-level): Micro-econometrics (A-), Graduate Macroeconomics (A-) Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Intermediate Micro/Macro(A-,B+), Advanced Econometrics (B+), Advanced Macro (A), Game Theory (A-), Economic History (A-), International (C, took abroad in Ghana) Letters of Recommendation: Economics. Well Known. My boss. Economics. Well Known. Professor. (I wrote an empirical research paper for his course.) Philosophy of Science. Professor. (I took two classes with him. I wrote a paper that I presented at a philosophy conference. He advised me on a documentary that I made as a senior.) Mathematics. Professor. (Adviser for my senior research project.) Geophysics. Researcher. (Adviser for my REU research project. ) Research Experience: REU Intern in geophysics at Lamont Earth Observatory, summer 2007 (My paper was accepted to the 2008 ASLO Conference). I also published a paper in the philosophy of science when I was a sophomore, but I'm not so proud now of what I said and the journal was not a big deal at all. Full-time economics RA since July 2008 for one of my letter writers. I've made a bunch of documentaries and I included one in my application. Research Interests: Development, Growth Theory, Economic History. Statement of Purpose: Talked about my background, why I chose to pursue interdisciplinary undergraduate study. Talked about my experiences abroad in Ghana, my research experience at Lamont and as an RA and my motivation for studying development and poverty issues. Applied to: MIT, NYU, Harvard, UC Berkeley, Columbia, UMich, Princeton, Yale, UCLA, UC Davis, BU, Duke, Brown, Northwestern, U Penn Admitted: BU(wl/$), UCLA(wl/$), UC Davis($$), Michigan($$/Regents Fellowship), Brown(wl/$) Rejected: MIT, NYU, Harvard, UC Berkeley, Columbia, Princeton, Yale, Duke, Northwestern, U Penn Attending: Brown(no first year funding, 19.5K+health+tuition years 2-5) What I would have done differently: I don't think I would have gone to any other school over Brown. I would have considered MIT, Yale or Harvard. But honestly, I couldn't be happier. The debt will be worth it. I know it.
Accepts: - Institution:UC Davis Econ
Decision: Admitted!
Funding: TBD in March.
Notification date: 8th Feb 2010
Notified through:Informal email.
Posted on Gradcafe: Nope. Don't know how.
Date of Gradcafe post: N/A
Comments: Hooray!
- Institution: UC Davis Phd
Economics
Decision: Admitted!
Funding: 16K for first two years (and I'm hoping after if I'm doing alright.)
Notification date: 2/8
Notified through: Unofficial E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: I was so excited and happy that I cried.
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics PhD
Decision: Admitted
Funding: Tuition Waiver + Health Coverage. 16K stipend guaranteed after first year, conditional on good standing.
Notification date: 02/28
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: Excited! Hoping for 1st year stipend.
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics PhD
Decision: Admitted
Funding: Tuition Waiver + Health Coverage. 16K stipend guaranteed after first year, conditional on good standing.
Notification date: 02/28
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: Excited! Hoping for 1st year stipend.
- Institution: UCLA Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notified through: e-mail
Funding: Wait-list for first year funding.
Notification date: 3/16/10
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Cool! However, I really wish they'd sent this yesterday. I asked and begged and asked and now I'm leaving LA in three hours. =(
- Institution: Boston University Economics
Decision: Admit
Funding: None
Notification date: 3/24/10
Notified through: Email
Rejects: - Institution: Duke Econ
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 02/16/2010
Notified through: Email alerting online decision
Posted on Gradcafe: no
- Institution: Yale Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 02/18
Notified Through: Checked online status randomly.
Posted on Grad Cafe: No
Comment: Bummer.
- Institution: Duke University Phd
Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/a
Notification date: 2/16
Notified through: Website.
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: I was really interested in this department, so this was disappointing.
- Institution: Yale University Phd
Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/a
Notification date: 2/18
Notified through: Website.
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Rejections are a bummer.
- Institution: Northwestern University Phd
Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/a
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: Website.
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Chicago is cold. (That's what I'm telling myself to feel better.):)
- Institution: Columbia University Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 1st March
Notified through: Email (Mass email)
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Auro-reply from Jody: "If you are inquiring about Admission results for the PhD program, be advised that students who have been recommended for admission have been notified. If you have not received notification, I'm sorry, but it means you were not admitted.
Official notification will come later from the Admissions Office.
Please do not contact the Economics Department to inquire about results."
- Institution: Harvard Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: March 1st
Notified through: Confirmation that all who have not heard are implicitly rejected.
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: I saw this as kinda like buying a one time lottery ticket. Even though I sort of knew I wouldn't get in. If I hadn't applied, I'd always wonder.
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics, PhD
Decision: Reject
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: This one didn't hurt as much. Maybe I'm getting used to this process.
- Institution: Northwestern University Phd
Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/a
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: Website.
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Chicago is cold. (That's what I'm telling myself to feel better.)
- Institution: Columbia University Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 1st March
Notified through: Email (Mass email)
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Auro-reply from Jody: "If you are inquiring about Admission results for the PhD program, be advised that students who have been recommended for admission have been notified. If you have not received notification, I'm sorry, but it means you were not admitted.
Official notification will come later from the Admissions Office.
Please do not contact the Economics Department to inquire about results."
- Institution: Harvard Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: March 1st
Notified through: Confirmation that all who have not heard are implicitly rejected.
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: I saw this as kinda like buying a one time lottery ticket. Even though I sort of knew I wouldn't get in. If I hadn't applied, I'd always wonder.
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics, PhD
Decision: Reject
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: This one didn't hurt as much. Maybe I'm getting used to this process.
- Institution: Princeton Economics
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/09/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comment: It's chill.
- Institution: University of Pennsylvania Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 3/12/2010
Notified through: E-mail to check website
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: NYU Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notification date: 3/12/2010
Notified through: Got email back from Marge
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: MIT Economics Phd.
Decision: Rejected
Notified through: E-mail
Notification date: 03/16
Posted on GC: Nah
Waitlists: - Institution: Brown Economics
Decision: Wait Listed for Funding
Notified through: e-mail
Date: March 8
wobuffet 2010:
Profile Type of Undergrad: top 15-ish US national university, econ PhD program is top 20-30 Undergrad GPA: 4.00 (easier to attain than at other schools) Type of Grad: N/A Grad GPA: N/A GRE: 800Q, 790V, 5.0AW Math Courses: Honors Multivariable Calculus (pass/fail option); Essential Stats; Honors Linear Algebra; Statistical Inference I; Abstract Algebra; Probabilistic Models; Real Analysis (single-variable) Econ Courses: Intermediate Macro; Intermediate Micro; a bunch of field courses (Int'l Finance; Public Econ; Econ Growth; Health Econ; Econ Analysis of Institutions; Econ and Psychology; Theory of Econ Growth; Labor Economics); Econometrics I; Econometrics II; Game Theory; grad core Micro I (mandatory pass/fail); grad core Micro II (mandatory pass/fail); grad applied econometric methods course (graded, in progress when I applied); grad class on economic theories of inequality (graded, in progress when I applied) Other Courses: two intro comp sci classes Letters of Recommendation: one reasonably well-known prof I RA'd for, took 2 classes with (1 undergrad, 1 grad), and planned to write a thesis under; one somewhat less-known prof I had an undergrad class with and planned to TA for; one well-known prof I took two grad-level courses with (including Micro II, in which I internally got an A); and another well-known prof I RA'd for for a year or so. [I mixed and matched somewhat for schools that only accepted 3 LORs] Research Experience: RA'd for 2 semesters + 2 summers (under 2 diff profs) Publications: Nah. Teaching Experience: none at time of application, although I was planning to in the spring Research Interests: applied micro (especially public and labor) Statement of purpose: Tried to be honest; it probably ended up sort of dry. Comments: Going in, I had basically no idea how most of my letters were going to turn out; I was only reasonably confident about one of them. RESULTS: Acceptances: Berkeley ($$, attending), Stanford ($$$), Yale ($$$$), UMich (no $), Chicago (waitlisted for $), Northwestern ($$), NYU ($$$) Waitlists: MIT (eventually rejected), Princeton (eventually rejected) Rejections: Harvard, UPenn, Columbia What would you have done differently? On the margin, I guess having done some research on my own would have done the most good, or perhaps getting to know a few professors better. (But ex post, I wouldn't change a thing! In particular, attending a well-regarded private research university for my undergraduate studies definitely worked out well for me.)
Accepts: Acceptances: Berkeley ($$, attending), Stanford ($$$), Yale ($$$$), UMich (no $), Chicago (waitlisted for $), Northwestern ($$), NYU ($$$)
- Institution: Yale Econ PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: details coming via snail mail
Notification date: 02/18
Notified through: e-mail (had to log in)
Posted on Gradcafe: (yes or no) no
Comments: no longer nervous!
- Institution: Northwestern Econ PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 20.9k fellowship x 4 years, 15.7k for 5th yr
Notification date: 02/19
Notified through: e-mail, pdf attachment
Posted on Gradcafe: (yes or no) no
Comments: time to search the archives for funding info
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: Mar 4 (afternoon)
Notified through: Email
Funding: 23k for 4 years?
Comments: can't believe it
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: Mar 4 (afternoon)
Notified through: Email
Funding: 23k for 4 years?
Comments: can't believe it
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: March 8 (letter was dated Mar 1)
Notified through: snail mail
Funding: $0 ("Unfortunately, budgetary constraints...")
Comments:
- Institution: New York University (NYU) Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: Mar 8
Notified through: Email
Funding: "full funding," 5 years (details forthcoming)
Comments: 7:23pm? pretty late in the evening...
- Institution: University of Chicago Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: Mar 9
Notified through: Email
Funding: "on a short wait list"
- Institution: Stanford Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: Mar 11
Notified through: Email
Funding: $32k x 5 years
Rejects: rejected), Princeton (eventually rejected)
Rejections: Harvard, UPenn, Columbia- Institution: Columbia Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: Mar 4
Notified through: e-mail to check website
Funding: n/a
Comments: first (official) reject
- Institution: Columbia Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: Mar 4
Notified through: e-mail to check website
Funding: n/a
Comments: first (official) reject; glad it came after a couple admits
- Institution: Harvard Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: Mar 11
Notified through: (snail) mail
Funding: n/a
- Institution: UPenn Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: Mar 12
Notified through: email to check site
Funding: n/a
- Institution: Princeton Economics
Decision: Rejected off the waitlist
Notification date: April 14th
Notified through: Email
- Institution: MIT Economics
Decision: Rejected off the (huge) waitlist
Notification date: April 14th
Notified through: Email
Waitlists: Waitlists: MIT (eventually - Institution: Princeton Economics
Decision: Waitlisted (size around 15)
Notification date: Mar 9
Notified through: Email
Funding: $26k x 5 years if accepted
- Institution: MIT Economics
Decision: Waitlisted
Notification date: Mar 17
Notified through: email
Funding: no idea
Comments: Ugh...
ctown2009 2010:
Type of Undergrad: B.S. in Psuedo-Econ at Cornell Undergrad GPA: 3.87 Type of Grad: Master's Applied Statistics Cornell Grad GPA: N/A at admission time; a couple of schools saw a low 3's GPA because of one bizarre grade GRE: 800Q, 680V, 5.0 AWA Math Courses: Calc I-II (HS), Multivar Calc (B), Linear Alg (A), Analysis (A), Linear Optimization (B), Stochastic Calc (spring semester) Econ Courses (undergrad-level): A bunch all in micro and applied micro, econometrics, stats, all A's Econ Courses (PhD): Econometrics I & II (B+'s), Cross-Sectional Econometrics (A-), Micro I (B), Micro II (spring semester) Letters of Recommendation: 3 which I think were all strong Research Experience: A lot: summer intern at a think tank, RA for well-known behavioral economist and a well-known public finance prof, senior thesis, co-authored paper submitted to a good journal Teaching Experience: TA 1 class, not too demanding Research Interests: Empirical micro, IO, law & econ, regulation, a little public finance Statement of Purpose: Does it really matter Work Experience: Good Econ consulting firm for about a year Applying to: Chicago, Columbia, Wharton Applied Econ, Michigan Business Econ, NYU, Berkeley Haas BPP, Harvard Kennedy, Yale, Duke, Maryland, Brown, JHU...not Cornell Other: Very uncertain given my hybrid degree from a top school and mixed grades in the toughest classes, but I challenged myself and took the hardest ones RESULTS: Attending: Michigan Business Econ PhD ($$$) Acceptances: Michigan Business Econ PhD ($$$) Waitlist: JHU, Wharton Rejections: everywhere else, only surprised about Berkeley and bummed about Wharton, dream school was Chicago What would you have done differently? Hmm, not too much, I did well in my undergrad classes and put myself thru the grinder once I realized I wanted to try for the PhD. I should have taken more diverse econ courses, especially theory, but it was tough given time constraints. Should've done more reading outside the classroom on cutting edge research instead of the articles from the 1960's we read in class. I should have had at least one rec with a big Prof from the Econ department, that's my biggest regret. Happy to go to UMich fully funded as it's a great research fit. Hopefully future TM applicants will find this thread as useful as I've found previous versions.
Accepts: Attending: Michigan Business Econ PhD ($$$)
Acceptances: Michigan Business Econ PhD ($$$)
Rejects: Rejections: everywhere else, only surprised about Berkeley and bummed about Wharton, dream school was Chicago
Waitlists:
helpzwouldbenice 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Top 10 liberal arts college Undergrad GPA: 3.79/4.00 Type of Grad:- Grad GPA:- GRE: 800Q 710V 5.0AWA Math Courses: Multivariable Calc (A); Linear Algebra (P); DiffEq (A-); Intro Proofs (A-); Econ Courses: Intro Econ (B+), Intermediate Micro (A), Intermediate Macro (A), Econ Stats (A), Econometrics (A), Trade (A-), Public Econ (A-) Other Courses: Took a year of physics, lots of random courses. Lots of A's in courses an econ student typically wouldn't take, like Religion and Chinese. Letters of Recommendation: 1 Math Dept. Prof, 1 Econ Dept. Prof, 1 External Prof who I RA'd for Research Experience: Fair amount in health services research. Have a paper up for submission, and another one that my supervisor and I are working on. Teaching Experience:None Research Interests: Health, Labor SOP: Very tailored to my interests. Definitely proved to be hit or miss with regard to schools. Other: Rejected from NSF RESULTS: Acceptances: University of Virginia ($$), Rice University ($$), UNC ($$), Michigan ($$) Rejections: Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Cornell, Texas, WUSTL, Duke, Caltech, Berkeley, Northwestern, Wharton Applied Econ, Maryland Never heard from: Wharton Healthcare (interviewed, then never heard back) Atttending: Michigan What would you have done differently? Taken more math classes and pushed harder for A's instead of A-'s. My school doesn't have the greatest reputation when it comes to elite grad schools but the teachers are really supportive. I did pretty well here and there's no telling what would have happened if I had gone to a different school.
Accepts: Acceptances: University of Virginia ($$), Rice University ($$), UNC ($$), Michigan ($$)
Rejects: Rejections: Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Cornell, Texas, WUSTL, Duke, Caltech, Berkeley, Northwestern, Wharton Applied Econ, Maryland
Waitlists:
asdfjkl 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: BA Economics from a Public University, top 10 Economics Department Undergrad GPA: 3.77 overall, 3.94 Economics GPA Type of Grad: 1 second-year field sequence in the Economics Department Grad GPA: NA GRE: Q: 800, V:640, AWA:4.5 Math Courses: Analysis (B), Linear Algebra (Pass), Multivariable Calculus (A-) Econ Courses: Advanced Micro (A), Advanced Macro (A+), Game Theory (A), Auction Theory (A-), Advanced Econometrics (A-), along with Econ History, International Monetary Economics, Research Economics (all As), also Psych and Econ, Behavioral Corporate Finance Letters of Recommendation: 2 very strong letters from Professors from the Economics Department at my undergraduate university (with a history of sending undergraduates to top Economics departments), 1 from the Business School, 1 from the Federal Reserve Board Research Experience: Summer RA/Intern at the Federal Reserve Board, RA for a Professor at the Business School and RA to another professor in the Economics Department at my university, also worked for a graduate student in the Economics Department Teaching Experience: none Research Interests: Applied Micro - beyond that Labor? IO? Development? Psych and Econ? SOP: nothing special and I did not bother making it specific to the schools I applied to Other: RESULTS: Acceptances: UMichigan (attending! no funding initially, $$$$$ at the end), Northwestern (waitlist for funding, ultimately would've received a tuition waiver), UCSD ($$), UCLA ($$) Waitlists: UPenn Wharton - Applied Economics (would've been accepted to the program off the waitlist with $$) Rejections: MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Berkeley, UPenn, NYU, Columbia, Yale, ChicagoWhat would you have done differently? A LOT more math. My letter writers had told me I had sufficient math to competitive at all schools; however I think that my lack of strong math background really hurt me on the margin. I think I may have gotten into better schools if I'd taken more math and done better, but I preferred to work on research projects for professors and graduate students throughout my undergrad - so I can't say I regret my decision for get more research experience at the expense of a stronger math background.
Accepts: Acceptances: UMichigan (attending! no funding initially, $$$$$ at the end), Northwestern (
Rejects: Rejections: MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Berkeley, UPenn, NYU, Columbia, Yale, Chicago
Waitlists: waitlist for funding, ultimately would've received a tuition waiver), UCSD ($$), UCLA ($$)
Waitlists: UPenn Wharton - Applied Economics (would've been
nobigdeal 2010:
Type of Undergrad: B.F.A (!) dbl major in acting and economics (from one of the top acting programs, and a top (15) econ department.
Undergrad GPA: 3.85/4 over all, 3.9 econ; received the senior year econ dept. award.
Type of Grad: NA
Grad GPA: NA
GRE: 800Q, 650V, 5.5AWA
Math Courses: Calc I-II (AP). Only linear algebra (A) in undergrad. Since then, calc III (A), real analysis (A+), math stats (A+), probability (A)
Econ Courses (undergraduate): two intro classes plus micro, macro, international trade, labor, public, development, statistics, econometrics, thesis. All A's, except an A- in my first intro course.
Letters of Recommendation: 2 econ professors (worked for one over a summer, co authored a paper with the other -- top marks in their classes), one economist at a fed (he does more academic research than policy work).
Research Experience: A senior thesis, which grew into a paper that was recently accepted into a top (sub)field journal. Over 2 years at a fed working pretty closely with an economist with who I coauthored a paper we submitted to an interdisciplinary policy journal.
Teaching Experience: Very little. Worked in a statistics lab in college where I gave a lesson on STATA.
Research Interests: Labor, behavioral
Statement of Purpose: Discussed my background and research experiences. Also wrote two paragraphs outlining my research interests in applied microeconomics, labor, and behavioral. So, fairly specific. Hardly addressed the school's strengths at all--only mentioned the school's name once, in the last paragraph.
Concerns: I have a B.F.A, and I didn't take much math in college.
Applying to: Harvard, MIT, Princeton, UC Berkeley, Columbia, Yale, Penn, Duke, Cornel, NYU, Brown, Northwestern, Stanford, U Chicago, U Michigan
Accepts: - Institution: Duke Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Yes
Notification date: 2/22/10
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: Yes
- Institution: Northwestern Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Waitlisted
Notification date: 2/23/10
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: Yes
- Institution: Columbia Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: "Full funding"
w/ details to come later
Notification date: 3/1
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: Yes
Still waiting: Berkeley, Stanford, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Cornell, Brown, NYU, Michigan, UPenn, U Chicago
- Institution: Columbia Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: "Full funding"
w/ details to come later
Notification date: 3/1
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: Yes
Still waiting: Berkeley, Stanford, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Cornell, Brown, NYU, Michigan, UPenn, U Chicago
- Institution: Michigan Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: Funding on 03/07/10
Notified through: Postal
Posted on GF: no
Comment:
Impossible to fund my first year. Oh well.
Rejects: - Institution: Yale Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification Date: 2/18
Notified Through: Email -- Checked Online Status
Posted on Grad Cafe: No
Comment: (fill in)
- Institution: Yale Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 2/18/10
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: Yes
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF:yes
- Institution: University of Chicago Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: Funding on 03/05/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: yes
Waitlists: - Institution: MIT Economics
Decision: Waitlisted
Notification date: Mar 17
Notified through: email
Funding: unlikely I'm sure
Comments: Maybe they think I have a shot at the NSF?
2010app9357 2010:
Profile: Type of Undergrad: BA in Econ, Politics top 15 US LAC Undergrad GPA: 3.92 = probably top 2 or 3 % at my school Type of Grad: None GRE: 800Q, 740V, 6.0 AWA Math Courses (undergrad-level): Real I, Real II, Linear, Calc 1-3, ODE, Probability Theory (calc based) ~ all A or better Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Intro and Inter Micro and Macro, Trade, M+B, Comparative Labor, Mathematical Econ (simon + blume), Game Theory (gibbons), IO, Honors Thesis, ~ all A or better. Econometrics B+ Letters of Recommendation:3 econ professors from LAC, all actively researching, popular probably only in select circles but they know me well and will probably say nice things Research Experience: RA one year during undergrad, honors thesis (the department liked it & was impressed), currently RA at regional fed Teaching Experience: volunteered as peer tutor for econ, stats, politics Research Interests: micro theory, political theory Statement of Purpose: Working on one. Concerns: No graduate courses, average amounts of math, from LAC Schools: mit, princeton, stanford, berkley, yale, NW, UCSD, U Mich, caltech,wisconsin, duke, MD, rochester, UVA, ohio, UC-Irvine Accepts: - Institution: Georgetown University Economics PhD
Decision: Admitted
Funding: $$$
Notification date: Feb 19th
Notified Through: E-mail
Comments: YAY!!
- Institution: Rochester Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 20K
Notification date: 2/25
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: If only it weren't so cold :(
- Institution: Georgetown Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 18.5K
Notification date: 1/19
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: YAY!!!
- Institution: JHU Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: tuition waved
Notification date: 3/01
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on grad cafe: No
- Institution: Wisconsin Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: None
Notification date: 2/27
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: No $ :(
- Institution: Michigan Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: ???
Notification date: 3/01
Notified through: Website
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: Best Yet!
- Institution: Rochester Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 20K
Notification date: 2/25
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: If only it weren't so cold
- Institution: Wisconsin Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: None
Notification date: 2/27
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: No $
- Institution: UCSD Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TBD
Notification date: 3/12/2010
Notified through:E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: decisions decisions...
Rejects: - Institution: Yale Econ PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 02/18/2010
Notified through: email to check website
Posted on Gradcafe: (yes or no) yes
Comments: well that was fun
- Institution: Yale Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/18
Notified through: E-mail to check site
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: Oh well.
- Institution: Northwestern Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/24
Notified through: E-mail to check site
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: oh well
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: email
Comments: oh well:(
- Institution: Northwestern Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/24
Notified through: E-mail to check site
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: oh well
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: email
Comments: oh well
- Institution: Stanford Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notification date: 3/11/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: me too!!
- Institution: CalTech Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/19
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Finally!
- Institution: Maryland Economics
Decision: Reject
Notification date: 03/20/10
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: UVA Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notification date: 03/30/10
Notified through: I called them
Comments: I mostly wanted to see if they lost my application or something.
Very very late...
- Institution: MIT Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notification date: 4/12/10
Notified through: E-mail
Waitlists: - Institution: Duke Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding:
Notification date: Feb 19th
Notified Through: E-mail
Comments: eh
- Institution: Duke Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/24
Notified through: E-mail to check site
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: Still feels good.
- Institution: Duke Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/24
Notified through: E-mail to check site
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: Still feels good.
- Institution: MIT Economics
Decision: Waitlisted
Notification date: Mar 17
Notified through: email
Funding: Another NSF hopeful...
WorkingOvertime 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: BS in Econ with Math minor from top 75 US undergrad school. My school does have a low ranked PhD program. Undergrad GPA: 4.0/4.0 Type of Grad: None- My Econometrics, Prob. Theory, Regression, and Stats II classes were offered as grad school courses, but it is not designated on my transcript. Grad GPA: n/a GRE: 740Q 510V 4.5 Analytical Math Courses: Into to Math Analysis (Applied Calc I), Multivariable Calc. (Applied Calc II/III), Intro to Business Statistics. Elementary Statistical Inference (AP), Statistical Theory II, Diff EQ, Linear Algebra, Probability Theory, Regression and Time Series Econ Courses: Intermediate Micro, Intermediate Macro, International Econ, International Macro, Development of American Economy, Junior Honors Research, Econometrics, Independent Study Research, Senior Honors Thesis. Other Courses: Creative inquiry with Ag. Econ graduate professor Letters of Recommendation: Three strong ones from professors I have done research with. None are famous, but all have significant experience. Research Experience: Did research with graduate professor on manufacturing trends. Strong Econometrics term paper. Did a paper on Defense Economics with seasoned professor over the summer. Writing a Senior Thesis on Steamboat price efficiency. Teaching Experience: Supplemental Instructor for Managerial Accounting. It is the most difficult class in the business school. Research Interests: Financial Economics, Behavioral, Macro Trends, International, Historical Econ, Resource Econ, Environmental Econ statement of purpose: average. Applying to: Ohio State AEDE, Vanderbilt, Miami OH, Michigan Applied Stats, UVA, Lehigh MA, Cornell, Toronto MA Accepts: - Institution: Ohio State AEDE
Decision: Accepted
Funding: More info to arrive by mail.
Notification date: 2/2/10
Notified through: Online Status
Posted on Gradcafe: no
- Institution: Lehigh MS Economics
Decision: accept
Funding: no mention
Notification date: February 12
Notified through: email
Posted on Gradcafe: no
Comments:
- Institution:Ohio State AEDE MA
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Nominated for fellowship ($$)
Notification date: Mail on 2/3, online a few days before
Notified through: Online
Posted on GF: No
Comments:
- Institution: Lehigh University MS Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $ GA-ship
Notification date: 2/12
Notified through: email
Posted on GF: No
Comments:
- Institution: U Michigan Masters in Applied Stats
Decision: Accepted
Funding: None
Notification date: 2/24
Notified through: email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments:
- Institution: Miami U (Ohio) MA Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: No info, yet
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Mail
Posted on GF: No.
Comment: Waiting to hear about funding.
- Institution: Miami U (Ohio) MA Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: No info, yet
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Mail
Posted on GF: No.
Comment: Waiting to hear about funding.
- Institution: Miami University (OH) MA Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 3/4/10
Notified through: Mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Waiting on funding decision
Rejects: - Institution: Vanderbilt
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/a
Notification date: 2/19
Notified through: email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Thought I had a good chance, and I was a good fit.
- Institution: Vanderbilt
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/a
Notification date: 2/19
Notified through: email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Thought I had a good chance, and I was a good fit.
- Institution: Cornell Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/9/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments:
Waitlists:
satzer 2010:
Institution: UMinnesota
Program: PhD Applied Economics
Decision: Accept
Notification date: 2/26/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No.
Comments: No word on funding yet. Might or might not. I got 6 rejections before getting my first one. There's always hope! I got rejected by Vanderbilt, Berkeley ARE, Duke, Wisconsin ARE, Michigan and Johns Hopkins both Public Health.
Accepts: - Institution: UMinnesota Applied Economics
Decision: Accept
Notification date: 2/26/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No.
Comments: No word on funding yet. Might or might not. I got 6 rejections before getting my first one. There's always hope! I got rejected by Vanderbilt, Berkeley ARE, Duke, Wisconsin ARE, Michigan and Johns Hopkins both Public Health.
- Institution: UMinnesota Applied Economics
Decision: Accept
Notification date: 2/26/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No.
Comments: No word on funding yet. Might or might not. I got 6 rejections before getting my first one. There's always hope! I got rejected by Vanderbilt, Berkeley ARE, Duke, Wisconsin ARE, Michigan and Johns Hopkins both Public Health.
Rejects:
Waitlists: - Institution: Boston College Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding: Waitlisted
Notification date: 2-28-2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: Same email as EconDev and 2pm.
- Institution: Boston College Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding: Waitlisted
Notification date: 2-28-2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: Same email as EconDev and 2pm.
publicecon 2010:
Institution: Duke Program: Economics PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: Tuition + 18k Notification date: 2/18 Notified through: email Posted on grad cafe: No Comments: Excited! Institution: Johns Hopkins Program: Economics PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: tuition waver + stipend if I "decide to attend" Notification date: 2/26 Notified through: email Posted on grad cafe: No Comments: don't know much about JHU Institution: Minnesota Program: Economics PhD Decision: Waitlist Funding: Notification date: 2/25 Notified through: email Posted on grad cafe: No Comments: They said I am on a "short" waitlist. Seemed legit because they provided information on potential funding Institution: Chicago Booth Program: Economics PhD Decision: Waitlist Funding: Notification date: 2/24 Notified through: email Posted on grad cafe: No Comments: email didn't seem too enthusiastic compared to minnesota
Accepts: - Institution: UC Davis Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: before end of march
Notification date: 02/04/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on Gradcafe: (yes or no) no
Date of Gradcafe post: (if yes)
Comments: good luck to everyone, doesn't seem like a lot of people on TM applied to Davis.
- Institution: University of Virginia Economics PHD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: no info
Notification date: 02/17
Notified through: Website
Posted on Gradcafe: (yes or no) No
Comments:
Randomly checked out the website. I hope I get an email about funding!!
- Institution: Duke Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Tuition + 18k
Notification date: 2/18
Notified through: email
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: Excited!
- Institution: Johns Hopkins Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: tuition waver + stipend if I "decide to attend"
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: email
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: don't know much about JHU
- Institution: Wisconsin-Madison Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Tuition waiver + $12.5K TAship 1st year, something guaranteed for 3 more years
Notification date: 2/27
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: Just got the same email as thesparky. Sat night emails. crazy!
- Institution: Michigan Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Don't know
Notification date: 3/1
Notified through: Checked website
Posted on GF: No
Comments: REALLY EXCITED!!! considering I am into public econ
- Institution: Wisconsin-Madison Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Tuition waiver + $12.5K TAship 1st year, something guaranteed for 3 more years
Notification date: 2/27
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: Just got the same email as thesparky. Sat night emails. crazy!
- Institution: Michigan Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Don't know
Notification date: 3/1
Notified through: Checked website
Posted on GF: No
Comments: REALLY EXCITED!!! considering I am into public econ
- Institution: Cornell Economics
Decision: Admitted
Notified through: e-mail
Date: March 8
Rejects:
Waitlists: - Institution: Minnesota Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlist
Funding:
Notification date: 2/25
Notified through: email
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: They said I am on a "short" waitlist. Seemed legit because they provided information on potential funding
- Institution: Chicago Booth Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlist
Funding:
Notification date: 2/24
Notified through: email
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: email didn't seem too enthusiastic compared to minnesota
- Institution: Columbia University Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding:
Notification date: 1st March
Notified through: Email (Mass email)
Posted on GF: No
Comments: "We have made fewer than usual funded offers of admission this year, so it could be that we will have a few more offers to make" Invitation to open house.. hmmm....
- Institution: Chicago Booth Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlist
Funding:
Notification date: 2/24
Notified through: email
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: email didn't seem too enthusiastic compared to minnesota
- Institution: Columbia University Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding:
Notification date: 1st March
Notified through: Email (Mass email)
Posted on GF: No
Comments: "We have made fewer than usual funded offers of admission this year, so it could be that we will have a few more offers to make" Invitation to open house.. hmmm....
- Institution: Brown Economics
Decision: Wait Listed for Funding
Notified through: e-mail
Date: March 8
Notes: They want me to enroll in the masters program
Caroline_x 2010:
Institution: University of Michigan Program: Economics PhD Decision: Admitted Funding: Tuition Waiver + Health Coverage. 17.5K for the first year. 16K stipend guaranteed after first year, conditional on good standing. Notification date: 02/28 (the attached letter was dated March 1st) Notified through: Email with pdf attachment Posted on grad cafe: Yes Comments: So Excited! Good luck to all TMers!
Accepts: - Institution: University of Michigan Economics PhD
Decision: Admitted
Funding: Tuition Waiver + Health Coverage. 17.5K for the first year. 16K stipend guaranteed after first year, conditional on good standing.
Notification date: 02/28
(the attached letter was dated March 1st)
Notified through: Email with pdf attachment
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: So Excited! Good luck to all TMers!
- Institution: Columbia University Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Admit
Funding: Waitlisted for first year funding
Notification date: 1st March
Notified through: Email (Mass email)
Posted on GF: No
Comments: It says this is a "Deferred Funding"-"Deferred Funding means that you will receive funding from Columbia in years 2-4, but not in year one.".
Does anyone no how hard is it to get off the waitlist for first year funding?
- Institution: Maryland Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: "Some probability"
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Looks like they are sending out emails one by one.
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics PhD
Decision: Admitted
Funding: Tuition Waiver + Health Coverage. 17.5K for the first year. 16K stipend guaranteed after first year, conditional on good standing.
Notification date: 02/28
(the attached letter was dated March 1st)
Notified through: Email with pdf attachment
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: So Excited! Good luck to all TMers!
- Institution: Columbia University Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Admit
Funding: Waitlisted for first year funding
Notification date: 1st March
Notified through: Email (Mass email)
Posted on GF: No
Comments: It says this is a "Deferred Funding"-"Deferred Funding means that you will receive funding from Columbia in years 2-4, but not in year one.".
Does anyone no how hard is it to get off the waitlist for first year funding?
- Institution: Maryland Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: "Some probability"
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Looks like they are sending out emails one by one.
- Institution: Texas-Austin Economics
Decision: Admitted
Funding: May be available on or after April 15th
Notification date: 3/11/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Quote:"We know that you have other offers to consider, and we would greatly appreciate it if you would let us know whether you are still interested in our program. "
Gee...How did they know that I had other offers to consider?????? Why didn't they offer me any financial aid then?What kind of strategy is this?
- Institution: UBC MA Economics
Decision: Admitted
Funding: Partial Tuition Waiver+10k TAship
Notification date: 03/18/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: They are so generous in such a poor year!
Rejects: - Institution: Stanford Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/11/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: no
Comments: I knew it was coming.
Waitlists: - Institution: Penn Economics
Decision: Waitlisted
Notification date: March 3rd 2010
Notified through: Email from Kelly
Comments: So this means all their admits are done and they are starting to send out WL?
Quote:"Your application is strong, but the pool of about 870 applicants from over 60 countries for admissions to our program in the fall of 2010 is very strong."
- Institution: Penn Economics
Decision: Waitlisted
Notification date: March 3rd 2010
Notified through: Email from Kelly
Comments: So this means all their admits are done and they are starting to send out WL?
Quote:"Your application is strong, but the pool of about 870 applicants from over 60 countries for admissions to our program in the fall of 2010 is very strong."
finalweek 2010:
Institution: University of Michigan Program: Economics PhD Decision: Admitted Funding: Tuition Waiver + Health Coverage. 16K stipend guaranteed after first year, conditional on good standing. Notification date: 02/28 (the attached letter was dated March 1st) Notified through: Email with pdf attachment Posted on grad cafe: N Comments: So Excited! Good luck to all TMers!
Accepts: - Institution: University of Michigan Economics PhD
Decision: Admitted
Funding: Tuition Waiver + Health Coverage. 16K stipend guaranteed after first year, conditional on good standing.
Notification date: 02/28
(the attached letter was dated March 1st)
Notified through: Email with pdf attachment
Posted on grad cafe: N
Comments: So Excited! Good luck to all TMers!
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics PhD
Decision: Admitted
Funding: Tuition Waiver + Health Coverage. 16K stipend guaranteed after first year, conditional on good standing.
Notification date: 02/28
(the attached letter was dated March 1st)
Notified through: Email with pdf attachment
Posted on grad cafe: N
Comments: So Excited! Good luck to all TMers!
Rejects:
Waitlists:
seniorplow 2010:
Institution: Yale Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected Notification date: Feb 18 Notified through: Email to go to website Comments: first bummer Institution: Minnesota Program: PhD Economics Decision: Accepted Notification date: Feb 25 Notified through: Email Funding: 20K + tuition for first year, TA for 2-5 Comments: yay Institution: Northwestern Program: PhD Economics Decision: Accepted Notification date: Feb 24 Notified through: Website Funding: None Comments: none... Institution: Michigan Program: PhD Economics Decision: Accepted Notification date: Mar 1 Notified through: Website Funding: None Comments: none... Institution: Berkeley Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected Notification date: Mar 2 Notified through: Email Funding: Billions Comments: Damn and I wanted to go there too Institution: UPenn Program: PhD Economics Decision: Wait-listed Notification date: Mar 4 Notified through: Email Funding: not applicable unfortunately Comments: "high on waitlist" not sure what that means
Accepts: - Institution: Minnesota Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: Feb 25
Notified through: Email
Funding: 20K + tuition for first year, TA for 2-5
Comments: yay
- Institution: Northwestern Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: Feb 24
Notified through: Website
Funding: None
Comments: none...
- Institution: Michigan Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: Mar 1
Notified through: Website
Funding: None
Comments: none...
- Institution: UCSD Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Dunno
Notification date: 3/12/2010
Notified through: Weird email congratulating me on acceptance and inviting me to the visit day, but no actual email of acceptance
Posted on GC: No
Comments: yay finally i can reject the claim that california doesn't like me
Rejects: - Institution: Yale Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: Feb 18
Notified through: Email to go to website
Comments: first bummer
- Institution: Berkeley Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: Mar 2
Notified through: Email
Funding: Billions
Comments: Damn and I wanted to go there too
- Institution: Penn Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notification date: 3/12/2010
Notified through: Email to website, which finally worked
Posted on GC: No
Comments: was originally on waitlist. not anymore.
Waitlists: - Institution: UPenn Economics
Decision: Wait-listed
Notification date: Mar 4
Notified through: Email
Funding: not applicable unfortunately
Comments: "high on waitlist" not sure what that means
- Institution: UPenn Economics
Decision: Wait-listed
Notification date: Mar 4
Notified through: Email
Funding: not applicable unfortunately
Comments: "high on waitlist" not sure what that means
- Institution: NYU Economics
Decision: Waitlisted
Notification date: Mar 11
Notified through: email
Funding: n/a
monks 2010:
Institution: Wisconsin-Madison Program: PhD Economics Decision: Admitted Funding: TA, guaranteed for 5 yrs Notification date: 03/01/2010 Notified through: Email Comment: Yay! Institution: Michigan Program: PhD Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: Waitlist for 1st year, guaranteed after that Notification date: 03/03/2010 Notified through: Online site + emaill Comment: With first year funding I wouldn't blink - but now I have to think about it ... Institution: Minnesota Program: PhD Economics Decision: Waitlist Funding: ? Notification date: 02/27/2010 Notified through: email . Comment: Program: Yale / Columbia / Northwestern Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 02/26/2010, 03/04/2010, 03/01/2010 Notified through: email to check site Comment: Gutted.
Accepts: - Institution: Wisconsin-Madison Economics
Decision: Admitted
Funding: TA, guaranteed for 5 yrs
Notification date: 03/01/2010
Notified through: Email
Comment:
Yay!
- Institution: Michigan Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Waitlist for 1st year, guaranteed after that
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: Online site + emaill
Comment: With first year funding I wouldn't blink - but now I have to think about it ... :(
- Institution: Michigan Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Waitlist for 1st year, guaranteed after that
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: Online site + emaill
Comment: With first year funding I wouldn't blink - but now I have to think about it ...
- Institution: UT Austin Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TAship +
benefits (no idea how much yet)
Notification date: 10-MAr-10
Notified through: email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: I'm so excited! Living closer to home would be so-o-oh nice
- Institution: Cornell Economics
Decision: Admit
Funding: Zilch
Notification date: 03/18/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Its nice to be wanted I guess
... especially by the Ivy League
Rejects: - Institution: Minnesota Economics
Decision: Waitlist
Funding: ?
Notification date: 02/27/2010
Notified through: email .
Comment: Yale / Columbia / Northwestern
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 02/26/2010, 03/04/2010, 03/01/2010
Notified through: email to check site
Comment: Gutted.
- Institution: Minnesota Economics
Decision: Waitlist
Funding: ?
Notification date: 02/27/2010
Notified through: email .
Comment: Yale / Columbia / Northwestern
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 02/26/2010, 03/04/2010, 03/01/2010
Notified through: email to check site
Comment: Gutted.
Waitlists: - Institution: Minnesota Economics
Decision: Waitlist
Funding: ?
Notification date: 02/27/2010
Notified through: email .
Comment: Yale / Columbia / Northwestern
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 02/26/2010, 03/04/2010, 03/01/2010
Notified through: email to check site
Comment: Gutted.
- Institution: Minnesota Economics
Decision: Waitlist
Funding: ?
Notification date: 02/27/2010
Notified through: email .
Comment: Yale / Columbia / Northwestern
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 02/26/2010, 03/04/2010, 03/01/2010
Notified through: email to check site
Comment: Gutted.
kolmogorovequatio 2010:
Institution: Michigan Program: PhD economics Decision: Accepted Funding: 20k Notification date: 03/04/2010 Notified through: E-mail Comment: now, waiting for Chicago
Accepts: - Institution: Michigan economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 20k
Notification date: 03/04/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Comment: now, waiting for Chicago
- Institution: Michigan economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 20k
Notification date: 03/04/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Comment: now, waiting for Chicago
Rejects:
Waitlists:
lymanisnotfat 2010:
Institution: Michigan Program: PhD economics Decision: Accepted Funding: no info Notification date: 03/09/2010 Notified through: E-mail Institution: WISC Program: PhD economics Decision: waitlisted Funding: N/A Notification date: 03/09/2010 Notified through: E-mail Institution: UMN Program: PhD economics Decision: waitlisted Funding: N/A Notification date: 02/26/2010 Notified through: E-mail
Accepts: - Institution: Michigan economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: no info
Notification date: 03/09/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Rejects: - Institution: NYU Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 3/22
Notified through: Email, reply my inquiry
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Finally, it's all over...
: U Michigan (no $) ; : UMN (long), UW-Madison; : Upenn, NYU, Brown !
And, that's all
Waitlists: - Institution: WISC economics
Decision: waitlisted
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/09/2010
Notified through: E-mail
- Institution: UMN economics
Decision: waitlisted
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 02/26/2010
Notified through: E-mail
jackie21 2010:
Institution: UCLA Program: PhD Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: being considered for fellowship Notification date: feb 2010 Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: no Institution: Michigan Program: PhD Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: none Notification date: march 2010 Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: no Institution: LSE Program: MSc Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: none Notification date: feb 2010 Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: no Institution: University of Toronto Program: MA Decision: Accepted Funding: 25000 Notification date: march 2010 Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: no Institution: Cornell Program: PhD Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: 22000 Notification date: 08/03/2010 Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: no Institution: Stanford Program: PhD Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: 32000!! Notification date: 11/03/2010 Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: no Rejected: Yale, Princeton, Chicago, Berkeley
Accepts: - Institution: UCLA Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: being considered for fellowship
Notification date: feb 2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: no
- Institution: Michigan Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: none
Notification date: march 2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: no
- Institution: LSE MSc Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: none
Notification date: feb 2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: no
- Institution: University of Toronto MA
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 25000
Notification date: march 2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: no
- Institution: Cornell Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 22000
Notification date: 08/03/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: no
- Institution: Stanford Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 32000!!
Notification date: 11/03/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: no
Rejected: Yale, Princeton, Chicago, Berkeley
Rejects: - Institution: Yale Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification Date: 2/18
Notified Through: Email to check site
Posted on Grad Cafe: No
Comment: disappointed, but its yale so you know its gonna be hard. 1 down, 11 more to go
Waitlists:
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Rejections:
Morxjez 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: University of Chicago Undergrad GPA: 3.83 Type of Grad: n/a Grad GPA: n/a GRE: Q800 V540 W4.0 Math Courses: Analysis in Rn 1,2,3 , Abstract Algebra 1,2 , Numerical Analysis, Complex Analysis, Theory of ODE (involved use of complex variable) All A's except complex analysis (A-) Stat Courses: Mathematical Statistics (A-), and mathematical probability (A) Econ Courses: Intermediate Micro and Macro (all A's), International trade and finance (A-,A), Econometrics (intro and advance) (A, B+,A), Advanced Macro 1, 2 (A+,A+), Auction Theory (A), Game Theory (A), a graduate class in numerical methods in economics (A) Other Courses: Computer Science (A,A) Letters of Recommendation: 1 Harvard, 1 Minnesota, 1 Princeton (They are all pretty strong) Research Experience: 1 Year part time RA, 1 Summer RA at central bank in my country Teaching Experience: TA for math and econ Research Interests: Asset pricing and macro SOP: normal with customized to each program Other: I am currently a junior year student. RESULTS: Acceptances: Chicago($), Northwestern (WL), UPenn ($$), Columbia($$), Minnesota ($$), Wisconsin($$), Boston U($$) Waitlists: MIT Rejections: Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, Berkeley, UMich Pending: nothing What would you have done differently? I should not apply this year. I should instead work as an RA for a year or two and then apply. I think then I would have a clear shot at top 5 schools. But well, graduating in three years save me 50,000US worth of tuition fee and now I am happy with Penn, which is very good at Asset Pricing.
Accepts: Acceptances: Chicago($), Northwestern (WL), UPenn ($$), Columbia($$), Minnesota ($$), Wisconsin($$), Boston U($$)
Rejects: Rejections: Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, Berkeley, UMich
Waitlists:
tommyg28 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Top UK BA econ Undergrad GPA: 3.85(ish) equivalent Type of Grad: MA econ, same uni Grad GPA: 3.9 GRE: 800Q, 720V, 5.5AW Math Courses: The usual (real analysis I, II, Topology, functional analysis, linear algebra, ODE I, II, advanced statistics and probability theory, etc.) Mostly As, one A- Econ Courses: Many: Micro I-IV; Macro I-IV; Econometrics I, II; Economic theory; IO, etc. All As, some A+ Other Courses: None, econ all the way Letters of Recommendation: From people who knew me well, but alas, few people know them. Nice letters though. Research Experience: Undergrad thesis and Grad dissertation - they were OK. Teaching Experience: Coached various sports, but pretty sure this counts for squat Research Interests: Everything. Probably IO, stock-flow macro dynamics and labour if I had to narrow it down. SOP: Bland Concerns: Interpretation of UK grades RESULTS: Acceptances: Duke ($$), U Washington-Seattle ($), Georgetown ($$) Waitlists: UCLA Rejections: A lot: MIT, Princeton, Stanford, NYU, Columbia, Michigan, Yale, Penn, etc. What would you have done differently? it's been said many times before, but I didn't pay sufficient heed: LORs matter! Unless you have Slightlyconfused's profile you need to get well-known profs to write decent enough LORs. I'm a little disappointed with my outcome. My faculty is pretty weak at the mo, so I don't think I could've done much better. But I should've done my MA elsewhere to get access to better letter of recommendation writers. Shucks.
Accepts: Acceptances: Duke ($$), U Washington-Seattle ($), Georgetown ($$)
Rejects: Rejections: A lot: MIT, Princeton, Stanford, NYU, Columbia, Michigan, Yale, Penn, etc.- Institution: Princeton Economics
Decision: Reject
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/9
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comment: "Don't care anymore."
Enough said.
- Institution: University of Pennsylvania Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 3/12/2010
Notified through: E-mail to check website
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Trying to tell myself that I had forgotten about this one.
Alas....
Waitlists:
askua 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: B.A. (honours)-Econ and Math, large Canadian University Undergrad GPA: Overall: 3.85, excluding first year: 4.0 Type of Grad: N/A Grad GPA: NA GRE: 780Q 580V 6.0AWA Math Courses (undergrad-level): Calc 1-4, Math stats 1-2, analysis 1-2, linear 1-2, analysis for econ, math for econ 1-2 (if this counts?); All A's or A+ Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Micro 1-4, macro 1-4, econometrics 1-2, IO 1-2, international trade 1-2, money and banking; All A's or A+ Econ Courses (PhD-level): IO (A) Other Courses: a few German courses Letters of Recommendation: 3 econ profs (1 Berkeley, 1 Minnesota, 1 Toronto) ... all taught me one or more courses. Research Experience: Barely any ... just one paper for the grad IO. Teaching Experience: tutor for 4 years Research Interests: applied micro (health, IO) statement of purpose: Preparation, goals, research interests Concerns: reputation of undergrad Other: RESULTS: Acceptances: UC Davis (no first year funding), UW Madison (no first year funding), UBC (PhD, $$) Toronto MA (doctoral stream, $$) Waitlists: None Rejections: Yale, Columbia, Michigan, Berkeley, Stanford, UCSD Pending: None What would you have done differently? I would have only gone to a different undergrad if I had known four years ago that I wanted to do a PhD in Economics. However, in retrospect, I might have tried to get more RA experience and done a double degree in Math and Econ rather than just a minor in math. Although I am pretty happy with my results given what type of a student I was in high school (not good). I am very lucky and not complaining. I think out of most of the top 20s, UBC and Madison are the best two fits for me so I think I was appropriately placed. Good luck to everyone in future cycles!
Accepts: Acceptances: UC Davis (no first year funding), UW Madison (no first year funding), UBC (PhD, $$) Toronto MA (doctoral stream, $$)
- Institution: UC Davis Economics
Decision: Admitted.
Notification Date: 2/15
Notified Through: E-mail
Posted on Grad Cafe: Yes
- Institution: Davis Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: None for first year
Notification date: 2/15
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: Yes, 2/15
Comments: Relieved
- Institution: University of Toronto MA doctoral stream
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 15K (TA/fellowship) + 3K (summer) + tuition
Notified through: E-mail
Date: 3/8
Comment: And so the dilemma begins ...
- Institution: UBC Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 3/25
Notified through: Email and mailing
Posted on GF: Nope
Comments: Funding?
Rejects: Rejections: Yale, Columbia, Michigan, Berkeley, Stanford, UCSD
- Institution: Yale Econ PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 02/18/2010
Notified through: email to check website
Posted on Gradcafe: (yes or no) Yes, 02/18
Comments: Expected
- Institution: Yale Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/18
Notified through: Website
Posted on grad cafe: Yes, 2/18
Comments: Expected
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: I wish I could say I didn't see this coming. Oh well.
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/3
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Not exactly heartbroken, but not thrilled either. I guess you could say I am indifferent...
- Institution: Columbia University Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/04/2010
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GF: Yes, today
Comment: Getting used to rejection.
- Institution: Yale Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/18
Notified through: Website
Posted on grad cafe: Yes, 2/18
Comments: Expected
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: I wish I could say I didn't see this coming. Oh well.
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/3
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Not exactly heartbroken, but not thrilled either. I guess you could say I am indifferent...
- Institution: Columbia University Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/04/2010
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GF: Yes, today
Comment: Getting used to rejection.
- Institution: Stanford Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/11/2010
Notified through: Email, and letter.
Posted on GC: no
Comments: At least I get my money's worth. International postage!
- Institution: UCSD Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/22
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Nope
Comments: Don't mind.
Waitlists:
eigenman 2010:
Type of Undergrad: BS Economics/Biochemistry from US R1 school, Top 10 economics Undergrad GPA: 3.59 Type of Grad: Non-degree math/stats coursework Grad GPA: 4.0 GRE: 800V/800Q/5.0W Math Courses: Undergrad-level: calc 1-2; multivariable calc; linear algebra; "applied" linear algebra; differential equations; series, sequences, and foundations (proofs intro). Grad level: stat theory I-II, applied linear regression, analysis II, time series analysis I, advanced linear algebra. Even mix of As and Bs. Econ Courses: Intermediate macro/micro, econometrics, Latin American economics, + honors in: macro policy, quantitative macro, international trade, game theory, urban economics, money and banking. As and Bs. Other Courses: lots of biochemistry and cellular/molecular biology, intro physics, physical chemistry, organic chemistry. As and Bs throughout. Letters of Recommendation: Varied. Two from regional Fed economists, one from Analysis professor were generally used. For more behavioral places had letter from coauthor; for programs requiring a letter from an undergraduate instructor, tapped my quantitative macro graduate instructor. I'm sure they had nice things to say about me but perhaps they were not so influential. Research Experience: First author on an experimental animal behavior paper published in medium-tier journal. Unpublished undergraduate thesis in behavioral neuroscience. 1.5 years (as of now) RAing at a regional Fed, one publication (another pending) in our in-house journal. Two semeters in a biochemistry lab. Teaching Experience: Nil Research Interests: At the time I submitted my applications, behavioral economics and evolutionary game theory, but I'm leaning toward econometrics and computational economics lately SOP: Mostly addressed my background and suitability for graduate study Other: RESULTS: Acceptances: UT-Austin (wl-$), OSU(wl-$), UW-Seattle(wl-$), Duke (MA), NYU (MA) Waitlists: UMN, UW-Madison (bad waitlists in both cases) Rejections: UCSD, Cornell, Brown, Northwestern, UPenn, U-Michigan, Caltech, PSU, LSE(MRes/PhD Track 1), CMU-Tepper Pending: LSE(MSc-Research) What would you have done differently? I probably should have bothered another Fed economist rather than asking my math prof, but I was worried about my mediocre math GPA. I also ought've interacted more with professors as an undergraduate, but nearly all of my economics courses were taught by graduates, and I made a decision to go to econ school fairly close to graduation. All of this considered I'm perfectly satisficed and looking forward to relaxing over the summer before putting my shoulder to the wheel in September.
Accepts: Acceptances: UT-Austin (wl-$), OSU(wl-$), UW-Seattle(wl-$), Duke (MA), NYU (MA)
- Institution: Ohio State University Economics PhD
Decision: Admitted
Funding: Nominated for fellowship
Notification date: 2/04
Notified through: web site; confirmed by USPS on 12/13
Posted on Gradcafe: (yes or no) yes
Date of Gradcafe post: (if yes) 12/13
Comments: Delighted!
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- Institution: University of Texas - Austin Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notified through: E-mail
Funding: Waitlisted
Notification date: 3/16/10
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Have to think about this.
- Institution: UW-Seattle Economics
Decision: Admitted
Funding: Unfunded
Notification date: 3/22
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments:
This calls for a celebratory evening of working until midnight
No really I'm very pleased
- Institution: NYU MA Economics
Decision: Admitted
Notification date: 3/29
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Funding: None
Comments: Applied as part of a JD/MA application.
Received notification an hour or so after asking for my application to be withdrawn.
Not sure whether the two events were connected.
- Institution: London School of Economics Economics MSc (Research)
Decision: Admitted
Notification date: 4/1
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Funding:
Nada
Comments: They really took their time.
Submitted my application in late November.
Rejects: Rejections: UCSD, Cornell, Brown, Northwestern, UPenn, U-Michigan, Caltech, PSU, LSE(MRes/PhD Track 1), CMU-Tepper
- Institution: LSE MRes+PhD (Track 1)
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2 February
Notified through: Site
Posted on Gradcafe: (yes or no) no
Date of Gradcafe post: (if yes) n/a
Comments: No sweat... five years in London would have been hard.
Still waiting on my second choice.
- Institution: Northwestern University JD/PhD
Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: Website
Posted on GF: yes
Comments: Unsurprised
- Institution: Cornell University Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 1:05pm ET 3/1
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: Domestic student.
First?
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: crunch
- Institution: Cornell University Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 1:05pm ET 3/1
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: Domestic student.
First?
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: crunch
- Institution: Penn State University (PSU) Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/10/2010
Notified through: email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: This was a safety.
Back to the girl scout cookies.
- Institution: University of Pennsylvania Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 3/12/2010
Notified through: E-mail to check website
Posted on GC: No
Comments: surprise!
no not really
- Institution: Brown Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/16
Notified through: Email to check website
Comments: My odds of ever living in Rhode Island have diminished further.
My wildest dreams are coming true.
- Institution: CalTech Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/19
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: assumed
- Institution: UCSD Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/22
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments:
Was unaware California still attached to US mainland
- Institution: Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) Economics
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/25/10
Notified through: Mass (or at least wholly impersonal!) email
Comments:
no sweat, pretty happy with my situation
Waitlists: Waitlists: UMN, UW-Madison (bad waitlists in both cases)
- Institution: Minnesota
Economics
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: yes
Comments: SNAP, my own alma mater. :doh: Not told I was high on the waitlist.
- Institution: Minnesota
Economics
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: yes
Comments: SNAP, my own alma mater.
Not told I was high on the waitlist.
decision09 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Top 10 overall, top 15 econ Undergrad GPA: 3.75/4.00 Graduated High Honors Economics GRE: 760Q, 580V, 5.0 AW (last year 740Q) Math Courses: Analysis I (B)(blew first 2 exams but aced final to save myself), Modern Algebra (B+), Probability Theory (A-), Ord Diff Eq (A), Combinatorics(Winter 2010), CalcI,II,II,LA(A) Math Courses (Grad): Intro Topology (Winter 2010) Econ Courses: Intermediate Micro (A), Intermediate Macro (A), Econometrics (A-), Random Field Courses (A), Research Seminars (B+(due to ULWriting) and A), Game Theory (A), Time series Analysis (A-) Econ Courses (Grad): Micro I (B+), Micro II (B), Econometrics I (B), Math for Economists (B) Letters of Recommendation: Well-known senior professor from research seminar The other from a younger associate prof, said he wrote me an A+ letter (took game theory with him + unofficial adviser) Research Experience: Financial econometrics research for senior thesis(publication: in process); experimental micro theory research. Labor research paper that will likely become my third year paper for my PhD, it caught the interest of a Senior person at my undergrad institution. Teaching Experience: None. Research Interests: Everything but Theoretical Econometrics. Statement of Purpose: Much better the second time around but still about 1800 words, I had a few things to write about my career outside of econ and how it will influence my research. Other: Concerns: Poor performance in critical math classes, test jitters! RESULTS: Acceptances: Wisconsin Madison, Cornell Rejections: Umich, Penn, Yale, Texas, Penn State, BU, Maryland, Mich State, Princeton, Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, CalTech, Stanford, Northwestern, Duke
Accepts: Acceptances: Wisconsin Madison, Cornell
Rejects: Rejections: Umich, Penn, Yale, Texas, Penn State, BU, Maryland, Mich State, Princeton, Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, CalTech, Stanford, Northwestern, Duke
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shy_student 2010:
Type of Undergrad: One of the top universities in economics in my country Undergrad GPA: 3.3 GRE: 770Q/450V/4.5A Math Courses: Calculus, linear algebra, probability and statistics, game theory, differential equations, dynamic optimization, linear programming, stochastic calculus Econ Courses: Too many actually. Vast majority of them being applied, but standard intermediate micro-macro and econometrics present. I've also taken time series and discrete choice models, though they were very introductory. A lot of introductory field courses: IO, Public, Labor, Financial Markets etc. Grad degree: Best MA in economics program in my country, intended as a step to PhD Graduate courses: Math for Economists, Advanced Macro, Advanced Micro, Intermediate and Advanced Econometrics, Contract theory, IO. Letters of Recommendation: 3 professors of my school, including my adviser. Research Experience: I worked in a think tank for a year, but was doing policy project. Also joined a University Economics Lab for several projects as an undergrad Teaching Experience: Worked as an instructor in basic micro at evening school for bright high school students. Also was TA at my MA program. Research Interests: Applied microeconomics and econometrics, labor, contracts SOP: Quite standard I suppose. I describe development of my ideas, touch some skills gained and explain, why I'd like to do empirics. Concerns: low GPA, not perfect quantitative GRE. Worried that my SOP was not impressive enough. RESULTS: Acceptances: Duke (attending), Boston University (no $), Boston College, Rutgers (no $) Waitlists: UCLA Rejections: Maryland, Northwestern, NYU, Cornell, Michigan, CMU
Accepts: Acceptances: Duke (attending), Boston University (no $), Boston College, Rutgers (no $)
Rejects: Rejections: Maryland, Northwestern, NYU, Cornell, Michigan, CMU
Waitlists:
JBDonges 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: German Diplom in Economics from a University that is a Top5 in Germany but 200-300 worldwide. Undergrad GPA: exp. 1.9 on a scale from 1.0-5.0 where 1.0 is best Type of Grad: NA Grad GPA: NA GRE: 750Q, 420V, 4.5AWA (second take), 740Q, 400V, 4.0AWA (first take) Math Courses: Mathematics for Economists I and II (passed), Statistics I, II and III (2.0) Econ Courses (PhD-level): Advanced Macro I (2.3), Adv. Macro II (1.3), Monetary Theory (1.3) Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Economic Policy, International Economics, Environmental Economics, Energy Economics, Public Economics, Growth, Labour, and many more, all between 1.0-3.3 (average about 2.0) Other Courses: pre-degree in business Letters of Recommendation: 3 econ professors (1 Northwestern PhD, 1 former Harvard fellow, 1 unknown) Research Experience: 3 years RA for an unknown prof. Teaching Experience: Introductory micro Research Interests: Macro statement of purpose: Standard - template taken from Italos. Concerns: GRE scores. Other: MA application only Applying to: NYU MA, Yale IDE, UBC MA, UofT MA, UMich MAE, McGill MA, U Illinois Chicago MA RESULTS: Acceptances: UIC MA (no $) Waitlists: none Rejections: UBC MA, Toronto MA Doctoral/Regular Stream, McGill MA, UMich MAE, Yale IDE Pending: NYU MA (expect nothing) What would you have done differently? Mmmh... my GRE was horrible... not well prepared for the first time, nervous for the second... so I guess taking more time to learn for GRE would be quite useful... In the end I think that most adcoms were not able to evaluate my degree... What to do now? Maye I take UIC or I'm looking for a Master's in Germany... suggestions welcome...
Accepts: Acceptances: UIC MA (no $)
- Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago M.A.
Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Decision in March
Notification date: 2/22
Notified through: Mail
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Good start anyway...
- Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago M.A.
Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Decision in March
Notification date: 2/22
Notified through: Mail
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Good start anyway...
- Institution: NYU Master in Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: None
Notification date: 05/11
Notified through: E-Mail
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: This is so sick! Rejected by UBC, UofT, McGill and accepted by NYU? I don't get that...
Rejects: Rejections: UBC MA, Toronto MA Doctoral/Regular Stream, McGill MA, UMich MAE, Yale IDE
- Institution: Yale MA IDE
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/10
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: Yes
Comment: I don't care... didn't get a fellowship from Germany, so was no real option anymore.
- Institution: McGill MA Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notification date: 3/24/10
Notified through: e-mail
Comments: I considered this to be one of my safeties... now I lost hope for the remaining decisions
Posted on GC: Yes.
- Institution: UBC MA Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notification date: 3/24/10
Notified through: I sent an e-mail to the department asking for my status and got the reply...
Comments: This really depresses me... I really wanted to go there
Posted on GC: Yes.
Waitlists:
2pm 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: B.B.A, Econ concentration from large state university with no PhD program Undergrad GPA: 4.0 Type of Grad: M.A. Econ, same school Grad GPA: 4.0 GRE: 790Q, 640V, 4.0AWA Math Courses: Cal I (AP test), II (Community College), III, Intro to Proofs, Matrices and Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Real Analysis I Econ Courses (master level): Macro, Micro, Metrics, International Finance, Health Econ, Time Series, Research Methods, Forecasting Econ Courses (undergrad): Intermediate Macro, Micro, Metrics, Money & Banking, Math for Economist (same class with graduate level) Other Courses: Mostly in business Letters of Recommendation: 3 econ professors , been told they are all strong Research Experience: Honors undergrad thesis & master thesis. Nothing spectacular Teaching Experience: Tutor in the Econ dept Research Interests: Applied micro Statement of purpose: Standard, did not customize Concern: (somewhat) inadequate math background. Realized I wanted to do a Ph.D. in econ too late & tried to cram as much required math courses as possible while finishing my M.A. RESULTS: Acceptances: UT Austin ($$) (attending), Houston ($$), Michigan State (no $), BU (no $), UVA (no info on $ yet) Waitlists: BC, UW-M long waitlist -> rejection Rejections: let me count the way…Yale, Berkeley, Columbia, NYU, Michigan, UCLA, UCSD, UMN, Duke, PSU, Maryland, WUSTL Pending: Ohio State (the earliest deadline, still nothing yet. Oh the irony!) What would you have done differently? Hard to say, since I know beforehand there will be lots of noise in my results anyway. Probably take more math and get 800Q in GRE? Perhaps spend more time on my SOP, although I don’t feel comfortable discussing my research goals & ideas in details since I don’t even know which field I am interested in at the time of the application process. One thing I won’t regret is not transferring. I have made some fantastic friends and built tremendous relationship w/ the faculty at my current university. Overall, I’m extremely happy. 2 years ago when I decided to go for a Ph.D. in economics I didn’t think I could even make it to a mid-rank program, so UT is definitely a step up from my expectations.
Accepts: Acceptances: UT Austin ($$) (attending), Houston ($$), Michigan State (no $), BU (no $), UVA (no info on $ yet)
- Institution: UT Austin economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TAship, details TBA
Notification date: 03/9/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comment: Thrilled! First offer after going 0 for 7...
- Institution: Houston economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TAship + Fellowship
Notification date: 3/12/2010
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: very flattered but will likely decline due to better offer...
- Institution: Michigan State Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: no first year $
Notification date: 3/22
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: unlikely to attend w/out funding
- Institution: Boston University Economics
Decision: Admit
Funding: nada
Notification date: 3/24/10
Notified through: Email
Comments: a strong ego-boost. But will probably decline since there is little chance I'm getting financial aid
- Institution: UVA Economics PhD
Decision: Admit
Funding: No information on the letter
Notification date: 03/24
Notified through: randomly checked website
Comments: Happy
Rejects: rejection
Rejections: let me count the way…Yale, Berkeley, Columbia, NYU, Michigan, UCLA, UCSD, UMN, Duke, PSU, Maryland, WUSTL
- Institution: Penn State Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notification date: 3/12/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No.
- Institution: UCLA Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 3/17
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: one of my dream schools...
- Institution: NYU Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notification date: 3/19/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Comment: expected...
- Institution: Maryland Economics
Decision: Reject
Notification date: 03/19/10
Notified through: Randomly check Testudo website
Posted on GC: No
Comments: bleh...
- Institution: UCSD Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notification date: 3/23/2010
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: WUSTL Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 04/06/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comment: Took them long enough...
Waitlists: Waitlists: BC, UW-M long waitlist -> - Institution: Boston College Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding: Waitlisted
Notification date: 2-28-2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: Same email as EconDev. It seems very uncertain though, who knows what will happen after 4/15?
- Institution: Boston College Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding: Waitlisted
Notification date: 2-28-2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: Same email as EconDev. It seems very uncertain though, who knows what will happen after 4/15?
shadowprice 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Top 10 undergrad; top 15 graduate econ program Undergrad GPA: 3.46 Type of Grad: some master-level classes Grad GPA: GRE: 780 (1st time 690 - yikes!), 620, 5.0 Math Courses: Calc 1-3, Linear Algebra, Analysis and Optimization, Real Analysis 1-3, Probability, Statistical Inference, Stochastic Processes, Sample Surveys Econ Courses (PhD-level): Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Intermediate Micro, Intermediate Macro, Development, Public, Poverty and Inequality, International Monetary Theory, Intro to Econometrics, Microeconometrics, Advanced Micro Letters of Recommendation: 1 U Chicago - took class, very strong; 1 U Chicago - RA for three years at regional Fed; 1 UCLA - RA for one year in undergrad Research Experience: 5 years - 2 in undergrad , 3 years at a regional Fed. Extensive programming, coauthoring 2 papers (although not at the time of applying) Teaching Experience: none Research Interests: Applied micro - public and IO. Statement of purpose: 2 pages double-spaced (~650 words). Did not tailor to schools. Concerns: Very low undergrad GPA with a few B's and B+'s in important classes Other: RESULTS: Attending: University of Wisconsin ($$) Acceptances: University of Wisconsin ($$), Boston University (none), Boston College ($$), Johns Hopkins (tuition - off of waitlist), UC-Davis (none), University of Pittsburgh ($$), University of Washington (could have if wanted), University of Colorado ($$), Georgetown (wl funding) Waitlists: Carnegie Mellon (econ) Rejections: Columbia, NYU, Brown, Chicago Booth, Michigan, Maryland What would you have done differently? Definitely do better as an undergrad. I went to a prestigious university that typically sends students to MIT (and NSF), so I feel like I let an amazing opportunity slip by. That being said, I am ecstatic with my admits and think that Wisconsin is a great fit for my interests. I know for a fact that one of my letters played a HUGE role in getting funding, so for anyone who does not have a stellar GPA - if you forge a great relationship with your professors, your chances of landing a top 20 admission are completely possible. Good luck all future classes!
Accepts: Attending: University of Wisconsin ($$)
Acceptances: University of Wisconsin ($$), Boston University (none), Boston College ($$), Johns Hopkins (tuition - off of
Rejects: Rejections: Columbia, NYU, Brown, Chicago Booth, Michigan, Maryland
Waitlists: Waitlists: Carnegie Mellon (econ)
takethemoneyandrun 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Mid-ranked liberal arts college Undergrad GPA: 3.7/4.0 Type of Grad: N/A Grad GPA: N/A GRE: 770Q/700V/5.5AWA Math Courses: Calc I-III (A/B/A-), Linear Algebra (A-), Probability Theory (B+), Mathematical Statistics (B+), ODEs (A-), PDEs (A), Advanced Calculus (A), Real Analysis (A), Topology (IP), Complex Analysis (IP) Econ Courses : Intermediate Micro (B+), Intermediate Macro (A-), Intro to Econometrics (B), Labor Economics (A), Senior honors thesis (A) Other courses: Nothing of value Letters of Recommendation: Three econ professors (PhDs from top 30 programs) who advised me on research papers that turned out pretty well and one statistics professor with whom I did summer research. They are all very nice, helpful people and I get along well with them. Research Experience: Two econ term papers and a senior honors thesis that I am proud of; one co-authored statistics publication based on summer research. Teaching Experience: TA for 2 sections of introductory statistics and 2 sections of introductory economics. Research Interests: Economics of labor, health, aging, and education. Statement of purpose: I made it clear that I want to become an academic economist, discussing my math preparation and research interests. Concerns: Low GRE Q and limited undergrad econ background with very shaky grades. RESULTS: Acceptances: Virginia(wl-$), Texas(wl-$), Washington-Seattle($$), Indiana($$), UC-Davis($$), UC-Irvine($$), Rice($$), Colorado($0), Maryland AREC($$), Cornell AEM($0), Oregon($$) Rejections: Brown, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, WUSTL What would you have done differently? I would have applied to more schools in the 15-30 range. I didn't expect to be accepted to at least half of the programs that admitted me and was biased towards lower-ranked schools. I have heard this over and over, but it's worth repeating: The MC of sending out an additional application is extremely low; apply to any and every school that you think matches your research interests!
Accepts: Acceptances: Virginia(wl-$), Texas(wl-$), Washington-Seattle($$), Indiana($$), UC-Davis($$), UC-Irvine($$), Rice($$), Colorado($0), Maryland AREC($$), Cornell AEM($0), Oregon($$)
- Institution:UC Davis Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: full tuition waiver + TAship
Notification date: 8th Feb 2010
Notified through:email
Posted on Gradcafe: Yes
Date of Gradcafe post: 8th Feb 2010
Comments: I'm very grateful to have an offer from a school that I thought was out of my league.
- Institution: Cornell Applied Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: None available :(
Notification date: 18 February 2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on Gradcafe: (yes or no) No
Comments: I'm honored, but I can't attend without funding.
- Institution: University of Maryland AREC
Decision: Accepted
Funding: "Graduate Assistanship" with tuition remission + health insurance + 21k
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments:
- Institution: University of Virginia Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: No word yet
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments:
- Institution: University of Virginia Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: No word yet
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments:
- Institution: University of Colorado-Boulder Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $0
Notification date: 3/10/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: I'm very surprised that I wasn't offered funding. It was probably due to my low GRE score.
- Institution: UT-Austin Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: None "at this time"
Notification date: 3/24/10
Notified through: Email
Comments: I'm very happy, but shocked; I thought they were all done with offers.
Rejects: Rejections: Brown, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, WUSTL
- Institution: Northwestern University Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: Website
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Fully expected
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Also expected, but this one really stings.
- Institution: Northwestern University Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: Website
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Fully expected
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Also expected, but this one really stings.
- Institution: Washington U. in St. Louis Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 4/6
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comment: My last one
Waitlists: - Institution: Rice University Economics
Decision: Waitlisted
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments:
bluebucket 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Top 2 Econ PhD program Undergrad GPA: 4.4/5 Type of Grad: NA Grad GPA: NA GRE: 790Q, 630V, 4.0AWA Math Courses: multi-var calc, diff eq, linear alg, real analysis Econ Courses: I was an econ major so alot Letters of Recommendation: 1 very well known, 1 known within field, 1 senior lecturer, 1 math prof Research Experience: interned at regional fed statement of purpose: explained why I want a phd in econ, what my research interests are, and more in depth description of research and other experience Concerns: grades RESULTS: Acceptances: Berkeley ($), U Chicago($) Waitlists: none Rejections: Michigan, Brown, Yale, Harvard, MIT, Brown Attending: U Chicago What would you have done differently? Applied to schools where more of my letter writers would be recognized. I didn't apply to Stanford and one of my letter writers got his phd there. But I probably would have chosen Chicago regardless.
Accepts: Acceptances: Berkeley ($), U Chicago($)
- Institution:UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Admitted!:tup:
Notification date: 2/27/10
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GF: yes
Comments:Email was from graduate dean, no word on funding or flyout yet.
- Institution: University of Chicago Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 21k
Notification date: 03/05/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Comment: Yay!
- Institution:UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Admitted!
Notification date: 2/27/10
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GF: yes
Comments:Email was from graduate dean, no word on funding or flyout yet.
- Institution: University of Chicago Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 21k
Notification date: 03/05/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Comment: Yay!
Rejects: Rejections: Michigan, Brown, Yale, Harvard, MIT, Brown
- Institution: Harvard economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 03/09/2010
Notified through: Snail Mail
- Institution: MIT Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notified through: Email
Notification date: 3/16/2010
Posted on GC:No
- Institution: Brown Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notified through: e-mail to check website
Notification date: 3/16/10
Posted on GC:No
Waitlists:
blablabla 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: B.A in Economics, top South American University Undergrad GPA: 7.9/10.0 Type of Grad: M.A in Economics, same University Grad GPA: 3.95 (converted). 8 A's and 1 B GRE: 800Q 490V 3.5 AWA TOEFL: 103 Math Courses: Calculus I and II, Linear Algebra, Math Economics I and II, Math Economics (grad level: sort of a real analysis course) Econ Courses (undergrad level): A lot. Econ Courses (grad level): Micro I and II, Macro I, Econometrics I and II, Microdevelopment I and II, Contract Theory Other Courses: NA Letters of Recommendation: 1 PhD UCLA and 1 PhD BU (probably very good ones), 1 PhD Yale and 1 PhD Chicago (probably not so good ones) Research Experience: Nothing special. 1 year in a research foundation Teaching Experience: 1 semester as TA for grad Econometrics I, 1 semester as TA for undergrad Econometrics II Research Interests: Development Economics, Microeconometrics SoP: Standard, I think. Other: NA RESULTS: Acceptances: A few. Wisconsin-Madison (no $ 1yr), Maryland ($), Brown ($), LSE MRes/Track 1 (no $) Waitlists: None Rejections: A lot. MIT, Yale, Northwestern, Berkeley, NYU, Duke, Michigan, BU, UCL, Princeton, Stanford, Chicago, Cornell Pending: None Attending: Brown What would you have done differently? 1. Get higher grades as an undergrad. 2. Lack of math. I would have taken real analysis/measure theory 3. One of the probably-not-so-good letter of recommendation is my currently advisor. HUGE mistake. Anyway, I am happy with my outcome! Good luck to all future applicants!
Accepts: Acceptances: A few. Wisconsin-Madison (no $ 1yr), Maryland ($), Brown ($), LSE MRes/Track 1 (no $)
Rejects: Rejections: A lot. MIT, Yale, Northwestern, Berkeley, NYU, Duke, Michigan, BU, UCL, Princeton, Stanford, Chicago, Cornell
Waitlists:
Springsteen 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: B.Sc. Management, European university Undergrad GPA: 17/20 - ranked 2nd out of 116 Type of Grad: M.Sc. Economics, same university Undergrad GPA: 17/20 GRE: 800Q, 410V, 3.5AWA Math Courses(undergrad): Mathematics I, Mathematics II, Mathematics III, Statistics I, Statistics II (covers linear algebra, calculus, ODE, probability theory, etc...) Econ Courses(undergrad): Microeconomics I, Macroeconomics I, Microeconomics II, Econometrics Math Courses(grad): Advanced Mathematics (covers topology and optimization theory) Econ Courses(grad): Microeconomic Theory, Advanced Macroeconomics, Advanced Econometrics, IO, Regulation, International Money and Finance, Game Theory, Information and Uncertainty, Microeconometrics Other Courses: Some Management courses that I hated Letters of Recommendation: 1 senior econ (phd MIT), 1 senior econ (phd Chicago), 1 junior econ (phd MIT) Research Experience: graduate thesis (completing) Teaching Experience: none Research Interests: Micro theory: Game Theory, Contract theory, Mechanism Design, Auctions SOP: standard Concerns: Low AWA, Other: RESULTS: Acceptances: NW (waitlisted for first year funding), UPenn (waitlisted for first year funding) Rejections: Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, Chicago, Yale, Berkeley, Columbia, NYU, UW-M, UMichigan, LSE, Cornell Comments: I am extremely happy with this outcome!! But, since I have been rejected at 13 universities out of 15, and many universities ranked lower than NW rejected me, I guess I was lucky to ge in NW! What would you have done differently? Take real analysis (although it was not offered at my university...), RA to get stronger LORs Attending: Northwestern University!
Accepts: Acceptances: NW (waitlisted for first year funding), UPenn (waitlisted for first year funding)
- Institution: Northwestern University Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Waitlist for first year
Notification date: Feb 24, 2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: [dance]
- Institution: UPenn Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: "very high on the wait list for first year"
Notification date: 03/04/2010
Notified through: Email
Comment: :)
- Institution: Northwestern University Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Waitlist for first year
Notification date: Feb 24, 2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments:
- Institution: UPenn Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: "very high on the wait list for first year"
Notification date: 03/04/2010
Notified through: Email
Comment:
Rejects: Rejections: Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, Chicago, Yale, Berkeley, Columbia, NYU, UW-M, UMichigan, LSE, Cornell
Comments: I am extremely happy with this outcome!! But, since I have been rejected at 13 universities out of 15, and many universities ranked lower than NW rejected me, I guess I was lucky to ge in NW!
- Institution:Cornell Econ
Decision:Reject
Funding: N/A
Notification date:8th Feb 2010
Notified through:email
Posted on Gradcafe: (yes or no) yes
Date of Gradcafe post: (if yes) 8th feb
1st rejection (feels preetty bad)
- Institution: Yale Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: Yeah Right
Notification date: 18 feb
Notified Through: email to check online status
Posted on Grad Cafe: no
Comment: Who will be the next to reject me?
- Institution: Cornell Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: Yeah right
Notification date: Feb 08, 2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: :smack: So early in the game...
- Institution: Yale Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: Yeah right
Notification date: Feb 18, 2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: :doh:
- Institution: LSE Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: Feb 23, 2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: :eek:
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Couldn't care less:)
- Institution: U Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: lol
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: ---
- Institution: Columbia Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 03/04/2010
Notified through: Email to check website
Comment: ...
- Institution: Cornell Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: Yeah right
Notification date: Feb 08, 2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments:
So early in the game...
- Institution: Yale Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: Yeah right
Notification date: Feb 18, 2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments:
- Institution: LSE Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: Feb 23, 2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments:
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Couldn't care less
- Institution: U Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: lol
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: ---
- Institution: Princeton Economics
Decision: Reject
Funding: Yeah right
Notification date: 3/9
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comment: Oh Crap
- Institution: Stanford Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/11/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Expected
- Institution: MIT Economics Phd.
Decision: Rejected
Notified through: E-mail
Notification date: 03/16
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Northwestern, here I come
Waitlists:
dsdoodle 2010:
Type of Undergrad: B.S. Econ/B.A. Math from large state/30ish ranked Econ PhD program in US Undergrad GPA: 3.72/4 Type of Grad: NA Grad GPA: NA GRE: 760Q, 500V, 6.0AWA Math Courses: Calc I, II, III, Multivariate Calc I, II, Linear algebra, Differential equations, Math reasoning, Linear analysis, Real analysis (I, II), Linear optimization, discrete modeling (avg gpa 3.71, upper level classes 3.9) Econ Courses (PhD-level): Micro I, II (B) (skipped undergrad version of micro theory and first micro class since Freshman year... which is somewhat of an excuse for the poor grade) Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Monetary (2 classes), Econometrics, Biological resources, International trade, International macro, Applied econometrics.. all As Letters of Recommendation: My honors thesis adviser (Harvard PhD), prof whom I am RAing for right now (Harvard PhD), prof whom I took two monetary classes from who thinks I'm one of his best student in the last few years (Rochester PhD), prof whom I took an applied econometric class and will be RAing for starting in January (Yale PhD) Research Experience: Summer internship at non-profit economic research organization, Honors thesis that won an award, RAing with a professor in macro - did work on two papers and coauthoring on a third, RA'd for two professors in labor, editing a macroeconomics textbook for a new edition Teaching Experience: Grader for econometrics and international trade classes Research Interests: Environmental, monetary, macro Statement of purpose: Discussed how I'm taking a year off to do research, made a slight mention of my lower GRE score but high math grades Concerns: Too much competition!! And maybe the fact that I didn't do well in my grad level micro classes. Other: Thy will be done. Applying to: Stanford, Berkeley, Northwestern, Columbia, NYU, Wisconsin, Michigan, Texas, Minnesota, UCSD, UC-Irvine, Washington, WUSTL, Hong Kong University, Boston College, Virginia RESULTS: Acceptances: Hong Kong University, UC-Irvine, Texas-Austin, Minnesota (off the long waitlist) Rejections: Everywhere else (was withdrawn at UW because I work there and the DGS found out I got a better offer and thus withdrew me..oh well) Attending: University of Minnesota (TA-ship funding) What would you have done differently? Section in bold is my updated response after getting an offer from Minnesota on 4/20. Wow! I am so, so thankful and am so blessed to have a chance to go to my first choice school. I think what made a huge impact was getting the top professor at my school to send a quick note about me to the department and Minnesota. Why do I think this? Because the DGS actually responded and thanked him for recommending me! It's amazing... so if you are in a similar situation as I am where you are on a long waitlist, there are things you can do to get a shot at the incoming class. These things are (these are things that I did): 1) Have a few professors vouch for you. In my case, I had a lot more stuff going on with research after I've applied... and the professors I was working for could send in a note about what I'm doing now or have done for them. Let them know about the waitlist situation and see if they can email or call the department on your behalf. Anything for them to look at your profile again is good. 2) Visit the school. They probably won't pay for your visit, but going there is helpful to first see whether this is the place you want to go and to show that your interest is more than just talk. Obviously anyone can say a school is their first choice school but not everyone will back that up with the money and time it takes to make a visit. 3) Keep in close contact with the school. Don't overdo this... I wouldn't send one email everyday but keep the contact going. I sent two emails that were not responded to asking about the waitlist, but I sent one today (the 20th, so it was after the deadline) and I think it made the DGS look at my application one more time - because he mentioned that he looked at my application again and their situation this year and decided to make me an offer. 4) Pray! I don't presume everyone to believe in the Christian God as I do, so this may not apply to you. But from the beginning, I've prayed that God will send me where I can be best used. Honestly, the morning I got the email accepting me to the program, I thought to myself that everything so far has seemed like God is calling me to Minnesota... from my interests, things I was doing in my RAships, talks with current students, and so on... everything pointed to UMN. Like I said, I trusted that God will bring me where He wanted me to be... and whether that's Texas or Minnesota, I was completely at peace with it. In fact, my interest in Minnesota started out with the reason that there's a pastor, whom I respect very much, who had a church very close to the UMN campus. But I can't stress the importance of prayer and can't fully comprehend God's grace in all of this. I'm not positive about this, but I may have jumped over some people on the short waitlist (or maybe they all already got offers to come, who knows?). Regardless... I'm very happy to have a chance to get my PhD at Minnesota. Please PM me if you are in a similar situation and need some help. Now below is the stuff I wrote before I got into UMN... which I'm going to keep here since there are still some good (I hope) information in there. I am pretty pleased with the results. I think my GRE score and a low grad micro score probably kept me out of most places, as people in the forum said. I don't think a GRE score of 760 will mean you are automatically out, but because there are many others with the exact same grades and research experience (and even better) than you, you really don't want to have a disadvantage in anything. So I guess I may have tried to do better on the GRE (I did, but got the same score) and probably either not take grad micro or know that it was a bad idea to take grad micro when the last micro class you had was 3 years ago in freshman year. I also may have looked into applying to more target schools instead of reaches. My first choice was Minnesota, so I am grateful to have been waitlisted and I actually went to visit and had a few professors contact the department to vouch for me. Texas is a great place as well so I am blessed to have that as my "backup", when having it as a first choice would have been more than exciting. I would also want to repeat what my professor said about applying for econ phd programs - that it's a random process and the only way to increase your chances is to increase the number of trials. Apply to more schools! If you are thinking about applying to less schools to save like 500-1000 dollars, then think about this: $1000 is nothing compared to getting full funding from a school for 5 years. You really, really don't want to miss out on a school that might have given you full funding just because you wanted to save $100. I would recommend everyone to apply to at least 12 programs - 2 reaches, 8 targets, 2 safeties... but it's probably better to apply to 4 reaches, 8 targets, and 4 safeties. Don't be shocked if a safety school rejects you. It happens.. and in my case those schools were probably very borderline safety schools. And the most important advice: There's still time to network with professors. It goes a long way if you have good connections with the professors at your school. They are willing to help those they know and think is capable. So look for research opportunities and attend departmental events! In the end, God provided me with a great place to go and a great experience visiting schools... I'm very happy with the results.
Accepts: Acceptances: Hong Kong University, UC-Irvine, Texas-Austin, Minnesota (off the long - Institution: Hong Kong University Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Either 2.5k a year or 15k a year, depending on whether I get a fellowship I was nominated for
Notification date: 2/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: Not planning on going
- Institution: UC-Irvine Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 16.5k TAship, +registration and educational fees and health insurance
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: Pretty relieved that the worst I can do is UC-Irvine with full funding. 13 more to go!
- Institution: UC-Irvine Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 16.5k TAship, +registration and educational fees and health insurance
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: Pretty relieved that the worst I can do is UC-Irvine with full funding. 13 more to go!
- Institution: Texas (Austin) Economics
Decision: Admitted
Funding: TAship... will know in a few days
Notification date: 3/10/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Awesome!!
Rejects: Rejections: Everywhere else (was withdrawn at UW because I work there and the DGS found out I got a better offer and thus withdrew me..oh well)
- Institution: Berkeley Economics, PhD
Decision: Reject
Funding:
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Nope
Comments: Mass email it seems like, was definitely a reach!
- Institution: Northwestern Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: Website
Posted on GF: No
Comments: My last name starts with a W, so they are probably getting to the end of the list!
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 3/3
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Finally... last name starts with a W (might as well stand for Wait-a-long-time-for-any-news) :)
- Institution: Columbia University Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 03/04/2010
Notified through: Email to check website
Comment: Well, knew for a few days since someone posted that all offers/waitlists have been sent out. Already had this one as an "out" but I was actually pretty impressed with their letter. Very nicely written!
- Institution: Berkeley Economics, PhD
Decision: Reject
Funding:
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Nope
Comments: Mass email it seems like, was definitely a reach!
- Institution: Northwestern Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: Website
Posted on GF: No
Comments: My last name starts with a W, so they are probably getting to the end of the list!
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 3/3
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Finally... last name starts with a W (might as well stand for Wait-a-long-time-for-any-news)
- Institution: Columbia University Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 03/04/2010
Notified through: Email to check website
Comment: Well, knew for a few days since someone posted that all offers/waitlists have been sent out. Already had this one as an "out" but I was actually pretty impressed with their letter. Very nicely written!
- Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison Economics
Decision: Reject
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/9
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comment: Waiting is over!
- Institution: Stanford Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notification date: 3/11/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Can't say I didn't expect it!
- Institution: NYU Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notification date: 3/12/2010
Notified through: Got email back from Marge
Posted on GC: No
Comments:
Oh well.
Waitlists: waitlist)
- Institution: Minnesota Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: If I got waitlisted at Minnesota, that significantly increased my hopes at other schools in that same tier or a bit below.
ilikefreefood 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Econ major from a top 5-10 Midwestern liberal arts college. Undergrad GPA: 3.73/4, magna cum laude, distinction in major for senior thesis research. Type of Grad: first semester of PhD microeconomics at Maryland Grad GPA: 3.00/4.00 (B+) GRE: 800Q 640V 5.5AWA Math Courses: Calc II-III (A,B+), Linear Algebra (Pass), Statistics (A), Mathematical Structures (A-), Real Analysis (B, taken as a non-degree student at a local school Fall 2008), Probability (A, taken as a non-degree student at a local school Summer 2009) Econ Courses: Principles Micro/Macro (A-,A), Intermediate Micro (A) Intermediate Macro (B), Econometrics (B+), PhD Micro Theory I (B+), pre-thesis seminar (A-), Ag. & Food Econ. (A), Development Econ. (B+), Econ. of Inequality (A), Econ. of Water Policy (B+), British Econ. history (B+) Other Courses: A pass/fail seminar on game theory, a Poli. Sci. course on agent-based computer modeling (A) Letters of Recommendation: 2 Econ. professors (liberal arts college profs but with Chicago/Stanford PhDs), including my thesis adviser who has previously stated that my thesis was one of the best he's ever advised. 1 Partner at my Econ. consulting firm with whom I've worked extensively on econometric analyses (PhD Cornell). Where possible, a third Econ. professor (PhD Chicago). Research Experience: ~3.5 years as an RA in a major Econ. consulting firm; I specialize in statistical and econometric analysis within my office. Awards: Thesis award from state Economics association, thesis presentation award from state science association, college fellowship for (non-research) work in development related to microfinance. Research Interests: Development, environmental/resource economics, urban economics, general applied micro. Statement of Purpose: Well-written but fairly standard; mentioned specifically my interest in development and applied micro fields. Other: This is my second time applying, and I am reapplying to several schools with the additional Probability and PhD micro courses and a new letter of recommendation. I am deferred at Minnesota ARE from last year. Applying to: Maryland, Maryland AREC, Duke, UC Berkeley ARE, Washington, Wharton Applied Economics, Michigan, Penn, Yale, Chicago, Michigan State, Northwestern, WUSTL, Georgetown, Texas, Boston University, UCSD, Cornell, Brown, UC Davis ARE, Illinois, Penn State, Virginia RESULTS: Attending: Boston University Acceptances: Boston University (no $), U. of Washington ($), Michigan State ($ waitlist), Illinois ($), UC Davis ARE ($), Maryland AREC ($). Rejections: Maryland Econ., Duke, UC Berkeley ARE, Wharton Applied Economics, Michigan, Penn, Yale, Chicago, Northwestern, Washington U. in St. Louis, Texas, UCSD, Cornell, Brown, Penn State, Virginia No Response: Georgetown What would you have done differently? I would have taken more care to keep my grades in key courses consistently high in college to avoid a few potential red flags. I would have started my math education earlier and taken more classes as an undergrad. I would have worked only 2 years as an economic consultant and timed the business cycle to avoid applying in 2009 and 2010. I would have applied last year to a few schools that just missed my 2009 list (BU, Washington, and Illinois were all nearly on it), and potentially avoided the annoyance of waiting another year. I would have done more research to discount the advice of my advisors who said I would definitely get into schools on my 2009 list. All those things said, i feel that BU is really a fabulous program for my interests, and I am very, very excited to be headed there.
Accepts: Attending: Boston University
Acceptances: Boston University (no $), U. of Washington ($), Michigan State ($ - Institution: UC Davis ARE
Decision: Accepted
Funding: "We are going to offer you funding"
Notification date: January 28th
Notified through: Phone (Voicemail)
Posted on Gradcafe: (yes or no) Yes
Comments: This feels good.
- Institution:UC Davis (ARE) Agricultural & Resource Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 16K RA/TA
Notification date: 1/28
Notified through: Phone
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: A solid first offer to start the season.
- Institution: Michigan State University Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Waitlisted for TAship
Notification date: 3/11/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: Yes
Comment: The plot thickens.
- Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: First year fellowship 8.5k, TA years 2-5 17k + tuition & fee waiver
Notification date: 3/23/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: Booyah.
- Institution: Maryland (AREC) Agricultural & Applied Economics (AREC)
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Waitlisted for assistantship
Notification date: 3/26
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: Official letter said no possibility of funding, but it was followed by an email saying "Under normal budgetary conditions, we would have made an offer of financial assistance in the form of a graduate assistantship ... our ability to support incoming graduate students is severely limited at this time.
I wanted you to know that your name has been place on a waiting list for just such an assistantship."
- Institution: Boston University (BU) Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 3/29
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Funding: No funding.
Comments: Given my interests, this is a tempting option.
Lots of thinking to do.
- Institution: University of Washington, Seattle Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: "we are in a position to make you a funded offer"
Notification date: 4/15
Notified through: Email (at 1:15am Pacific!)
Comments: UW never really officially told me I was in before this because I told them I wouldn't come without funding.
However, I have given this eventuality a lot of thought in the past few days, and I will decline their funded offer for an unfunded offer at BU.
In spite of the funding-related antics, I really liked UW, I love Seattle, and this was a tough decision to make.
Rejects: Rejections: Maryland Econ., Duke, UC Berkeley ARE, Wharton Applied Economics, Michigan, Penn, Yale, Chicago, Northwestern, Washington U. in St. Louis, Texas, UCSD, Cornell, Brown, Penn State, Virginia
No Response: Georgetown- Institution: Duke Econ
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 02/16/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on Gradcafe: (yes or no) yes
- Institution: Yale Econ PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 02/18/2010
Notified through: email to check website
Posted on Gradcafe: (yes or no) yes
Comments: expected
- Institution: Duke Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 2/16
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: Bummer.
As with many other posters, I'm going to try not to read into this one too much.
- Institution: Yale Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 2/18
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: More or less expected.
- Institution: Cornell Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comment: Very disappointing.
Last year they held my application until April, and since then I have added a letter of recommendation from a Cornell Ph.D.
- Institution: Northwestern Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Website
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Never really expected to get in, but boy I wish it hadn't taken so long to determine that I hadn't.
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 3/3
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Not surprised to get re-rejected, but this was a program at which my advisor thought I had a good shot, so it's still a bummer.
- Institution: Yale Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 2/18
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: More or less expected.
- Institution: Cornell Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comment: Very disappointing.
Last year they held my application until April, and since then I have added a letter of recommendation from a Cornell Ph.D.
- Institution: Northwestern Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Website
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Never really expected to get in, but boy I wish it hadn't taken so long to determine that I hadn't.
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 3/3
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Not surprised to get re-rejected, but this was a program at which my advisor thought I had a good shot, so it's still a bummer.
- Institution: Chicago Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 03/05
Notified through: Email
Comment: Got the email during a presentation at a flyout.
So expected I didn't even flinch.
- Institution: UC Berkeley Ag & Resource Econ (ARE)
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notified through: E-mail
Date: 03/08
Comment: This one is a major disappointment.
I really wanted to go here, and my advisor thought I had an excellent shot.
- Institution: Penn State Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 03/12/2010
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: Bummer.
I'm pretty sure my family would've loved to see me as a Nittany Lion.
- Institution: Penn Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 3/12/2010
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: Not really.
- Institution: Brown Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 3/16
Notified through: Email (check website)
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments:
- Institution: Wharton Applied Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 3/19/2010
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: Interesting program, but I didn't think I was going to get in anyway.
- Institution: Maryland Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 03/20/10
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: Obviously this one was assumed at this point, but it's especially disappointing because I took a graduate course in this department to beef up my application recently.
C'est la vie.
- Institution: UCSD Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 3/22
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: -
- Institution: University of Texas, Austin Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 3/26
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: Bummer.
I'm hanging out with friends from Austin today and had to break the news to them that I won't be joining them anytime soon.
- Institution: University of Virginia Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/31
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GF: Yes
Funding: -
Comments: Charlottesville would have been nice.
- Institution: Washington U. in St. Louis Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 4/6
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: Yes
Comment: The field narrows.
- Institution: Georgetown Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 4/16/10
Notified through: Letter
Comment: Maybe Georgetown's objective in waiting till after April 15th is to ensure that no one cares if they're rejected?
Waitlists: waitlist), Illinois ($), UC Davis ARE ($), Maryland AREC ($).
48chec 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: B.A. Economics Latin American University Undergrad GPA: 3.5 Type of Grad: M.A. Economics Latin American University Grad GPA: 3.5 GRE: 800Q 570V 3.0 AWA Math Courses: Multivariate Calculus, Mathematical Statistics Econ Courses: Game Theory, Grad Micro, Grad Micro, Grad Econometrics Other Courses: Lots of History Courses Letters of Recommendation: 1 Berkeley who teaches at my Uni, 1 Michigan who teaches at my Uni, 1 MIT who teaches at an Ivy League Uni. Research Experience: R.A. since I was a third year undergrad. Last two years I was a full time instructor working on three papers. Teaching Experience: I have been a full time instructor for the last two years. I have been teaching Probability and Econometrics. Research Interests: Labor, information, applied econometrics. SOP: Made emphasis on my love for academia and my teaching and research experience. Other: Highest national grade on an economics exam. RESULTS: Acceptances: UCLA($), British Columbia Waitlists: UPenn, Brown Rejections: Stanford, Princeton, Berkeley, NorthWestern, Columbia, LSE, Michigan, Texas Austin. Pending: None What would you have done differently? I would have taken more math courses. I would also have taken more care of my GPA. I wish I had realized that I wanted to be an academic earlier in my undergraduate studies.
Accepts: Acceptances: UCLA($), British Columbia
Rejects: Rejections: Stanford, Princeton, Berkeley, NorthWestern, Columbia, LSE, Michigan, Texas Austin.
Waitlists:
PerfectMarkets 2010:
Profile Type of Undergrad: BS in Econ, minor in math at MIT Undergrad GPA: 4.7/5.0 Type of Grad: N/A Grad GPA: N/A GRE: 800Q, 790V, 5.5AW Math Courses (+/- grades aren't recorded): Multivariable Calculus (Pass) Probability/Statistics (B); Differential Equations (B); Linear Algebra (B); Advanced Statistics (A); Real Analysis (A); Discrete Applied Math (A) Econ Courses: Intermediate Macro (B); Intermediate Micro(A) ; a bunch of field courses (all A's); Econometrics (A); Economics Research/ Paper writing (A); Game Theory(B); grad labor (A); Other Courses: Some computer science classes, some finance Letters of Recommendation: 1 senior lecturer who had worked on a project with me, 1 senior prof who I RA's for back in freshman year, 1 senior prof who I took grad labor with, 1 senior prof who I took two classes with. Research Experience: RA'd for freshman summer and 2 semesters in junior year Publications: None. Teaching Experience: None. Research Interests: Applied micro and central bank policy Statement of purpose: Uninteresting, talked about how I like applied micro and was good at Stata. Didn't really mention the macro interest at all. RESULTS: Acceptances: Northwestern ($$) (Attending), Cornell ($$$), NSF fellowship Waitlists: MIT (eventually rejected, got so close) Rejections: Harvard, Columbia, Yale, Stanford, Berkeley, Chicago, Michigan, NYU, Princeton What would you have done differently? Ouch, lots of rejections. I would have done better on my math classes, and moved the order I took them around. I should have taken analysis earlier and linear algebra later to free up my schedule. I could maybe have taken some of the intro grad sequence, but I feel like I would've just gotten a B against the grad students here and it would just look worse, so hard to say. My recommenders were very well known, and I think the letters should have been solid, if not completely glowing. I don't know if this helped or hurt me; certainly they have been very supportive throughout this process, but maybe I would have been better off working with a junior faculty and getting a very effusive review. I pinned a lot of hope on the NSF award, but it didn't reverse any decisions, even though it got me much closer to getting off the MIT waitlist. So, the NSF isn't magical. Though money is nice. I also spent two summers working in consulting, which was bad in terms of apps but good in making me realize that I wanted to apply to grad school. I have to chalk up my results to an insanely competitive year and spotty math grades in important classes.
Accepts: Acceptances: Northwestern ($$) (Attending), Cornell ($$$), NSF fellowship
- Institution: Northwestern econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $
Notification date: 2/24
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: Waitlisted for first year funding
- Institution: Northwestern econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $
Notification date: 2/24
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: Waitlisted for first year funding
Rejects: rejected, got so close)
Rejections: Harvard, Columbia, Yale, Stanford, Berkeley, Chicago, Michigan, NYU, Princeton- Institution: Yale Econ
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/18
Notified through: E-mail
Waitlists: Waitlists: MIT (eventually - Institution: MIT Economics
Decision: Waitlisted
Notification date: Mar 17
Notified through: email
Funding: sup NSF, I'm banking on obscure home state
Comments: I've never had luck with waitlists, but it's better than a rejection
msu2010 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Big Ten School Undergrad GPA: 3.7/4.0 Type of Grad:- Grad GPA:- GRE: 790Q 550V Math Courses: I did a math major, the typical math courses Econ Courses: Game Theory, Grad Metrics, nothing else outstanding Other Courses: Some science courses (physics) Letters of Recommendation: 1 very well known, 1 well know, 1 newer prof (all econ) Research Experience: Wrote and presented paper at a conference, no publications or anything outstanding Teaching Experience:TA for intro econ Research Interests: Labor/Micro/Metrics SOP: Very odd statement Other: RESULTS: Acceptances: Boston College ($), University of Virginia ($), Ohio State ($$), Illinois ($$), Boston University, Arizona, UCSB, UC Davis, George Mason Rejections: Too Many Stanford, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, a lot more, I really am drawing a blank... What would you have done differently? Gotten a better GPA. I guess a few things, but its over and I am happy, two years ago I didn't think I would be here. I am happy to be going to Boston College in the fall. Its not Stanford, but it suits me
Accepts: Acceptances: Boston College ($), University of Virginia ($), Ohio State ($$), Illinois ($$), Boston University, Arizona, UCSB, UC Davis, George Mason
- Institution: UCSB Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 02/26/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: NO
Comments: Where is the money?!
- Institution: UCSB Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 02/26/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: NO
Comments: Where is the money?!
- Institution: George Mason University Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TBD
Notification date: 3/10/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comment: hmmm...
- Institution: U Arizona Economics
Decision: Admit
Funding: No first year funding
Notification date: 03/19/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Sad that I don't have funding anywhere
- Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TA 5 years 17,000
Notification date: 3/23/2010
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: N0
Comments: FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Institution: Boston University Economics
Decision: Admit
Funding: prob not
Notification date: 3/24/10
Notified through: Email
Comments: Suprise
Rejects: Rejections: Too Many
Stanford, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, a lot more, I really am drawing a blank...
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: NO
Comments: No one wants me :/
- Institution: Northwestern Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: NO
Comments: I give up
- Institution: Penn State University Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/10/2010
Notified through: E-mail (from Lynn Sebulsky)
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: Brown Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 3/16
Notified through: Email (check website)
Posted on GC: No
Comments: I have taken enough of a beating to expect this
Waitlists: - Institution: Boston College Economics
Decision: Waitlisted
Notification date: 03/01/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: NO
Comments: ugh
Mpianatra 2010:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Top 20 econ program
Undergrad GPA: 3.56/4
Type of Grad: MS in same major/university
Grad GPA: none at time of application
GRE: 780/580/5.5
Math Courses: Calc I/II (A-), Real Analysis (in progress during app), Calc III (A+), Linear Algebra (A), Ord. Diff. Eq. (A) [last three courses taken as non-degree student at state school w/o econ phd]
Econ Courses: Intro Micro/Macro (A), Inter Micro (B+), Inter Macro (A), Labor Economics (B), Income Distribution (A), Developing Country Labor Markets (A-), Applied Econometrics (A-), Econ Dev't (A-), Public Finance (A-), Economic Data (B), Grad Micro Theory I (in progress), Grad Econ of Education (in progress)
Other Courses: Intro Stats (A-)
Letters of Recommendation: Thesis Adviser- known for a long time (pretty strong), Second Thesis Adviser-mostly knew from a course (positive but probably pretty generic), RA prof (also probably pretty generic)
Research Experience: Master's thesis but hadn't done much for it at time of application
Teaching Experience: Just short of teaching credential
Research Interests: Development, Political Economy, Labor
SOP: Nothing special. Run of the mill about why I like econ, why I was qualified, and why I liked the school.
Other:
RESULTS:
Acceptances: American ($?), BU (no $), CUNY (Fellowship), Fordham ($?), Colorado ($$$), UI-Chicago ($?), Washington (no $), Wisconsin ($$)
Waitlists: BC
Rejections: Columbia, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, George Washington, Minnesota, Michigan, NYU, Northwestern, UCLA, Maryland, UNC, Notre Dame, USC, Texas,
Attending: Wisconsin
What would you have done differently?
What I wouldn't have done differently was apply to so many schools. I had a lot of reach schools on my list and all it takes is one of them to accept you. Some rejections from very lowly-ranked schools with some acceptances from relatively high-ranked so it can be hard to predict. Obviously getting better grades would always help but I'm very satisfied with the overall results.
Accepts: Acceptances: American ($?), BU (no $), CUNY (Fellowship), Fordham ($?), Colorado ($$$), UI-Chicago ($?), Washington (no $), Wisconsin ($$)
- Institution: UIllinois-Chicago
Decision: Accepted
Funding: will hear in March
Notification date: 2/10
Notified through: Postal Service
Posted on GF: yes
Comments: At least I got one in the bag
- Institution: Wisconsin-Madison Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Tuition waiver + $12.5K TAship 1st year, something guaranteed for 3 more years
Notification date: 2/27
Notified through: Email + More info by mail
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: Anyone else accepted know if they reimburse for flyout?
- Institution: CUNY Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: "Short list" for an 18k fellowship
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Likely will withdraw due to better offer.
- Institution: Fordham University Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Waitlisted
Notification date: 03/04/2010
Notified through: Email
Comment: I hadn't researched the program well. Just picked it b/c it's in NYC.
- Institution: Wisconsin-Madison Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Tuition waiver + $12.5K TAship 1st year, something guaranteed for 3 more years
Notification date: 2/27
Notified through: Email + More info by mail
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: Anyone else accepted know if they reimburse for flyout?
- Institution: CUNY Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: "Short list" for an 18k fellowship
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Likely will withdraw due to better offer.
- Institution: Fordham University Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Waitlisted
Notification date: 03/04/2010
Notified through: Email
Comment: I hadn't researched the program well. Just picked it b/c it's in NYC.
- Institution: UC-Boulder Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: ~15k TA, 5k Fellowship
Notification date: 03/09/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comment:
- Institution: BU Phd Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 3/29
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Funding: $0
Comments: Out at GWU and in at BU? This is a weird process.
- Institution: U of Washington Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 3/30
Notified through: email
Posted on GF: no
Funding: no
Comments:
Rejects: Rejections: Columbia, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, George Washington, Minnesota, Michigan, NYU, Northwestern, UCLA, Maryland, UNC, Notre Dame, USC, Texas,
- Institution: Duke
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 2/17
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GF: no
Comments:
- Institution: Minnesota
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: no
Comments:
- Institution: Northwestern University Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: Website
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Oh well...
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments:
- Institution: Columbia University Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/04/2010
Notified through: Email to check website
Comment: No surprise there.
- Institution: Minnesota
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: no
Comments:
- Institution: Northwestern University Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: Website
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Oh well...
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments:
- Institution: Notre Dame Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 3/11/2010
Notified through: E-mail to check Website
Posted on GC: no
Comments:
- Institution: UCLA Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/11/2010
Notified through: Email to Check Website
Posted on GC: no
Comments:
- Institution: Emory University Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 3/12/2010
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: no
Comments: got an early interview so this surprised me a bit
- Institution: NYU Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 03/12/2010
Notified through: email response from Marjorie Lesser
Comments: zero surprise but still a bummer
- Institution: UCLA Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: Mar 15
Notified through: Postal Service
Funding: N/A
Posted on GF: no
Comments:
- Institution: Maryland Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/20/10
Notified through: E-mail to Check Website
Posted on GC: No
Comments: C'est la vie.
- Institution: George Washington Phd Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/27
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GF: No
Funding: n/a
Comments: Seriously? Definitely didn't expect this.
- Institution: University of Texas Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 04/05/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comment:
Waitlists: Waitlists: BC
- Institution: Boston College Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding: Waitlisted
Notification date: 12:30am ET 3/1
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: Not sure if I'll put my name on the list or not...
- Institution: Boston College Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding: Waitlisted
Notification date: 12:30am ET 3/1
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: Not sure if I'll put my name on the list or not...
hotfuss 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: 4 year Honours degree in economics at a major Australian university Undergrad GPA: First Class Honours (ranked first in Honours class) Type of Grad: N/A Grad GPA: N/A GRE: 800Q Math Courses: First and second year advanced maths courses, differential calculus, integral calculus, discrete mathematics, first and second year linear algebra, vector calculus, PDEs Econ Courses: Game Theory, Advanced Microeconomics, Advanced Macroeconomics, International Trade, Applied Economics, Industrial Organisation, Mathematical Economics Other Courses: First year psychology Letters of Recommendation: One Fellow of the Econometric Society and two other economics professors with US PhDs (these LORs knew me very well; two of these had marked my thesis, including one who was my adviser, and I had taken one course with one letter of recommendation and two courses with another letter of recommendation (coming first in everything (including thesis), except one course)) Research Experience: Honours thesis and one other game theory paper Teaching Experience: TA for undergrad economics courses, including intermediate microeconomics Research Interests: Microeconomic theory and its applications, behavioural economics SOP: Standard RESULTS: Acceptances: Northwestern ($$), Wisconsin Madison ($$), Penn State ($$), Maryland (?), Oxford (MPhil in Economics), LSE (MSc in Economics (Research)) Waitlists: Boston Rejections: Yale, Princeton, Stanford, UCSD and many other places Attending: Northwestern What would you have done differently? Not much. I think I should have applied earlier (I worked for a few years after my undergraduate degree) or done more maths courses at university. I would have also applied for a few business schools and a couple more top 10 places.
Accepts: Acceptances: Northwestern ($$), Wisconsin Madison ($$), Penn State ($$), Maryland (?), Oxford (MPhil in Economics), LSE (MSc in Economics (Research))
- Institution: Penn State Economics
Decision: admitted
Funding: TA, $24k for five years if good academic progress
Notification Date: Feb 12 (but this is really Feb 13 Australian time)
Notified: email from a faculty
Posted on Gradcafe: no
Comments: A referee suggested I apply to PSU as a safety.
- Institution: Penn State Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $24k for five years (TA)
Notification date: 2/12 (2/13 Aust time)
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: Always good to get the first offer under your belt. This is a safety school though so I'm waiting on other results.
- Institution: Northwestern Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $20.9k for first 4 years, $15.7k in 5th, but this includes summer
Notification date: 2/22 (2/23 Australian time)
Notified through: I checked the website. I received an email with funding details etc a couple of days later.
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: Yay, top 10!!!!!!!
- Institution: London School of Economics MSc Economics (Research)
Decision: Accepted
Funding: I didn't apply for any yet, so this is unfunded.
Notification date: 2/26 Australian time
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: I didn't apply for funding yet because I was waiting to see if I could get offers from better universities in the US.
- Institution: Maryland Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Not right now, but not all funding decisions have been made
Notification date: 03/03/2010 (03/04 Aust time)
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: This was in the email:
"We have not, however, made all of our final decisions on financial aid. We
have reviewed your record carefully and believe that there is some
probability that we will eventually be able to offer you financial aid.
We will be making decisions on financial aid on an ongoing basis
throughout the next six weeks, but hope to contact you before the end of
that period."
- Institution: London School of Economics MSc Economics (Research)
Decision: Accepted
Funding: I didn't apply for any yet, so this is unfunded.
Notification date: 2/26 Australian time
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: I didn't apply for funding yet because I was waiting to see if I could get offers from better universities in the US.
- Institution: Maryland Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Not right now, but not all funding decisions have been made
Notification date: 03/03/2010 (03/04 Aust time)
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: This was in the email:
"We have not, however, made all of our final decisions on financial aid. We
have reviewed your record carefully and believe that there is some
probability that we will eventually be able to offer you financial aid.
We will be making decisions on financial aid on an ongoing basis
throughout the next six weeks, but hope to contact you before the end of
that period."
Rejects: Rejections: Yale, Princeton, Stanford, UCSD and many other places
- Institution: LSE MRes/PhD Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: I checked on 02/10/2010
Notified through: I just checked LSE for you
Posted on Gradcafe: No
Comment: My first result; even though it was a fallback and my research interests don't match up well with LSE, it still hurts. Waiting on the decision on my second choice at LSE still.
- Institution: Yale Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/18 (i.e. 2/19 Australian time)
Notified Through: Email to check website
Posted on Grad Cafe: No
Comment: I wasn't going to post this, but I decided to so it can be used for reference. Despite some good early results, a few rejections has made me start to worry.
- Institution: Yale Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/18 (2/19 Australian time)
Notified through: email to check website
Posted on grad cafe: No
Comments: Damn. Started to get worried.
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/3 (3/4 here in Aust)
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: My status says my transcripts haven't been received, so that may have contributed. But it's good having other offers because shields you emotionally from rejections.
Edit: they mis-spelt my name so these emails are definitely personalised.
- Institution: Columbia University Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/04/2010
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GF: No
Comment: Columbia mustn't like Australian students.
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/3 (3/4 here in Aust)
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: My status says my transcripts haven't been received, so that may have contributed. But it's good having other offers because shields you emotionally from rejections.
Edit: they mis-spelt my name so these emails are definitely personalised.
- Institution: Columbia University Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/04/2010
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GF: No
Comment: Columbia mustn't like Australian students.
- Institution: University of Chicago Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/05/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comment: I have a love-hate relationship with Illinois. I am also beginning to doubt whether UW-M's predictions will come true.
- Institution: Princeton Economics
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/9
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comment: A few rejections in a row. This is really an emotional rollercoaster!
Waitlists:
Exodus 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: BA Economics, Top in my country. Undergrad GPA: 4.0 (Rank 1 in my generation) Type of Grad: MSc, Economics. Grad GPA: 3.6 - 3.7 GRE: 770Q Math Courses: Calculus I, II, III (from limits to integrals, dif. equations, etc...), Logic Algebra, Matrix Algebra, Prob. and statistics (I, II), Econometrics (I, II, undergraduate). Topology (less than Real Analysis), Econometrics I (grad), Time Series (grad, very hard course), Microeconometrics (grad) Econ Courses: tons Micro, Macro (under and grad), political economy, Monetary Theory, Public Finances, IO, International Finance, Trade, Labor, etc. Other Courses: soccer??? Letters of Recommendation: 4 professors (academia), 2 Columbia, 1 UCLA, 1 MIT. Research Experience: Master thesis, and 4 non published papers, and RA in 5 papers. Another paper submitted to a top journal. Teaching Experience: a lot, specialized in Macro and political economics courses. Near 20 TA in my undergrad and grad career- Research Interests: Monetary Theory, Macro, International Finance, Development and Political Economy. SOP: strong tendency to be academic, in Behavioral, Macro and International Economics. Other: 3 years experience in Central Bank/Policy Making institutions, 1 year as a lecturer/researcher in university. Applying to: only PhD, WUSTL (IN $$), UVA (IN, not formal), UPenn, Michigan, BU, Cornell, UCSC(IN, no funding), TAMU
Accepts: - Institution: Wash. university in St. Louis Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 2/24/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Full tuition + 20k stipend a year.. Totally excited!!
- Institution: UCSC Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: None
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Mail
Posted on GF: No.
Comment:
- Institution: Wash. university in St. Louis Economics
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 2/24/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Full tuition + 20k stipend a year.. Totally excited!!
- Institution: UCSC Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: None
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Mail
Posted on GF: No.
Comment:
Rejects: - Institution: U Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: yeah right.
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: I didn't expect something much different
- Institution: U Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: yeah right.
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: I didn't expect something much different
Waitlists:
Gecko 2010:
Roll Call Fall 2010 For all applicants gunning for the 2010 Fall admissions :D PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: B.S. Econ from university in Southeast Asia Undergrad GPA: 3.75/4 Type of Grad: NA Grad GPA: NA GRE: 790Q, 500V, 5.0AWA Math Courses: Real Analysis I and II, III (in progress) , Linear Algebra Math for Economists, Measure Theory (in progress), Mixture of A and B Econ Courses (PhD-level): Micro (B+) Econ Courses (undergrad-level): IO, Development, Econometrics, Monetary, Labour, Information Economics Game Theory, Micro and Macro Theory- All A's and A+ Other Courses: Irrelevant. Letters of Recommendation: 3 econ professors (1 Princeton PhD, 1 Columbia PhD) 3rd one pending Research Experience: Except for term papers and thesis, none. Teaching Experience: Intermediate Micro, Introduction to statistical theory, developmental economics Research Interests: Institutional economics and decisions making under uncertainty. SOP: Standard format - refer to a thread by Italos. Concerns: My math sucks. Other: Praying awfully hard. Applying to: MIT, Princeton, Yale, Northwestern, Stanford, Berkeley, Michigan, NYU, Columbia, Maryland, WUSTL, and others.
Accepts: - Institution: Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) Economics M2
Decision: Accepted
Funding: waiting for Eiffel Scholarships - March 22
Notification date: December 18
Notified through: email
Posted on Gradcafe: (yes or no) NO
Comments: Why does it take so long for the Eiffel committee to decide~
- Institution: LSE Economics, MSc (Res).
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Zilch
Notification date: February 5, 2010
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on Gradcafe: no
Date of Gradcafe post: N/A
Comments: not gonna accept unfunded offers.
- Institution:Kellogg MEDS
Decision: Acceptance
Notification date: 2/17
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Funding: 30K
Rejects: - Institution: LSE MRes+PhD (Track 1)
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 4 February
Notified through: Email
Posted on Gradcafe: (yes or no) no
Date of Gradcafe post: (if yes) n/a
Comments: haha, should have tried oxbridge too.
- Institution: Duke Economics Ph.D
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N.A.
Notificationn date: 02/17
Notified through: Email
Posted on Gradcafe: (yes or no) No
Comments: Still buzzing after my interview with Kellogg.
- Institution: Duke Econ
Decision: Rejection
Notification date: 2/16
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GF: No
- Institution: Wisconsin-Madison Econ
Decision: Rejection
Notification date: 2/25
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
- Institution:Minnesota Econ
Decision: Rejection
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments:
Kellogg sets my mind at ease~
- Institution: Rochester
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03-01-2010
Notified through: email
Posted on GF: no
Comments: Que Sera Sera
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics, PhD
Decision: Reject
Funding:
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Well :) Its a weird season~
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/3
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Haha, its a weird season I'd say.
- Institution: Columbia Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/04
Notified through: Email to check website
Comments: Thank god for Kellogg ~ phew.
- Institution: Rochester
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03-01-2010
Notified through: email
Posted on GF: no
Comments: Que Sera Sera
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics, PhD
Decision: Reject
Funding:
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Well
Its a weird season~
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/3
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Haha, its a weird season I'd say.
- Institution: Columbia Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/04
Notified through: Email to check website
Comments: Thank god for Kellogg ~ phew.
- Institution: Princeton Economics
Decision: Reject
Funding: N.A.
Notification date: 03/09/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comment: Long shot. Oh well.
- Institution: Stanford, MIT Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/11/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Its time to be a Wildcat D:
- Institution:UCLA Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/11/2010
Notified through: Email to Check Website
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn
- Institution: NYU Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notification date: 3/12/2010
Notified through: Emailed Marjorie Lesser
Posted on GC: No
Comments:
Hope I can teach at Stern next time
- Institution: Washington U - St Louis Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 04/05/2010
Notified through: Mass Email
Posted on GC: No
Comment: No need to choose between Kellogg and Wustl.
Waitlists:
walt526 2010:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: B.A. Political Science from UC Davis (started at a well-regarded LAC in the Midwest) Undergrad GPA: 3.50/4.00 (combined) Type of Grad: MA in Economics from lower-tier public university Grad GPA: 3.92 GRE: 800Q, 600V, 6.0AWA Math Courses: Calculus I-III (high school with AP, plus C from Fall 1998), Linear Algebra (A), Intro to Statistics (A), Math for Economists (A), Intro to Formal Math (A-), Numerical Analysis (A), Axiomatic Set Theory (B+), Real Analysis (in process), Mathematical Statistics MA-Level (in process), Operations Research (Spring 2010), Applied Linear Algebra (Spring 2010) Econ Courses (MA-level): Advanced Micro Theory (A-), Advanced Macro Theory (A), US Economic History (A), Cost-Benefit Analysis (A), Applied Econometric Analysis (in process), Econometric Theory (in process) Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Intro to Economics (B+ from spring 2000), Intermediate Micro (A+), Intermediate Macro (D), Public Microeconomic Theory (A+), Economics of Development (A-), US Economic History (A-), World Economic History (A), Economics of Education (A), Econometrics (A), History of Economic Thought (Spring 2010) Political Science Courses: - High School: AP American Government, AP Comparative Government - LAC: International Relations (A-), American Political Thought (B+), Central European Politics (A), Russian Politics (A-), Soviet and Russian Foreign Policy (A) - UC Davis: Systematic Political Science (A-), The Legislative Process (A-), The Politics of Interdependence (A-), National Security Policy (A), Intro to Judicial Politics (A), Judicial Politics: First Amendment (A), Judicial Politics: Equality (A-), Seminar in American Political Behavior (A+) Letters of Recommendation: 3 econ professors (1 WUSTL, 1 UC Davis ARE, 1 Stanford) Research Experience: - Research assistant to LAC political science professor (developing new course in environmental international politics) - Research assistant to UC Davis political science professor (judicial politics--read a sample Supreme Court decisions and classified the argument type of each paragraph) - Masters Thesis: Does State Support for Public Four-Year Universities Decrease as Minority Enrollment Increases? Teaching Experience: TA to Intermediate Micro Research Interests: My research interests lie along the intersection of political science and economics. I am interested in Public Choice (Law and Economics and Institutional Factors), Industrial Organization, and Miscellaneous Applied Microecomics Statement of Purpose: Should be strong Concerns: The D in Intermediate Macro came in a semester wherein I received incompletes in my other courses (personal issues) in winter quarter of 2004). I completed the two lower-division courses that I needed to fulfill the BA in Political Science at community college (statistics and history of western civilization). No topology, possibly weak advanced math grades. Other: Have a career certificate in Accounting from a community college, worked for 2 years as an accounting administrator and 3 years as a purchasing agent for an electrical contractor. Applying to: UC Berkeley, Northwestern, Stanford, Michigan, UPenn Wharton (Applied Econ), WUSTL, Caltech, Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins, Texas, UIUC, Maryland, Virginia, UC Davis, George Mason, Vanderbilt, Rochester, Michigan State, Georgetown, UC Irvine, UMass-Amherst, Arizona, Colorado, Syracuse, Kentucky (might whittle down the list some)
Accepts: - Institution: Michigan State University Economics/Economics of Education
Decision: Accepted ($$$)
Notification date: 2/21/10
Notified through: Personal email from co-directors of the Economics of Education program (have not heard officially from Economics Department yet)
Posted on GF: No.
Comments: I am beyond delighted.
MSU is a perfect fit for my interests and the funding (mostly coming from a US Department of Education grant) is unrivaled by pretty much any place other than Yale.
Hoping to attend a flyout sometime in March.
- Institution: UC Irvine Economics-Public Choice
Decision: Acceptance ($$)
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: I'll probably decline in favor of the Michigan State offer.
But UC Irvine is a great place for public choice (and Southern CA is a nicer place to spend 4-5 years than Central MI).
- Institution: Michigan State University Economics/Economics of Education
Decision: Accepted ($$$)
Notification date: 2/21/10
Notified through: Personal email from co-directors of the Economics of Education program (have not heard officially from Economics Department yet)
Posted on GF: No.
Comments: I am beyond delighted.
MSU is a perfect fit for my interests and the funding (mostly coming from a US Department of Education grant) is unrivaled by pretty much any place other than Yale.
Hoping to attend a flyout sometime in March.
- Institution: UC Irvine Economics-Public Choice
Decision: Acceptance ($$)
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: I'll probably decline in favor of the Michigan State offer.
But UC Irvine is a great place for public choice (and Southern CA is a nicer place to spend 4-5 years than Central MI).
- Institution: University of Colorado-Boulder Economics
Decision: Accepted ($$)
Notification date: 3/10/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No.
Comments: One of my safeties, I will most likely decline in favor of MSU.
- Institution: U Arizona Economics
Decision: Admit
Funding: No first year funding
Notification date: 03/19/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: I don't see an unfunded offer from U Arizona as worth considering.
And I'd probably prefer MSU or UCI to U Arizona even if it the latter were funded.
Rejects: - Institution: Duke Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 2/16
Notified Through: Email
Posted on Grad Cafe: No
Comment: First official response, so I'm a little disappointed--not exactly surprising, as I figured that I was a long-shot.
My wife really didn't want to live in North Carolina, so she'll be relieved.
- Institution: Duke Economics
Decision: Reject
Notification date: 2/16/10
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Disappointed, but not surprised.
I knew if was a reach.
- Institution: Northwestern Economics
Decision: Reject
Notification date: 2/25/10
Notified through: Website (did not receive an email to check)
Posted on GF: No.
Comments: Not surprised, but disappointed.
- Institution: Rochester Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 3/1
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: I am aware that this may sound like sour grapes, but I only applied there because the application was free.
My interest in the school was pretty minimal (I prefer MSU to Rochester).
- Institution: U Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No.
Comment: This one stings a little, but not entirely unexpected.
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics, PhD
Decision: Reject
Funding:
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Of all the rejects so far, this was the toughest--even though it was anticipated.
- Institution: UC Davis Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: Website
Posted on GF: No
Comments: If it weren't for geography, then I probably wouldn't have even applied to UC Davis.
But I'm still a little surprised and annoyed, considering it was my alma mater.
- Institution: Duke Economics
Decision: Reject
Notification date: 2/16/10
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Disappointed, but not surprised.
I knew if was a reach.
- Institution: Northwestern Economics
Decision: Reject
Notification date: 2/25/10
Notified through: Website (did not receive an email to check)
Posted on GF: No.
Comments: Not surprised, but disappointed.
- Institution: Rochester Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 3/1
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: I am aware that this may sound like sour grapes, but I only applied there because the application was free.
My interest in the school was pretty minimal (I prefer MSU to Rochester).
- Institution: U Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No.
Comment: This one stings a little, but not entirely unexpected.
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics, PhD
Decision: Reject
Funding:
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Of all the rejects so far, this was the toughest--even though it was anticipated.
- Institution: UC Davis Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 03/03/2010
Notified through: Website
Posted on GF: No
Comments: If it weren't for geography, then I probably wouldn't have even applied to UC Davis.
But I'm still a little surprised and annoyed, considering it was my alma mater.
- Institution: Stanford Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/10/10
Notified through: Postal Mail
Posted on GC: No
Comment: As expected.
- Institution: Johns Hopkins Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/12/2010
Notified through: email
Comments: As expected.
Only surprised that it took them this long.
- Institution: George Mason Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/15/10
Notified through: Postal letter.
Comments: A little surprised that I didn't get at least a non-funded offer, but oh well.
This was a school that I was on the fence about applying to.
I prefer all three of my other offers to GMU anyway.
- Institution: U Illinois-Urbana Phd Economics
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/17/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Disappointed, but not surprised.
MSU is looking more and more likely.
- Institution: Caltech Social Science
Decision: Reject
Notification date: 03/19/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Assumed rejection about a month ago.
- Institution: Wharton (U Pennsylvania) Applied Economics
Decision: Reject
Notification date: 03/19/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Not surprised, pretty much knew that this was a non-starter.
Only applied because it looked interesting and thought that a business school might look at my application a little differently than traditional Economics departments.
- Institution: U Maryland Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/20/10
Notified through: E-mail to Check Website
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Assumed as much over a week ago.
- Institution: U Virginia Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/22/10
Notified through: Randomly checked the website
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Not really surprised given that I hadn't heard anything for so long.
- Institution: Carnegie Mellon Economics
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/25/10
Notified through: Email
Comments: Only surprised that it took them this long...
- Institution: U Texas-Austin Economics
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/25/10
Notified through: Email
Comments:
- Institution: Vanderbilt Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/29/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: This was one of the schools that I was considering withdrawing my application from.
Like Rochester, I might not have applied had there been an application fee (also their L&E made them a better fit).
But alas, unfortunately they didn't receive my UCD transcripts, so I had to resend them rush back in early February for ~$50 (a few days before I had heard from MSU), so it's almost like I did have to pay a fee... but I digress.
- Institution: Washington U - St Louis Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 04/05/2010
Notified through: Mass Email
Posted on GC: No
Comment: Glad to finally know definitively that my choices are between MSU and UCI, but still a little disappointed.
When I went back to earn my MA two years ago, I did so in the hopes of winding up at WUSTL.
But I think how my interests have evolved over the past two years as well as a better sense of what type of environment I need to be successful, MSU is probably a better fit even if WUSTL's placements are better.
Waitlists:
yougotaparabola 2010:
PROFILE: type of undergrad: B.A. Econ top 10 public university, no grad econ undergrad GPA: 3.69/4, econ 3.95, math 3.74 type of grad: NA grad GPA: NA GRE: 800Q, 650V, 5.0AWA math courses: Calc 3 (A-), ODE (A), Linear Algebra (A-), Probability Theory (B+), Real Analysis I (A), Game Theory (A-)(through the math department) econ courses (undergrad-level): intermediate micro, advanced micro (economics of incentives), intermediate macro, advanced macro (international finance), econometrics, time series econometrics, mathematical economics (all A) econ courses (grad-level): sadly, none. other courses: Irrelevant. letters of recommendation: 3 econ professors research experience: Minimal. teaching experience: None research interests: The role of micro incentives in development. statement of purpose: Pretty standard, nothing substantial. other: on the bright side you really only need one admit. concerns: Potentially weak recommendations, no idea how I stack up against the competition, no idea how my undergrad will be perceived, applying to: Princeton, Yale, Northwestern, Stanford, Berkeley, Michigan, NYU, Columbia, Maryland, WUSTL, Rochester, UCLA, UVA, Duke, Wisconsin, BU, BC, etc....
Accepts: - Institution: BC Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 16k
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: email
Posted on grad cafe: Yep
Comments: Relieved
- Institution: Rochester Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Waitlisted for fellowship?
Notification date: 3/1
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: A solid admit for me, I'm excited.
- Institution: BC Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 16k
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: email
Posted on grad cafe: Yep
Comments: Relieved
- Institution: Rochester Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Waitlisted for fellowship?
Notification date: 3/1
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: A solid admit for me, I'm excited.
- Institution: Texas (Austin) Economics
Decision: Admitted
Funding: Waitlisted for TAship
Notification date: 3/10/2010
Notified through: Unofficial Email
Posted on GC: Nope
Comments: Pretty jazzed, curious what the likelihood of getting a TAship is.
- Institution: UVA Economics PhD
Decision: Admit
Funding: No information on the letter
Notification date: 03/24
Notified through: randomly checked website
Comments: Nice to have another option
Rejects: - Institution: Duke Econ
Decision: rejected
Funding: no
Notification date: 02/16/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on Gradcafe: (yes or no) no
- Institution: Minnesota Economics PhD
Decision: Rejection
Funding:
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: email
Posted on grad cafe: No
- Institution: Northwestern Economics PhD
Decision: Rejection
Funding:
Notification date: 2/24
Notified through: website
Posted on grad cafe: No
- Institution: Duke Economics PhD
Decision: Rejection
Funding:
Notification date: 2/16
Notified through: email
Posted on grad cafe: No
- Institution: Yale Economics PhD
Decision: Rejection
Funding:
Notification date: forget
Notified through: email
Posted on grad cafe: No
- Institution: Cornell Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No.
Comment: They really made me wait this one out.
- Institution: Michigan Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No.
- Institution: Berkeley Economics, PhD
Decision: Reject
Funding:
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Nope
Comments: Mass email.
- Institution: Columbia Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/4/10
Notified through: Email to Check Website
Posted on GF: Yes
Comment: Expected
- Institution: Cornell Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No.
Comment: They really made me wait this one out.
- Institution: Michigan Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No.
- Institution: Berkeley Economics, PhD
Decision: Reject
Funding:
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Nope
Comments: Mass email.
- Institution: Columbia Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/4/10
Notified through: Email to Check Website
Posted on GF: Yes
Comment: Expected
- Institution: Princeton Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 03/09/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: Wisconsin Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/9
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: Stanford Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/11/2010
Notified through: Email.
Posted on GC: no
- Institution: UCLA Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/11/2010
Notified through: Email to Check Website
Posted on GC: no
Comments: a little sad
- Institution: Brown Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 3/16
Notified through: Email (check website)
- Institution: NYU Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notified through: Email
Notification date: 3/16/10
Comments: Response to email for an update.
- Institution: Wharton Applied Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/19/2010
Notified through: E-mail telling me to check the website
Comments: Was doubtful after the interview.
- Institution: UCSD Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/22
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Waitlists:
lycinsg 2010:
well, since everyone is doing this. here goes. kinda embarrassing PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Econ B.S from Top 30ish Econ department Undergrad GPA: cum 3.78/4 Econ 3.78/4 Math 3.58/4 >.< Type of Grad: NA Grad GPA: NA GRE: 780Q, 500V, 4.5AWA Math Courses: Calc I,II,III, Multivariable calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, math reasoning, real analysis I, probability Econ Courses (PhD-level): N/A undergrad equivalent Econ Courses (undergrad-level): International trade, international macro, advanced micro, advanced macro, 2 econometrics, money. in progress: game theory, public finance Other Courses: Not worth mentioning Letters of Recommendation: 3 econ professors all fairly well know i guess Research Experience: Nada. Term papers and honors thesis in progress Teaching Experience: Nada. Research Interests: International economics, trade statement of purpose: The usual Concerns: Weird grades. It oscillates a lot. I didn't bother to explain in my statement. bad decisions, got destroyed by flu or just plain evil teacher etc. Other: Why so much supply so little demand for econ applicants? Makes me pale in comparison to others. Most schools turn to reach schools after seeing this forum Applying to: Stanford (just for fun), Wharton applied economics (praying real real hard), Columbia, U Minn, NYU, Michigan, UCSD, Brown, Maryland, Penn State, UW
Accepts:
Rejects: - Institution: Minnesota Economics PhD
Decision: Reject
Funding:
Notification date: 02/26
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: oh noes! losing hope 1 down 10 more to go
- Institution: Michigan Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No.
- Institution: Columbia Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/04
Notified through: Website
Comments: Expected... Sigh
- Institution: Minnesota Economics PhD
Decision: Reject
Funding:
Notification date: 02/26
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: Yes
Comments: oh noes! losing hope 1 down 10 more to go
- Institution: Michigan Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No.
- Institution: Columbia Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/04
Notified through: Website
Comments: Expected... Sigh
- Institution: Penn State Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/09/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comment: Game over this year. sigh
- Institution: Stanford Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/11/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Wasn't expecting anything good anyways
- Institution: Brown Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notified through: e-mail to check website
Notification date: 3/16/10
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: NYU Economics
Decision: Reject
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/18/10
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: meh
- Institution: Wharton Applied Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/19/2010
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: No interview, of course
- Institution: UCSD Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/22
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Waitlists:
puffs_kleenex 2010:
Institution:U of Pitt Program: PhD Economics Decision: accepted Notification date: 2/26 Notified through: e-mail Posted on GF: no Comments: no word on funding, will let me know ASAP. I am grateful to have this in my back pocket, my GRE scores are not near as strong as some of you. Institution: U of Virginia Program: PhD Decision: not accepted Notification date: 2/23 Notified through: e-mail to check website Posted on GF: no Comments:
Accepts: - Institution:U of Pitt Economics
Decision: accepted
Notification date: 2/26
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GF: no
Comments: no word on funding, will let me know ASAP. I am grateful to have this in my back pocket, my GRE scores are not near as strong as some of you.
Rejects: - Institution: Iowa Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/1
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Hmmm...I really like Iowa City too....:(
- Institution: Michigan Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No.
- Institution: Iowa Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/1
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Hmmm...I really like Iowa City too....
- Institution: Michigan Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No.
Waitlists:
MYCCTV 2010:
Institution: OSU Program: Economics PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: Wait in March Notification date: 02/13 Notified through: Email Posted on grad cafe: no Comments: It is OK, I just need funding. otherwise I cannot go. Institution: Cornell Program: Economics PhD Decision: Rejected Notification date: 02/24 Notified through: Email Posted on grad cafe: no Comments: I was almost in the game...I am an international student... Institution: Northwestern Program: Economics PhD Decision: Rejected Notification date: 02/24 Notified through: website Posted on grad cafe: no Comments: I feel really bad since top schools are not accepting me.... Institution: Rutgers Program: Economics PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: Nominated for a Graduate School fellowship, heard in April Notification date: 02/25 Notified through: Email Posted on grad cafe: no Comments: Again, without funding, it is the same as rejection. Institution: U of Iowa Program: Economics PhD Decision: Rejected Notification date: 02/25 Notified through: Email Posted on grad cafe: Yes, same day as notified Comments: It is OK... As my friend said, I do not really want to go to Iowa~~
Accepts: - Institution: OSU Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Wait in March
Notification date: 02/13
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: no
Comments: It is OK, I just need funding. otherwise I cannot go.
- Institution: Rutgers Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Nominated for a Graduate School fellowship, heard in April
Notification date: 02/25
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: no
Comments: Again, without funding, it is the same as rejection.
Rejects: - Institution: Cornell Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 02/24
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: no
Comments: I was almost in the game...I am an international student...
- Institution: Northwestern Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 02/24
Notified through: website
Posted on grad cafe: no
Comments: I feel really bad since top schools are not accepting me....
- Institution: U of Iowa Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 02/25
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: Yes, same day as notified
Comments: It is OK... As my friend said, I do not really want to go to Iowa~~
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: email
Comments: :((
- Institution: U Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: email
Comments: :((
- Institution: U of Iowa Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 02/25
Notified through: Email
Posted on grad cafe: Yes, same day as notified
Comments: It is OK... As my friend said, I do not really want to go to Iowa~~
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: email
Comments: (
- Institution: U Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: email
Comments: (
Waitlists:
Policy_Enter 2010:
Institution: University of Rochester
Program: Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/1
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Well, zero application fee. The feeling is not good though!
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Program: Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/23
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: No application fee. Thought I was going to make it.
Institution: Notre Dame
Program: Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 2/24
Notified through: I called the grad program director
Posted on GF: No
Comments: They pursued me to apply! The even offered me application fee waiver. Why did they have to do that?
Accepts: - Institution: University of Missouri-Columbia Economics
Decision: Accepted (Fast Track)
Funding: None Available for me at this time
Notification date: 3/2
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF:Nope!
Comments:One of my safeties. I am unhappy they don't have $$ for me.
- Institution: University of Missouri-Columbia Economics
Decision: Accepted (Fast Track)
Funding: None Available for me at this time
Notification date: 3/2
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF:Nope!
Comments:One of my safeties. I am unhappy they don't have $$ for me.
Rejects: - Institution: University of Rochester Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/1
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Well, zero application fee. The feeling is not good though!:D
- Institution: Vanderbilt University Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/23
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: No application fee. Thought I was going to make it.
- Institution: Notre Dame Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 2/24
Notified through: I called the grad program director
Posted on GF: No
Comments: They pursued me to apply! The even offered me application fee waiver. Why did they have to do that?
- Institution:University of Virginia Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:N/A
Notification date:3/2
Notified through: Just randomly checked Website
Posted on GF:Never
Comments: My heart leapt! Sad!
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:N/A
Notification date: 3/3
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Nope!
Comments:One of the reaches. So I am
not surprised
- Institution: Columbia Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/04
Notified through: Website
Comments: Expected...Second time rejected!
- Institution: University of Rochester Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/1
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Well, zero application fee. The feeling is not good though!
- Institution: Notre Dame Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 2/24
Notified through: I called the grad program director
Posted on GF: No
Comments: They pursued me to apply! The even offered me application fee waiver. Why did they have to do that?
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:N/A
Notification date: 3/3
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Nope!
Comments:One of the reaches. So I am
not surprised
- Institution: Columbia Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/04
Notified through: Website
Comments: Expected...Second time rejected!
Waitlists:
JenniferG 2010:
Institution: Rochester Program: Economics, PhD Decision: Rej Funding: N/A Notification date: 03/02/2010 Notified through: Email Posted on GF: No Comments: First Rej. Institution: UC-Irvine Program: Economics, PhD Decision: Rej Funding: N/A Notification date: 03/01/2010 Notified through: Email Posted on GF: No Comments: Second Rej. Institution: Michigan Program: Economics, PhD Decision: Rej Funding: N/A Notification date: 03/02/2010 Notified through: Email Posted on GF: No Comments: Third Rej. Nothing to say. Sigh. Institution: Rutgers Program: Economics, PhD Decision: AD Funding: N Notification date: 02/05/2010 Notified through: Email Posted on GF: No Comments: No $!!
Accepts:
Rejects: - Institution: Rochester Economics, PhD
Decision: Rej
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: First Rej.
- Institution: UC-Irvine Economics, PhD
Decision: Rej
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/01/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Second Rej.
- Institution: Michigan Economics, PhD
Decision: Rej
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/02/2010
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Third Rej. Nothing to say. Sigh.
- Institution: Penn State University Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/10/2010
Notified through: E-mail (from Lynn Sebulsky)
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: UCSD Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notification date: 3/23/2010
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: No
Waitlists:
yq1987 2010:
Institution: University of Michigan Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 3/3 Notified through: Email Posted on GF: No Comments: It is a reach for me, so not very sad
Accepts:
Rejects: - Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/3
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: It is a reach for me, so not very sad
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/3
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments: It is a reach for me, so not very sad
- Institution: UT-Austin Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/29
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Funding: NA
Comments: It took them so long time to reject me....Oh,well, I will not go there
Waitlists:
yichen426 2010:
Institution: Michigan Program:Phd Economics Decision: REJ Funding: Notification date: 03/03 Notified through: Email Posted on GF: Yes Comments: Institution: Maryland Program:Phd Economics Decision: Waitlist Funding: Economics Notification date: 03/04 Notified through: Email Posted on GF: Yes Comments: Institution: Columbia Program:Phd Economics Decision: REJ Funding: Economics Notification date: 03/04 Notified through: Email Posted on GF: Yes Comments: Sad!! Uppertown Manhatten is so cute.... Institution: Chicago Program:Phd Economics Decision: REJ Funding: Economics Notification date: 03/05 Notified through: Email Posted on GF: Yes Comments: Sad!! Got my heart broken by UChicago and Columbia, esp. considering NYC and Chicago have the best pizza of america...! Institution: Maryland Program:Phd Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: Economics Notification date: 03/15 Notified through: Email Posted on GF: Yes Comments: (@,@) (>,<) (!,!) Suburb of DC!
Accepts: - Institution: Maryland Phd Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Economics
Notification date: 03/15
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: (@,@)
(>,<)
(!,!)
Suburb of DC!
Rejects: - Institution: Michigan Phd Economics
Decision: REJ
Funding:
Notification date: 03/03
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments:
- Institution: Columbia Phd Economics
Decision: REJ
Funding: Economics
Notification date: 03/04
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Sad!! Uppertown Manhatten is so cute....
- Institution: Chicago Phd Economics
Decision: REJ
Funding: Economics
Notification date: 03/05
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Sad!! Got my heart broken by UChicago and Columbia, esp. considering NYC and Chicago have the best pizza of america...!
Waitlists: - Institution: Maryland Phd Economics
Decision: Waitlist
Funding: Economics
Notification date: 03/04
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments:
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Admit summary statistics:
| As submitted and recoreded from Test Magic: | There were 23 accepted out of 54 applicants.Of those accepted, average GPA was 3.83, average GREQ was 788.6.
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From the Department webpage in 2010 (please send me a link if this is wrong!) |
We receive about 600 applications a year and have an average entering class of 30 students. (Source) |
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