Macaulay

People starting in the PhD program at UBC this fall: send me a PM, I've started a Facebook group for our cohort.

It sounds like you're rushing this. Seriously, have a phone conversation with the grad director at each school, and talk it over with your brain trust (profs at your school, mentors, etc.). These people know a lot of relevant information that you don't.

I'm currently finishing a stepping-stone MA at UWO, heading to Toronto or UBC. This isn't true. There's usually one student per year at UWO that uses the MA as a stepping stone. Last year a guy went to Northwestern. The faculty is happy to push you, if you're good enough; plus the small class size makes it easier to get letters. Do talk to Igor, or whoever is running admissions. It's possible to get most application stuff done in the summer: choosing schools, SOP, research proposal, planning LORs, etc.

Please list the other examples. I think it's much more likely that List is the exception that proves the rule.

Man, after 11 rejections, the first acceptance feels damn​ good.

Question 2: how do I know if I would prefer a nonacademic job over a pure teaching job?

Does doing a PhD at a third tier program (ranked lower than T30) mean that one is destined to end up with a teaching job at a liberal arts college?

NYU rejections are real. Believe that!

Another thing: are TA duties really 20 hours per week? (220 hours per quarter, quarter = 11 weeks)

Also wondering about this for Berkeley.

ETS used to mail out a score report. Why did they stop? I suppose you could just cover up your old scores and send that; try PDF Escape.

For Canadians planning to apply to the PhD at LSE, this is bad news about the Commonwealth scholarship: "Please note that there will be no competition for academic year 2014-2015." Anyone have other details on this?

If I want to do research on what Acemoglu's doing in development and institutions, but don't expect to get into MIT, where should I apply?

People going to the University of Western Ontario coordinate here!

Still no news from anyone else?