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I completely disagree. Having an MA is light years beyond having an undergraduate degree. Getting a BA today is akin to graduating with a high school diploma 30 years ago. Getting a masters...in virtually ANYTHING is the new "college degree". A lot of TMers don't have real life experience in my opinion. More letters after your name = more $$$, always. ----- Also, don't underestimate the power of networking, both in academia and in business. You can have tonnes of letters after your name, but that won't mean anything if you don't know how to rub people the right way.

YoungEconomist, an MA in Economics looks like and sounds like a Master's in Business something. For people who don't know or don't care, an MA in Economics is an MBA (we know it isn't). It's letters after your name in something that generally sounds smarter and more applicable than other degrees (e.g. religion or kinesiology). Don't get upset -- these knuckleheads are the smart ones making tons of real $$$ for themselves while all us book-smart people watch, research, and analyze them to earn a subsistence income. Not having work experience is going to hurt you, but you're young. An MA will give you a big upper hand to getting a first internship or job with respect to undergrads. You might not be doing anything related to economics, but if you fail prelims, that might be exactly what the doctor orders.

I must say...professors who don't respond to you now, are probably not going to respond to you later. It could be that they're older and prefer the phone or face-to-face meetings as opposed to E-mail. However, have professors at other universities been as unattentive? This is certainly a take-away you should consider.

I wonder... Did the average number of applications sent per TMer go up this year? Did people who would have normally wanted to only apply to the top 5 instead apply to the top 5 + safeties?

My impression is that GWU isn't a very good school. There are at least a few famous people at CO, especially in trade.

Also if you're trying to woo over people for dates. :tup:

3 waitlists posted on Grad Cafe via E-mail, dated March 6th.

Don't.

There are a few TM admits who have received acceptances and funding in Early March. I have a feeling Gtown is going to try and wait till after April 15th.... I hope not, but that's my feeling. If it's worth anything Gtown gave out admits last year up till April 11th according to GradCafe. Other colleges are also doing this by the way, that is, keeping a confidential waitlist and leaving applicants in the dark. Personally, I think that's BS and I want my application fee back from a few of these places.

Come on Gtown...

Be frank and flat out ask them. This is probably one of the few times when you don't have to worry about overstepping yourself, as it's one of the few times when the ball is in your court ;-).

Yes, that's what I mean...the people who didn't hear back from Georgetown a few weeks ago perhaps are being lumped into the unfunded decision pool along with the late applicants who have submitted by the March 24th deadline.

Georgetown is being annoyingly slow.... I wonder if their March 24th deadline has anything to do with their delay?

E-mail...maybe. However, faxing should definitely be an option. Call the school and find out.

Generally it does not matter. Some schools have a deadline for full consideration for funding and a second later deadline without funding. In this case, getting your app in by the first deadline increases your chances in my opinion. Admissions committees usually don't meet until late January-February, and the professors making the decisions don't have time to note attention as to whether or not you got it in several weeks in advance.