dantheman

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Honors BS in economics with a minor in math from a non-flagship state school Undergrad GPA: 3.88 Cumulative (3.95 Econ) Type of Grad: Grad GPA: GRE: 170 VR / 170 Q / 5.0 A Math Courses: Calc1-4 (all A), Matrix Theory (A-), Discrete Math (A), Probabilities (C+), undergrad analysis 1 (A) and 2 (Expected). Econ Courses (grad-level): Econometrics I (A) and II (expected), Development (A), Natural Resources (A) Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Intermediate micro (A) and macro (A), game theory (A), econ with SAS (A), cost benefit analysis (A), econ and law (A-), Energy econ (A-), labor (A), altruism (A), managerial econ (A), and 6 independent studies (all A). Other Courses: Financial Investing (A) Letters of Recommendation: 1 from my thesis adviser, 1 from my employer (econ prof emeritus) who might have some name recognition, and 1 from my previous research adviser. Research Experience: RA at a think tank for 2.5 years, completing an undergraduate thesis, and public sector (state-level) summer research internship. Teaching Experience: Intermediate Micro and UG econometrics (both upcoming) Research Interests: Applied micro, public economics, and micro theory SOP: Standard Concerns: Clearly my grade (C+) in probabilities will keep me out of many schools even though I defend it in my SOP and all of my letters defend it. Also, very few people from my school have gone from undergrad to a good program in a really long time (two in the last ten years have done t-30 or so). I'm hoping to not be closed out. Other: This is my first year applying. I'm very uncertain about what is going to happen. Applying to: Harvard, Chicago, Northwestern, Duke, Princeton, UVA, Wisconsin, Michigan, UPitt, Wash U, OSU, and UNC. RESULTS: Acceptances: Duke ($$), UVA ($$), UW-Madison (PhD track MSc, no $), UPitt (?), WUSTL ($$), UNC (?), OSU (?) Waitlists: none Rejections: Harvard, Chicago, Northwestern, Princeton, Michigan, UW-Madison (essentially) Pending: none Attending: Duke Comments: Despite what I would think of as a somewhat noisy profile, my results all make sense and fall in order. What would you have done differently? I wish I had started taking serious math courses sooner because all of my college math background comes from the last two years and that was a bit of a stretch. I also would've taken earlier undergrad courses more seriously and done more than just enough to get an A for the sake of getting more out of my later research experiences.

I also was admitted to the UW-Madison PhD track MA.

I got the feeling that they sent out all of their acceptances this year on Feb. 14th by email.

I am also in that same boat.

That makes sense. When I read your signature I had a sudden, irrational fear that they were in the business of retracting admission offers and I certainly don't want that to happen. :p

2Iron, What does "Retracted: ​UVA" mean in your signature? Did you retract your application?

Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill Program: Economics PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: Decision to be made by mid-march Notification date: 2/6/14 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: I will later Comments: The email is from the Department of Economics and says that an email from the graduate school itself will follow soon. Also, the application portal never updated, so it was not worth all the time I spent checking...

OSU just updated the status on their website. In my experience this year, they sent a letter about 2 weeks after the status updated to accepted. I don't know if other schools operate in the same way. Starting my year like that has made me want to check every other application constantly.

I think that they must be at least at UVA this year. They sent out some interviews before the application deadline. I had submitted my application in the middle of November because I wanted to get it done and they emailed in the second week of January about an interview. It seems like they are not doing everything at once.

I also have heard nothing from UNC and most of the GRE scores are lower than mine... Not that GRE scores mean much. None of the posts on GC have any information at all though, which strikes me as odd. One seems to be a repeat and no one here has heard anything so I'm trying not to be worried.

Thank you. I had the interview on Jan. 7th. I am really amazed at their turnaround.

Institution: UVA Program: Economics PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: Full Notification date: 1/16/14 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: Yes, although I hadn't fully read the email to see the part about funding Comments: I'm quite taken aback.

Institution: OSU Program: Economics PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: TBA Notification date: 1/13/14 Notified through: Website Posted on GC: Yes Comments:Off to a good start!

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad: Honors BS in economics with a minor in math from a non-flagship state school Undergrad GPA: 3.88 Cumulative (3.95 Econ) Type of Grad: Grad GPA: GRE: 170 VR / 170 Q / 5.0 A Math Courses: Calc1-4 (all A), Matrix Theory (A-), Discrete Math (A), Probabilities (C+), undergrad analysis 1 (A) and 2 (Expected). Econ Courses (grad-level): Econometrics I (A) and II (expected), Development (A), Natural Resources (A) Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Intermediate micro (A) and macro (A), game theory (A), econ with SAS (A), cost benefit analysis (A), econ and law (A-), Energy econ (A-), labor (A), altruism (A), managerial econ (A), a 6 independent studies (all A). Other Courses: Financial Investing (A) Letters of Recommendation: 1 from my thesis advisor, 1 from my employer (econ prof emeritus) who might have some name recognition, and 1 from my previous research advisor. Research Experience: RA at a think tank for 2.5 years, completing an undergraduate thesis, and public sector (state-level) summer research internship. Teaching Experience: Intermediate Micro and UG econometrics (both upcoming) Research Interests: Applied micro, public economics, and micro theory SOP: Standard Concerns: Clearly my grade (C+) in probabilities will keep me out of many schools even though I defend it in my SOP and all of my letters defend it. Also, no one from my school has gone from undergrad to a good program in a really long time. I'm hoping to not be closed out. Other: This is my first year applying. I'm very uncertain about what is going to happen. Applying to: Harvard, Chicago, Northwestern, Duke, Princeton, UVA, Wisconsin, Michigan, UPitt, Wash U, OSU, and UNC.