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@yitz15, my prior is that admissions at the top 5-10 will be significantly easier for Fall 2022 entry because the top applicants this cycle won't be...

Heard nothing from UT Austin, UMD and UBC, while there seems that batches of offers and rej have been released according to GC...

This is a partial-equilibrium thought. Enough applicants from this year will forego enrolling and instead re-apply this fall and some probably even...

You have enough coursework (assuming A-/A in RA+grad micro). I understand that you are anxious about your background, but there is a diminishing...

Did UCSD send out interviews for Management ?

Based on my profile and courses already taken, in what order would you rank the immediacy of the following courses for PhD applications (I'm applying...

Anybody got insider info on Northwestern? I haven’t heard anything yet - sounds like precious years they did a couple waves of acceptances/rejections?

Cornell and UCSD are yet to send out any WLs or rejections, so I assume they're not done yet!

I still haven't heard anything from UCSD, Cornell and UWM. Any insights about these schools? Should I assume IR?

There's no need to hurry with your decisions. Waitlists can turn into admits but it can take till April at times.

Hot take: UPenn should return our app fees.

Confused about the "outside funding" condition UPenn implied, that's basically excluding all international students, no? We aren't eligible for NSF...

@pinchofdough - I agree that they should have been more transparent about this. I suppose we could have assumed that they would be doing this since...

Has anyone else received the no-funding, maybe-acceptance email from UPenn? I saw some discussion of it on GC. I know that the school had announced...

^^This, this, and this. :)

Congratulations on where you are. My wife was pregnant with our first when I started my PhD and we had kids the second summer and third summer. So 3...

Include both people on the email.

Fall 2022 entry should be much easier than this cycle (if not easier than precovid year), as the schools I've talked to are going to be less generous...

I was waitlisted at Michigan, I replied to both the assistant and the program director, and got a reply from the director. I have been corresponding...

Thank you tbe and startz, this is super helpful advice. One more question: at the school that I'm interested in, I received a letter letting me...

Yes, please please do. As strongly as you can...while staying completely truthful. As soon as you can. And...

One thing I'll chime in and add is that while yes, taking as many math courses is optimal for getting into grad school, elective courses have their...

You really should talk to your economics professors about this. They know your background and what economics programs would make sense for you. They...

I agree with both posts above. It is really important to focus on the fit between you and the program. Talk to the current students to get their view...

Thank you. I was actually enquiring for the Marketing program.

I run admissions in our program. If you haven't heard from a school yet, you are on the waitlist (even if their admissions system doesn't explicitly...

If your polsci department is focused on quant/positive political economy, taking advanced/grad polsci classes will help you to read many modern...

I agree with this. We look at courses, grades, and skills. Besides math, I think it is really important to have good writing skills. It may not help...

Thanks for your reply. I don't feel my math preparation to be enough yet, so I'll continue with taking advanced calculus, real analysis, diff....

Are you interested in political economy/economic history? Otherwise no (but it won't hurt provided you have the enough math preparation). They look...