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I enjoyed my visit there. The students seemed really friendly and it was obvious that they had a great community there (which was very surprising to me, considering the high attrition). It seemed like the grad students worked together for the first two years, and felt comfortable bouncing ideas off of each other during the dissertation/field paper process.

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Small LAC Undergrad GPA: 3.6/4 GRE: 770Q 710V 5.0W Math Courses: Calculus I,II,III, Algebra I & II, Analysis I & II Letters of Recommendation: economics professor, math professor, and staff economists at Fed. should be strong. Research Experience: Undergrad Thesis and research assistantship. Research Interests: financial economics SOP: I invested a lot of time in it. RESULTS: Acceptances: Hopkins ($), Wisconsin, Cornell Rejections: Berkeley, Columbia, Yale, Michigan, Maryland, UCLA What would you have done differently? Try to do some presentations, publish during RA-ship.

I wasn't able to make it to Visit Day, but wondered what folks thought about their visit. To be more specific - what was the one question/answer/quote from the day that informs your decision to attend/not attend Hopkins?

Institution: Johns Hopkins Program: Economics, PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: $ Notification: Email On: 3/11

Institution: University of Wisconsin - Madison Program: Ph.D. Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: none for first year Notification date: 3/5/2008 Notified through: e-mail Institution: Berkeley Program: Ph.D. Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 3/5/2008 Notified through: e-mail

Institution: Yale University Program: Economics, PhD Decision: Reject Via: Email to check website

Undergrad study: Math/Econ major from liberal arts college Undergrad GPA: overall & major: 3.6 GRE: 770Q, 710V,AWA 5.0 Letters of Recommendation: math prof, econ prof, 2 economists who are my supervisors. Should be strong. Research Experience: Undergraduate thesis, 2-3 years at research division in central bank Research Interests: finance, applied micro Concerns: GPA, GRE Schools: Berkeley, UCLA, Columbia, Cornell, Yale, Michigan, Wisconsin, Maryland, Hopkins