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The data below comes from testmagic forums and shows accepted, waitlisted, and rejected applicants for 2010 for economics graduate school. Clicking on points in the graph above will make the most recent profile appear in the space below the graph.


Acceptances:

mikekohyw 2011:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad:BS in Business at private top-25 school
Undergrad GPA:3.62, 4.0 in econ courses
Type of Grad:MA in econ at Public Master's univ.
Grad GPA: 4.0
GRE: 800Q/630V/4.0AWA
Math Courses: Calc 1-3, Intro linear alg and diff equations (all A's), math probability, linear algebra, proofs (all A's; completed in Fall 2010), real analysis, math stats (in progress, will complete by Spring 2011)
Econ Courses (grad level): MA Macro, Micro, econometrics (all A's), time series (B+, Fall 2010), research methods (A, Fall 2010)
Econ Courses (undergrad level): Basic and intermediate macro/micro, econometrics, math econ, macroecon and growth (all A's)
Other Courses:
Letters of Recommendation: 4 econ professors from master's program
Research Experience: Master's thesis (Still in progress), 1 year as graduate assistant
Teaching Experience: 1 year as econ tutor
Research Interests: Not sure yet...leaning towards applied micro/development
SOP: Probably not well-written as indicated by the results...
Other:
RESULTS:
Acceptances: Houston ($$$), UC Santa Cruz ($$), Hawaii (waitlist $)
Waitlists: Rice, Washington
Rejections: Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UT-Austin, Vanderbilt, USC
Pending: Texas A&M
Attending: Houston
What would you have done differently? Taking more math courses in undergrad. I've spent 2 years in grad school trying to catch up the math courses, as I have no math courses under my belt in college. Apparently, I still fell short of the top-50 programs after 2 years of preparation. Since I spent most of the time playing catch-up, I could not start to do some research of my own as I was too occupied with course works. That probably hurts my profile as well. Overall, I would say if I could choose again, I will definitely not do the garbage degree called business administration in my undergrad years.
Accepts:
    Acceptances: Houston ($$$), UC Santa Cruz ($$), Hawaii (
  • Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz International Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: 2 Quarters Notification date: 02/28/2011 Notified through: via email Posted on GC: no Comment: I thought there are 3 quarters in an academic year...does that imply I have to find fundings for the 3rd quarter?
  • Institution: Houston Decision: Accepted Funding: TA+Fellowship Notification date: 3/10/11 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: No Comments: First (and possibly only) fully funded offer!
Rejects:
    Rejections: Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UT-Austin, Vanderbilt, USC
  • Institution: Berkeley Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 3/2/2011 Notified through: Email Posted on GF: No Comments: Expected
  • Institution: UCLA Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 3/2/2011 Notified through: Email Posted on GF: No Comments: Expected, if a mid-tier school like Santa Cruz only gives partial funding, how can I expect anything from the top schools?
  • Institution: UC Santa Barbara Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 3/4/2011 Notified through: Website Posted on GC: no Comments: My profile is worse than I've expected; now I'm wondering whether I should wait till next year?
  • Institution: UC Davis Economics Decision: rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 3/08/11 Notified through: Website Posted on GF: No Comments: "Not competitive with other applicants because of inadequate preparation for advanced study in the proposed program." They should just explicitly state the math courses required for admission...that way I wouldn't be wasting my time and money applying to their programs...
  • Institution: Texas-Austin Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 3/10/11 Notified through: Email to check website Posted on GC: No Comments:
  • Institution: Vanderbilt University Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: - Notification date: 03/30/2011 Notified through: E-mail Comments: On a positive note, that makes my decision process easier...
  • Institution: UC Irvine Decision: Rejected Notification date: 4/4 Notified through: randomly checked the website and the rejection letter was on there. Posted on GC: no Comments: 2 more schools (rejections) to go.
  • Institution: UCSD Decision: Rejected Notification date: 4/5 Notified through: email Posted on GC: no Comments: 1 more school (rejections) to go.
Waitlists:
    waitlist $) Waitlists: Rice, Washington
  • Institution: Rice Economics PhD Decision: Waitlisted Funding: N/A Notification date: 2/13 Notified through: Email Posted on GF: ? Comments: Off to a bad start...
  • Institution: U Washington Decision: Waitlisted/Rejected Funding: Notification date: 4/1/11 Notified through: email Posted on GF: No Comments: "We are not able to offer you admission at this time, but if you would like to be placed on our waiting list for admission, please let us know." Sent a email earlier asking about funding, no full funding is available for the waitlist candidates, although partial funding "may be available".

oleador 2011:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: BA International Economics, unknown Eastern European school
Undergrad GPA: 3.4/4
Type of Grad: MSc Economics, Barcelona GSE
Grad GPA: 6.78/10
GRE: 780Q, 560V, 3.5AW
Math Courses: Advanced math for economists(B) one year course which includes uni- and multivariate calclulus, linear algebra, difference and differential equations, set theory and basic topology, intro to real analysis; Probability and Statistics (B), Theoretical Statistics (A), Optimization (A)
Econ Courses (grad-level): Micro theory (D ), Advanced Micro theory (A some improvement over micro ), Econometrics (B), Advanced Econometrics I (C), Macroeconomics (A), International Economics (B), Experimental Economics (B), Econ growth (A).
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Microeconomics (B), Macroeconomics (B), other standard courses
Letters of Recommendation: All from BGSE, should have been quite good.
Research Experience: Macroeconomic research analyst at an investment bank (2.5 years)
Teaching Experience: none
Research Interests: Macroeconomics, international economics and finance, economics of information
SOP: Standard, focused on research interests and ideas
Concerns: Many My profile has many drawbacks as you can see.
RESULTS:
Acceptances: U Houston ($$), Warwick (no $)
Rejections: Maryland, Carnegie Mellon, Emory, LSE MSc, UBC MA, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, McGill, Simon Fraser, WUSTL, USC
Attending: University of Houston
COMMENTS:
I realized that I want to do a PhD only after I finished my BA and started working. If I knew this since my first year of undergrad I would study much harder and would have a much better GPA. To some extent getting an MSc from a top European school helped me, though my performance there was quite mediocre (due to poor undergrad preparation). I have made a large progress by now and studied a lot on my own, so now I am confident that now I am well prepared to study at a PhD level.
Finally, given my terrible profile, it's good that I got into U of Houston, which could not be a top school, but fits my interests and has quite decent placement.
Accepts:
    Acceptances: U Houston ($$), Warwick (no $)
  • Institution: University of Warwick Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: not mentioned, I suppose I should apply for it separately Notification date: 3/3/2011 Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: no Comments: First admission!!! Extremely excited!!!
  • Institution: University of Houston Economics Decision: Admitted Funding: Waitlisted Notification date: April 12 Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: No Comments: Hoping for funding...
Rejects:
    Rejections: Maryland, Carnegie Mellon, Emory, LSE MSc, UBC MA, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, McGill, Simon Fraser, WUSTL, USC
  • Institution: Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School Economics PhD Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 3/8/2011 Notified through: website Posted on GC: no Comments: expected
  • Institution: Emory University Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 3/14 Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: No Comments:
  • Institution: LSE MSc in Economics (Research, L1U3) and MSc in Economics (L1U1) Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 3/15/11 Notified through: e-mail Posted on GradCafe: no Comments:
  • Institution: UBC MA Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 03/17/2011 Notified through: e-mail Posted on GC: no Comments:
  • Institution: University of Pittsburgh Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 3/24/2011 Notified through: E-mail Comments:
  • Institution: Simon Fraser University Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: April 12 Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: No Comments:
  • Institution: Washington University St. Louis (WUSTL) Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: April 13 Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: no Comments: expected
  • Institution: University of Southern California Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 04/15/2011 Notified through: called them to find out my status Posted on GC: yes Comments: Finally the uncertainty is over. Going to Houston!
Waitlists:

arcadia 2011:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: BA in Business from top state school
Undergrad GPA: 3.75
Type of Grad: MA Economics from top 50ish PhD granting school in US
Grad GPA: 3.5
GRE: 770 Q, 530 V, 4.5 AWA
Math Courses: Calc 1-2, Matrix and Linear Algebra, Math Stats (undergrad and graduate level... some PhD level too)
Econ Courses (grad-level): all the core courses at my university, plus some field courses, tons of econometrics
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): intermediate micro & macro, econometrics
Other Courses:
Letters of Recommendation: two pretty good from professors from top schools, one from the professor I TA'ed for.
Research Experience: not a lot outside of some research papers during my masters
Teaching Experience: tons. I TA'ed during my masters and taught before that as well. taught my own courses.
Research Interests: growth and development, international trade, econometrics... have some narrowing down to do
SOP: i think its good...
Concerns: lack of formal math... but my performance in core courses should show I have self-studied plenty and know what I'm doing. Oh, and my low Quant.
Other:
Applying to: BC, Georgetown, American, GWU, Houston, UW-Seattle, UCSB, Claremont, UMass?
Accepts:
  • Institution: American University Economics Decision:Accepted!! Funding: Decisions in February Notification date: 12/17 Notified through: Postal Mail Posted on GC: No Comments: Yay! Will probably attend if funded.
  • Institution: Houston Econ PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: TA+fellowships Notification Date: 03/10/2011 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: No Comment: Never been to Houston... Can't wait to visit. Are they having an open house?
Rejects:
  • Institution: Georgetown Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 3/18/11 Notified through: Snail Mail Posted on GC: No Comments: Finally!
Waitlists:

Icametoconquer 2011:
Institution: Rutgers
Program: Econ PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: None
Notification date: 2/23/2011
Notified through: Online
Posted on GF: Yes
Comments: No funding=No PhD
Accepts:
  • Institution: Rutgers Econ PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: None Notification date: 2/23/2011 Notified through: Online Posted on GF: Yes Comments: No funding=No PhD
  • Institution: Houston Econ PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: TA+fellowships Notification Date: 03/10/2011 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: No Comment: My first full funding. I thought I was going to be shut out for good
  • Institution: UConn Econ PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: None (got the letter emailed from the department) Notification date: 03/21/2011 Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: No Comments: Harassed the department. Was told that I was admitted and that the official acceptance was sent via snail mail last week.
Rejects:
  • Institution: U of Maryland, College Park Economics PhD Decision: Rejected Notification date: 03/06/2011 Notified through: Online Posted on GC: No Comments: Sad ((
  • Institution : Georgetown Program : Economics PhD Decision : Rejected Notification date : 03/07/2011 Notified through : Snail mail Posted on GC : no Comments : Oh well, I definitely saw it coming
  • Institution: Penn State Econ PhD Decision: Rejected Funding: n/a Notification Date: 3/10/2011 Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: No Comment: They were taking so much time I started to wonder... but no, a rejection
  • Institution: NYU Econ PhD Decision: Rejected Funding: ... Notification date: 03/17/11 Notified through: Asked Marjorie via E-mail Posted on GC: No Comments: Sad, it was my dream school
  • Institution: BU Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 03/22/2011 Notified through: Response to my email Posted on GC: No Comments: My second choice. Oh well. At this point I just want to have all the information
  • Institution: UMass Econ PhD Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 03/24/2011 Notified through: E-mail Comments: My final decision. This cycle is over for me. Looks like I'll be going to U of H.
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Admit summary statistics:
As submitted and recoreded from Test Magic:
There were 4 accepted out of 4 applicants.Of those accepted, average GPA was 3.59, average GREQ was 783.3.
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