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It's that time again!

 

Institution:

Program:

Decision:

Funding:

Date:

Notified through:

Comments:

 

For funding, please report the type of funding, tuition waiver, stipend, time period, and work duties. You can list actual stipends in dollars or use the following rough guides - anything around $15k is one "$", anything over $20k is "$$", anything closer to $30k is "$$$." Example;

 

Institution: Podunk State University

Program: Econ

Decision: Accepted

Funding: Tuition waiver + 4 years stipend ($$), first year no TA responsibilities.

Date: 2/13/2020

Notified through: Phone call from DGS

Comments: Podunk State has always been my dream school! Woohoo!

 

 

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Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Program: PhD Agricultural and Applied Economics

Decision: Accepted

Funding: Tuition fee waiver, health insurance plus stipend ($$), no TA/RA requirements for 2 years.

Date: 02/04/2020

Notified through: Email

Comments: My first offer, and generous funding means it will be tough to beat.

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Institution: Stanford University

Program: PhD Economics

Decision: Accepted

Funding: Full tuition waiver + stipend ($$$) guaranteed for 5 years. No RA/TA responsibilities in the first year.

Date: 12/19/2019

Notified through: Email from department, then follow-up from members of admissions committee.

 

Institution: University of California, Berkeley

Program: PhD Economics

Decision: Accepted

Funding: No word yet.

Date: 02/03/2020

Notified through: Email to check application portal.

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Institution: Stanford University

Program: Economics (PhD)

Decision: Accepted

Funding: Tuition waiver + 5 years stipend ($$$).

Date: 12/19/2019

Notified through: E-Mail from department.

Comments: Couldn't believe my eyes when I got the E-mail. I'm so happy and relieved :)

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Institution: Stanford University

Program: Economics (PhD)

Decision: Accepted

Funding: Tuition waiver + stipend for 5 years ($$$).

Date: 12/19/2019

Notified through: Email from department, then emails from admissions chairs.

 

Institution: Caltech

Program: Social Sciences (PhD)

Decision: Accepted

Funding: Tuition waiver + stipend for 5 years ($$$) + small first year prize.

Date: 01/27/2020

Notified through: Email from professor. Official letter on Feb 4.

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Institution: Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Program: Managerial Economics & Strategy (PhD)

Funding: 5 years $$$

Decision: Accepted

Date: 2/3/2020

Notified through: E-Mail from department, recommended for admission (official letter would come out this week)

Comments: My first acceptance! Still waiting for other results.

 

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Institution: Stanford University

Program: Economics

Decision: Rejected

Funding: N/A

Date: Jan 22

Notified through: Email to check portal

Comments: Not a good match. a crap shot anyway.

 

Institution: University of California, Berkeley

Program: Agricultural and Resource Economics

Decision: Accepted

Funding: Nominated for fellowship $$$; if not awarded, funded through the department fellowship $$

Date: Feb 4

Notified through: Email from the graduate student affairs officer, with a letter from the department chair attached. Official offer will come later from the Dean of the Graduate Division.

Comments: Had not expected it comes so early (seems like this is the first offer they have sent, maybe because of the fellowship), but totally satisfied! Since my other schools are sort of a long shot, I'm very likely to accept this offer. 1a/1r/10p.

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Institution: University of Connecticut

Program: PhD in Economics

Decision: Accepted

Funding: TBD [2/10 Update: confirmed in a personalized email]

Date: 2/7/2020

Notified through: Email from graduate school to check portal

Comments: Happy that the first notification was an offer!

 

Institution: University of Notre Dame

Program: PhD in Economics

Decision: Rejected

Funding: -

Date: 2/7/2020

Notified through: Email from graduate school to check portal

Comments: Still grateful. No hard feelings.

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Institution: Ohio State University

Program: PhD in Economics

Decision: Accepted

Funding: nominated for fellowship

Date: 01/21/2020

Notified through: Email

Comments: first acceptance

 

Institution: University of Virginia

Program: PhD in Economics

Decision: rejected

Funding:

Date: 02/10/2020

Notified through: Email

Comments:

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Institution: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Program: Economics (PhD)

Decision: Accepted

Funding: Tuition waiver + 5 years stipend ($23k).

Date: 02/07/2020

Notified through: E-Mail from department.

Comments: I'm pretty excited with this offer.

 

Institution: University of Rochester

Program: Economics (PhD)

Decision: Accepted

Funding: Tuition waiver + 5 years stipend ($20k).

Date: 02/07/2020

Notified through: E-Mail from admission office.

Comments: I'm rejecting this offer.

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Institution: Duke University

Program: Economics (PhD)

Decision: Accepted

Funding: Tuition waiver + 5 years stipend ($25k with possibility of stipend for a sixth year). No TA required the first year.

Date: 02/13/2020

Notified through: E-Mail from the director of graduate studies.

Comments: Right now I'm between Minnesota and Duke :)

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Institution: University of Chicago

Program: PhD Economics

Decision: Accepted

Funding: Full tuition waiver + stipend ($$$) guaranteed for 5 years. 5 quarters of TA-ing required.

Date: 2/10/2020

Notified through: Received call around 11 AM from professor. Then got a follow-up email around 4:30 PM from department with visit day information and nod to funding package.

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