Peot

I'll hop on for a bit!

peot - Tinychat as always!

I'm going for a long shot and trying for one right now.

I'm in the room again right now! Come on down ya'll.

The room is live! I can't guarantee how long I'll be around, but it should be for a little while at least. peot - Tinychat Come one come all! GTF in, undergrad.

The (basic, at least the ones we covered) fixed point theorems are results from algebraic topology, not point set.

I'll come up with something soon. I'm thinking Thursday evening maybe? On the later end of things. Either way, pull out all the stops. It's T- soon until grad school!

For the love of god man, drink a beer instead of either of these.

Let's go ahead and vote, people. Do your duty to TM!

Doesn't retaking the exam several times in order to get a good score indicate some level of commitment to the process, though?

UCSD sent me a rejection letter a month after I withdrew my application. They acknowledged my withdrawal too. Tryin' to get the last laugh, eh grad school?

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Congratulations to all of you guys! I had a very hard time with my decision... I was very close to accepting NYU.

I intended "top tier public" to cast a pretty wide net across most of the big flagship state schools, and not limit it to just the UC's/Michigan/UVA/UNC/Wisconsin.

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Cal is in the genus of Harvard/Chicago, Minnesota and UW are top 10 (or top 10-ish) departments, UCLA isn't far behind. All of the public schools you mentioned there are among the best in the nation sans a couple. I also wasn't speaking of people with RA experience, and one of the people you are alluding to I accounted for in my description already.

WOW. It looks like a lot of movement in the flyout rankings especially. How do you correct for size of program and heterogeneity in students? For example, the (econ/business) placement record of Caltech and Stanford GSB is very good, but they are down a reasonable ways. Why is that?

NYU really does seem to dominate in just about every dimension here. It gives you the most flexibility if you decide to change your mind. They have great resources in what you are currently interested in studying. The financial deal is extremely generous, and it's in New York City. Go there.

Last minute decisions? Angst? Celebrating? It's the Annual 4/15 Meltdown at peot - Tinychat

I think some American schools (notably Princeton) actually do this

The attrition rate is nowhere near 50%. If you heard incidence of high attrition, it's mostly an aberration. There are so few people in the program that when anybody leaves, that bumps up the percentage extremely high.

Don't forget that you can work with people at Stern if you go to NYU. Plenty of people who do IO there.

Last business day of admissions season! Come sweat it out peot - Tinychat

You've had me I'm your ear about this before, but I would pick Wisconsin. Michigan I guess if there are idiosyncratic reasons to pick it; they are also very good in international. Cornell has great professors but their placement record is a little spotty. Location preferences for me would point towards Madison, which is a great town despite the brutal winters. You have great offers, but ghere are definitely tiers here. Wisconsin and Michigan are a cut above Cornell. Fuqua is a hood deal, and small is good in many respects, but they have so few people it's nearly impossible to judge. Od rank them UW/M/duke/cornell

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Math/Econ double major at a Top 40 Econ, top something US News... too lazy to check. We like experimental econ and college basketball. Undergrad GPA: 3.9 Type of Grad: Just classes Grad GPA: 3.9 GRE: 760Q/640V/4.0 Attempt #1, 165Q/161V/5.0 Attempt #2 Math Courses: Calc 1-3, Intro to Analysis I-II, Abstract Algebra, Honors Linear Alg, Honors ODEs, Applied Stat, Probability Theory, Math Stat, Stochastic Processes, Grad Analysis I, Topology, Combinatorics, Number Theory. All A's except an A- in ODEs and a B in Grad Analysis Econ Courses (grad-level): Micro I, Micro II, Political Economy, Topics in Micro Theory. All A's except an A- in Micro II Econ Courses (undergrad-level): A whole bunch Other Courses: A bunch of English classes Letters of Recommendation: 1 extremely well known (multiple publications in AER/'metrica/JET), 1 very well known (publications in AER, 'metrica, JET), 1 not as well known. All 3 are micro theorists and have had me for at least one grad Econ class and at least two are advising me with my thesis/research projects. Research Experience: 2 summer research grants from my university to work on independent projects in micro theory/game theory, another grant to work on that same project during this academic year, some independent studies over the years, all of which will be aggregated into a special degree/honors thesis Teaching Experience: Research Interests: Game Theory, Mechanism Design, Formal Political Theory, Algorithmic Game Theory. How information affects games and how mechanisms can incentivize information acquisition. SOP: Cookie cutter with one paragraph tailored to each place. Other: Varsity letterman/spent 4 years on a perennial top 15-25 Division I team in my sport. That made this all so much harder than it needed to be! RESULTS: Acceptances: Caltech, Wisconsin, Kellogg MECS, UT-Austin, UCLA, NYU, Berkeley (no first year fellowship), Penn (wl for first year funding) Waitlists: Rejections: Harvard, MIT, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Stanford GSB Econ Analysis + Policy Attending: Caltech What would you have done differently? Can't say I could have changed anything drastically. Maybe done marginally better in a course or two, or not messed up my first GRE. But those are ninth or tenth order concerns. RA or a Masters wouldn't have done anything for me. I'm thrilled and fortunate to be where I am!