Forum: Graduate Admissions

A friend of mine who's an econphd aspirant said that she is considering a Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics (applied economics) for the following reasons: 1. As far as academic quality, if she goes for ag.econ, then her profile could get her in the top-5 schools, where as she expects...

Hey I wonder if you guys know of any distance-learning programs in mathematics that are taught during the summer. I'm going to study some probability & measure as well as some general topology during the summer (he he… a vacation with tons of fun). It would be perfect for me if I could follow...

Hello fellow TMians, it's been a while since I asked your for an advice. Okay, here's the little dilemma I have: as many of you know i was lucky to qualify for a Fulbright grant. Fulbright would support me with up to 15 000USD for living expenses and 17 000USD for tuition costs, provided...

i notice a lot of the top uk universities (based on research and teaching quality assessments) offer computer science degrees without offering courses in analysis of algorithms, theory of computation, or numerical analysis. to me, it seems like any program without any of these courses could not be...

:hmm: Did anyone ever try to ask a school to consider them for their Masters program after they got rejected from the PhD program?

So what's your plan before the life in grad school starts? For those of you coming off colleges, what are you going to do during the summer break? And for those of you who are working, what's your transition from a full-time job holder to a student? I was just curious... how long do you plan to...

Hello, I received an admit from my second choice school, but won't find out from my first choice until the middle of May. MY second choice school wants to know if I will attend by the end of April. I was thinking of sending in the deposit to the second choice school, then withdrawing if I got into...

Hi all. I will be funded by my home government, but I cannot estimate when the sponsor agency aprrove my financial certificate. Do you have an idea? Is it possible for this deadline to vary from school to school?? Thanks.

Hello everyone, I'd like to know when is the ideal time to look for accommodation? And what do you think of uni-accommodation vs. private housing? Specifically for Berkeley now: - I've read at calrentals.com that it's almost imposible to find housing before arriving to campus. Is that...

hi guys, i'm pretty new here. just been hanging around checking all the posts. honestly speaking, im really impressed by TM. feels good to be a part of a forum which has seen great 'alumni'--members who got admitted into great schools. Almost everyones gotten into top Univs. : ) Your...

any news frm them ppl....

I applied to UCLA's CS PhD program, and I still haven't heard anything from them. I do realize that their prospective grad student visit day is really soon (3/9) and many people have been accepted already. Does that mean I will get a rejection letter soon? Also, do they invite every admitted...

One of my freinds is waiting for the result at USC. However, it seems that there are no response from admission committee at this moment. Are there any of you who applied to USC got results already (either accept or reject)? Thank you very much. :)

Did anyone get rejected from Queen's..... I haven't heard anything yet and was wandering if they were saving the bad letters to be mailed last.

Megan said very few have declined funding offers. I think my chance of geting funded is more and more slim. No one will decline?

I was wandering whether anybody knows whether schools are flexible in allowing their Econ Graduate students (MA or PHD) enroll in classes from other deparments like math?

Hi guys, I was just wondering if there is anyone of you out there going to Kentucky for Econ PhD? please let me know and I will pm you with some question I have (if you don't mind)! Thank you.

Hello everyone, I was wondering where people think that I would place when I apply next year for a Phd in Econ. Here is my profile. GRE: V590 Q790 AWA:4.0 GPA from Ohio State Univ.: 3.1 Major:3.7 Majored in Finance and Business in Economics Have been out of school for almost 5 years as...

Anyone else going? Wanna meet up Thursday night?