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\ I totally disagree. It looks like from your profile that you haven't taken any econ, or barely any. Therefore most places wouldn't accept you for their phd, or even masters. I was rejected from Davis for my masters because I did not have enough econ courses, but was a "top applicant" after my MS with an RA position. I bet after you finish you will have a strong shot to get into all of the ag/econ departments. That is, if you do well. And yes, totally take Real Analysis, although since you have already taken proofs based maths it's less of a big deal. PS I think that Maryland is more on the level with Davis and Wisconsin. I think that those three are pretty much equal, though it obviously depends on what you are interested in.

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: BA Mathematics at a top 30 liberal arts school Undergrad GPA: 3.76/3.9 Math Type of Grad MS at top 7(?) agecon department Grad GPA: 3.8 GRE: 170V/166Q/4.5AWA Math Courses: Calc (A,A,A-); LA (A); Proofs (A-); Advanced LA (A); Abstract Algebra (A); PDE (A); Topology (B+); Probability (BC oops); RA (A); Thesis (A) Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Some silly ones for non-majors, Intermediate Micro/Macro (A,A); Agricultural Development in Africa (A) Econ Courses (grad-level): Masters: Applied Micro (A); Applied Econometrics II (I, but will have a grade by application time); Urban Economics (AB, Bschool) PhD: Econometrics I/II (AB, A); Micro Theory I (In progress); Environmental Economics (In progress) Other Courses: Art and liberal arts, Sea Semester out of Woods Hole. Letters of Recommendation: One professor I have been RAing for, phd ucsb should be very positive.. One professor who I don't know well but is in my department, editor of a good journal in my field. One professor I took phd econometrics with, well known econometrician. Research Experience: UG math thesis. RA for two years in masters program. Masters thesis. (Both on air pollution distributions and market based air pollution controls) I got a grant to do a summer project in agricultural marketing. Teaching Experience: None Research Interests: Environment. Spatial econometrics. SOP: Good. Concerns: A few bad grades. I think the BC in probability theory as an undergrad should be drowned out by the A/ABs in phd metrics. Nobody needs topology do they? Also, I don't think my letters (with one exception) will be amazing. Applying to: Reaches (for fun?): Stanford, Columbia. Others, also reaches?: Berkeley ARE, Yale Forestry, Duke, Davis, UCSB, Maryland AREC. RESULTS: Acceptances: UCSB($$$), UC Davis ARE ($), UC Berkeley ARE ($), UCSD ($$), Duke Econ ($$), Duke UPEP ($$$), Maryland AREC ($$) Waitlists: Rejections: Columbia, Stanford, Yale FES Attending: I have some tough decisions to make Comments: My results were stellar, I'm very lucky. What would you have done differently? I certainly applied to too many schools, making my decision making period very difficult. I think I undersold myself a little bit, and should probably not have applied to the lower ranked applied programs.

Institution: Stanford Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification Date: 2/28/2014 Notified Through: Email Posted on GC: No Comments: Not surprised Institution: Columbia Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification Date: 3/5/2014 Notified Through: Email Posted on GC: No Comments: Not surprised Institution: UCSD Program: PhD Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: $25K Notification Date: 3/16/2014 Notified Through: Email Posted on GC: No Comments:

Meant to up vote, sorry!

I haven't been there, so this is just hearsay. I just meant that it is a small town and there isn't much in Davis besides the college in terms of urban public goods. I know Sacramento and the bay are pretty close though.

Note: Bias because I am finishing my MS at UWAAE and I love the department. But I certainly don't think Davis dominates Wisconsin, I know people here chose Wisconsin over Davis, and many there make the opposite decision. I think it would depend on who you want to work with. I don't do development, but people are excited by the faculty here. It's a big focus of the department. In terms of location, things are complicated too. The weather in Davis is certainly better, but Madison is actually a great small city with a lot of stuff going on, while I hear that Davis is a little lacking in culture. It really depends what is most important to you.

Update: I just talked to someone at Berkeley ARE, and they do not fund fly outs or have official visiting days.

I was offered a fly out from Davis, so I assume that Berkeley would pay for fly outs as well, but I haven't heard anything yet. If a program pays for fly outs they would certainly pay from the east coast. In a related note, I heard Duke UPEP paid for a fly out from Singapore a couple of years ago.

I also got in with a graduate student researcher position. It seems they are sending out admittances in clumps by advisor. Though judging from previous years all rejections are sent out on the same day in March.

Institution: University Maryland Program: ARE PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: Yes, assistantship & 5k bonus. Notification date: 02/21/14 Notified through: Email. Posted on GC: No. Comments:

Institution: UC Berkeley Program: PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: GSR Notification date: 02/20/14 Notified through: Email from faculty. Posted on GC: No. Comments: l literally screamed all the way home. I am sure people thought I was insane.

So I think that the stipend is the department fellowship plus the summer research fellowship and the department pays the segregated fees?

Institution: Duke Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: First year fellowship Notification date: 02/20/14 Notified through: Email to check website. Posted on GC: No. Comments: I had an interview on 2/18/2014.

When I interviewed with duke they said they would send out results yesterday or today. G2g refresh my email for the hundredth time today.

Anyone heard anything from Berkeley yet?