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scrobles 2009:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: BA Econ and Math, MIT Undergrad GPA: 4.7/5.0 (equivalent to 3.7) Type of Grad: none GRE: 800Q/740V/5.5W Math Courses: Calc 1&2, Linear Algebra, Probability, Statistics, Real Analysis, Intro to Discrete Math, Modern Algebra, Intro to Stochastic Modeling (Grad course). About half As and half Bs, with more As in the later years. Econ Courses: Intro and Intermediate Micro and Macro, Econometrics, Education, Development, Behavioral, Public Policy, Environmental, Econ research class. Mostly As. Other Courses: Chinese Letters of Recommendation: 3 profs with PhDs from MIT. The first was my development teacher and I RA'd for her a couple of semesters. I worked for the second two doing field research for 2 years after graduating. Research Experience: Working at a econ research NGO for 2 years after college. RA for a bit in college. Teaching Experience: Tutoring probability course in university, and general tutoring stuff. Research Interests: Development, Behavioral, applied micro SOP: My experiences and my interests. Why I like econ. Other: RESULTS: Acceptances: UCSD, UCLA, UC Davis ARE, Northwestern, Chicago, Duke, USC, Berkeley, Harvard, Stanford Waitlists: nope Rejections: MIT, Columbia, Brown What would you have done differently? My results were great, I think mostly because of my LORs so I think my after-college job really saved me. If I had to do it again, I would get As in key courses (mostly math) and do an economics thesis, but this is just theoretical since it wasn't necessary.
Accepts: Acceptances: UCSD, UCLA, UC Davis ARE, Northwestern, Chicago, Duke, USC, Berkeley, Harvard, Stanford
- Institution: Duke University Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: will be sent via USPS
Notification date: 2/25/09
Notified through: email with link to applyyourself website
- Institution: Harvard Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: I don't know and I'm not thinking straight enough to care
Notification date: 2/26/09
Notified through: E-mail from susan athey(I was away from the phone)
Comments: I am so happy.
- Institution: Northwestern University Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Don't know
Notification date: 2/27/09 8 AM
Notified through: Looked on applyyourself no email yet
Comments: I can't believe it
- Institution: UC Berkeley Economics, PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: funded, but details in the mail
Notification date: 03/02
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: woohoo!
- Institution: USC Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: fellowship and stuff
Notification date: 3/3
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: I meant to withdraw my application today, but oh well. At least it tempers the MIT rejection...a little
- Institution: U Chicago Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 3/3
Notified through: USPS
Comments: I am out of town so my mother checked the mail late at night.
Rejects: Rejections: MIT, Columbia, Brown
- Institution: MIT Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding:
Notification date: 3/3
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: bummed.
- Institution: Columbia Economics PhD
Decision:Rejected
Funding:bah humbug
Notification date:March 5
Notified through:E-Mail
Comments: I emailed them last week asking them to please withdraw my application from consideration, but I guess they wanted to say "You're not dumping me, I'm dumping you"
- Institution: Stanford University Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected, then Accepted
Notification date: 3/6/09 2:50pm for the reject, then 6:15 pm for the admit
Funding: details in the mail
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: WTF
- Institution: Brown Economics, PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/20
Notified through: e-mail
Comments: This is the final school I had pending since I withdrew my app from NYU. Final count: 3 rejections, 10 acceptances.
Waitlists:
funkychinamen 2009:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Top 10 Econ program, transfer from top 40 Econ program, Econ major Undergrad GPA: 3.892 /4.000 Type of Grad: None Grad GPA: N/A GRE: 780Q 480V 4.5AWA Math Courses: Calc I, Calc II, Calc III, Vector Calc, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Probability Theory, Linear Algebra - proof-based, Intro to Proofs, Real Analysis, Math Stats (Spring) Econ Courses: Intermed Micro, Intermed Macro, Topics in Macro, Analysis of Econ Data, I.O., International Micro, International Macro, Labor, Intro to Mathematical Econ, Game Theory, Econometrics, Grad Micro I, Applied Econometrics (Spring) Letters of Recommendation: One from an associate professor in the Ag Econ department who I researched with, one from an assistant professor at Business School who I researched with, one from professor who taught grad course Research Experience: One year with an associate professor in the Ag Econ department, One semester with assistant professor in Business school, senior thesis in progress Teaching Experience: None Research Interests: I.O., Micro Theory, Labor SOP: Looked back at it the other day. I HOPE they didn’t read it. RESULTS: Acceptances: USC Marshall ($), Duke ($), Northwestern ($), UCSD (No $), Texas (No $), Boston U (No $) Waitlists: UPenn (rejected), Caltech (rejected) Rejections: Yale, Princeton, Berkeley, Stanford, Columbia, MIT, Minnesota, Maryland, UCLA Anderson, Harvard, Michigan, NYU, Cornell, Brown What would you have done differently? I would have studied harder for the GRE, finished a major in applied math, and applied to UCLA econ. (Not-so) Fun Facts: -Not accepted to any Ivy League school (UPenn waitlist) -Not accepted to any school that used the Embark system (Caltech waitlist) Attending: Northwestern!
Accepts: Acceptances:
USC Marshall ($), Duke ($), Northwestern ($), UCSD (No $), Texas (No $), Boston U (No $)
- Institution: Duke University Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: In the mail
Notification date: 2/25/09
Notified through: email to website
Comments: Hoo- and -ray!
- Institution: Northwestern University Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Doesn't say
Notification date: 2/26/09 9:00PM PST
Notified through: Checked applyyourself
Comments: Take that, Minnesota!
- Institution: UC San Diego Economics Ph.D.
Decision: Admitted (Provisionally)
Funding: Not mentioned
Notification date: 3/12
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: YAY! One of my top choices! Feels good after a whole week of Top 10 rejections
- Institution: UT Austin Economics, PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Dunno... still confused.
Notification date: 3/12
Notified through: Website
Comments: No e-mail...just checked the website. It says:
"We're pleased to inform you that you've been accepted to The University of Texas
at Austin. We recommend that you contact your graduate adviser as soon as possible.
It's a pleasure to welcome you as a graduate student."
Although, I did receive an e-mail from Eugenio J. Miravete making a correction to an e-mail he sent earlier regarding the date of the flyout...I never received the first e-mail...
- Institution: Boston University Economics, PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: "Financial Aid Alternate"
Notification date: 3/17
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: I think getting accepted without aid to schools that are lower on your list than ones you've already been accepted to is absolutely great. You don't feel bad about being rejected, but it doesn't really change the set of schools you have to make a decision on. Will probably decline soon.
Rejects: rejected), Caltech (rejected)
Rejections:
Yale, Princeton, Berkeley, Stanford, Columbia, MIT, Minnesota, Maryland, UCLA Anderson, Harvard, Michigan, NYU, Cornell, Brown
- Institution: Stanford University Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/6/09
Notified through: E-mail AND Postal
Comments: What a better way to end a week of 5 rejections and 1 wait-list (not to mention 2 problem sets, and a Stat lab report), except with, not only another rejection from my dream school, but the official rejection letter in my mailbox when I come home? YAY!
- Institution: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Economics, PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/16
Notified through: Website
Comments: Kind of feeling like Northwestern was a fluke...granted, the most AMAZING fluke of my life.
- Institution: Cornell University Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 4/6/2009
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: Not an Ivy-Leaguer
Waitlists: Waitlists:
UPenn (- Institution: University of Pennsylvania Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 3/4
Notified through: Email
rvalchev 2009:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Small private school. First tier according to US News but dead last in that tier Undergrad GPA: 4.0 - I have another 2 weeks till graduation but hopefully it'll stay this way Type of Grad: n/a Grad GPA: n/a GRE: 800Q, 530V, 5.0 AWA Math Courses: Calc I-III, Linear Algebra, Optimization, Real Analysis, Topology, Probability Theory, Computational Statistics, Differential Equations Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Intermediate Micro and Macro, Econometrics and Forecasting, Game Theory, Money and Banking, Public Economics Other Courses: Assortment of Business core classes. Letters of Recommendation: 2 Letters from Econ Profs and 1 from a math prof. I think letters will be good to great, math professor has taught me for 2 years and I've conducted research for an year together with one of my econ profs. Research Experience: Honors Thesis, RA for two summers but I wasted those summers so nothing really came out of it. Research Interests: Metrics, applied metrics ... i am open to anything SOP: It was weak, unfocused and not customized for schools RESULTS: Attending: Duke ($$$) Acceptances, declined: Wisconsin ($$$), Cornell ($$$), Ohio State( $$$), UNC -Chapel Hill ($$$), Michigan State ($$$), Pitt ($$$), Tinbergen Institute ($$$), LSE EME (Research), Oxford MPhil, Michigan (no $), Texas(no $), USC ($$$), Waitlists: Duke funding waitlist, BU funding waitlist, Princeton Waitlist, Texas Waitlist, Michigan waitlist Rejections: MIT, Princeton (rejected from waitlist), Berkeley, Yale, Harvard, UPenn, Chicago, UCSD, Penn State, Boston College, Cambridge What would you have done differently? First, read jeeve's thread about suggestions for people from less known undergrads (it was impossible since it was not written until a couple of days ago, but that's what future people should do). Second, apply to NYU, Columbia and Northwestern (but most probably I would have only taken Northwestern over Duke. But still, my portfolio of schools was a little unbalanced). Third, write a much, much better SOPs that would be much better tailored to different schools. You'll be surprised how much SOPs matter (heard it directly from admissions directors at TOP10 and TOP20 schools).Fourth, don't get RA positions that are in the network of your schools and professors because you are already part of this network, so it doesn't add much to your profile. Go out and work for somebody different.
Accepts: Attending: Duke ($$$)
Acceptances, declined: Wisconsin ($$$), Cornell ($$$), Ohio State( $$$), UNC -Chapel Hill ($$$), Michigan State ($$$), Pitt ($$$), Tinbergen Institute ($$$), LSE EME (Research), Oxford MPhil, Michigan (no $), Texas(no $), USC ($$$),
- Institution: Purdue University Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: No word
Notification date: Feb 18
Notified through: Email
Comments:
- Institution: U of Pittsburgh Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Fellowship
Notification date: Feb 18
Notified through: Email and mail
Comments: It's been a really good day
- Institution: Wisconsin-Madison economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Fellowship
Notification date: 2/21/09
Notified through: Email
Comments: I still can't believe it ...
- Institution: Duke Economics, PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Tuition waiver and on the waitlist for a stipend
Notification date: 02/27
Notified through: Mail
Weird, they rejected me via the online application earlier this week. Very quick turn around.
- Institution: Michigan State Economics Ph.D.
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TAship
Notification date: 3/3
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: Hey at least I am on 1-1 for the day.
- Institution: Cornell University Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: 21,400 fellowship + 4,400 in summers ...crazy
Notification date: 3/5
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: Sweet deal
- Institution: Tinbergen Economics MPhil
Decision: Admitted
Notification date: 3/9
Funding: 975 Euros/month + Tuition
Notified through: email
- Institution: Boston U Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 3/17
Notified through: E-mail
Funding: -"alternative funding applicant"
Comments: hey i got one Boston School, even if unfunded
Rejects: Rejections: MIT, Princeton (rejected from - Institution: Yale University Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/20/09
Notified through: Email to check website
Comments: Who would have known ... rejection stinks
- Institution: PSU Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/24/09
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: Good luck to everybody else !
- Institution: Duke Ph.D. Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2/25/09
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: I was kinda hoping I was out of the woods but oh well.
- Institution: Berkeley Economics, PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 03/02
Notified through: E-Mail
Comments:Another one bites the dust. 0-2 on TOP10 programs.
- Institution: MIT Economics Ph.D.
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/3
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: MIT and Berkeley at least notify all at the same time.
- Institution: UCSD Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/19 (Official letter)
Notified through: E-mail
Funding: -Nada
Comments: what can you do
Waitlists: Waitlists: Duke funding waitlist, BU funding waitlist, Princeton Waitlist, Texas Waitlist, Michigan waitlist
- Institution: Princeton University Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlisted
Funding: 25,750 on the off chance I get in
Notification date: 3/5
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: At least one TOP10 school thinks I am somewhat worth it
- Institution: U of Michigan Economics PhD
Decision: Waitlisted
Notification date: 3/19 (Official letter)
Notified through: Mail
Funding: -Not mentioned
Comments: Interesting
- Institution: UT-Austin Economics Ph.D.
Decision: Waitlisted
Notification date: 3/20
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: Really rocking those waitlsts this year
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EnviroEcon 2009:
PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: B.A. Mathematics and Economics; UCSD, Top20 Econ/Top10 Public University Undergrad GPA: 3.73 Overall, 3.67 Major Type of Grad: N/A Grad GPA: N/A GRE: 770Q, 620V, 5.0AWA (5.5AWA the first time I took it, like they care) Math Courses: Calc I,II (B+, A-) Mutil-Var Calc (A+), Diff Eqs (A-), Linear Alg (A), Real Analysis I,II (B,C), Math Stats I,II (A-,A), Probability (B), Adv Linear Alg (A+) Econ Courses: Intro Econ (A), Inter. Macro I,II (A,A), Inter. Micro (A,A+), Game Theory (A-), Public Policy (A), Metrics III (A), Econ of Oceanic Resources (A) Letters of Recommendation: Not "A" list profs, but I'm sure enthusiastic: Math prof (UCSD PhD) who I RAed for, History prof (Harvard PhD) from minor in Hebrew Lang and Lit, Senior Analyst from consulting firm Research Interests: Environmental and Resource Economics SOP: Relatively strong I'm told, then again, who's to judge but the adcoms. Teaching Experience: None at the university level, but tutored for two years during BA at local elementary (math/reading/kickball). Research Experience: Summer RA in Math dept studying mathematical transformations, Independent Research on Economic Sanctions Work Experience: Research Analyst for 1+ year at consulting firm doing market/econometric research for the housing industry. RESULTS: Acceptances: Maryland AREc, UCSB, Oregon St. ARE, Ohio St. AED, UArizona, Colorado @ Boulder, Riverside, Cornell AEM MS, Davis ARE MS Rejections: Berkeley ARE, UCLA, UCSD Pending: USC (don't care) What would you have done differently? Applied to some Top15-20 pure Econ programs. Gotten close to Econ profs for LORs (had 0 among my 3). Relieved at the time, my C in RA II killed me. Taken PhD Micro/Metrics in undergrad. Analogous to the job market, two people concurrently aiming for PhDs in different disciplines while wishing to wind up at the same school is beyond sanity. On a brighter note, I believe my SOP was essential at the margin as many programs noted its strength and appeal to their adcoms. Only found this forum after I sent in most of my apps. Glad I obliviously chose Math/Econ major, otherwise I'd be screwed.
Accepts: Acceptances: Maryland AREc, UCSB, Oregon St. ARE, Ohio St. AED, UArizona, Colorado @ Boulder, Riverside, Cornell AEM MS, Davis ARE MS
- Institution: University of Maryland ARE PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Unable to offer at this time
Notification date: 3/4
Notified through: Email
Comments: Holy
- Institution: University of Oregon Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TBD
Notification date: 3/5
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: 2/3 in the past 24 hours. Will be declining.
- Institution: Oregon State University ARE PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: "...We hope to know by April 1"
Notification date: 3/6
Notified through: Postal
Comments: Wish it was Cal
- Institution: Cornell University AEM Masters
Decision: Admitted
Funding: None at all, isn't this a private Ivy with infinite funds?!?
Notification date: 3/7
Notified through: Postal
Comments: More blatant consolation after I initially applied for the PhD program
- Institution: UCSB Economics PhD (shooting for the EES program)
Decision: Accepted
Funding: TBD
Notification date: 2/10/09
Notified through: Website
- Institution: Ohio State AED Economics PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Fellowship decision in early March
Notification date: 2/2/09 (Received the official letter 2/9)
Notified through: Letter
- Institution: University of Colorado, Boulder Economics Ph.D.
Decision: Admitted
Funding: TBD by April 15..that helps..
Notification date: 3/12
Notified through: E-mail
- Institution: University of Arizona Economics, PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Tuition + Registration Fee Waiver
Notification date: 3/16
Notified through: Email
Comments: Unclear if there's TA/RA responsibilities. No stipend?
Rejects: Rejections: Berkeley ARE, UCLA, UCSD
- Institution: UCLA Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/5
Notified through: E-mail/attachment
Comments: Wasn't good enough for Undergrad, either. Cal, please be different!
- Institution: Berkeley ARE ARE PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/6/09
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: I was so hopeful, too. Makes me 0-4 for Undergrad/Grad @ Cal/UCLA
- Institution: UCSD Economics, PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/19
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: No love from undergrad institution.
Waitlists: Pending: USC (don't care)
irancontra 2009:
PROFILE: Type of Grad: BS in Economics Liberal Arts University Grad GPA: Summa Cum Laude GRE: 770Q, 630V, 5.0 AWA Letters of Recommendation: 3 undergraduate econ professors (1 well known) Research Experience: None Teaching Experience: Undergraduate TA Research Interests: development, resource economics, remittances. SOP: pretty standard Concerns: I have been out of academics for 5 years. Two spent working abroad in development, not the Peace Corps, and 3 in business. RESULTS: Acceptances: UCSB, UCSC Rejections: ASU Waiting: Stanford, U Washington, U Oregon, UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Riverside (Masters), USC (Masters), UCSD, U Arizona
Accepts: Acceptances: UCSB, UCSC
- Institution: Oregon
Decision: Accepted
Notification date: 3/6/09
Notified through: I asked them, they told me.
Comments: It was strange, I emailed to make sure that they had recieved my GTF application and they said, oh yeah we have it and by the way your admitted with funding pending.
- Institution: UW-Seattle Economics, PhD
Decision: Accepted
Funding: No Funding at this time.
Notification date: 3/19
Notified through: Email
Comments: Rain = good study weather.
Rejects: Rejections: ASU
- Institution: UCLA Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/5
Notified through: E-mail/attachment
Comments: Rats, I really like Westwood.
- Institution: Stanford Economics PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/6/09, 11:58 AM Pacific
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: I much prefer rejection to lingering uncertainty.
- Institution: University of Arizona Economics, PhD
Decision: Rejected
Funding: Would be ironic if there were.
Notification date: 3/18
Notified through: Email
Comments: I like the sun.
- Institution: UCSD Economics, PhD
Decision: Rejected
Notification date: 3/19
Notified through: E-mail
Comments: You have been judged and found wanting.
Waitlists: Waiting: Stanford, U Washington, U Oregon, UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Riverside (Masters), USC (Masters), UCSD, U Arizona
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Admit summary statistics:
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