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Institution: Yale University Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: NA Date: 02/17/2020 Notified through: Website Comments: I had a little spark of hope of being admitted at this one.

Institution: Duke University Program: Economics (PhD) Decision: Accepted Funding: Tuition waiver + 5 years stipend ($25k with possibility of stipend for a sixth year). No TA required the first year. Date: 02/13/2020 Notified through: E-Mail from the director of graduate studies. Comments: Right now I'm between Minnesota and Duke :)

Institution: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Program: Economics (PhD) Decision: Accepted Funding: Tuition waiver + 5 years stipend ($23k). Date: 02/07/2020 Notified through: E-Mail from department. Comments: I'm pretty excited with this offer. Institution: University of Rochester Program: Economics (PhD) Decision: Accepted Funding: Tuition waiver + 5 years stipend ($20k). Date: 02/07/2020 Notified through: E-Mail from admission office. Comments: I'm rejecting this offer.

Most of these are true I think. I just received acceptance yesterday. I'm truly happy :)

Congrats! Thank your for your answer.

UC Berkeley third post at GC. Anyone heard something from them? That was my highest bet and I would like to know if its an implicit rejection

Let's wait to see if UC Berkeley decision posted on GC is a troll as it seems to be the one about Harvard.

You are totally right! I didn't pay attention to that detail.

According to Grad Cafe, UC Davis has already accepted someone. Interestingly, last year acceptances were made by February 20, ... buuuuut last year seems like someone knew since January 30 that he was admitted because of the application page. I didn't apply to UC Davis, but I'm wondering: 1) Are admissions this year being made faster than prior year? 2) Do some universities post their acceptance before sending an e-mail? It is probably too early to answer the first the question, and we have few cases. However, it would be interesting to see a change in the acceptance dates. Good luck to everyone!

I am joining the list of unbelievers from the Harvard admission posted at grad cafe. Historically they have not admited people as early as January.

Oh I see, this information is helpful for someone in that situation. In my case, I did my undergrad degrees outside US so I will look for information. If I find something, I'll let you know.

I applied to 20 places among the top 25 in US. My plan B is applying to a Master in Europe, but from some comments above I'm wondering if there are RA opportunities at US for foreigners. Seems like a good plan to get better LoRs.

Thanks for replying! Now that you mention the thing about programming skills, I have taken two courses in programming (python and C++). Also, in most of my statistics and actuarial science courses I have used R or Matlab. Still I know there is always a gap to improve. What worries me the most is if my profile is too uncommon for a PhD program in accounting, and fear of wasting completely my money in these applications. That is why I posted in the forum, in order to hear from the experience of someone who is in an accounting PhD or who is in a business program and knows a little about the arena of accounting adcomms, if they know someone who entered the program with an econ or math bachelor degree. I hope you are right in that about the professors knowing a little about other countries. At the end of the day, this application process is like playing in the casino. Thanks for the answer.

Hi, This year I will be applying to econ and accounting PhD programs. I already have a nice idea about the economics profile required, but I have no idea if that profile is also useful for accounting. For what I have read on the internet, there are some important differences such as the need of working experience. I have a lot of coursework on math and I'm sincerely interested in accounting topics, however, I am from a little country and there are no people with accounting PhDs so I pretend to explain this in my Statement of Purpose and ask for letters of recomendation to 2 actuarial science professors and 1 economics professor. I would be grateful if some of you could help me evaluate my profile for a PhD application in accounting and advise me if there is something I can improve. Also, I would like to know if it makes sense to applyto top 20 programs with my profile or if I better back off from those. Thanks in advance. Basic info University: the most important university in my country but probably unknown in the US. Degrees: Bachelor in Actuarial Science (grade 9.7/10) and Bachelor in Economics (grade 9.5/10). Working experience: Two years in risk management in a bank and currently one year in an economics research institution. Research experience: Coauthored 1 paper in actuarial science published in a low-tier journal and currently working as research assistant on paper on economics. Teaching Experience: Mathematical Theory of Interest (1 semester), Fundamentals of Risk and Insurance (1 semester) [All at the same university where I studied]. Usual requirements TOEFL: 107/120 (Reading - 27/30, Listening - 30/30, Writing - 25/30, Speaking - 25/30) GRE: Quant 169, Verbal 159 Letters of Recommendation: Thinking about two profs from math and one from econ since my accounting professors only hold a master from my own university, and have no research experience at all. Research Interests: Actuarial Science methods for accounting and risk measurement. Decision models and data analysis applied to accounting matters such as financial statements. Courses Accounting: Accounting Principles (10/10), Intermediate Accounting I (10/10), Intermediate Accounting II (9.5/10), Analysis of Financial Statements (10/10). Actuarial Science: Fundamental of Risk and Insurance (10/10), Actuarial Math I, II, III (10/10 each), Mathematical Theory of Interest (10/10), Investment Instruments Analysis (9.5/10), Risk Theory (10/10). Mathematics: 3 on Calculus (10/10 in all of them), Linear Algebra I (9.5/10), Linear Algebra II (10/10), Real Analysis I (10/10), Real Analysis II (10/10), Group Theory (9/10), Complex Analysis (9.5/10), Topology (10/10), Probability (10/10), Stochastic Processes (10/10), Ordinary Differential Equations (9.5/10), Partial Differential Equations (9/10), Functional Analysis (10/10). Statistics: Mathematical Statistics I and II (10/10 each), Linear Models (10/10), Loss Distributions (9.5/10), Data Analysis (9.5/10), Credibility Theory (9.5/10). Economics: Microeconomics I (9/10), Microeconomics II (10/10), Macroeconomics I (8.5), Macroeconomics II (9.5), Game Theory (9.5/10), Financial Economics (10/10), Growth and Development (8.5/10), International Economics (10/10), Econometrics (9.5/10), Microeconometrics (9.5/10), Macroeconometrics (10/10).

Hi, I'm applying for a PhD in economics for fall 2020. I did my GRE exam and obtained a 166 in the quant section and 159 in the verbal section (still waiting for the AW score) -I'm not an English native speaker by the way-. I have read in some forums people who state similar situations, but my intention is not to repeat another discussion like those. What I think would be useful is to hear about how adcoms use the GRE scores, for example, if they just say "applicants with less than X in the quant section are dismissed" for a fixed X value or if that value X differs along applicants. I have heard first-handly that in Berkeley they have a cutoff of 166 in the quant section, and from there GRE score is completely superfluous. However, that is just one university, and is not representative. Does this cutoff applies for most universities or is it higher or lower? I will probably retake the exam on september or october and I think it won't be that difficult to increase my score to a 169-170 in quant and to 165-167 in verbal. Still I think this information may be valuable for many future applicants so that they have a better idea about the cutoff. Being Berkeley one of the top 10 programs I imagine the cutoff may round 166 or 167 across top programs. Moreover, I don't really think that a top 25 program may have (if they do) a cutoff lower than 165.