piffle_dragon Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I know several schools who are already receiving unprecedented numbers of applications. I think the above is at least one reasonable cause. I suspect that these applicants won't be as competitive as the typical phd applicant...but this might just be bias. Any comments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Rule Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 John List of UChicago started this thread in October: http://www.www.urch.com/forums/phd-economics/102935-thoughts-upcoming-market.html He is also (more) concerned with top undergrads who would normally go into finance choosing to go into EconPhD programs. My opinion was that it's too short a time window since the worst of the shocks (beginning in Sept.) for these people to prepare quality applications, and that PhD would not be the next choice of many of these people. One immediate observation is that I haven't noticed a mass of such people on this forum yet!! (But if you are lurker who is an unemployed finance person or someone deciding to pursue EconPhD within the last couple months, please let us know!!) What would concern me more though is the prospect of schools reducing (or being more conservative with) their class sizes/funding etc. because of budgetary issues, the tight state budgets of public schools and the falling endowments of private schools. I feel this is going to a bigger issue (or more first-order) than crowding out due to those leaving the finance sector. Anyway, come March, we can get some data points on entering class sizes, and on whether fellow admittees are unemployed finance people, and start to figure out who is right here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chestnut.cc Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 imo you would see a lot more master's hopping than phd applicants. The major front for the battle should be forthe master's programmes rather than PhD programmes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Lime Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 we shall fight in the GRE centers, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in quantitative methods, we shall defend our ivory tower, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight at the fly-outs, we shall fight in our sob-story essays we write to get funded, we shall fight in our flimsy claims to Native American ancestry in our diversity statements, we shall fight in the online PDE classes we take at the zero-hour in order to sure up our profiles; we shall never surrender 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungEconomist Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I agree with Golden Rule and chestnut.cc, although I have no idea what Harry Lime is talking about. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singmeat Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I seriously think Harry Lime should be awarded member of the year. AsianEconomist I believe its a Winston Churchill speech, but don't mistake me for someone who is cultured. The only reason I had any idea is because it is featured on an Iron Maiden album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZomgRogged Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 we shall fight in the GRE centers, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in quantitative methods, we shall defend our ivory tower, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight at the fly-outs, we shall fight in our sob-story essays we write to get funded, we shall fight in our flimsy claims to Native American ancestry in our diversity statements, we shall fight in the online PDE classes we take at the zero-hour in order to sure up our profiles; we shall never surrender I laughed at this and then felt deeply ashamed of how big of a nerd I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungEconomist Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 AsianEconomist I believe its a Winston Churchill speech, but don't mistake me for someone who is cultured. The only reason I had any idea is because it is featured on an Iron Maiden album. You mean YoungEconomist. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singmeat Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 You mean YoungEconomist. ;) sorry its final season so everything tends to blend together :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Rule Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I laughed at this and then felt deeply ashamed of how big of a nerd I am. I long ago suspended any shame from being amused by such things. If I hadn't, I wouldn't be able to face the world on a daily basis. http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive/phd053007s.gif http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive/phd070408s.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chestnut.cc Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 oooh Churchill! No wait its just Lime. ooooh Morphometrics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
econphilomath Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Oh man I wanted to post that same graph...anyway I liked that part when we make flimsy claims to native American ancestry lol... On the topic, I agree with Golden Rule as we both posted in the same vien on the JList thread. I think it is not enough time to pack that CV and get those LORs for most people. Maybe next year we will get a lagged effect... Then again, Professor List is actually at the recieving end and has a better idea of just how good (and large) the applicant pool is this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
econphilomath Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 double post....yup still happens after all this time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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