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    Yesterday, 10:54 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    I guess UMD is done? Only a handful of acceptances and waitlists got posted on gradcafe. I'm pretty disappointed not to receive anything since I was...
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    Yesterday, 06:34 PM
    TheEconGuy10 replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    Does anyone have inside info from UT Austin? They sent acceptances and rejections over the past few days, but I've heard nothing so far.
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    Yesterday, 03:04 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    I don't really have a guess about that. My impression is most candidates chose to go ahead and take/submit the GRE anyways. I think petheory is...
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    Yesterday, 01:01 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    I have not actually compared the numbers but it kind of feels like more schools are interviewing this year, probably for this reason and cause of...
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    03-01-2021, 01:03 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    Yeah I got that same email, 3rd waitlist for me and by far the nicest note lol. I think in two more weeks I'll reach out to any schools I haven't...
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    02-27-2021, 01:11 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    I'm in the same place with WUSTL for now. Schools are facing extra uncertainty this cycle to and I think your intuition is right that not hearing...
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    02-25-2021, 09:21 PM
    TheEconGuy10 replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    Michigan State and Rochester are about a week late compared to the previous two years. Hope they release their results soon.
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    02-25-2021, 02:04 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    :hmm: 90% rejection means 10% were not rejected ie 10% of applicants received a waitlist or acceptance (70 waitlists + acceptances out of 700...
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    02-25-2021, 01:02 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    The JHU waitlist said that 90% of applicants were rejected outright. I don't know what the normal year is and I'm sure JHU is much less competitive...
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    02-24-2021, 03:02 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    Well, admissions seem to concentrate towards the back half of the week. I imagine many schools set goals to send out decisions by the end of X week....
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    02-23-2021, 08:23 PM
    TheEconGuy10 replied to a thread Minnesota waitlist 2021 in PhD in Economics
    Does anyone know how many people got off the waitlist in previous years?
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    02-23-2021, 06:00 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    Sorry, I have no special info on whether they'll do multiple rounds of offers. I'm guessing they'll waitlist some of the people interviewed (wouldn't...
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    02-23-2021, 05:10 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    I think they have probably conducted all their interviews before first round of offers. But, I think in previous years there have been some...
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    02-23-2021, 01:03 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    I wonder if this is becoming more common? My interview with JHU came a few weeks after others posted interviews with them on gradcafe. Have an...
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    02-22-2021, 10:54 PM
    TheEconGuy10 replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    From the email you got, do you think they're sending them out individually? Would you mind sharing the first letter of your last name?
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    02-22-2021, 09:42 PM
    TheEconGuy10 replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    I hope so. I really like A&M's program and have been super anxious about their decision. Their region has also been heavily affected by winter...
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    02-22-2021, 09:36 PM
    TheEconGuy10 replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    Anyone got any email from Texas A&M? There's one post on Grad Cafe, but the person reported a GPA of 9.99. A little sus imo
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    02-22-2021, 05:11 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread Should I delay and apply next year or take my T12 offer? in PhD in Economics
    Just want to say there's no certainty next cycle will be all that much easier. There's lots of reasons it should be, but maybe just as many why it...
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    02-22-2021, 01:03 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    I don't want to say "expect" anymore because I'm starting to think I calibrate my expectations too closely to the previous 1-3 years of GC results...
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    02-19-2021, 03:03 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread Quick profile check in PhD in Economics
    There's so much randomness in admissions that you probably shouldn't be thinking about your competitiveness for any one school; someone could easily...
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    02-19-2021, 01:01 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    This is crazy. I was an optimist early on, thinking that maybe admissions wouldn't actually be as rough this year as we were all afraid of, but at...
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    02-18-2021, 07:28 PM
    TheEconGuy10 replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    I'm one of the GC posters. *Really* long waitlist letter, no info on the chance of acceptance.
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    02-18-2021, 05:08 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    No, I think this is probably pretty accurate for this cycle. The waitlists are going to be important and there'll probably be a lot of movement up...
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    02-18-2021, 02:06 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    I mean who knows but they were asking a question of the people got in, so I didn't necessarily think it was actually a waitlist
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    02-18-2021, 01:03 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    I don't think it's an implicit rejection yet. They're probably done sending offers but I think that, especially this year, there will be some...
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    02-17-2021, 11:04 PM
    TheEconGuy10 replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    Duke seems to have released their first round of decisions. It's my dream school and I haven't received anything, so I'm assuming ir/waitlist. Still...
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    02-17-2021, 08:45 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    If you got an offer, it's because they think you have what it takes. Still, I feel you, it's hard to shake this anxiety... I had an interview at a...
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    02-16-2021, 11:00 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    Keep in mind yesterday was a US holiday, lots of schools had off. Lots of time this week for results to come out (and you to get an offer!).
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    02-16-2021, 10:11 PM
    TheEconGuy10 replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    Pretty quiet week so far. Haven't gotten any offer yet, so my anxiety is through the roof again ��
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    02-16-2021, 09:58 PM
    Wahasky replied to a thread 2021 Sweat Thread in PhD in Economics
    Sooo if all these schools are admitting pretty small cohorts this year does that mean we'll be rewarded for the awful admissions season in 6 years...
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