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Acceptances:
urray 2011:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: BA, Major Economics, Minor Mathematics one of the top schools in Middle East Undergrad GPA: 3.7/4 Type of Grad: MA Economics, same university Grad GPA: 3.85 /4 GRE: 790Q, 600V, 4.5AW TOEFL:116/120 Math Courses: UG Level: Calculus Sequence, Linear Algebra, Probability, Statistics, Discrete Mathematics Grad Level: Real Analysis, Measure Theory, Stochastic Calculus, Abstract Algebra Econ Courses (grad-level): Micro I-II (Taken at senior year in UG), Matching and Auction Theory (Taken at senior year in UG), Macro I-II, Metrics I-II, Advanced Topics in Macro Theory, Advanced Topics in Game Theory Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Way too many to list. Letters of Recommendation: 1 Minnesota PhD, 1 Rochester PhD, 1 BU PhD, all should be very good, Research Experience: Co-authoring a paper with one of the letter of recommendation writers, which had incredibly good feedback from a few conferences, going to submit it pretty soon. Teaching Experience: 8 semester of TA for a variety of classes, (intro to Micro, intro to Game Theory, etc.) Instructed the math camp for incoming graduate students at our university. Research Interests: Game Theory SOP: Pretty standard, I actually forgot to change the phrase "university X" to the name of the university in a few cases Concerns: My GPA in the first two-years in undergrad where I took the majority of the ug level math courses was lowish (around 3.4) Got a C+ plus from linear algebra as I had to skip an exam due to a medical condition(did not mention the reason in my sop), 790Q in GRE RESULTS: Acceptances: NYU, Kellogg Mecs, Minnesota, Michigan, Caltech, CMU, Boston U, Rochester, JHU, WL from WUSTL Rejections: Yale, Brown, Columbia GSB COMMENTS: I decided to do a PhD only around my junior year or so, I wasn't even actually planning to study economics when I entered university. I did pretty stupid things in my first two years, I think my overall attendance was around %10 or so of the classes, entered some exams after night-outs without sleeping etc. On the other hand I took quite a bit of grad courses in my last two years as an undergraduate, as a result I had a chance focus on research on my masters. I actually came up with my own idea for the current paper we are writing pretty early in my masters. Then again due to a death in the family I couldn't get it published before the admission season started, hence didn't bother to apply to top 5. In retrospect, I think I should have given it a shot. And if I had the opportunity I would slap my younger self for my behavior in my first two-years.
Accepts: Acceptances: NYU, Kellogg Mecs, Minnesota, Michigan, Caltech, CMU, Boston U, Rochester, JHU, WL from WUSTL
- Institution: Caltech Social Sciences PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $28k/year
Notification date: Feb 10
Notified through: email
Comments: No phone call, probably due to 10 hour difference (the e-mail came at 02.30 local time)
- Institution: Kellogg MECS
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $$$$
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: Rochester Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $$$
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: Minnesota Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TAship
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: Michigan Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: No first year funding 17k+ after 2nd year
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: Carnegie Mellon Tepper Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $$$$
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: Johns Hopkins Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: No offer since they think I will end up with other offers
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: NYU Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $$$
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Rejects: Rejections: Yale, Brown, Columbia GSB
COMMENTS:
I decided to do a PhD only around my junior year or so, I wasn't even actually planning to study economics when I entered university. I did pretty stupid things in my first two years, I think my overall - Institution: Yale Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: Columbia Business School Finance & Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Waitlists:
tsimonoce 2011:
Type of Undergrad: B.S. Joint (not double) Math / Econ major - Top 15 for Econ. Undergrad GPA: 3.70 Cumulative, 3.96 in Econ, 3.63 in Math. Type of Grad: n/a Grad GPA: n/a GRE: 800q / 610v / 4.5awa Math Courses: LOWER DIV: Calc 1-3 and DiffEq taken in HS. Vector Calc (B), Linear Algebra (B). UPPER DIV: Probability (B), Stochastic Processes (B), Statistics (A-), Math Reasoning (A-), Analysis 1 (A+), Analysis 2 (A+), Applied Linear Algebra (A). Econ Courses: Micro 1 (A+), Micro 2 (A), Micro 3 (A+), Macro 1 (A+), Macro 2 (A-), Metrics (A), Game Theory (A+), Micro Research Class (A), Grad Micro (IP), Senior Thesis (IP). Letters of Recommendation: All three got PhDs from Stanford and I did research with. 2 really well-known and one assistant prof. Research Experience: Small Micro class research, independent research project over summer (with a prof), and Senior Thesis. Teaching Experience: None Research Interests: Micro - especially Game Theory / Contract Theory Concerns: Feeling pretty good Other: All 3 letter of recommendation writers think I will crack top 5. Applying to: MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford GSB, Stanford Econ, Berkeley, Chicago, Northwestern, Yale, U Penn, NYU, Michigan, UCLA, UCSD, Wisconsin, NSF.
Accepts: - Institution: Caltech Social Sciences PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $28k/year
Notification date: Feb 10
Notified through: email
Comments: Notified first through phone. It was a private/blocked call so I didn't answer! Got a voicemail and email. Ecstatic!!!
- Institution: Northwestern Economics (PhD)
Decision: Accepted
Funding: not clear
Notification date: 2/23/2011
Notified through: I checked the site after having seen the offer post here
Posted on GF: no
Comments: awesome!
- Institution: UPenn Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: on the "very high" waitlist
Notification date: 02/24/2011
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: no
Comment: gmail put it in my spam filter! i got the offer a little over an hour ago.
- Institution: UCLA Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: fellowship
Notification date: 3/2/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: not quite understanding how much money the stipend is?
- Institution: UCSD Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Not yet specified
Notification Date: 3/10/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Same as all above.
Rejects: - Institution: Yale Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: Feb 16
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: no
Comments:
- Institution: Stanford GSB Economic Policy and Analysis
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: February 18
Notified through: Website
Posted on GC: no
Comments:
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/2/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Not fun.
- Institution: Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/3/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Somewhat surprised but I'll live.
- Institution: MIT Economics PhD
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/7/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC : no
Comments: Not surprised.
- Institution: Chicago Economics PhD
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/7/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC : no
Comments: awesome...on top of the implicit stanford rejection, i'm pretty upset.
- Institution: Stanford Economics
Decision: rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date:
3/08/11
Notified through: Postal
Posted on GF: yes
Comments: Really really wanted it. Cruel that they teased me and it took 3 days to go 30 miles in the mail. Ouch.
- Institution: Princeton University Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/11/2011
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments:
- Institution: NYU Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/21/2011
Notified through: emailed Marj about status
Posted on GC: No
Waitlists:
thesparky 2011:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: BA Econ with honours, top 4 Canadian Undergrad GPA: ~3.9X/4.0 (converted) Type of Grad: none Grad GPA: - GRE: 800Q 650V 4.5AWA Math Courses: Calc I-III (A-, A, A+), Honours Linear Algebra (A-), Proofs (A), ODE (A+), Probability (A+), Stochastic Processes (A+) Econ Courses: Inter. Micro I-II (A, A+), Inter. Macro I-II (A-, A-), Stats-Metrics (A+, A+, A+), Development Econ (A+), Game Theory (A+, A+), Human Behaviour (grad; A+), Honours Thesis (A, A), Math Econ (A, A) Other Courses: some commerce courses (As), some relevant non-econ courses (A, A+), several unofficial grad course audits Letters of Recommendation: econ/psych prof; current boss (well known); econometrics prof Research Experience: A couple of directed studies (A+s), thesis, some years RA for first letter of recommendation writer, currently full-time RA for second letter of recommendation writer. Teaching Experience: none Research Interests: Behavioural econ SOP: Its a statement of purpose alright. Concerns: No real analysis. Oh well. Other: Had a SSHRC (Canadian NSF) last year. Applying to: Some top 5 (with B-schools) and a few others
Accepts: - Institution: Caltech Social Sciences PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $28k/year
Notification date: Feb 10
Notified through: email
Comments: All accepts probably today. [edit]phone also[/edit]
- Institution: Cornell Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Sage Fellowship
Notification date: 03/11/11
Notified through: Email
Comments: Glad to have it.
Rejects: - Institution: Chicago Booth MOB
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: Feb 16
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: No
Comments:
- Institution: Stanford GSB Economic Analysis and Policy
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: February 18
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Was never going to happen.
- Institution: MIT Sloan Economic Sociology PhD
Decision: rejected
Notification date: 2/22/2011
Notified through: email to check website
Posted on GF: No
Comments: Email to check website = reject. No B-school for me :/
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/2/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: another one bites the dust.
- Institution: MIT Economics PhD
Decision: Rejection
Funding: Probably none
Notification date: 3/7/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC : no
Comments: figures.
- Institution: Stanford Economics
Decision: Rejection
Funding: -
Notification date: 3/4/11 (mailed)
Notified through: Mail
Posted on GF:
Comments: Finally able to check what I knew was there.
- Institution: Harvard University Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/14
Notified through: mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: there's the end of it. all official notifications received.
Waitlists: - Institution: UMich Economics
Decision: waitlisted
Funding: 1st year tuition waiver, TA/RA 2nd year onward (if admitted)
Notification date: 3/3/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: no
Comments: they ask us to keep them updated about our other offers.
liamc 2011:
Type of Undergrad: BA Economics (Quant. Track), Top 30 liberal arts college, minors in Math & CogSci
Undergrad GPA: 3.77
GRE: 800Q 730V 4.0AWA
Math Courses: Honors Calc I-II (A+), Honors Calc III (A-), Honors Lin Alg (A), Probability (A), Real Analysis I (A), Real Analysis II (A-), Mathematical Neuroscience (A), Grad Analysis (B+), Statistics (IP)
Econ Courses (grad-level): Macro Theory I (A)
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Inter. Micro Theory (A+), Quant. Inter Micro Theory (A-), Statistics (B), Quant. Econometrics (A-), Quant. Game Theory (A), Behavioral Economics Seminar (A), Senior Honors Thesis (IP)
Other Courses: Newton's Principia (A)
Letters of Recommendation: All (supposedly) strong from thesis advisor and econ professor, both somewhat famous, and well-known math professor
Research Experience: Worked in a psych lab 2+ years, presented posters at conferences. Did a theory paper independently and presented it at a conference this year.
Teaching Experience: None
Research Interests: Game Theory, Neuroeconomics
SOP: Bold statement of an ambitious research project, and general ode to the economics profession
Concerns: Not looking forward to moving
Other:
Applying to: Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Yale, Berkeley, Northwestern U, Brown, CalTech, Cornell, Duke, Wash U St Louis, BU, BC
Accepts: - Institution: Wash U. St Louis Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Tuition waiver + $20400 stipend
Notification date: 3/4/2011
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: no
Comments: An acceptance at last!
- Institution: BU Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: tuition + $19k stipend
Notification Date: 3/10/2011
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Sweet!
- Institution: Cornell Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: None
Notification date: 3/22/11
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: That's cute.
- Institution: CalTech Behavioral and Social Neuroscience
Decision: Accepted
Funding: no word, but they fund everybody
Notification date: 04/14/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Totally psyched!
Rejects: - Institution: Yale Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: February 16
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Didn't want to live in New Haven anyway.
- Institution: Duke Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 2/25/2011
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GF: no
Comments:
- Institution: Berkeley Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/2/2011
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments:
- Institution: BC Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/2/2011
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments:
"Honestly, we feel that it is likely that you will receive offers from top schools, and for this reason, we decided not to make an offer to you at this time." That's nice to hear, but it would really have calmed my nerves to get an admiit.
- Institution: Northwestern Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/4/2011
Notified through: Website
Posted on GC: no
Comments:
- Institution: MIT Economics PhD
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/7/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC : no
Comments: Damn.
- Institution: Brown , Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 03/11
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GF: no
Comments:
- Institution: Princeton , Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 03/11
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: no
Comments: Now, the day-dreaming ends and the planning begins.
- Institution: Harvard Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/12/2011
Notified through: snail mail
Posted on GC : no
Comments:
- Institution: Caltech Social Science PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/15/11
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: no
Comments: I was told earlier that I was on the waitlist with "slim" chances of admission, so not too surprising.
Waitlists:
Yifei 2011:
Institution: Caltech
Program: Social Sciences PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $28k/year
Notification date: Feb 10
Notified through: email
Comments: That is my first offer! Ecstatic!!! There is a Grad Social Science Weekend on March 11-13.
Accepts: - Institution: Caltech Social Sciences PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $28k/year
Notification date: Feb 10
Notified through: email
Comments: That is my first offer! Ecstatic!!! There is a Grad Social Science Weekend on March 11-13.
- Institution: USC Econ
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 03/02/2011
Notified through: email with an attachment discussing about fund
Posted on GC: No
Comments:
"You have been selected to receive the USC College Merit Fellowship award at the university for the academic year 2011-2012."
$23,000 stipend for 9 months with health insurance and tuition waiver up to 12 credit.
Rejects: - Institution: Yale Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: Feb 16
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Eventually it comes!
- Institution: Upenn Ph.D. in Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: February 24, 2011
Notified through: via website
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Penn was a good choice.
- Institution: University of Rochester Economics (PhD)
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/22/2011
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: I cannot care less.
- Institution: UC Berkeley Econ
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/02/2011
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: None
- Institution: U Michigan Economics
Decision:Rejected
Notification date: 3/3
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: None
- Institution: UC Santa Barbara Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 3/4/2011
Notified through: Website
Posted on GC: no
Comments: UCSB was a nice place.
Waitlists:
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Rejections:
blinvisible 2011:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: BCom/BSc (Hons) Australian university. Honours in maths. Undergrad GPA: 3.93 equiv - 89% average. GRE: 800Q, 650V, 4.5AWA Math Courses: subjects in calculus, linear algebra, real and complex analysis, topology, measure theory, functional analysis, abstract algebra, probability, statistics, stochastic calculus and processes, partial differential equations Courses (PhD-level): probability, measure theory, functional analysis, statistics Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Intro to micro/macro, Inter macro/micro, metrics, topics in micro, game theory Other Courses: operations research, finance, history and philosophy of science Letters of Recommendation: Maths prof and thesis supervisor, Econ prof (BU), Statistics prof (UMN). All enthusiastic I presume. Research Experience: Honours thesis in probability/statistics, summer RA work in statistics Teaching Experience: Calculus and probability for 2 years Research Interests: Decision theory, mechanism design, market design SOP: There was one. Concerns: My application was non-standard in enough dimensions that it was difficult to get comparisons. I had the minimal econ background, unusual LsOR and a few years since completing undergraduate study. I had no idea what to expect. Other: 3 years working between finishing uni and application RESULTS: Attending: Duke-Fuqua (Decision Sciences) Acceptances: Duke-Fuqua (Decision Sciences) Rejections: Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, Caltech, Wisconsin-Madison, U Penn, Stanford GSB (EA&P), Kellogg (MECS) Waitlisted: Minnesota, Princeton What would you have done differently? During the admissions process not much... This forum is a great resource and lurking here helped me avoid many mistakes I may otherwise have made. A few years back I would have attempted to forge stronger relationships with professors. This would have helped me both figure out what I wanted to do earlier as well as potentially provided the elusive RA/letter of recommendation opportunity. As it was, I didn't realise that I liked real (as opposed to undergraduate) economics until my final semester and did not take the classes I could have.
Accepts: Attending: Duke-Fuqua (Decision Sciences)
Acceptances: Duke-Fuqua (Decision Sciences)
Rejects: Rejections: Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, Caltech, Wisconsin-Madison, U Penn, Stanford GSB (EA&P), Kellogg (MECS)
- Institution: Stanford GSB Economic Policy and Analysis
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: February 18
Notified through: Checked the application home.
Posted on GC: no
Comments:
- Institution: Upenn Ph.D. in Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: February 24, 2011
Notified through: eamila then via website
Posted on GC: no
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/2/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments:
Waitlists: Waitlisted: Minnesota, Princeton
- Institution: Minnesota Economics (PhD)
Decision: Wait List
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/22/2011
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: no
Comments: Better than a flat out rejection
- Institution: Princeton Economics
Decision: Waiting List
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/11/11
Notified through: Email
Comments: I'm so confused.. I get rejected pretty much everywhere and put on a waitlist at Princeton of all places.
chisquared 2011:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: BBM Quantitative Finance and BSc Economics. Small university in SE Asia. Undergrad GPA: 3.92/4.00 Type of Grad: MSc Applicable Mathematics, LSE Grad GPA: In Progress GRE: 800Q, 660V, 5.0AW Math Courses: Linear Algebra (A), Differential Equations (A-), Real Analysis (A-), Intermediate Mathematics for Economics (A+), Advanced Mathematics for Economics (A), Stochastic Calculus (A), Numerical Analysis (A), Probability Theory and Statistical Inference (A-), Continuous Time Optimization (Grad, IP), Probability and Measure (Grad, IP), Stochastic Analysis (Grad, IP) Econ Courses (grad-level): Advanced Microeconomics (IP) Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Intermediate Microeconomics (A+), Intermediate Macroeconomics (A-), International Economics (A+), Economics of Financial Intermediation (A+), Applied Econometrics (A), Economic Development in Asia (A) Other Courses: A lot of other business and finance courses. A few courses in psychology, sociology and political science. Letters of Recommendation: 1 Stanford PhD, 1 Berkeley PhD, 1 Harvard PhD, 2 UPenn PhDs distributed over different schools. All supposedly good letters. Research Experience: Undergraduate thesis in political economy (A-), a few research assistantships Teaching Experience: A few terms as a teaching assistant Research Interests: micro theory, game theory, financial economics, political economy SOP: Standard Concerns: Unknown undergrad institution. Limited (read: almost none) placement history. Unknown letter of recommendation credibility. RESULTS: Acceptances: LSE ($$$, initially on a waiting list for funding), Michigan (off the waiting list, $$), BU ($$, initially on a waiting list for first-year funding) Rejections: Tons. Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Chicago, Stanford, Berkeley, Yale, Northwestern (Kellogg MEDS), UPenn, Columbia, NYU, Caltech, UCSD (actually, I never heard from them. Should probably send them an angry email.), Chicago Booth, Stanford GSB, Wharton, Minnesota Withdrawn: Attending: LSE What would you have done differently? It's hard to say, really. A few ideas, though: (i) Work harder on my senior thesis. Winning the senior thesis prize may have helped me sneak on to a few more waiting lists. (ii) Write a more interesting SOP. It probably wouldn't help much, but it just might matter on the margin, and it's hard to say where I was or wasn't a marginal candidate exactly (at least, for the schools ranked just above where I was admitted. I'm only kidding myself by trying to claim I could have been a marginal candidate at Harvard/MIT.). (iii) Done more undergrad field courses in econ. This would help me write a more interesting SOP, I guess, since it would give me more research ideas. This would mean that I'd have to drop one of my majors, or not do a senior thesis, though. I'm not sure I would be willing to do the former ex-ante, nor the latter ex-post. (iv) Tried to go on exchange at the one top 10 department my undergrad had an exchange program with. Someone from my undergrad did this, and it seemed to have helped her out a lot this admissions season. That being said, that entails the same kind of tradeoffs that I mentioned in (iii), so I'm not sure I'd do this if I could do everything over again. (v) Worked really hard on my MSc, graduate with distinction, and apply for admission in fall 2012 instead. I may still consider this, in fact. (vi) Considered schools that I was applying to more carefully. While I don't think I'd have applied to fewer schools, there are some programs (PSU, CEMFI, Toulouse) I wish I applied to after all the deadlines were over but before the admissions results were released. While I wouldn't have gone to any of those aforementioned programs over any of the options I had, this may have been a wiser decision ex-ante (even if I may be out a few hundred dollars ex-post).
Accepts: Acceptances: LSE ($$$, initially on a - Institution: London School of Economics MRes/PhD Track 1
Decision: Accepted
Funding: No. "Unfortunately competition for funding is very strong and we are not able to offer you any financial support at this stage.
However you are waitlisted for funding and we will inform you immediately if and when this becomes available. In the meantime we would be grateful if you could update us on the outcome of any funding applications you have made."
Notification date: 02/25/2011
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comment: Relieved. Will probably need funding though.
- Institution: BU Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: After first year, tuition + $19k stipend
Notification Date: 3/10/2011
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: No
Comments:
- Institution: Michigan Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Accepted from the waiting list
Funding: Full
Notification date: April 12
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments:
None.
Rejects: Rejections: Tons. Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Chicago, Stanford, Berkeley, Yale, Northwestern (Kellogg MEDS), UPenn, Columbia, NYU, Caltech, UCSD (actually, I - Institution: Yale Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: Feb 16
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: Expected, but still depressing.
- Institution: Stanford GSB Economic Analysis and Policy
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: February 18
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: no
Comments:
- Institution: Wharton Applied Economics
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 22 February 2011
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GF: No
Comments:
- Institution: UPenn Phd in Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 02/24/2011
Notified through: Website -- checked it after I saw the rejection on GC
Posted on GC: No
Comments:
Ouch. A shut out is looking likelier every day. Ah, well.
- Institution: Minnesota Phd in Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 02/24/2011
Notified through: Saw a rejection on GC, then checked the website. ...I should really stop doing this.
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/2/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Ouch.
- Institution: Chicago Booth Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/3/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No.
Comments: Not too surprising.
- Institution: MIT Economics PhD
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/7/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC : no
Comments: Well, that was a long-shot.
- Institution: Chicago Economics PhD
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/7/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC : no
Comments: Ugh.
- Institution: Stanford Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/8/2011
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Sigh.
- Institution: Columbia University Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification Date: 3/09/2011
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: Hm, I guess a shut-out wasn't all that unlikely. (Yes, I am aware at the pitfalls of considering probabilities ex post.)
- Institution: Northwestern - Kellogg Ph.D. MECS
Decision: Rejection
Notification Date: 3/10/2011
Notified through: Website
Posted on GC: No
Comments:
- Institution: Princeton Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/11/11
Notified through: Email
Comments: I appreciate their promptness. Take note, NYU. <-- Ditto. I guess this marks the close of the admissions season for me.
- Institution:
Caltech Social Science PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/15/11
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: no
Comments:
- Institution:
Harvard Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/11/11
Notified through: Snail Mail
Posted on GC: no
Comments:
- Institution:
NYU Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/17/11
Notified through: Unofficial e-mail after I asked about my status
Posted on GC: no
Comments:
- Institution: UCSD Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
N/A
Notification date: 04/21/2011
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: That took a while.
Waitlists: waiting list for funding), Michigan (off the waiting list, $$), BU ($$, initially on a waiting list for first-year funding)
- Institution: UMich Economics
Decision: Waitlist
Funding: Yes, if accepted
Notification date: 3/3/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments:
FromTheHip 2011:
Well, time to throw out my profile, which I suspect will make my results a source of hope for many with mediocre undergraduate GPAs. PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: BS in a science field at a highly-ranked U.S. university Undergrad GPA: 3.34/4 Type of Grad: Part time classes at a top-5 econ program Grad GPA: 4.0/4 GRE: 800Q, 700V, 4.5AW Math Courses: Linear Algebra (A), Multivariable Calculus (A), Vector Analysis (B), Differential Equations (A-), Real Analysis (B+) Econ Courses (grad-level): Two semesters of core micro (A/A), both grades near the top of the class Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Intro Micro (A-), Intro Macro (A-), Intermediate micro (A-), Intermediate Macro (A-), Two term theoretical econometrics course (B/B+) Other Courses: A lot of very quantitative science courses. Letters of Recommendation: All three were economists with tenure at a top-5 econ program and PhDs from top programs. One was a professor from my core micro who talked about my coursework, while another was my long-time boss (see below). The third worked as my advisor on an independent project. Research Experience: Two years as an RA and an independent research project (still ongoing). Research Interests: Resource/environmental, development, game theory, IO. Statement focused on resource, game theory, and development. SOP: Fairly long. I’ve spent some time outside of undergrad and was not an econ major, so I spent a bit of time explaining how I’d come to be interested in economics and putting my non-economics accomplishments into context. Other experience: Several years work experience before starting my economics career Concerns: Non-economics background, low undergraduate grades RESULTS: Acceptances: Cornell (no $), Georgetown ($), Iowa State ($),LSE ($), Penn State ($), Rochester ($), UC-Davis ($), UC-San Diego ($), UC-Santa Barbara (no $), University of British Columbia ($), University of Colorado ($), UPenn (initially wl for $, then $), University of Wisconsin ($), Yale ($). Rejections: Berkeley ARE, Brown, Caltech, Chicago, Chicago Booth, Duke, Harvard, Minnesota, NYU, Northwestern, Princeton, Stanford, University of Maryland, University of Michigan Waitlists: BU (withdrew), Columbia (withdrew), MIT (eventually rejected) Withdrawn: University of Wyoming Attending: Yale What would you have done differently? Gotten better undergraduate grades and started as an economist sooner. Other Comments: Given where I was coming in, I’m pretty ecstatic about my results. There was a lot of variance in my admits, and I’m grateful to all the programs which were willing to take a chance on me.
Accepts: Acceptances: Cornell (no $), Georgetown ($), Iowa State ($),LSE ($), Penn State ($), Rochester ($), UC-Davis ($), UC-San Diego ($), UC-Santa Barbara (no $), University of British Columbia ($), University of Colorado ($), UPenn (initially wl for $, then $), University of Wisconsin ($), Yale ($).
- Institution: UC Davis Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Will be decided in March
Notification date: Feb 11
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Extremely happy about my first acceptance.
- Institution: UC Santa Barbara Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: No mention of funding
Notification date: Feb 14
Notified through: website (I checked after seeing an acceptance up at GC)
Posted on GC: no
Comments: I suspect decisions are generally available, even though an e-mail notification hasn't been sent yet.
- Institution: Yale Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: To be announced (but they fund everyone, so it seems a safe bet)
Notification date: Feb 15
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Um, yeah, I'm pretty happy
- Institution: University of Pennsylvania Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Very high on the waitlist for 1st year fellowship
Notification date: 2/24/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: Penn State Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TAship
Notification date: 2/24/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: LSE Economics MRes/PhD (track 1)
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Fellowship
Notification date: 02/25/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: no
- Institution: Georgetown Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: yes; 3 years TA, 2 years Fellowship
Notification date: 02/25/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: no
- Institution: University of Wisconsin Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TA-ship
Notification date: 03/01/2001
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: no
- Institution: University of British Columbia Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Pending
Notification date: 3/3/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Sorry, slow to post this one.
Excited though - looks like another option which will solves my two-body problem!
- Institution: Rochester Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted?
Funding: No idea?
Notification date: 3/8/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC : no
Comments: Got an e-mail with an invitation to visiting day and a second congratulations on admission.
I never got any sort of notification the first time around, so I'm just guessing.
- Institution: UCSD Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Will get a letter next week
Notification Date: 3/10/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: University of Colorado - Boulder Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TA+Fellowship
Notification date: 3/11/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC : no
Rejects: Rejections: Berkeley ARE, Brown, Caltech, Chicago, Chicago Booth, Duke, Harvard, Minnesota, NYU, Northwestern, Princeton, Stanford, University of Maryland, University of Michigan
- Institution: University of Minnesota PHD economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 02/25/2011
Notified through: e-mail to check website
Posted on GC: no
- Institution: Duke PHD economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 02/25/2011
Notified through: e-mail to check website
Posted on GC: no
- Institution: University of Michigan Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/3/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: no
- Institution: Chicago - Booth School of Business Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/3/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: Northwestern University Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/4/2011
Notified through: Website
Posted on GC: no
- Institution: Chicago Economics PhD
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/7/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC : no
Comments: Guess I picked the wrong week to quit smoking... (Airplane reference for the humorless)
- Institution: Stanford Economics PhD
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/7/2011 (letter dated 3/5)
Notified through: post
Posted on GC : no
Comments: Guess I picked the wrong week to quit drinkin'... (Airplane reference part 2 for the humorless)
- Institution: Maryland Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/9/2011
Notified through: e-mail to check website
Posted on GC : no
- Institution: Princeton Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/11/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC : no
- Institution: Brown Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/11/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC : no
- Institution: Harvard University Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/14
Notified through: mail
Posted on GC: no
- Institution: UC Berkeley Agricultural & Resource Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/14
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: no
- Institution:
Caltech Social Science PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/15/11
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: no
Waitlists: Waitlists: BU (withdrew), Columbia (withdrew), MIT (eventually - Institution: MIT Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlist
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/7/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC : no
Comments: Please pardon the interruption -- when NYU/Stanford rejects come out, we will return to your regularly scheduled Airplane-based programming.
- Institution: Columbia Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlist
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/9/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC : no
- Institution: BU Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlist
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/10/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC : no
aliceav23 2011:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: B.A. Economics, Latin American University Undergrad GPA: 3.9 cumulative, 3.9 Econ, 4.0 Math Type of Grad: M.A. Economics, same university as undergrad Grad GPA: 3.7 GRE: 800Q, 560V, 4.0AW Math Courses: CalcI (A+), CalcII(A+), Linear Algebra (A), Probability (A), Statistics (A+), Numerical Methods (A+) Econ Courses (grad-level): Microeconomics I (A) Microeconomics II (A) Macroeconomics I (A) Macroeconomics II (A) Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Microeconomics (A+,A,A) Macroeconomics (A,B+,A), Econometrics (B+, A), Finance (A+,A+) Other Courses: Statistics packages (A+) Letters of Recommendation: 1 UCLA PhD, 1 LSE PhD, 1 Minnesota PhD, 1 T&A M.A. (head of the economics department) Research Experience: RA in research center, currently research analyst in governmental institution Teaching Experience: TA of Microeconomics II (Undergrad) for 3 years, TA of Econometrics II, TA of Microeconomics I and II (graduate level), currently part-time teacher Mathematics for Economists Research Interests: micro theory, applied micro, IO, game theory SOP: Standard Concerns: LORs and the fact that my university is not that known RESULTS: Acceptances: Duke, Maryland, BU, Toulouse M2 Waitlists: Brown Rejections: NYU, Northwestern, Minnesota, UCSD, Carnegie Mellon, CalTech, Cornell, UPenn Attending: Duke Comments: If i had known I wanted this from the start that I wanted a PhD, I would've taken many more math courses in a university close to mine. I actually enjoy math but my university didn't offer RA until last year when I was out. That said, I probably would've applied to a more well known masters, however the students that are coming out of my program now know that they can get into a top 20 US school so that makes me happy.
Accepts: Acceptances: Duke, Maryland, BU, Toulouse M2
- Institution: Duke Econ PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TBD
Notification date: 2/22/2011
Notified through: E-mail to check website
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Happy. I was really scared when I saw the mail.
- Institution: Maryland University Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: "We have reviewed your record carefully and believe that there is some probability that we will eventually be able to offer you financial aid"
Notification date: 3/4/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: need funding though =(
- Institution: Toulouse I Second year M2 Economic Theory and Econometrics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: have to apply for external funding i guess
Notification date: 3/8/2011
Notified through: E-mail. Sent an e-mail to Aude to ask if I had been rejected since she told me decisions were going to be made by late February, she said the letter was on its way through snail mail.
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Need external funding to attend. Really like the department but I'm not really sure.
Rejects: Rejections: NYU, Northwestern, Minnesota, UCSD, Carnegie Mellon, CalTech, Cornell, UPenn
- Institution: UPenn Phd in Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 02/24/2011
Notified through: Website, checked it after I saw the rejection on TM
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Sigh...
- Institution: Minnesota Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 02/24/2011
Notified through: Have been checking my status periodically and I finally saw that a decision had been made
Posted on GC: Yes
Comment: Sucks! I really thought i had a chance here
- Institution: Northwestern Economics, PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/3/2011
Notified through: Website
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: naaaaaaaaaaaaaah
- Institution: Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/8/2011 (website) 3/10/2011 (e-mail)
Notified through: Randomly checked website
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: Kind of sad
- Institution: Caltech Social Sciences PhD
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/15/11
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GradCafe: yes
Comments: expected...
- Institution: NYU Economics
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification Date: March 22, 2011
Notified through: Official e-mail
Posted on GC: Yes
Comments: ='(
- Institution: Cornell University
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/24/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Comments: Finally...
- Institution: UCSD Economics Ph.D.
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 04/02/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: no
Comments: finally!
Waitlists: Waitlists: Brown
- Institution: Brown Economics PhD
Decision: Wait listed
Funding: I think it's yes if admitted
Notification date: 3/18/11
Notified through: Email to check Website
Posted on GC: yes
Comments: short wait list
huxleyms 2011:
Type of Undergrad: Economics + Applied Math, top15 econ Undergrad GPA: 3.77/4.00 GRE: 800Q 620V 4.0AW Math Courses: Calc(B+,A-,A+), Vector Calc (A+), Linear Algebra(A), Applied Linear Algebra(B), ODE(B+), PDE(B), Complex Analysis(B), Probability(B), Math Reasoning(A), Real Analysis(B+,A-), Numerical Analysis(A,A,A) Econ Courses (grad-level): Microeconomics(A) Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Intro Environmental Economics(A, different uni), Intro Microeconomics (A+), Intro Macroeconomics(A), Intermediate Microeconomics (A,A-,B+), Intermediate Macroeconomics(A,A-), Enterprise Finance(A), Financial Markets(A), Econometrics(A,A), Economic Growth(A), Decisions Under Uncertainty(A+) Other Courses: C/C++(A), Java(A-), honors sections(all A's) Letters of Recommendation: 1 MIT PhD (took small classes, honors section), 1 Yale PhD (comp. econometrics project), 1 UCLA math PhD (ODE/LA tutor, took classes w/projects ) Research Experience: nothing formal, just independent work in honors sections Teaching Experience: matlab tutor, mock trial captain? Research Interests: everything SOP: long Concerns: Lots of B's in math, wondering how many an A in grad micro can outweigh, low AWA score. Lack of research experience. Other: Expect high variance Results: Rejected: Chicago, Yale, UPenn, Columbia, NYU, Caltech, Brown, Cornell, Johns Hopkins Accepted: UCSD, Carnegie Mellon, UTexas, UVA Would do differently: I would have taken fewer math classes and tried to do more economic research. Also, I should have gotten better grades. Overall, I am very happy with my outcome.
Accepts: Accepted: UCSD, Carnegie Mellon, UTexas, UVA
Would do differently: I would have taken fewer math classes and tried to do more economic research. Also, I should have gotten better grades. Overall, I am very happy with my outcome.
Rejects: Rejected: Chicago, Yale, UPenn, Columbia, NYU, Caltech, Brown, Cornell, Johns Hopkins
Waitlists:
LUDuckling 2011:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Top 30 liberal arts college Undergrad GPA: 4.0 Economics/Maths/International Relations GRE: Q 800 V 730 AW 4.0 Math Courses: Calculus, Linear Algebra, ODE, Probability, Math Stat, Real Analysis Econ Courses (grad-level): Micro Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Micro, Macro, Econometrics, IO, Economic Thought, Development, Money Banking Letters of Recommendation:professor of grad micro class; econ prof; math thesis advisor - all mentioned my originality & ability to abstract from real world happenings. One talked about I am "one of the most impressive students during his 40+ years of teaching at Harvard & xx university." Research Experience: RIPS student industrial math research@IPAM; RA; math thesis in game theory Teaching Experience: TA math & econ for 2 years Research Interests: micro, behavioral, not really set Other Experience: Co-founded a company and initiated an int'l summer school; various volunteering experiences, mainly has to do with (re)building houses for poor people(write about in diversity statement) RESULTS: Acceptances: Yale, Columbia, NYU, UCB, Chicago, etc. Waitlists: MIT, UCLA, CMU Rejections: Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Brown, Caltech, etc. What would you have done differently? Applying straight from a non-top liberal arts college and with no significant grad course work/ research job, I am very content with my result. I think I really put everything I could reach together. I have no regrets.
Accepts: Acceptances: Yale, Columbia, NYU, UCB, Chicago, etc.
Rejects: Rejections: Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Brown, Caltech, etc.
Waitlists: Waitlists: MIT, UCLA, CMU
thewhiterabbit 2011:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: MIT, SB Economics, SB Political Science, LSE study abroad (General Course)
Undergrad GPA: 4.8/5.0 overall and across both majors (converts directly to 3.8/4.0). All 1st class marks on exams at LSE (4.0/4.0).
Type of Grad: n/a
Grad GPA: n/a
GRE: 790Q 660V ?AWA
Math Courses: Statistics (AP), Single Variable Calculus (AP BC), Multivariable Calculus (P under P/no record - mandatory for first term), Principles of Econometrics (LSE advanced intro course, known in UK to be very hard, 1st/A), Differential Equations (credit by advanced standing, B), Linear Algebra (audited), Introduction to Analysis (pending, ~60 hance A, 40 hance B)
Econ Courses (grad-level): International Economics I (A), Politics and Economics (A)
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Intermediate Micro (grad Varian, A), Game Theory (A), Intermediate Macro (B), Econ Research (A), Public Economics (LSE: 1st/A), Development (A), Principles of Micro (B), Principles of Macro (A)
Other Courses: Political Science degree, French concentration
Letters of Recommendation: 3 very recognizable names in my field. They all mentor the very top students regularly (since I'm at MIT) so it is somewhat hard for me to gauge strength of two of them. (I feel a little like a medium sized fish in a big pond)
Research Experience: Oodles: part time RA all through undergrad, full time RA since 2007. ~2 years field work. Speak Indonesian fluently. No journal publications. AAA+ Stata programmer. Best thesis award for political science thesis.
Teaching Experience: After school teacher for middle schoolers, test prep.
Research Interests: Development, behavioral, health
SOP: Have a lot of material to work with, will condense three NSF essays
Concerns: The obvious, math preparation. That I haven't had the chance to coauthor (just hasn't been an option) but some other people in RA jobs do. That I've been out of school longer than most people similar to me.
Other: I've done some cool work in technology innovation that is somewhat relevant to economics and which I wrote about for NSF. I'm really happy with my NSF app (and have been told by profs who are historically very honest with me that it was good).
Applying to:
Funding: NSF
Econ: MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, NYU, Chicago, LSE, Columbia, Brown, UCLA, Caltech, UCSD, Oxford, BU, UMD, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, UCL, Georgetown, BC
Other: Berkeley (ARE), Stanford (GSB), Chicago (GSB), Harvard (Public Policy), HSPH Economics
Accepts: - Institution: UCSD Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: "You have been nominated for a San Diego Fellowship and your file is currently under review at the UCSD Office of Graduate Studies." - came in later email.
Notification date: Feb 11
Notified through: email
Comments: First result, so I'm happy
- Institution: London School of Economics MRes/PhD Track 1
Decision: Accepted
Funding: "2+2 Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) studentship which provides full fee remission and maintenance support of 18,590 a year for four years subject to satisfactory progress in your studies."
Notification date: 02/25/2011
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: no
Comment: A welcome bit of news.
- Institution: Harvard School of Public Health Doctor of Science (SD) in Global Health and Population, Economics track
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Pending
Notification date: 02/18/2011
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: yes
- Institution: Georgetown Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 5 years, $20,000
Notification date: 02/25/2011
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: no
Comment: No decision in the online web portal through ApplyYourself, it looks like, only an email.
- Institution: Harvard Kennedy School of Government Public Policy
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Full funding with stipend (no dollar amount mentioned)
Notification date: 02/28/2011
Notified through: Voicemail
Posted on GC: Not yet
- Institution: UCLA Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: No first year funding
Notification date: 3/2/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments:
- Institution: Johns Hopkins Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: tuition waiver, stipend after first year, can discuss stipend in first year if I want to come.
Notification date: 3/2/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: no
- Institution: Oxford MPhil Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Not decided; haven't even been put through college selection yet.
Notification date: 3/4/2011
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Same UK visa problem.
- Institution: MIT Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: They think I will win NSF
Notification date: 3/6/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC : no
Comments: Um. What?
- Institution: Stanford Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $33,000
Notification date: 3/7/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC : no
Comments: Now I'm really confused.
- Institution: BU Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: No first year funding at all, afterwards tuition + $19k stipend
Notification Date: 3/10/2011
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Will decline immediately
- Institution: University of Maryland Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Full Fellowship
Notification date: 03/11/11
Notified through: Email
Comments: I emailed for feedback on my file and reasons for rejection, not asking for it to be reconsidered. The response was a full fellowship offer and an apology for never having read my file. Eesh.
- Institution:
Brown Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 20.5k stipend +3.5k summer stipend + tuition waiver, health insurance, etc.
Notification date: 3/18/11
Notified through: Email to check Website, letter posted
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Email came at 9:24am EST.
- Institution: NSF GRFP
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 4/5
Notified through: NSF website
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Really happy, since funding at MIT was still uncertain. For all future years, it seems like there is a pattern where they announce planned server maintenance on Fastlane from 11pm-5am on some day in early April, and upload the results then. The results become available around 2AM.
Rejects: - Institution: Yale Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 02/16/2011
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: no
- Institution: Stanford GSB Economic Analysis and Policy
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 02/18/2011
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: no
Comment: Was a terrible fit anyways. Also, I'm presuming I'm out at Caltech and Northwestern, but haven't heard officially.
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/2/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: As much as people say admissions are random, I am starting to see a distinctly bright line in the rankings of the places where I am admitted and rejected.
- Institution: Chicago Booth Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/3/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No.
Comments: Laughed out loud at "Our action is not intended to discourage your interest in further study nor is it a judgment of your overall ability."
- Institution: Northwestern University Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/4/2011
Notified through: Website
Posted on GC: no
- Institution: Chicago Economics PhD
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/7/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC : no
- Institution: University of Maryland, College Park Economics PhD
Decision: Rejection
Notification date: 3/8/2011
Notified through: Website
Posted on GC : no
- Institution: Columbia University Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification Date: 3/09/2011
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: Princeton Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: - NA
Notification date: 03/11/2011
Notified through: email
- Institution: Harvard Economics
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/12/11
Notified through: Post
Comments:Quelle Surprise!
- Institution:
Caltech Social Science PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/15/11
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Caltech wins among my schools for greatest lag between notifying admits and notifying rejects.
- Institution:
NYU Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/17/11
Notified through: Unofficial e-mail after I asked about my status
Posted on GC: no
Waitlists:
liamc 2011:
Type of Undergrad: BA Economics (Quant. Track), Top 30 liberal arts college, minors in Math & CogSci
Undergrad GPA: 3.77
GRE: 800Q 730V 4.0AWA
Math Courses: Honors Calc I-II (A+), Honors Calc III (A-), Honors Lin Alg (A), Probability (A), Real Analysis I (A), Real Analysis II (A-), Mathematical Neuroscience (A), Grad Analysis (B+), Statistics (IP)
Econ Courses (grad-level): Macro Theory I (A)
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Inter. Micro Theory (A+), Quant. Inter Micro Theory (A-), Statistics (B), Quant. Econometrics (A-), Quant. Game Theory (A), Behavioral Economics Seminar (A), Senior Honors Thesis (IP)
Other Courses: Newton's Principia (A)
Letters of Recommendation: All (supposedly) strong from thesis advisor and econ professor, both somewhat famous, and well-known math professor
Research Experience: Worked in a psych lab 2+ years, presented posters at conferences. Did a theory paper independently and presented it at a conference this year.
Teaching Experience: None
Research Interests: Game Theory, Neuroeconomics
SOP: Bold statement of an ambitious research project, and general ode to the economics profession
Concerns: Not looking forward to moving
Other:
Applying to: Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Yale, Berkeley, Northwestern U, Brown, CalTech, Cornell, Duke, Wash U St Louis, BU, BC
Accepts: - Institution: Wash U. St Louis Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Tuition waiver + $20400 stipend
Notification date: 3/4/2011
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: no
Comments: An acceptance at last!
- Institution: BU Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: tuition + $19k stipend
Notification Date: 3/10/2011
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Sweet!
- Institution: Cornell Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: None
Notification date: 3/22/11
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: That's cute.
- Institution: CalTech Behavioral and Social Neuroscience
Decision: Accepted
Funding: no word, but they fund everybody
Notification date: 04/14/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Totally psyched!
Rejects: - Institution: Yale Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: February 16
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Didn't want to live in New Haven anyway.
- Institution: Duke Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 2/25/2011
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GF: no
Comments:
- Institution: Berkeley Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/2/2011
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments:
- Institution: BC Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/2/2011
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: No
Comments:
"Honestly, we feel that it is likely that you will receive offers from top schools, and for this reason, we decided not to make an offer to you at this time." That's nice to hear, but it would really have calmed my nerves to get an admiit.
- Institution: Northwestern Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/4/2011
Notified through: Website
Posted on GC: no
Comments:
- Institution: MIT Economics PhD
Decision: Rejection
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/7/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC : no
Comments: Damn.
- Institution: Brown , Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 03/11
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GF: no
Comments:
- Institution: Princeton , Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 03/11
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: no
Comments: Now, the day-dreaming ends and the planning begins.
- Institution: Harvard Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/12/2011
Notified through: snail mail
Posted on GC : no
Comments:
- Institution: Caltech Social Science PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/15/11
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC: no
Comments: I was told earlier that I was on the waitlist with "slim" chances of admission, so not too surprising.
Waitlists:
zorro12 2011:
Type of Undergrad: Group of 8 Australia Double Major: Economics / Mathematics Undergrad GPA: 3.79 (converted) Exchange GPA: 3.33 (top 10 economics) Grad GPA: N/A GRE: 790Q 660V 4.0AW; 770Q 690V 4.0AW Math Courses: calculus, linear algebra, optimisation theory, discrete mathematics, ODEs, PDEs, applied mathematics Econ Courses: micro (up to 4th yr), macro (up to 4th yr), econometrics (up to 4th yr), game theory, law and economics, industrial org, international finance Letters of Recommendation: I assume they will be positive Research Experience: honours thesis Teaching Experience: 1st year micro and macro Research Interests: micro, game theory Concerns: (1) If I'd seen the results forums from last year before I'd applied I would have applied to some lower ranked universities. (2) Exchange GPA. (3) 770 on the quant section of my 2nd attempt at the GRE. Applying to: Berkeley, Brown, CalTech, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Maryland, MIT, Northwestern, NYU, Princeton, Stanford, UCSD, UIllinois, UPenn, WUSTL, Yale Comments: Implicit rejection from CalTech
Accepts: - Institution: Northwestern Economics (PhD)
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Waiting listed
Notification date: 2/23/2011 (Chicago)
Notified through: Email
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: Very excited. I hope some people decline their funded offers.
Rejects: rejection from CalTech
- Institution: Yale Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: Feb 16
Notified through: Email to check website
Posted on GC: yes
Comments: 1st official rejection
In: nowhere Out: Yale, CalTech (I assume) Waiting: 14 others
- Institution: Upenn Ph.D. in Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: February 24, 2011
Notified through: via website
Posted on GC: yes
In: Northwestern (none) Out: Penn, Yale, CalTech Waiting: 12 others
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics
Decision: rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 3/2/2011
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: yes
In: Northwestern (none) Out: Yale, Penn, Berkeley, and I assume also CalTech, Harvard and Johns Hopkins Waiting: 9 others
- Institution: MIT Economics PhD
Decision: rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/7/2011
Notified through: e-mail
Posted on GC : yes
Comments:
In: Northwestern (none) Out: CalTech, Yale, Penn, Berkeley, MIT and I assume also Harvard, Stanford, Maryland, Johns Hopkins, WUSTL, NYU Waiting: UCSD, Princeton, Brown, UIUC
Waitlists:
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