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I think it depends on the schools you're applying to. For the top10-15, I am not sure if a letter from 6 months of RA-ing (when generally RA's only begin to be productive after 9-12months) will be strong enough. If it's for lower ranked programs, I think you'd be fine.

NSF-GRFP winners are out! https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/AwardeeList.do?method=loadAwardeeList

+1 to a US RA getting wrecked this application cycle :|

Apparently there are some Columbia admits trickling in this morning. Fingers crossed!

Can you give some more info?

Congrats!!

hehe fair! Hopefully tomorrow brings acceptances to the both of us :)

What a slow day for results :(

Does anyone have an idea of when Columbia will release its decisions? Last year they released on the 19th but I dont think theyve sent anything out yet.

I think there are still a bunch of Michigan admits coming out. GC only has 6 but had like 20+ last year. Plus last year the acceptances were spread over a few days, so hold tight!

There are some Princeton acceptances on GC-- can anyone confirm they are real?

I hope so. I thought a bunch would come out today but it's been slow thus far.

Rutgers

Got my first acceptance his morning! Glad to know I'll be headed somewhere this fall.

Institution: Rutgers Program: PhD in economics Decision: Accepted Funding: 25k + TA Notification date: 2/15/2017 Notified via: Unofficial email

phew! my heart dropped when I saw it.

glad to see that theyre done :)

Looks like there is another Princeton acceptance on GC

It was for management, not finance & econ.

Got an interview for the CBS PhD program! I am very excited.

That's awesome--congrats!!

Glad to see this thread is finally up! Good luck to all those who applied this cycle.

I've been on the hiring side for some JPAL positions so I can speak a bit to this. Yes, we review applications even if recommendations haven't been submitted. We may even interview you without those letters, but at some point we will ask for them or to speak with someone you worked for. In terms of the recruitment drive going on, I don't expect many JPAL people to reach out right now. A lot of time, PI's will post for positions that will start sometime in 2017, so they get a larger pool of applicants. I'd except those to start doing interviews/etc beginning in January or February. But there may be some projects looking for people to join right away, so those may be reaching out.

Type of undergrad: Large US public university Undergrad GPA: 3.85 Type of grad: n/a Grad GPA: n/a GRE: 168Q 162 V 5.5 AW Math Courses: undergrad: honors calc1-4, analysis, topology, linear algebra, differential equations, prob&stats. grad: advanced abstract algebra, non-euclidean geometry, and something else I can remember right now Econ Courses (grad-level): 2 semesters of metrics, causal inference Econ courses (undergrad-level): micro/macro, econ of class/race/gender, econ development Other courses: some CS courses Letters of recommendation: 1 from fed economist I worked for, 2 from professors I currently work for. they are in the top 5th, 7th and 1st percentiles of citations, respectively Research Experience: honors thesis, RA for 1 year at regional fed, RA for 2 years w/ JPAL professors. also have a working paper with the fed economist out that will probably make it to a decent/not amazing field journal Teaching Experience: n/a Research Interests: labor, applied micro, experimental SOP: standard Concerns: some eh grades here and there. not certain about quality of letters Other: partner is in school in nyc, so i have a strong preference to stay near there Applying to: columbia, nyu, cbs, yale, princeton, penn, yale som, cuny, michigan, maryland good luck all!