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The top line answer to this question is "you shouldn't do a phd in economics part time", and the vast majority institutions don't offer the option for a reason. It's very probably not a good idea for you. That said, there are a few departments that offer part-time phds. George Washington U advertises "Occasionally, the PhD program will admit highly qualified part-time students." , and both George Mason and The New School say they accommodate part-time students, but those programs also offer formations that are outside the mainstream and might not be seen as on the same level as other schools'.
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My sense is you should be a credible candidate for a top 50/30/possibly 20 with those grades. Adcoms will downweigh older grades in favour of newer grades, so the fact that your recent (and hopefully future!) math grades are much better than your old ones is going to be a positive, and the committees will have an easier time interpreting the Notre Dame grades than the Chinese grades anyway.
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Are you an international student? That sounds a lot like the language about proving funds for an I-20 (a document the school needs to draw up before you're eligible for a visa). If so, the rule is typically that you need to show you have enough funds or support to cover your tuition and expenses for the first year. The school should be able to tell you what the number is. If you're being funded by the school, there's no problem - they'll draw up the document certifying that they're funding you at an adequate level, and you can take that into the embassy/consulate for your visa interview. If not, you'll need to show the school that you have enough money to live through first year, either through showing you have enough cash on hand or through financial support from your parents or another institution. You should clarify with the department what your financial support situation is or if they're still making decisions. It's possible that the language you got was just boilerplate that they're obligated to send you while decisions are still pending.
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Are you an international student? That language sounds very similar to what you need for an I-20. If so, in order to get a student visa, you need to show that you have sufficient funds to cover (typically) the first year. If you're funded by the school, that's not an issue - the school will issue a document (the I-20) certifying that they're funding you at an adequate level. If you're not funded, you need to show the school that you either have enough cash banked up or a source of revenue that'll pay you throughout the year, and one you've done that they'll issue the I-20. In any case, you need the I-20 before your can get a student visa. You should clarify with the department re: whether you're definitely not being funded or if decisions are forthcoming.
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A couple years ago, they sent all their rejections on April 14th, with all the rejectees CCed (not BCCed), so yes, they certainly can.
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It is. There's a whole university bureaucracy and departments don't get to unilaterally admit people so they have to use this language, but it's a formality. Unless something really egregious pops up like the office of admissions finding out you faked your transcripts or other application materials, you're in!
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You shouldn't expect (especially first semester!) phd metrics to be of immediate practical application. It's material that's important to know when you're doing research, but it won't make you a better coder or teach you about research design or how to work with data. You might very well go the entire term without learning what a linear regression is. e: yeah what pulsars said
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When I got on the MSU waitlist a few years ago, it was in mid-late March (in a year they released first round offers in mid-February).
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It's early! I'm at a program in Penn State's ballpark, rank-wise, and last year about ~half of the offers we sent were sent in the first round. Only a third of our eventual first-year class (mid-teens) came from first round offers.