2021 Sweat Thread

[tm_member]

A place to share share hopes, anxieties, and disseminate information throughout the waiting period.


Good luck!

[cp9290]

Thanks for starting this. What is everyone doing in this waiting period? I have a full time job but feel like I should start revising math and some of my master's courses.

[basco]

I am checking if they received my official scores 5 times a day right now.

The endless Urch/GradCafe refreshing is likely to start in a month!

[AllenL]

I am checking if they received my official scores 5 times a day right now.

The endless Urch/GradCafe refreshing is likely to start in a month!

Same, bro. Be relaxed and take care!

[Wahasky]

Thanks for starting this. What is everyone doing in this waiting period? I have a full time job but feel like I should start revising math and some of my master's courses.

Same, working and stressing out lol. Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to do some math in my free time but I feel like I won't be able to really focus on that until I have an acceptance in hand and relax a bit. So I'm working on my French instead.

For some reason it's easier for me to break time down by weekends... six more weekends, six more Mondays, and then it's the beginning of February and we'll start getting results. Take it easy everyone and good luck!

[guessandverify]

Thankfully I've got a research project to keep me busy in the meantime. So now I only check gradcafe while code is compiling...

[therealslimkt]

I wrapped up my research job a week ago and now I can't even think about econ stuff... maybe in a month!

[therealslimkt]

Also, beginning of February?! That's really early - is that actually when results come in?

[eggnogone]

Also, beginning of February?! That's really early - is that actually when results come in?

From what I've seen, seems like most schools state decisions will be out around March (just trying to keep my expectations low), but Stanford at least say they anticipate releasing decisions mid-January, which is crazy early. See the 3rd question in their admissions FAQs here: Frequently Asked Questions | Department of Economics

[eggnogone]

Same, working and stressing out lol. Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to do some math in my free time but I feel like I won't be able to really focus on that until I have an acceptance in hand and relax a bit. So I'm working on my French instead.

For some reason it's easier for me to break time down by weekends... six more weekends, six more Mondays, and then it's the beginning of February and we'll start getting results. Take it easy everyone and good luck!

Same, I told myself I'm going to work through stuff like Simon and Blume or some Schaum's outlines, but idk if I can get up the motivation until I get an acceptance (if any lol) — working on a totally orthogonal skill like French sounds like a great idea though!