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  1. econApp2018
    Anyone finished the interview with UC Irvine? Did they mention about when the results will be out?
  2. econApp2018
    Can anyone confirm the below about UC Irvine? I got it from grad cafe. I was wondering if they specifically said March 1. "They plan to finish interviews by end of February and send first round offers on March 1."
  3. econApp2018
    Gotcha! Thanks again!
  4. econApp2018
    Thanks for your insight! Wow, so you are expecting the full pay raise (e.g. minimum $34,000 for 9 months) to start this fall? By "And for admissions, you should expect them to calculate total future pays", do you mean that the raised funding details will be included in the funding package of the acceptance offer? That is pretty interesting to hear that they are not cutting admission, hopefully that is the case across all campuses.
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    My apologies that this is not something directly related to admissions. But, does anyone know if the pay raise for UC schools will be in effect for the 2023-24 academic year? The articles I've read mentioned that it will be raised "by" Oct. 1 2024, so I was wondering if the pay would remain the same for the 2023-24 academic year and then be raised starting 2024-25 academic year.
  6. econApp2018
    Do you know what the "high enough grade" is? e.g. average A or A- in macro/micro sequence? Just wondering
  7. econApp2018
    Thanks again for sharing! When you say the best PhD jobs on Wall Street, what exactly are you referring to? Do you mean Quantitative Modelers/Researcher? It seems like major banks recruit PhD in Econ grads from departments that are all over the ranking. Maybe you meant more selective hedge fund jobs? Please let me know. Also, like you said, more jobs are going to the Math, Stats, etc students. And that is why I thought learning more Statistics/machine learning is really important in order to have such skillsets comparable to people from math or stats. And my question was if you have any insights on how plausible that might be at CUNY. Thanks again!
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    Thanks for your advice zshfryoh1. I'm wondering where your information is coming from in regards to your statement that Irvine's econ department and B-school are very separate. When I visited, the buildings were right next to each other and was told that not only can we take courses at the B-school but also have one of the committee members from the B-school. I think you are definitely right on that just considering finance, Irvine is not much of an option. However, what really made me consider Irvine is their focus on statistics and machine learning which are essential tools in finance nowadays and will be in the future. I just wasn't so sure if I could experience similar exposure to technical materials at CUNY. Do you have any insights on that? Also, the placement for students who concentrate finance is not stellar at CUNY for industry jobs which was really surprising. I think having not visited CUNY really made me worry maybe more than I should. Thank you again for you advise!
  9. econApp2018
    Bump. Can anyone share some advice/insights please? This week is the last week for making decisions, and it will be one of the most important decisions I make in my 20's at least. Thank you!
  10. econApp2018
    Hi everyone, I have recently been accepted to the CUNY graduate center with tuition + stipend. Although the overall ranking and reputation of the program at CUNY is not the best, I applied there and am considering it because of its focus on finance and its availability of a huge group professors whose main focus is in financial economics. I couldn't find any program that had that many professors in financial economics. On the other hand, I also have a competitive offer from UC Irvine. Although UCI is not known for financial economics, there are professors who I can definitely work with, and their focus on data science is really attractive. I would have to say that I am happy with landing a good industry job as both places are not the optimal places to go to for academic positions anyway. With that being said, I think CUNY's advantage is its huge faculty (and courses) in financial economics and location. But I do not know interactive the faculty is with the grad students. UCI has slightly better reputation and offers a MS in Statistics and one of their labs focuses on deep learning which I can definitely take advantage of and utilize in so many fields including finance, tech, etc. In other words, I feel like I will learn more technical stuff there. Anyways, can any of you provide any insights/advises on which one I might be better off choosing? Thanks!
  11. econApp2018
    Did USC even send their official offer letters besides the email they sent asking if they are still interested? If yes, did anyone get on the waitlist? Thanks guys.
  12. econApp2018
    Could you let me know which email or person who contacted for BU? I also still haven't heard back from BU. Thanks in advance!
  13. econApp2018
    If I didn't hear from BU yet, can I assume that I am waitlisted?
  14. econApp2018
    I was just requested to have an interview by CUNY. Anyone has any advises? I would appreciate both general advises for interviews for PhD in Econ (which I guess is rare) and specific advises for CUNY if anyone can. Thanks!
  15. econApp2018
    I just sent you a PM!
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    Hey, would you mind telling me who sent you the email? Also, about the formal offers, is it correct that they said they will be sending them out in 2 weeks?

    I would really appreciate your answer.

    Thanks!

  17. econApp2018
    Anyone from here heard from USC? Someone posted on GC that he/she was contacted and asked if still interested in the program. Also said it sounded like an informal offer.
  18. econApp2018
    Did anyone from here get accepted by UW seattle? There has been one person who said he/she had been informally accepted a few weeks ago. Anyone else got that offer?
  19. econApp2018
    At this point, when they released decisions last year doesn't seem to matter much. If it did, we would've heard back from a lot more schools and not heard back from some of the ones we have.
  20. econApp2018
    Did anyone from here get rejected from BU? Looks like one person posted a rejection from BU.
  21. econApp2018
    One person posted an acceptance to UW-Seattle on GC. Not sure if I can trust it.
  22. econApp2018
    Can anybody confirm UW-Seattle? Sorry for the repeated post guys.
  23. econApp2018
    Can anybody confirm UW-seattle or Columbia posted on GC?
  24. econApp2018
    Hi guys, My paper has been accepted by EEA and will be presented there next month (co-authored with two professors and I am not the presenter). I still have a couple schools that I haven't submitted my application for. Would it be worth it to write that the paper has been accepted by the conference on my CV? How is the EEA conference viewed in terms of quality and reputation? Thank you for your inputs.
  25. econApp2018
    I agree that PhD takes a lot more time than MBA. But I feel like we should also consider the fact that getting into top MBA programs requires at least a couple years of work experience at prestigious firms. Taking that into account, assuming that one would go straight into a PhD program from undergraduate, the timeline of getting out of either PhD or MBA would be similar. Of course, one would have made a good amount of money even before coming into MBA and possibly get paid more after the program, like you mentioned. However, for those people you seek jobs in the private sector with a PhD in econ, I'm not sure how you can say that people with MBA would get paid much more. I thought PhDs in Econ working in the private sector, on average, are paid somewhat similar to MBAs.
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