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For future applicants: I heard nothing from UCSD by dinner time on Sunday (April 10th), and then I sent the inquiry email to the director. I was shocked that I am still ranked high, (imagine 1st / 2nd), on the current wl. I think the chance is going to be low anyways, because it might indicate that some waitlisted candidates were already admitted.

Can someone confirm the off-waitlist offer of UCSD on gc? I heard same things as what FSG56 mentioned above and thought that they'd only start to do so over the weekend but that post was on Friday. If they did (a) on Friday, then does it mean that only (b) will happen over the weekend?

The more elite/prestigious the school, the better its signal of courses. Community college does not help much then. I think you may check Harvard online or UIUC online courses and both of them have really good real analysis/ diff eq/ linear algebra / intro probability theory. I know a person who got into a top 20 program with only online math courses.

I received an offer and therefore all corresponding info, though I won't go. April 1st is reserved for in-person events, which I think they only invite admitted students to visit the campus and they cover airline tickets, hotel and etc.

I've already declined my offer at UCSB. Best of luck!

Ad committes mentioned in the email that interviews are required for all promising candidataes. Can confirm that BC did release acceptance results, at least for micro-theory field.

It will be no funding at all for the first year including tuitions, health insurance and all the stuff. But every single student who came with no funding received funding after passing the qualifiers. That is what I heard from the Director, and it seems that they sent out a lot offers with the waitlist on fundings. Will probably decline because of a better offer.

That makes sense then. Yet to be honest, you should aim a higher ranking if you'd like to stay in U.S, at least top 20 (US ranking). As zshfryoh1 mentioned, it's extremely hard, in fact nearly impossible, to get an academic job as micro-theorist if you graduate from T30-T100 (perhaps only except Caltech). Couldn't comment much for schools in Europe though. Good luck!!

Not being offensive, if you still plan to obtain the cs phd, why don't you consider doing post-doc in cs program under a supervisor who specializes in information economics? As far as I know, there are are some good cs faculty who work in the intersection of cs and economics (e.g matching). Getting a 2nd phd is not that worthy in long term.

A warning: Math 525 may turn out to be not much different than 425, depending on who you're taking with. Nowadays, I believe that most sections have no touch on Measure-theory related stuff. If you want that, go for Econometrics. The end should be either Markov Process (Intro to 526) or Monte-Carlo Methods. That said, the biggest difference is only for the "rigorous" introduction to concepts for convergence (a.s, in Probability and etc), which should be taught in STATS 426 but at lease mine did not do that. Most schools will do convergence stuff in the second Mathematical Stats class (i.e our STATS 426 version). Thus, once again, I highly recommend Math 526 over 525, based on who are teaching the class. You would be able to suceed in 526 without 525. Some other info: In the past, Math 490 was easier than 525, but it seems to change recently because of instructors. Good luck on your choices!

1. I don't believe that retaking class at Michigan can hide grades that you had before. Also, A+ is never guaranteed. 2. Do Math 490. That helps for application. Or check if you like Math 663 (this is a super helpful class for econ phd coursework). Those are non-standard but useful analysis courses offered in Fall 21. Other than those two, Math 525 or 555 may help for applications as well. But I don't like the instructor for 525, at least his style when I was taking, not recommending it. Perfomance in online classes (even A+) do not offest A- in Michigan coursework at all. I think you could just choose of the above four, no need to wait 452 &551. 3. Micro group won't give you the override permission as they rejected students with way stronger math background than you do due to the lack of game theory. It's not determined by a single instructor. In fact, you could enroll for Phd Econometrics, which includes measure-theoretical probability theory. It is also a good signal. Lastly, I really think that An A in real analysis is never a "must" for T30 program. If one has decent grades in Economic courses, along with good letters and research experiences, literally no reason to reject just because a single A-.

Michigan Peer here. If your Linear Algebra is 214, that might be a bad signal. Math 351 or 451 is almost a must if you want to be competitive for top 30 programs as an undergrad applicant. One of the phd micro seq class in Fall 21 is taught by your thesis adviser, and see if you can get override permission. That serves as a strong signal if you'd like to try this year for phd applications (Fall 21), to off-set being lack of math. Overall, it really depends on your expecations for rankings of schools to get into. It's not a bad choice for improving backgrounds on math from a master.