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  1. they accidentally were about to admit me,,, and the issue had to be fixed immediately
    17 points
  2. We are still very much in the process. My own results have been far from ideal. But I want to share just three things I'll always take away and learn from this. Happy Friday! 1. Anyone, anyone who manages to get enrolled into an Econ PhD, regardless of ranking, deserves huge respect. They are one among hundreds. 2. Even if there is no PhD offer this cycle, the PhD path is just one tree in a huge forest of things one can do with econ. 3. Regardless of which PhD program one goes, good effort will pay off in the end.
    14 points
  3. Can confirm! After a long, long string of nothing but rejects, finally a letter that starts with Congratulations. If any of you are still waiting on your first acceptance, it’ll happen you guys! Don’t lose hope, I’m rooting for you all!
    14 points
  4. How likely for a Chicago rejection to turn into an acceptance? Losing hope over here
    12 points
  5. I am glad that we have this place to communicate and exchange. I think for me, the best way to gain positivity is by giving it out. I have had heart-breaking and frustrating moments this cycle too. Crying at midnight after being rejected by my dream school, anxiously refreshing my inbox and all that. But I am sure we will more or less encounter difficult times during our journey on earth, it is the community that we have, our loved ones and above all, ourselves that enable us to brave through the storms of life. Remember that you should be proud at yourself no matter what others decide. We get rejected from time to time, not only academia but also in other situations. But we never reject ourselves! The sun shines!
    10 points
  6. The positivity of this forum is the only thing that has kept me from going insane with anxiety. Whatever happens in this cycle, thanks to you'll for making it bearable. :')
    10 points
  7. Weekends are hard for me during the application season, but let's hope for the best! Probably doing something else will help, especially stepping out of the house. I just got a fresh rejection this morning, but still trying to make the weekend livelier. I am going out for some fresh air today and a friend's birthday party in the evening. I hope I can somehow transmit some of the relaxation in the nature and joy at the party to you guys on the other side of the screen (or the globe probably). Onwards and upwards and we are strong together!
    9 points
  8. Taking a predoc at your situation is absurd. a top 15 offer is great, and a top 2 predoc doesn't guarantee top 5 later. Doing a great JMP at a top 15 will get you a decent placement anyhow
    8 points
  9. It's Sunday, we can all do something to relax a bit! Take our minds off and breathe deeply, let the air carry all that anxiety out of our body. Monday will come with good news for you!
    8 points
  10. Cool, more material to feed into my delusion!
    7 points
  11. In an attempt to bring good news to waitlisted ppl, I will most likely reject offers from BU, UCSD, Duke, UZH, and Barcelona in the next week.
    7 points
  12. Setting out to creating my own grad school to admit myself
    6 points
  13. Berkeley offer! I cannot believe it! I thought it was impossible to get a top 10 and was choosing among Madison, UChicago Harris, and UCSD this weekend. I'm about to cry
    6 points
  14. A quote that has helped me a lot in the past 6 months: "A person's worth is measured by the worth of what he values." - Marcus Aurelius For me and I am sure for many others on this forum, I value hard work and effort. I am proud of the hard work and effort I've put into this process. Getting into a top-choice program is certainly a signal that helps reflect that hard work, but at the end of the day, not getting into a top-choice program does not take away from my work. I'm certain this is true for everyone else on here! If you get into your top-choice program, that's amazing and should be celebrated!! If not, you should still take pride in the dedication that this process has required. We will keep this work ethic and be able to do great things regardless of the outcomes.
    6 points
  15. I'm about to have an interview in 1 hour. Too anxious!! please give me cheers!
    6 points
  16. They called me this morning no warning; I was asleep. Kind of freaking out.
    6 points
  17. Last day of the week before weekend. Hope we get more positive results.
    6 points
  18. Thanks! Just a predoc; don’t want to self dox but I don’t think I have a crazy profile. Just lucky
    6 points
  19. I just accepted the top offer from the 4 admitted schools. It feels better not to reply on probability, besides it's a good uni
    5 points
  20. These aren't necessarily the *top* things I am considering, but some more specific things I am now comparing and thinking about across different programs are - - I am looking at which professors in my area of interest actually advise students / serve on dissertation committees & how those specific students have placed. Up to this point, I was looking at the programs' placements & looking for professors who are studying the types of things that I am wanting to study, but I wasn't necessarily making direct connections between the two by confirming how often these professors actually work with students and/or how well their specific students place on the job market . Some times, schools might appear to have an absolutely stellar placement record, but when you dig a little deeper, all of the students who have placed very well were advised by the same person or were in the same sub-area of focus (i.e. only applied labor people are getting R1 professorships or 99% of macro students are failing to place well, etc.) Now, I am looking for more specific trends (particularly as it relates to the area(s) I am interested in). - I am also looking a lot at teaching requirements / other funding opportunities. Some schools might offer to replace teaching requirements with RAships if you can get one, which is really appealing to me. I am also looking at how students spend their summers (whether that be by choice or by requirements - i.e. some schools might have students teach or take a course in the summer, some schools allow students to focus on quals/research, some schools give students the option to teach in the summers for extra funding, etc.) - I am trying to find the different types of research (beyond independent paper/dissertation work) that students can participate in - whether that be working at an on-campus lab, working at a local Fed, etc. Especially in years 1-3/4, this seems like a great way to get ideas, methodologies, and advisors for your dissertation. - I am looking at comps requirements / attrition. A lot of schools have moved away from strict comp requirements, but for some schools this is still a big stressor and time commitment in the first year. It's also somewhat of a red flag if a non-negligible of the cohort isn't able to move forward (although it seems like this is becoming less common). - I am also trying to confirm how the funding will change over time. For example, some schools already have a fixed amount that you will receive in future years, while many others have a general "rate" that will then be adjusted based on price level / cost of living changes. - Especially at visit days and/or in conversations with current students, I am trying to get a feel for how the cohort functions/collaborates/works together. I have heard from some current students that they have studied almost entirely on their own for comps and rarely collaborate with other students. At other schools, study groups seem to be a big part of the first year experience and collaboration between students is common. - In general, I am probably prioritizing placement records (particularly in my area of interest) and research fit the most. This is likely super obvious, but in the past, I have found myself discounting the "fit" in favor of ranking/prestige. (i.e. a school might be better ranked and seem more prestigious all around, but it might not be the best option for me specifically if there aren't people working in my specific sub-area of focus and/or the students in my area haven't placed well)
    5 points
  21. The least schools could do to respect applicants' efforts is to timely communicate a rejection, especially after all the admits, interviews, and waitlists have long come out (ahem cough cough HBS)
    5 points
  22. Probably good news to many ppl: I talked with a UW Madison prof this morning, and he told me they only made half of their offers so far. Based on the conversation, I guess it would be a similar case for UCSD and Duke.
    5 points
  23. Request everyone who have decided on what offers they want to keep to please send withdrawals to the dominated programs. It might save a few days' worth of anxiety for many of us.
    5 points
  24. Another week. Onward and upward my friends!
    5 points
  25. This is the level of optimism we need!
    5 points
  26. i cant believe texas a&m made people make accounts and then rejected them immediately
    4 points
  27. Thanks so much. Even though I have a few research questions in my mind, I have been told that most people usually change their topics in the first/second year of the program (people may not go to macro from an initial research interest in micro but it is common to want to study labor before starting PhD and then eventually go on to pursue health or education). That's why I am a bit cautious about jumping into a program that has a few great fits for my current research fit. Also being an international applicant, I have very little idea about the US programs and also people say that ranking is not the best way to go about choosing a program. I will eventually speak to my recommenders but trying to have a broader idea from this wonderful forum.
    4 points
  28. Hi, I am yet to hear back from a bunch of universities, but have gotten acceptance from UIUC, UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara. I am interested in Development Econ and Environmental Econ. I am confused right now between these three.
    4 points
  29. If anyone have suggestions about that it will help me too.
    4 points
  30. This couldn't be further from the truth. The best predoc programs vastly dominate the best masters you can think of. Predocs usually won't save a bad profile, but they can be the final push for a solid profile to break into a good program.
    4 points
  31. May you reject/withdraw other dominated schools if you already have some decent offers. It really means a lot to many of us. Thx!!
    4 points
  32. let me in!!!!!!!!!!!
    4 points
  33. Hope Friday brings some good news 🤲
    4 points
  34. Fwiw last year princeton called half of everyone on a friday and then the other half the next tuesday (???) so don’t panic if you dont get a call friday
    4 points
  35. This is obviously not the reason why. There is no reason for universities to send out rejections until they are comfortable about their odds of ensuring n number of (the best possible) matriculations. In particular, universities currently have noisy information about the expected outcome of any applicant because competing offers have not been made or communicated yet. To answer the forthcoming question: "why not simply waitlist applicants?" Waitlisting is still difficult because waitlisting only makes sense when universities have a reasonably precise understanding of their expected cohort quality, i.e., how do you know who is "almost good enough" if it is not yet known who is "good enough." As for the final question: "why not reject the clearly inadequate applicants?" Universities already do this, but some don't. The ones that don't correctly understand that it is still a very small risk. There is also some level of effort that needs to go into rejecting individual applicants (set up the portal stuff and send out emails, etc.). In sum, wait for MIT, Harvard, and Stanford to finish eating.
    4 points
  36. I just got in like five min ago so no
    4 points
  37. if they take too much longer i’m just gonna switch to general mills…
    3 points
  38. Visit day is April 5th, so expect to hear shortly after. Though they did interview a lot of people (3-4 times the number of slots ~in the program~), so I'm not sure if they'll send offers to interviewees or look for an entirely new pool of admits.
    3 points
  39. i'd avoid paying a ton of money for a masters degree, even from there. getting such a credential wouldn't hurt you of course. but like you said, it costs a lot of money. so unless you're pretty rich, i recommend pursuing alternatives. there are programs at places like university of montana and montana state and i think also UIUC and even duke that provide partial/full tuition waivers to masters students along with opportunities to work as an RA for faculty. you also don't necessarily need a masters to go do an econ phd. what you do need is necessary prerequisite coursework. there are lots of RAships out there at universities that give their RAs big discounts on courses at their campuses and some even let you take classes for free. the federal reserve system reimburses RAs for taking classes up to $5k per year and up to $20k per year towards a masters degree, but not both. keep in mind that these are benefits you get while earning a respectable full time salary. one of the best things about getting an econ phd is they pay you to go to school and you graduate with zero debt. please don't go into debt or add substantially to debt you already have in order to go to graduate school. you don't have to!
    3 points
  40. I am coming from LSE masters as well, and ranking at the top of my cohort, and working as an RA now. Still have no offers, and 2 waitlists from BU and Michigan. Doesn't seem to be a formula there now
    3 points
  41. anybody has any idea about how likely is the acceptance rate is for wisconsin interview?
    3 points
  42. I applied to several "safe schools". But it proved to be dangerous schools lol.
    3 points
  43. maybe you should aim higher. one of the things departments consider when making admissions decisions is the probability you'll actually accept their offer. perhaps some the schools that have rejected you so far decided to do that because they looked at your materials and thought they were one of your safety schools. also, higher ranked programs (especially top 10) typically only send offers to international students who come from the top programs in their countries. so maybe that's where you actually belong.
    3 points
  44. I like to imagine them sitting in a conference room dialing frantically
    3 points
  45. Any news from UCSD?
    3 points
  46. Weather, and I am not keen on Macro. Also I am not rational, I may think have circular preference which is irrational. But I believe it is just for now, I will be calm after a month to make a correct decision. UMN is definitely good!
    3 points
  47. I really do hope Northwestern continues its offers, and Columbia continues its interviews
    3 points
  48. I don't think they care.
    3 points
  49. Today we'll know if schools care about the president
    3 points
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