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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:
manfromthemoon 2012:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: BA (Honors) in Philosophy
Undergrad GPA: 3.4
Type of Grad: MA in Economics
Grad GPA: 4.0
GRE: Q800; V 760
Math Courses: Math for Econ (A); Statistical Analysis (A). Both were graduate courses.
Econ Courses (grad-level): Micro I (A); Micro II (Research based) (A); Macro I (A); Macro II (A); Econometrics I (A); Econometrics II (A). Econ Courses (undergrad-level): None.
Other Courses: Wrote a thesis for the masters degree.
Letters of Recommendation: All very strong, but none of the recommenders are high-profile.
Research Experience: Did an independent research project on the classical Post-Ricardian theories of value and distribution..
Teaching Experience: Graduate Assistant for three semesters
Research Interests: Macroeconomics; International Political Economy
SOP: Focused on my research interests and career plans beyond the PhD
Other: There hardly is a proper math course on my transcript.
RESULTS:
Acceptances: UMKC, Oregon, Utah, UMass Amherst
Waitlists: None
Rejections: Princeton, Claremont
Pending: None
Attending: UMKC for Interdisciplinary PhD in Econ and PolSci
What would you have done differently?
It was quite difficult to do well in the masters program, considering that my undergrad background was in Philosophy. So in that sense there was a lot of "catching up" to do with economics and I'm happy that I got out of it alive. I really wanted to get into UMKC because there really is no other school in the US with so many faculty with whom I share my research interests. I ended up applying to fewer schools than I intitally planned to. But that's okay, I guess, and I am quite excited about going to UMKC.
Accepts:
    Acceptances: UMKC, Oregon, Utah, UMass Amherst
  • Institution: University of Missouri - Kansas City I PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: Waitlisted Notification date: 2/17 Notified through: Postal mail Posted on GC: no Comments: Really happy considering that this was my first choice school, but uncertainty about funding is freaking me out.
Rejects:
    Rejections: Princeton, Claremont
Waitlists:
    Waitlists: None
Rejections:
martanio 2012:
Institution: University of Arkansas Faytetteville
Program: Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 01/02/12
Notified through: email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: I am not too disappointed. What does "Posted on GC" mean?
Accepts:
  • Institution: Colorado State University Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: Won't find out till March at the earliest. I have doubts though. Notification date: 2/15/12 Notified through: email Comments:
  • Institution: University of Kentucky Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: No funding yet... Notification Date: Feb. 17 Notified Through: E-mail and Phone Posted on GC: No Comments: I hope they give me funding.
  • Institution: University of New Mexico Economics PhD Decision: Admitted Funding: Yes (expires March 26) Notification date: 3/13/12 notified through: E-mail posted on GC: No Comments: Woot!! My first funded offer!! I am very happy.
Rejects:
  • Institution: University of Arkansas Faytetteville Economics PhD Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 01/02/12 Notified through: email Posted on GC: No Comments: I am not too disappointed. What does "Posted on GC" mean?
  • Institution: University of Wyoming Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: None Notification date: 2/15/12 Notified through: Phone Comments:I called because the application status checker said I didn't have an application on file. I was told by the secretary that they didn't recommend for admittance.
  • Institution: University of Missouri-Kansas City Econ. Ph.D Decision: Rejection Funding: N/A Notification date: 02/15/2012 Notified through: Found out through the web Posted on GC: No Comment:
  • Institution: University of Kansas Ph.D. Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: N.A. Notification Date: 3/11/2012 Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: No Comments: -I am worried I won't be accepted anywhere with funding now....
  • Institution: Oregon State University Ph.D.Agricultural Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: N.A. Notification Date: 3/09/2012 Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: No Comments: This one stung a bit....
  • Institution: Georgia State University Economics PhD Decision: Denied Funding: N/A Notification Date: 3/14/2012 Notified through: Status Check Online Posted on GC: No Comments: I am not too disappointed. I think Atlanta would have been too big of a city for me to live in as well.
Waitlists:
  • Institution: West Virginia University (WVU) Economics Phd Decision: Waitlisted Funding: N/A Notification date: 03/14/2012 Notified through: Phone call Posted on GC: no Comments: I called to check when admission decisions will be made. The adviser told me that I am on the wait list and that they made their decision two days ago. I was also told that the wait list had about 10 students on it.
Waitlists:
Admit summary statistics:
As submitted and recoreded from Test Magic:
There were 1 accepted out of 2 applicants.Of those accepted, average GPA was 3.40, average GREQ was 800.0.
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Last Updated: 14:58:10, Fri May 11, 2012