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Acceptances:
jeeves0923 2009:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: B.S. Math, B.A. Economics (Both Honors), Virginia Tech Undergrad GPA: 3.90 Type of Grad: M.S. Math, Virginia Tech Grad GPA: 3.90 GRE: 800Q, 610V, 4.5AWA Math Courses(undergrad): through Real Analysis I & II. Math Courses(PhD): Abstract Algebra, Stochastic Processes, Measure Theory, Matrix Theory Econ Courses: Lots of electives + PhD Micro, Metrics, Labor. Other Courses: Half an engineering degree, history minor. Letters of Recommendation: 3 Econ Profs (didn't end up using the math prof). All extremely good (at least that's what a couple adcoms told me) Research Experience: A couple of papers, 4 semesters of econ research, one math theory paper, a bunch of presentations Teaching Experience:Quite a lot- Calculus, Vector Geometry, Writing Coach, Micro Econ Theory, and some tutoring Research Interests: Micro Theory, Political Economy, IO... maybe some other applied micro SOP: I think it was too long, and I would have done a bit differently (see the link below) Other: I fly airplanes and cook, but not at the same time RESULTS: Attending: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Accepted: NSF, MIT($$), Kellogg (MEcS) ($$), UChicago ($$), Minnesota($$), Duke ($$), Michigan(no $), Berkeley Law School Wait List: Princeton, not eventually admitted Rejections: Stanford GSB, Yale, NYU, Columbia, Penn, Harvard, Berkeley What would you have done differently? http://www.urch.com/forums/phd-econo...te-school.html (And What A Strange Ride It's Been- Advice if you Come from an Unknown State School) I did better than I expected Nothing too drastic. I'm so happy!
Accepts: Attending: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Accepted: NSF, MIT($$), Kellogg (MEcS) ($$), UChicago ($$), Minnesota($$), Duke ($$), Michigan(no $), Berkeley Law School
- Institution: Northwestern Kellogg Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 30K for 5 years
Notification date: 2/23/09
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: Life couldn't get much better right now.
- Institution: Duke University Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Fully Funded - specifics in the mail
Notification date: 2/26/09
Notified through: e-mail
Comments: Withdrawing once I get official Kellogg offer
- Institution: University of Michigan
Programme: Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Notification Date: 31/03/2009
Funding: None
Comments: Same as Fille.
I will be declining.
- Institution: University of Minnesota Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Complicated with NSF
Notification date: 4/9/2009
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: Said they were going to accept me anyway
- Institution: MIT Econ PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Yes
Notification date: April 15, 11:59 AM
Notified through: Phone Call
Comments: I will be attending!
Rejects: Rejections: Stanford GSB, Yale, NYU, Columbia, Penn, Harvard, Berkeley
- Institution: Yale University Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/20/09
Notified through: Email to check website
Comments: Even though it wasn't a good match for me, it stings bigtime.
- Institution: Stanford GSB EA&P
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 2/23/09
Notified through: Email/website
Comments: Psh... Still too happy about Kellogg to let this get me down
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics, PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/02
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: This one hurts a lot, actually... but it will probably end up making my final decision easier...
- Institution: MIT Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/3
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: Came home after a 16.5 hour drive today to this...I guess they liked me better last year without graduate math classes... one step closer to Evanston...
- Institution: Columbia Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/5
Notified through: E-mail directing me to website.
Comments: Shazam! Bam! Out at Columbia!
- Institution: UPenn Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/6/09
Notified through: E-mail
Comments:
That makes 0-4 on target schools! 1-3-1 on reaches. 1-1-1 on safeties.
What a strange year!
1 safety, 2 targets left...
- Institution: Harvard Economics, PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/17
Notified through: Postal dated 3/13
Comments: I compared it to last year's rejection.
There are only two differences: 1. The date in the top left.
2.
We regret to inform you that you have not been admitted for 2009 (last year it said 2008).
Nice.
Waitlists: Wait List: Princeton, not eventually - Institution: Minnesota Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/24/09
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: What a random process!
I'm surprised, but not upset.
Nothing can upset me after yesterday
- Institution: Princeton Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding:
25,750 if admitted
Notification date: 3/5
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: Ecstatic!
This is fantastic news!
- Institution: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Economics, PhD
Decision: Waitlisted
Notification date: 3/17
Notified through: Phone
Comments: Joining Fille.
4 waitlists.
2 from reaches and 2 from safeties.
What an odd year.
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Rejections:
DreamFactory 2009:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: BBA (minor Econ), International applicant, not top but one of the best schools in my country. Undergrad GPA: 3.83/4.00 after rescale, summa cum laude (within 2% of the graduates, but the transcripts doesn't offer the rank anymore) Type of Grad: Same school, MA econ - major:Economic theory (expected aug. 2009) Grad GPA: 4.0/4.0 after rescale GRE: 800Q, 670V, 4.0AWA Math/Stat Courses: Calculus I (B+),II (A), Intro to Probability (A+), Differential Equations I (B+), Linear Algebra I (Aced all exams, A+), II (A+), Analysis I (A+), II(A+), Topology I (A+), Stochastic Processes (A+), grad Real Analysis I (A) Econ Courses: undergraduate - Principles I (A+),II (A), Biz Econ (A), Monetary (A), Financial (B+), Micro (A+), Macro (A), Metrics (B+)/ graduate - Micro I (A+) II (A), Macro I (A), II (A+), Metrics I (A+), Financial Economics (A), Micro Seminar (A+), Public Sector Economics II (A+) Other Courses: Bunch in biz. especially in finance (mostly A's or A+'s in finance) Letters of Recommendation: 2 econ (both micro), 2 biz (both finance), 1 math (analysis 1,2, topology 1), all very strong but not so famous Research Experience: RA for 2 semesters (participated in a project), 1 working paper, conference participation etc. Teaching Experience: grad Micro I (MWG) - 2 semesters Research Interests: Behavioral Finance/Economics/Experimental, Market Microstructure, various topics in Micro Theory......actually almost everything in Finance and Economics since most of them are interesting (I'll choose them after I get to know more) SOP: no idea how it look like to the adcoms. Other: External fellowship.(5 years of tuition+health+18k) RESULTS: Acceptances/Attending: U of Chicago (Econ, very late admission!) Waitlists: none Rejections: 4 econ (actually I was rejected from Chicago econ in March) - Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia 17 finance - Booth, Kellogg, Wharton, Stanford GSB, Sloan, Stern, Haas, Fuqua, Tepper, Simon, Anderson, UIUC, OSU, UMinn-TC, Eli Broad, Wisc-Madison, Johnson Pending: LSE MSc Finance and Economics (Applied after all those dings) What would you have done differently? I would've concentrated more on my SOPs. Should've had different major in my undergrad (changing major is not allowed in my alma mater, and Biz major had toooooooo many required courses back then). Also, I should have gone for exchange student in the U.S. when young...get some LORs from famous faculties there...BUT I DON'T CARE ex-post, I got into one of my favorite school!
Accepts: Acceptances/Attending: U of Chicago (Econ, very late admission!)
Rejects: Rejections: 4 econ (actually I was rejected from Chicago econ in March) - Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia
17 finance - Booth, Kellogg, Wharton, Stanford GSB, Sloan, Stern, Haas, Fuqua, Tepper, Simon, Anderson, UIUC, OSU, UMinn-TC, Eli Broad, Wisc-Madison, Johnson
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Admit summary statistics:
| As submitted and recoreded from Test Magic: | There were 1 accepted out of 2 applicants.Of those accepted, average GPA was 3.90, average GREQ was 800.0.
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