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Those of you that have not heard from UCD yet are most likely on the unofficial wait list. I know there have been a couple students that have already been admitted off the wait list post-flyout. Also, the department just hired Tim Beatty away from Minnesota APEC at the Associate level.
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You must be a very slow driver....
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There were 7 or 8 TT placements last year, including international placements. But it was an above average year IMO.
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Please explain.
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A lot of students admitted to both Davis and Berkeley will take advantage of Davis' generous flyout to venture an hour down the road to visit Berkeley.
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You could be on the unofficial waiting list. There were quite a few students admitted off the wait list in April last year.
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Duke makes sense. I would take Wisconsin off your list. NC State is a mess; don't apply there. I also wouldn't apply to Colorado or Arizona. Davis has some very good resource people (Wilen, Sanchirico, Springborn). Costello at UCSB is good. ASU may be up and coming, but I think their environmental placements are still unproven. UCSD is also good.
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I don't know how things are at other ARE departments, but at Davis we take the same micro sequence and preliminary exam as the econ students. In recent years there is essentially zero difference in pass rates on the micro exam between the econ and ARE students. With respect to the relative weakness of ARE students. What is the basis for comparison? I think placement of Berkeley ARE is quite good and probably better than many top 30 econ programs. And for a school like Davis there is a selection bias problem. Most of our students don't have any interest in going the traditional econ route. On average, our students want to place into applied and interdisciplinary departments. For instance, our best student from last year's job market class turned down a funded top 20 econ spot to come to Davis. He placed into an econ department at a university that was a great fit for his geographic and research preferences, but probably below his potential given the quality of his JMP.
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Don't go anywhere unfunded when you have a funded offer. If Ohio State is funding you for the PhD program then go there over Oregon State MS and Wisconsin unfunded MS.
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I wouldn't worry about that at all. I think their expectation is about 50% will have superior offers and will go elsewhere. Funny anecdote: During my flyout I spent a bit of time talking with Jim Wilen at the bar. I asked him if the department would revoke my fellowship if I drank too much and made a fool of myself that night. On the contrary, he said, if I were to do that they would probably make me a more generous fellowship offer.
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Cool. I found it to be a fun experience and it was not a trivial factor in my ultimate decision to come here. From what I hear there will be a potluck with no shortage of beer and probably a night of bar-hopping. I encourage everyone invited to take advantage of the free trip out to Davis to drink and have fun for a couple days, regardless of the probability of matriculation.
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Who all is coming to the Davis flyout?
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I'm not aware of any econ students working with ARE faculty. But the opposite is not uncommon (formerly with Knittel and now with Bushnell). I would rank Berkeley ARE over Davis econ and ARE.
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Last year matriculation off the flyout list was less than 50%. The year before I think it was about 60%. If things go like they did last year then perhaps the chances are good.
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Wouldn't it be easier just to talk to that one guy that's down the hall from you?? I'm sure he has a good idea of what recent placements are. Haha.