oikomaniac

My vote is for thewhiterabbit

Same here. It was totally unexpected...

Institution: MIT Sloan Program: PhD in Finance Decision: Rejected Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: yes Institution: Chicago Booth Program: PhD in Financial Economics Decision: Rejected Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: yes Institution: Columbia Business Program: PhD in Finance & Economics Decision: Rejected Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: yes Institution: London Business School Program: PhD in Finance Decision: Rejected Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: yes Institution: Wharton Program: PhD in Finance Decision: Rejected Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: yes Institution: Berkeley Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Rejected Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: yes Institution: Princeton Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Rejected Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: yes

I am a new member. My results below (all funded offers): Institution: Stanford GSB Program: PhD in Finance Decision: Accepted Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: yes Institution: Yale Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Accepted Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: yes Institution: Duke Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Accepted Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: yes Institution: Northwestern Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Accepted Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: yes Institution: Harvard Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Accepted Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: yes Institution: Maryland Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Accepted Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: yes Institution: MIT Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Accepted Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: yes Institution: Stanford Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Accepted Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: yes Institution: Chicago Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Accepted Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: yes Institution: Columbia Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Accepted Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: yes

I was wondering if grades of a particular course can be so important, even Analysis. I tend to believe that SoP or LOR are much more important than a single grade. I find difficult to believe that grades are the key for the "rabbit puzzle"...

I am an international student and I was invited to open houses at all schools I was admitted.

I was wondering if the fact you graduated a few years ago have not caused this kind of results. Using the mean-variance model described elsewhere, certainly you are an applicant with a very high 'expected value', but this time elapsed since your graduation may have increased your variance for most schools (not so much for MIT, since you studied there). Therefore, it is possible some schools have chosen students with a lower expected value, but with lower variance (from their point of view). PS.: This is my first post, so hi to everyone.