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Congratulations admits! Feel free to PM me with any questions you might have about the program. I'm more than happy to help you with your decision and hopefully I'll see you during the visiting days.

I don't know if I'm just feeling a bit nostalgic or something, but I'm actually waiting for MIT decisions almost as much as last year. Good luck everyone!

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad/Grad: BSc in Economics (minors in Mathematics, Statistics and Business Studies) and MSc in Economics (+ a still unfinished MSc in Statistics) from an unknown university in Finland. Undergrad/Grad GPA: Overall 4.90, Econ 4.94, Math 4.83, Stat 4.94 (on a scale of 1-5) GRE: 800Q, 390V, 4AWA TOEFL: 111 (29R, 30L, 23S, 29W) Math Courses: Unfortunately, they don't have illustrative names. I tooks a course sequence for a minor in math that dealt with the basic areas (linear algebra, differential calculus, integral calculus, real analysis, etc.) in more of an applied fashion. Stat Courses: A lot. Mathematical Statistics 1 & 2 and Probability Calculus A & B + courses in time series analysis, survival models, mixed models, regression models, multivariate statistics, stochastic simulation, computational statistics, bayesian statistics, robust and nonparametric methods etc. Econ Courses: A lot. Intermediate and advanced level courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics, mathematical economics and econometrics + courses in labour economics, regional economics, microeconometrics, applied econometrics, game theory etc. I also took the econometrics core course in the Finnish Doctoral Program in Economics during the ongoing academic year. Letters of Recommendation: 2 economics professors and a statistics professor from my university and a research director from an economics research institute. I guess they all know me quite well and believe in me, so their letters should have been good in that sense. None of them were well-known, however (but apparently they had some important connections after all). Research Experience: BSc and MSc theses in economics, RA for one of my economics professors for 7 months, two last summers as a research trainee in an economics research institute, two last falls as an assistant researcher in an economics research institute, a researcher in an economics research institute from January onwards. Teaching Experience: None Research Interests: Econometrics and empirical/applied microeconomics SOP: Nothing spectacular. Tried to emphasize my research experience and convince the reader that my educational background in economics, mathematic and statistics is strong enough, I guess. RESULTS: Acceptances: MIT, Tinbergen, LSE MSc EME (Research), Tilburg MPhil (2nd year), Uppsala (it was never official, though, as I withdraw my application) Waitlists: - Rejections: Princeton, UC Berkeley, Northwestern, U Michigan, UCL MSc What would you have done differently? Absolutely nothing. I'm still amazed by my outcomes and really happy that I listened to my recommenders advice to try my luck with some of the top US schools. It definitely paid off... :grad:

Institution: UCL Program: MSc Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: April 21 Notified through: Postal mail

Thank you for your kind words, Aumann. If I could do it, anyone can. But it's all about good luck and contacts in the end. It definitely seems that we could have a huge proportion of TMers at MIT next fall. Let's just see where those three I mentioned before are heading.

What about metricsgirl, freelix and Econ_Applicant?

So who's going to MIT next fall? Those that come to my mind are jeeves0923, softsquirrel, Schmetterling and me. Am I forgetting someone? In case you're using Facebook, please join the group "MIT Economics PhD - Incoming Class of 2009".

And here's one more vote for Jeeves!

Yay, and I'll get to eat those world famous cookies alá Jeeves! :tup:

Damn, I hate the 12-hour clock. I meant April 15th 12 pm. :D

Institution: LSE Program: MSc Econometrics and Mathematical Economics (Research) Funding: No Date: Today Reason: MIT Institution: Tilburg University Program: MPhil Economics (2nd year) Funding: Partial Date: Yesterday Reason: MIT Institution: Tinbergen Institute Program: MPhil Economics Funding: Full Date: Last week Reason: MIT

I think that at least at MIT the deadline is April 15th 12 am their time. I need to fax an official reply from to the Graduate Admissions Office but I'm also going to send email to the Graduate Program Administrator at the department just to him know about my acceptance right away (+ I don't trust my skills with fax machines).

I've been waiting for my funding situation to be finalized before accepting the offer. However, this isn't going to happen on time so now I just have to accept the offer and hope for the best. If everything goes as planned next week, I will be awarded a full (tuition + living expenses) external scholarship for the first two years. But if that doesn't happen, I just have to hope that I get something from MIT. In any case, we will meet again in August! :)

Same thing here, the flyout was absolutely fantastic! I have to admit that I'm too lazy to write about my experience here but if anyone has any questions, do not hesitate to PM me.

I will be accepting the MIT offer next week (probably not a big surprise). :)

By the way, as someone whose funding situation isn't yet finalized at MIT, it's nice to see several potential classmates on the NSF list...

Yay, I'll keep my fingers crossed...:D

Congratulations Jeeves, I'm really happy for you! :tup: So is there any hope I'll see you at MIT next fall?

I will turn 25 in September.

Have you heard anything regarding the schedule? EDIT: OK, I just got mine.

I have no idea when it starts but I hope you can make it. I guess there isn't any detailed schedule for the visiting days available yet. I've never attended a flyout before, so the whole event is a one big mystery to me. Fortunately, however, I also got the housing thing arranged today. Do you know yet about your faculty meetings etc.? I have been a bit unsure whether I should have contacted professors to arrange meetings. Or will Peter schedule these meetings for us based on our tentative research interests or something like that?

There should be some kind of a social event with current graduate students on Tuesday evening. Will you be coming to that?

Do you have any idea how many offers did MIT send this year? I guess the recognition is a real problem if there will be a lot of people attending the visiting days. But I was hoping that there won't be so much of us there so that we are able to speak with practically everyone. Have you heard anything yet regarding the housing arrangements for your visits (that is, if you need any)?

I was wondering whether I get to meet fellow TMers in person, so anyone else attending the MIT visiting days? I myself will be flying to Boston already on Friday March 27th and staying there until Wednesday April 1st.

Yeah, thank God there are top departments out there willing to take the risk. I've actually heard that I wasn't the first applicant from my country to be admitted by MIT but rejected by all other US schools.