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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:

decide_aposteriori 2009:
PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Large State School in the US
Undergrad GPA: 3.69 (overall including math and econ majors)
Type of Grad: MA Economics (Canadian Uni)
GRE: 760 Q, 670 V, 5.0 W
Math Courses: Calc III, Intro to Proofs, Abstract Algebra, Numerical Analysis I&II, Differential Equations, Analysis, Probability, Linear Algebra
Econ Courses: Micro (grad), Macro (grad), Econometrics (grad), IO, Topics in Micro, Econ history
Other Courses: Java
Letters of Recommendation: Math PhD Duke, Econ PhD LSE
Research Experience: None
Teaching Experience: None
Research Interests: Experimental, Labor, Neuro, applied econometrics
SOP: Standard
RESULTS:
Acceptances: Uni Arizona, Uni Hawaii
Waitlists:
Rejections: MSU, Purdue, OSU, Pittsburgh, UCSC
What would you have done differently? I would have started the process earlier. Since I couldn't make any December deadlines I was constrained on the places I could apply to. I'm really happy with Arizona, it fits my interests really well.
Accepts:
    Acceptances: Uni Arizona, Uni Hawaii
  • Institution: University of Arizona Economics, PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: "Unfortunately we are not able to offer you an assistantship at this time." Notification date: 3/17 Notified through: Email Comments: I don't know what to do, maybe
Rejects:
    Rejections: MSU, Purdue, OSU, Pittsburgh, UCSC
  • Institution: University of Pittsburgh Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: blah Notification date: 3/17/09 Notified through: Email Comments: Expected after so many admits a month ago
  • Institution: Michigan State Economics PhD Decision: Rejected Notification date: 3/24 Notified through: Phone, I called Comments: Disappointed
  • Institution: Purdue Econ PhD Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: April 18 Notified through: Email Comments: Finally
Waitlists:
    Waitlists:

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".


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Admit summary statistics:
As submitted and recoreded from Test Magic:
There were 2 accepted out of 2 applicants.Of those accepted, average GPA was 3.66, average GREQ was 780.0.
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