Admissions and Rejections for Fall 2012

[Fohlen]

Institution: Barcelona (BGSE)
Program: MSc Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: partial tuition waiver
Notification date: 4/27/12
Notified through: email
Comments:

[simonsou]

Institution: University of Toronto
Program: PhD in Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: ---
Notification date: 5/4/12
Notified through: email
Comments: Finally.

[whatdoido]

Institution: University of Toronto
Program: PhD in Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: ---
Notification date: 5/4/12
Notified through: email
Comments:

[UWGrad09]

Institution: University of Toronto
Program: PhD in Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: ---
Notification date: 5/4/12
Notified through: email
Comments: Took them long enough

[sujaybs54]

Hi Friends,

i am sujay from bangalore, india. i have completed masters in international banking and finance from university of Southampton, uk. i have 65% or 2:1 grade in the same course.
before going to uk, i had pursued bachelors in business management in bangalore, india, even in that i have 2:1 grade or 63%. so my question is how to apply for PhD in economics in USA and requirements for the same.

thank you
sujay

[simonsou]

Institution: University of Mannheim
Program: PhD in Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: EUR 1200 / month
Notification date: 5/10/12
Notified through: email
Comments: YES!!!!!!!!!!

Institution: DIW Berlin
Program: PhD in Economics
Decision: Rejected
Funding: ---
Notification date: 5/15/12
Notified through: email
Comments:

[jrdonsimoni]

Institution: University of Nottingham
Program: MSc in Behavioural Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Need to wait until mid-july for partial tuition waiver (50%)
Notification date: April
Notified through: email
Comments: So glad I started applying to Masters degrees ! However, next year's applications for PhDs are going to be tough!

[Mark Appleyard]

Institution: SOAS
Program: MSc in Economics with Reference to Africa
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Offer was declined before I heard about funding
Notification date: 23 Feb (Application forwarded to the faculty: 31 Jan)
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Very much expected given previous interaction with faculty at SOAS and the contacts that one of my referees had at their department.

Institution: LSE
Program: MSc Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Did not receive Graduate Support Scheme (GSS) award; others pending
Notification date: 2 March (Application submitted: 21 Dec; Documentation complete: 26 Jan)
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Although I was worried that my application was completed late, it seems that I got it in well within the normal time frame.

Institution: Warwick
Program: MSc Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Offer was declined before I heard about funding
Notification date: 12 March (Application submitted: 13 Jan; personal confirmation that documents were received - actual receipt could have been earlier: 31 Jan)
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments:

Institution: Cambridge
Program: MPhil Economic Research
Decision: Rejected
Funding: I guess not
Notification date: 12 March (Application submitted: 15 January; references complete: 17 Jan; other documentation complete: end of Jan)
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments:

Institution: Oxford
Program: MPhil Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: Pending
Notification date: 16 March (Application submitted: 20 Jan; considered under first deadline)
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments:

Institution: UBC
Program: MA Econ
Decision: Accepted
Funding: $11,000 TA position; partial tuition waiver of $3,000 was pending until I declined the offer
Notification date: 19 March (Application submitted: 12 Jan; no idea when documentation was complete)
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: I was given exactly two weeks to respond to this offer which felt very rushed, particularly in comparison to LSE, Oxford and Warwick who all gave me at least four months to decide.

Institution: Queen’s
Program: MA Econ
Decision: Rejected after being on some sort of waitlist (it seems this happened to a number of people on this thread, see comments for more details)
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 2 April (Application submitted: 11 Jan; no idea when documentation was complete)
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: “Our Admissions Committee originally decided to defer a final decision on your application too see if a place would become available. However, our graduate programs are now full for the 2012-2013 academic year, and so we are unable to offer you admission” (from rejection letter).

Institution: Toronto
Program: DSMA and MA Econ
Decision: Rejected
Funding: N/A
Notification date: 6 May (Application submitted: 5 Jan; no idea when documentation was complete)
Notified through: Email
Posted on GC: No
Comments: Toronto were very particular regarding my application. In addition to asking for two hard-copy transcripts to be sent to them from both of my universities, they asked me for hard-copy documentation proving that the language of instruction and examination at both of my universities was in English. I also got an email from Professor Osborne (who I found to be very helpful and responsive) asking if I could provide an additional reference because the two letters they had received were “not very informative (one letter is not informative at all)”. For a number of reasons, I was unable to provide them with this extra letter which may have affected the outcome of my application.

[Ondrej]

Institution: Tinbergen Institute
Program: MPhil Economics
Decision: Accepted
Funding: None
Notification date: 6/18/2012
Notified through: email
Comments: Forgot to send my applications, so I applied just before the last deadline. Glad to see they're still accepting.