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I have a rough idea on what the first year and year 3 and beyond would look like since there have been a lot of discussions on those. but maybe not on the second year... i know i will be taking field courses and attending seminars. even trying to come up with research ideas and all that. but in terms of flexibility and work load, is it significantly better than the first year maybe or not so much? i'm trying to gauge because i'll be juggling between work and a long distance relationship. are you able to regularly travel on weekends and so on? please share your experience or what you know from PhD students! thanks!

@SubEffect: mine was addressed to undisclosed recipients as well..

Okay, so I just called Columbia and the coordinator said all the admitted students have been notified. She only has the waitlist left.

In the past few years Columbia emailed everyone who's admitted at once. I don't know why they are not doing the same this year... Anyhow, I wish to find out soon!

Anyone with any info on this? Thanks! :)

do you mind sharing how you've found out? thanks!

Umm... There's a Columbia admit post on GC...

@ thewhiterabbit: Congrats! Do you happen to have any idea as to when the rest of admissions and rejections will be sent out? Or are all the admissions out already? Thanks! and congrats again!

Just called the office too (which I probably shouldnt have... haha) but the person said sometime next week.

Slightly off topic.. but do they interview applicants they're interested in?

Anyone wanna take a guess on which school's gonna be next in line for tomorrow? I'm getting impatient having only heard back from one school so far..

We could try to do the same and see if the department would let us know whether we are accepted or not. When I tried calling the office, they didn't pick up... Sounds unlikely though that they would do that!

Do you guys think that the harvard posts are fake as well? I should really stay away from GC...

I got intrerviewed today as well. It was very informal. The interviewer asked basic questions like what're your interest etc. She sounded like she was interviewing a lot of people and there are only 6-8spots available. So I'm not totally hyped. They are getting back during the first week of march.

Did you apply to the political econ track or the economic analysis track? Did you post on GC as well? Thanks!