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  1. I noticed that too. It's quite puzzling... I expected the area around student housing and especially around family housing to be safer than the rest... but it doesn't seem to be the case :hmm:
  2. Thanks for the info, Freethinker. Another issue is safety: I know that it has been discussed in another thread, but I would like to read your opinions on it on this Berkeley-thread since we will directly be affected. I already had some very good PMing, but I would like to open it…
  3. Hi, I’m coming to Berkeley this fall for econ. Just missed this thread before and started a new one, but you should ignore it… As I’m married, I’m happy for any advices concerning nice and cheap housing for couples. Looking forward to seeing you.
  4. sorry, I missed that... just ignore this one ;)
  5. Hi future (and current) Cal graduates (not necessarily econs), I think it could be useful to have a thread for Berkeley grads to meet first virtually before physically and to share thoughts about things like housing, preparation, visa, interests etc... It could also serve as a reference list to ease PMing… Hope that you’ll join and looking forward to see you this fall.
  6. I just read about J1 visa. Maybe that's the solution (especially if the "Two Year Home Residency Rule" dosen't apply to me). I'll check that out...
  7. Hi everyone, I’m an international and I will start my PhD this fall. As I’m married (respectively I’m engaged and I’ll be married at that time), I wonder if it’s possible for my wife to obtain a work permit. I was told (by some other university) that this will be possible respectively that she will receive a permit automatically when I obtain my F1 visa, but now I’ve found conflicting evidence http://www.indiana.edu/~overseas/region6/handouts/F1_Non_DSO.ppt (see scenario no 3) :( Could you please help me on this? I would appreciate that since I’m getting really scared!!!!
  8. Berkeley for me :grad: Other cals, feel free to pm me...
  9. I have kind of the same problem. I will go to Berkeley (almost surely ;) ) this fall and I’m looking for some decent place in walking distance to Evans Hall. However, my situation is a bit more complicated as I’ll be accompanied by my lovely wife. Thus I would need more than just one room. Any suggestions on how I should proceed? I have kind of the same problem. I will go to Berkeley (almost surely ;-) this fall and I’m looking for some decent place in walking distance to Evans Hall. However, my situation is a bit more complicated as I’ll be accompanied by my lovely wife. Thus I would need more than just one room. Any suggestions on how I should proceed?
  10. I have kind of the same problem. I will go to Berkeley (almost surely ;) ) this fall and I’m looking for some decent place in walking distance to Evans Hall. However, my situation is a bit more complicated as I’ll be accompanied by my lovely wife. Thus I would need more than just one room. Any suggestions on how I should proceed?
  11. Hi, Tatonnement, thanks a lot for your posts!! I'm an international and I scored in the 15th percentile in the verbal GRE (but got 270 in the TOEFL), so I doubt that the GRE is a better indicator for your proficiency (especially if you haven't taken Latin in high school...) I got into Duke, Brown, Chicago, Berkeley etc., so there are other things that matter much more. (Although there might be some schools that put more weight on the verbal part). Hope that helps (I know how it feels: I was terrified after seeing my verbal score…)
  12. Hi, I was told that my chances are 50%. So there is still hope... cheers
  13. hi everybody. thanks for the reply. ******** @ reactor, I know that berkeley might be considered as superior to northwestern (some put it into the top 5 before stanford/princeton, especially regarding econometrics). but this is based on past HISTORY of the econ department. If you look at recent development, it looks a little different (although berkeley is not giving up, of course!). In my view, whether berkeley maintains its reputation in metrics depends on the future replacements of rothenberg, imbens an mcfadden. of course, there are still outstanding faculty like powell, ruud, train, card, jansson, lee, and farrell. on the other hand, northwestern did the cut during the last 5 years: bernal, hu, matzkin, nevo, taber, tamer => not so bad! besides this, there are also horowitz and manski! (and a lot more in theoretical IO) ************ @ southern_man did my response expand the second point? otherwise I didn't get your question right and you might have to repeat it. ******* by the way: cost of living is not so important to me especially regarding both really generous offers and since i'm not too wealthy, i don't fear the taxes (i'm used to live in poverty. that's what i'm doing for the last 5 years). maybe cal is more expensive, but that's the price you have to pay for the nice weather ;) and it's a fair price! (i can judge this since i'm coming from a pretty cold country...) what matters to me is future success on the job market for applied econometricians. sure, right now i try academia, but you never know, that might change quickly... thanks for further comments! best, economit
  14. Hi everybody, I’ve a question. I’ve admits to Berkeley and Kellogg MECS both with full funding over 4 years (Berkeley 22k/y and Kellogg with 26k/y, but with TA/RA for 4,5k/y from the second year on). My research interests are first microeconometrics and second empirical IO. At first glance, Berkeley seems to be the one with respect to microeconometrics (and over all), but looking at the recent recruitment of Northwestern, it’s less clear. (I have to say that both faculty form Kellogg as well as form NW econ dep. told me that it doesn’t make a difference whether you are form the econ phd program or form Kellogg’s MECS.) Furthermore, there is a lot going on in Berkeley’s (micro) econometrics faculty. Imbens just left to Harvard, Aviv Nevo two years ago to Northwestern, and Rothenberg and McFadden are about to retire. Regarding IO (theoretical and empirical), Northwestern clearly rules (There is unfortunately basically nobody doing empirical IO at Berkeley). A further point to consider in deciding is how hard you’re penalized afterwards on the econ job market when holding a phd from a business school (although it’s form Kellogg). So, it would be great if you could help me on that (luxurious) choice. Thank you!
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