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Institution: NSF Program: GRFP Decision: AWARDED Notification date: 3/29/2013 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: nah Comments: IS THIS REAL LIFE?

Institution: Columbia Program: Econ PhD Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 03/04/2013 Notified through: Email to check website Posted on GC: No Comments: Expected Institution: Michigan, Ann Arbor Program: Econ PhD Decision:Wait listed Funding: 18k if admitted off WL Notification date: 03/05/2013 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: No Comments: Hope I get off the WL Institution: UCLA Program: Econ PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: 30k for four years Notification date: 03/05/2013 Notified through: Website. Posted on GC: No Comments: Yay! Institution: Wisconsin Program: Econ PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: Waitlisted for 1st year funding Notification date: 03/08/2013 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: No Comments: Hope to get off this WL too. Institution: MIT Program: Econ PhD Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 03/08/2013 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: No Comments: Expected Institution: Stanford Program: Econ PhD Decision: Rejected Funding: N/A Notification date: 03/04/2013 Notified through: Checked website Posted on GC: No Comments: Really disappointed. My dream school.

Institution: Boston College Program: Economics PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: 17.5K + tuition waiver Notification date: 3/1/2013 Notified through: Personal email Posted on GC: It's been a good day. Accepted: Vanderbilt ($), Boston College ($) Waitlist: UVA ($) Rejected: UPenn, Yale, Princeton Pending: 9

Institution: UVA Program: Economics PhD Decision: Waitlist (First Alternate) Funding: TA/RA-ship plus 20k fellowship once they can make an official offer Notification date: 3/1/2013 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: No Comments: They sound optimistic about getting me off the WL, so I feel optimistic.

Institution: Princeton Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: --- Notification date: 2/27/2013 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: No Comments: Well f.In: Vanderbilt ($) Out: UPenn, Yale, Princeton Pending: (11)

This week in meme form: [ATTACH=CONFIG]6715[/ATTACH]

Institution: Yale Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 2/26/2013 Notified through: Email to check site Posted on GC: No Comments: Ughhhh

Institution: UPenn Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 2/25/2013 Notified through: email to check website Posted on GC: no Comments: disheartening.

According to last year's threads, the first TA-ship offer came out a week after the fellowship offers.

I'm thinking Wisconsin will send out their TA-ships today. Fingers crossed.

Yes, there's a new section at the top of the main menu that says "Admission Type: Admit with Financial Reward" and links below to the official offer letter and a form to respond to the offer.

Institution: Vanderbilt Program: Economics PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: Full tuition + 21.2 k Notification date: 2-18-2013 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: No Comments: Yay! First acceptance!

It's legit! I got an offer from Vandy this morning too!

Good post? http://www.www.urch.com/forums/images/buttons/ha_plus.png | http://www.www.urch.com/forums/images/buttons/ha_minus.png Institution: Vanderbilt University Program: Economics PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: full tuition plus 21.2k stipend Notification date: 2-18-2013, 11:15AM Notified through: Email Posted on GC: No Comments: SO happy and relieved and excited! My first acceptance!!!

12 down, 3 to go --all the remaining ones are January deadlines. I can't wait for this process to be over. I'm getting seriously burnt out.

Am I the only one having trouble accessing the MIT application right now?

Wordpress is another good option for making a website. The finished product looks very polished for something you throw together in an hour. I just made one for MIT.

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Top 20 US Private Undergrad GPA: 3.8 Cumulative // Econ 3.8, Math 3.6 Type of Grad: None Grad: N/A GRE: 167Q, 165V, 5.0AWA Math Courses: Advanced Calc Series (B, B+, A), Linear Algebra (A), Intro Probability and Stat (A), Advanced Probability (A-), Differential Equations (A), Applied Stat and Real Analysis in the Spring Econ Courses (grad-level): None Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Whole mess of them, all As except for intro freshman year; plus Honors Program Other Courses: liberal arts requirements Letters of Recommendation: Two well known (top 3% IDEAS rankings, one lesser known but can strongly speak for my research ability; should all be very good letters Research Experience: Senior honors thesis, summer fellowship for independent research Teaching Experience: intro to macro, intro to micro Research Interests: Labor, policy evaluation SOP: Spent a ton of time personalizing/editing Concerns: Astronomically low acceptance rates, funding Other: Meh Applying to: NSF, Stanford, Wisconsin, UC Berkeley, NYU, Michigan, Columbia, Princeton, Harvard, UCLA, Yale, MIT, UPenn, Brown, UVA, Vanderbilt, Boston College