Has anyone not heard from Berkeley yet?

[finalweek]

An assistant professor (whom my recommenders know well, so I guess there've been some informal links as well) called and told me that they would like to me to choose Berkeley over Yale, my other top choice so far. I asked him a few days to think, especially given that MIT (my dream school, but whose is it not? ) is still to go (it would be quite long of a shot, but still).

depends on the field you like

generally Yale is better of course

[piffle_dragon]

ahhh...the hungarian connection. I think I know who you have been talking to!



Congrats! look forward to meeting you at the visit!

[triple_sec]

piffle_dragon, you may not know, there are two Hungarian professors (I know of) at Berkeley. :-)

finalweek, actually, I thought that Berkeley is better at virtually everything but econometrics—too bad I'm not very much into metrics. Macro and economics of informations, my favorite fields, are better at Berkeley. But, I prefer the Atlantic coast for personal reasons and, yes, Yale pays more.

Anyways, thank you guys for the wishes, and let me wish all of you a week of tons of admission letters. ;-)

[piffle_dragon]

But only one is an assistant professor!

Anyway, if you have any questions i would be happy to answer. I am also interested in macro (among other things) and would love to chat about what happens here.

There are a number of other Hungarian students here as well as a number of people in my year who chose Berkeley over Yale, they might be helpful as well.

Best!

[triple_sec]

Thank you for your help in advance, piffle_dragon, I really appreciate it! Sorry, I didn't know you already attend Berkeley. :-D Yeah, I know last year three Hungarian guys were admitted. It's funny that I used to attend the same seminar with two of them and that might happen again next year in the very opposite corner of the world. :-)

[finalweek]

piffle_dragon, you may not know, there are two Hungarian professors (I know of) at Berkeley. :-)

finalweek, actually, I thought that Berkeley is better at virtually everything but econometrics—too bad I'm not very much into metrics. Macro and economics of informations, my favorite fields, are better at Berkeley. But, I prefer the Atlantic coast for personal reasons and, yes, Yale pays more.

Anyways, thank you guys for the wishes, and let me wish all of you a week of tons of admission letters. ;-)

in terms of academic placement, I believe Yale dominates
Yale is at the same level as Harvard and MIT
for example, If you are the student of Prof Philips, you can guarantee a top 10 school placement

[triple_sec]

Yale is at the same level as Harvard and MIT

Yale is really great (especially at metrics) but isn't that an upward bias?

[Pedxs]

Between Yale and (Harvard and MIT), there are quite a few schools, namely Stanford, Chicago, and Princeton

[finalweek]

any idea about this on GradCafe

UC BerkeleyEconomics, PhD (F10)Accepted via E-mail on 4 Mar 2010I4 Mar 2010An Email with specific funding information.

[slightlyconfused1]

I got an admissions email about an hour ago that also contained funding information. The gradcafe post is probably legit.