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Thanks y'all, the wait had been so rough that it felt like a new normal. So glad to finally move on to the next step. It is still kind of surreal.

Finally! I got accepted somewhere. It feels so good.

Institution: American University Program: Economics PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: Notification Date: 5/14 Notified Through: Email Posted on GC: Yes Comments: After three years of application cycles it feels so good to finally be accepted

Institution: Rice Program: Econ PhD Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 04/21/2014 Notified through: Website Posted on GC: Yes Comments: I figured it was a long shot but it still stings because all I have seen is red this season.

I figure it can also be a good and prepatory break before the journey of phd life.

Of course. I'm in a gap year and I keep forgetting people are taking classes. Best wishes, y'all!

Pretty quiet in here today. Must be the Easter weekend coming up.

I took a Time Series (TS) course during my MA program and though it is was not as rigorous as a PhD course I found it helpful for financial studies. The course was actually pretty fun to take. There are certain aspects of TS that aren't necessarily covered under cross sectional studies. Of course random walks are covered but TS also goes over issues of how to clean up data to remove trends, etc. I think if your focus is financial econ then it would greatly assist you to take it. I was told by professors that TS isn't necessarily helpful to most economists but makes sense for applied econ and financial econ. I can be over generalizing financial econ theory so if there are any others that are well versed in financial econ and/or have taken PhD level TS please correct me.

Institution: Houston Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 04/16 Notified through: email Posted on GC: Yes Comments: Not good at all. This is getting rough.

Yup, you're not alone. Though, I am still waiting to hear anything from three schools. I haven't even been formally wait listed. Good Luck.

Great, Congrats! Best wishes in Philly. I'd love to end up in Dallas, it's my home state.

Seems like there is just a problem with the home page. The Results section is up and running: Grad School Admissions Results for 2006–2012 • thegradcafe.com

Has anyone heard anything yet?

Thanks! Just checking whether it was my connection. I guess it is their way of telling us to relax.

Is anyone else not able to get through to the gradecafe?