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because even professors find it weird..

to make it more clear: why some universities ask for signed-by-hand references, when they are sent by professors' university accounts? is it clear? thanks..

Hedgequant, who is OP? why do you refer to me as OP?

who is italos?? someone said, he is back...another guy feels offensive by my post..Insti, thanks for understanding me and for your reply... In any case, this forum is heplful..But you guys calm down..

Guys, I have an issue..Are references accepted with electronic or normal signature? If they are sent by official university email of professor, why should they be normally signed (I mean, with pen..)?

Institution: University of Cambridge Program: MPhil Economic Research Decision: accepted (conditional, ie english test) Funding: no (they need 25000 GBP for the whole 1st year) Notification date: 1 Febr Notified through: their website Posted on GC: no Comments: I am happy..But funding is an issue..

any UK fellows out there??

Anybody that has an idea about Queen Mary London placements?

Hey guys, I wonder if anyone has had a reply from the Un of Mannheim CDSE..

congrats man!! i think you will be offered some kind of funding very soon.. but can you give us a little more info about your background to get an idea of the "standards" OSU has? cheers

Hey guys, I am stuck with that. Some people say that it is useful to come in touch with faculty to check their interest for your topic prior submission of application. It may boost your chances. But others say it is useless, since you got to pass the 1st year prelims in order to have a supervisor for the subsequent years. What do you think? PS I am talking about US graduate programs. In the UK, it is different.

I would definitely prefer doing some research on my own and practicing in some econometrics or maths than retaking GRE. I know system works like that..if you have a low Q score, you are going to be in a negative position among your fellows. But still, I would stay in the core part of a PhD degree rather than GRE test, which in the end of the day, (I hope everybody agrees with that) does not indicate if you can handle maths.

thanks a bunch guys...i ll keep that in mind and probably i ll go for a second round...

Hi guys, I am new here and I have to admit this is by far the best forum ever...Useful, informative..just best!!! I got GRE today and here are my scores.. Q 159 (750) and V 148 (420). I am non native English speaker, so I have a good excuse for my verbal (hope so..)... As for Q i dont know if its adequate. Here it is where you guys come into the play. I aim at PhD econ in good schools but not top 5. My background consists of a BA econ in Greece, translated in summa cum laude (rank 1st), and an MSc in Manchester UK with distinction (first class they call it). LORS i hope will be quite informative..SOP also..I ll do my best... I aim for Caltech, NYU, Minnesota, UPenn, Mellon, Rochester, Madison or lower such as PennState, UVA, Illinois...I ll apply also to Arizona and many other "minor" universities. I am a bit dissapointed with my 159 (750) as many European universities have closed doors, such as Tinbergen Institute or Tilburg, which are not in the LSE's level. I think you guys got my point. Do you think I have any real chances? Plese comment to make things more clear as, as usual, clouds are in front of us and dont let us see clealy and think logically.