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  1. Have they provided any subtle signals to incentivize it? I think if they have not directly provided the information that they have indeed 21 accepted offers this time, they want to keep you. But it is a very interesting question and others might differ. Also remember, your funding decision will have to be made all over again.
  2. I also took it in November. You have to select paper score though. Otherwise they will charge you when you want a hard copy. I didn't get mine and sent them a mail saying so in January when I was really getting pissed off paying 20 dollars for each application. They sent me a hard copy in no time after that. If you selected to get a hard copy you can ask them for it. Though it doesn't matter much, it is good to have it.
  3. Some people tend to work only around deadlines, especially if the task is taxing. I am one of them, though this time I finished things early as there was nothing much to think for me. Anyway it is optimal to send your decisions only by 15th April whether you are accepting or declining and offer. They would have made their decisions and before sending it in, they might be trying to rationalize it.
  4. Only thing that is not good in your profile is Econ grades. Since those were intro courses, if possible you can take intermediate or even advanced econ courses. You must also match your interests with department especially those with smaller intakes. Trust me, your research interests matters a lot when it comes to smaller programs. You don't really have to wait for your courses to be done before saying that you are interested in something. Everyone knows that your interests are likely to change after first two years but knowing that you at least plan your research in what they are good at helps them in making their decision. I would also advise you to spread your applications to more departments. Something like 3-4-3. 3 in top 15, 4 in 15-35 and and another three in 35-50. You can adjust as per number of applications you are willing to put in and your lower bound. Read the website properly for each department and look for what they are asking and then ask yourself if you have some kind of advantage specific to that department. Some departments look for economics courses others focus more on maths. For instance you might want to apply to caltech instead of say Yale or cornell if they are in same ranking range because caltech prefers more maths based approach. In every ranking range you have to look for such advantages.
  5. A few places I have applied to have not sent their decisions yet. They are ranked around 70 on US News. Though I have decided where I will be going, it will still be good to get the decisions from these places. Why would any place wait till 13th of April when deadline for accepting offers is supposed to be 15th April?
  6. What is up with UNC chapel hill? I think they have accepted at least 3-4 people based on grad cafe posts. However there are no rejections to be seen.
  7. Both are quite close in most of the rankings, some rank Rice above CU Boulder(US News) while others rank Cu Boulder better (Repec). CU Boulder Pros - It is really good place to live. Bigger department hence more and diverse faculty especially in IO and Development where my interests lie. Cons: Guaranteed funding only with 3.5 GPA which might get tough at times. Can't think of anything else Rice Pros- The program is attempting to get into top ones and have already hired a few good profs from Penn. Small cohort size and hence possibility of better attention from profs. Cons: To many profs in finance, environment and too few on IO and Development. Houston gets hot at time. Very few academic placements in past. So guys based on this and more information that you might have what will be better. I can really see the potential of Rice but the lack of profs and placements scares me. Rice seems to be risky with high payoff if it works whereas Boulder just seems to be a safe bet.
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