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Thanks, gradhope, for your reply. I think you've mentioned a good point that connections are not bound to locations now. People can surely get connections via Internet, so this can not be a big weakness of European universities. But now, I've come up with another weakness of European schools, that is, they are less possible to attract top students than their American peers. In other words, let's say TI and IUB are both Tier 2 econ programs, but IUB can attract better students from all around the world, and then as a whole, students from IUB can have better placements, though both of them are strong in faculties and other learning resources. I'm not sure if I'm right in this point.

Hi guys, I've got offers from IUB and TI, but waitlist from BC. My primary interest is in econometrics, esp. financial econometrics. Let's make a comparison: (1) Academic strength: Based on ranking at Econphd-econometrics, TI is better then the rest, comprised of UvA (rank 15), EUR (rank 23), and VU (rank 54), while BC ranks 20, and IUB only ranks 119. link: http://econphd.econwiki.com/rank/reconm.htm. But this ranking is somewhat outdated. Based on IDEAS, the rankings are BC(ranks 28)>TI(ranks 45)>IUB(ranks 54). Taking the flyouts into consideration, I would consider like this: BC>TI>IUB. link:Untitled - Flyout ranking! And, just now, I noticed that in the ranking by Tilburg Economics Ranking (based on 2008-2012), UvA(rank 23)>IUB(rank 42)>BC(rank 61). Based on ranking for authors at IDEAS, TI has Siem Koopman (ranks 61), Herman van Dijk (ranks 99); BC has Arthur Lewbel (ranks 46), Zhijie Xiao (ranks 103), and Christopher F Baum (ranks 125); IUB has Joon Park (ranks 51). Well, let's forget ranking... (2) Location Let's say, U.S. is still the center of academia, you can get the connection of Yale, MIT, WB, IMF, FED, then the whole world...while at TI, it's only possible to get connection in London, ECB... (3) Personal My fiancee is going to MSF at Rochester, so a job is much more possible to expect at Boston, not any cities around Bloomington...So, forget all the above reasons. BC is my best choice!!! huh, what do you guys think?

They might be declined by a few applicants, and now they've sent out a third wave waitlist. Have you heard back from BC?

Institution: Boston College Program: Economics PhD Decision: Waitlist Funding: Combined with admission Notification date: 3/18/2014 Notified through: Email Posted on GC : Yes Comments: Very confused why they continue to send this third wave waitlist, the dpt seems unconfident at all.