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Acceptances:
AusEconGuy 2012:
Another data point (for Australians)
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad:Econ with first class honours from Go8 Australian Uni
Undergrad GPA: 3.8 for standard Bachelor, 4.0 in Honours (Converted to US scale)
Type of Grad: M Phil in Economics
Grad GPA: Coursework: 4.0 (US converted)
GRE: 159V, 168Q. 5.0 AW
Math Courses: Math for Economists (B, undergrad), econ students dont do pure math courses in my institution
Econ Courses (grad-level): Macro (A+), Micro (A), Metrics (A+)
Econ Courses (honours-level): Macro (A+), Metrics (A+), Advanced Math Econ (A+); Behavioural Game Theory (A+); Micro (B; whoops!)
Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Micro I/II (B+; A+); Macro I/II (A+, A+); Metrics I/II/II (A+;A+;B); Econ Theory (B); Trade II/II (A+;A+); Econ History (A); Development (A); Money & Banking (A); Public Econ (A);
Other Courses: Finance I/II (A+;A) and some politics stuff
Letters of Recommendation:
- thesis supervisor for Hons and MPhil thesis, also taught me
- Prof I RA'd for over 2 years
- Assist Prof whom i tutored with for three years
- Head of School .... All should be positive
Research Experience: 6 years as RA for various profs (since 2nd year undergad); 3 conference presentations in 2011 for MPhil thesis; 2 thesis in experimental econ
Teaching Experience: TA for 4 years in range of courses from first year through third year
Research Interests: Behavioural Econ and Experiments, Political Econ, Information Econ
SOP: These are hard work! But its over
Concerns: Lack of obvious maths training (hons and Mphil courses are all at graduate level... LORS hopefully mention this), occasional B's in theory classes - These aren't horrible grades, I was still in top few students in these courses but no scaling
Applying to:
Phd: Northwestern, NYU (Econ and Stern), Cornell, Brown, UCSD, UC Berkeley, Princeton, Stanford ,Caltech, U Penn
Masters: Oxford; U College London; Autonoma, UC3M; Barcelona GSE; LSE; Toronto
Accepts: - Institution: LSE EME
Decision: Accepted conditional on a distinction average in my current MPhil
Funding: Can apply for needs based funding
Notification date: 21/01/2012
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: NO
Comments: nice indeed, though an expensive program
- Institution: Barcelona GSE MSc Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 6000 euro tuition waiver
Notification date: 13/12/2011
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: NO
Comments: first admit, was happy at the time. dont like the short expiry date of the offer!
- Institution: UC3M Master+PHD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: fees, first year health insurance and 1150 euro per month
Notification date: 2/18 (17th on other side of the date line)
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: no
Comments: First admit that doesnt ask for tuition fees, nice indeed. exploding offer with 30 day deadline
- Institution: Oxford MPhil
Decision: acceptted
Funding: TBA after college selection
Notification date: 03/15/12
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: pumped -- probably going to go here
- Institution: UAB IDEA (autonoma barcelona) master in economic analysis + phd
Decision: accepted
Funding: tution waiver + 1000 euro per month
Notification date: 03/21/12
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments: seems europe is the place to be for me this year
- Institution: UCL (London) MSc Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: seems like nothing
Notification date: 4/3/12
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Interesting option
Rejects: - Institution: caltech social science phd
Decision: rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 24/2/2012
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: no
Comments: a very polite email, disappointed coz was a top choice for me
- Institution: UC Berkeley phd in Econ
Decision: rejected, twice to be sure I understood!
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 24/2/2012
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: no
Comments:
- Institution: u penn phd Econ
Decision: rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification date: 24/2/2012
Notified through: email to check website
Posted on GC: nope
Comments:
What a tough three hours!
- Institution: northwestern Econ phd
Decision: rejected
Funding:n/a
Notification date: 29/2/2012
Notified through: website after seeing decisions here
Posted on GC: nope
Comments: looks like I'm going to europe! The USA doesn't like my 'no name' institution.
- Institution: Stanford Economics
Decision: rejected
Funding: n/a
Notification Date: March 2
Notified Through: Website
Posted on GC: No
Comments: 'I can only assure you that all files were read at least twice and decisions were made with care'
maybe they should have read it a third time!?.... so back to europe and my EME offer
- Institution: Princeton University Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notification Date: 3/8/2012
Notified Through: Email
Posted on GC: No
- Institution: UCSD Economics PhD
Decision: rejected
Funding: na
Notification date: March 8
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: NO
Comment: Learned to expect this.... im going for zero north american admits, only cornell and UoT to hear back from
- Institution: NYU Stern Economics
Decision: Rejection
Funding: ---
Notified: 3/12
Notified through: email to check website
Posted on GC: no
Comments: totally expected
- Institution: Brown Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 03/15/12
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: OK - so i've given up on the usa now... obviously my app is a lil random for them
- Institution: NYU Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: NA
Notification date: 03/21/12
Notified through: E-mail
Posted on GC: No
Comments:
- Institution: Cornell Economics PhD
Decision:Rejected
Funding: -
Notification date: 04/12/2012
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: i'm out of the USA... hopefully Toronto can give me my one north american admit
Waitlists:
Fohlen 2012:
Institution: Maastricht University
Program: Research Master in Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: not sure
Notification date: 2/24/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Glad, but I don't know what to think about the program...
Accepts: - Institution: Maastricht University Research Master in Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: not sure
Notification date: 2/24/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: no
Comments: Glad, but I don't know what to think about the program...
- Institution: Barcelona (BGSE) MSc Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: partial tuition waiver
Notification date: 4/27/12
Notified through: email
Comments:
Rejects: - Institution: Tilburg University Research Master in Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notified: 3/20/12
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: no
Comments: that sucks...
Waitlists:
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