geegro05

UCSC has 17 people coming.

Going to UC Santa Cruz to live amongst the hippies and work on various topics in open-economy macro and international development!!

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: BS Economics from Small LAC Undergrad GPA: 3.08 (2.6 after 3rd year) Type of Grad: MA Economics from Directional State Schoool Grad GPA: 3.85 GRE: 780Q, 410V, 4.5AWA Math Courses: Calc I-III (C, B, A-), Math for Economists (A), Linear Algebra (B), Diff. Eq (A-), Intro. to Proofs (B), Complex Variable (A-), Advanced Calc. I (A), Topology (A), Math Stats I (A-) Econ Courses (grad-level):Microeconomics I, II (A-,A-), Macroeconomics I, II (A-,A) Econometrics I, II (A,A), Time Series Forecasting (A), Growth and Development (A) Econ Courses (undergrad-level): tons, all A's and a few B's in the beggining Other Courses: Letters of Recommendation: 1 from Dept. Chair and Thesis Advisor who I took 2 grad macro classes with, 1 from Prof. who I RA'd for and took 2 grad classes from, and an assistant prof I took grad micro 2 with. all should be decent Research Experience: RA for 3 professors; working on a paper to be published with thesis advisor Teaching Experience: TA'd for 4 professors Research Interests: International Finance, Development, Poverty SOP: rather informal, mentioned professors I would like to work with Concerns: low ug grades, low verbal score, unknown LOR Other: almost dropped out of college junior year. thanks to the support of a specific professor I turned my act around and started trying Applying to: UCSC, Georgetown, MSU, JHU, PSU, GWU, UNC, UVA, CUNY, Kentucky, Oregon, Utah, Delaware, Kansas RESULTS: Acceptances: UCSC($$), Oregon($$), Kentucky($$), Kansas($$), Delaware($$) Waitlisted: Georgetown Rejections: PSU, JHU, Virginia Still Waiting on: UNC-CH, MSU, CUNY, GWU, Utah What would you have done differently? First off let me say I am going to attend my dream program(UCSC) so what I could've done this cycle is just relax. But overall, I should have gone to a better undergrad, tried harder in school, and made better connections with professors. I was accepted at a top 20 school for my undergrad, but decided to stay close to home and continue dating my girlfriend from high school. While I believe all of these things could have propelled me to a much better program, who knows if I would've developed the same passion for economics and development that I did.

Still waiting on UNC, MSU, GWU, CUNY, and Utah. I am about to accept UCSC either way, but it would be nice to hear back one way or another!

I got a partially funded offer from them, consisting of 1 quarter TA(around $5k), 1 quarter Regents Fellowship(~$5k), and 3 quarters tuition remission(~$12k). The problem is that being an out-of-state resident, I will end up paying close to $30k in tuition. This means I need to take a loan to get me through the first year, and then after gaining California residency, my future years will be much cheaper. Keep in mind there are people here with better offers from them. Hope this helps!

Bump! Am I the only future banana slug here?

Institution: University of Kentucky Program: PhD Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: they were in the allocation process Notification date: 03/25/2011 Notified through: E-mail from DGS asking how Kentucky ranked to other offers I've received Comments: Nice to get another admission, but replied back that I will be declining.

I am going to be accepting my offer from UCSC and was wondering if anyone else will be joining me?? The fact that they are so well known in International Finance, Open-Economy Macro, and Monetary Economics, combined with the lifestyle of Northern California makes it a relatively easy choice!! Hope to hear from some of you!

Waiting on UNC, George Washington, MSU, Kentucky, Utah, and CUNY. Although I am almost for sure going to UCSC, it would still be nice to hear from them!

Institution: Penn State Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 3/14 Notified through: e-mail Posted on GC: No Comments: Expected Institution: Johns Hopkins Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 3/14 Notified through: email Posted on GC: No Comments: expected, rather bad fit anyways

Nobody else is on their waitlist?? Haha, I like my odds ;)

So Sandra got back to me basically confirming our fears; out-of-state residents pay the ~29k in tuition, which should go down to 14k when we gain residency after the first year. So in my case, even if I live at the grad apartments and eat at the dining hall, then I will have to pay roughly 15-20k out of pocket for my first year. Still not sure about insurance and school fees though! Anyone else planning on going here? We could always get a few of us together and get a house that is much cheaper than the $3772/month at the graduate apartments! I will bring a car and take care of transportation :) I am dead serious too, so PM me if you are considering it!

Institution: Virginia Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 3/4/2011 Notified through: E-mail to check website Posted on GC: no Comments: Somewhat expected Institution: Kansas U Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: Full tuition waiver and stipend Notification date: 3/4/2011 Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: no Comments: one of my safeties, still nice to get an acceptance though :)

Hello everyone! I was waitlisted at Georgetown the other day and was wondering how many others here were as well. Did anyone hear back from the department about where they fall on the list? Or those from previous years or students at GU, is there a decent chance of receiving an offer? I emailed Barbara and Prof. Mayda, and hope to hear something back soon! It is kind of nice working in rural Uganda as the power goes out quite a bit; essentially forcing me to stay away from this site. Thanks for any information! ;)

I have an email out to the department, so I hopefully will have some more information to share in the next few days. If I don't hear anything in the next week or so I will call and get this all figured out!