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Rejection from CMU just now LMAO not expecting that

Very good advice. I applied to 15 and honestly there’s so much idiosyncrasy to the departments, like this cycle I got accepted by several 10-25 ranked schools but rejected by several 25-50s. It’s weird, so cast a large net and you’ll be thankful you spent the extra couple hundred

Also got the same, but will reject for dominating offer

Does someone with nothing to lose want to email Duke and ask them what's taking so long? Their website says decisions will roll out in February and March and no one has heard anything

Just declined my offer from Notre Dame--good luck to the waitlist

Got an interview invite last week scheduled for next week. Just interviewing to pass the time and see what their offer is, I believe I have a dominating offer

Can confirm--it came in around 6PM EST for me

I declined my UNC offer immediately. Good luck!

Assuming Princeton is a rejection, I will likely hold on to the Minnesota offer until there's movement on the Michigan waitlist or if ND's package (details forthcoming) is superior

28k first year, then 25k second, then 20k minimum over the remaining 3 years Michigan (wl), Yale (rejected), Princeton, Duke, ND (accepted), Brown (rejected), and a bunch of other safeties

If you are a good programmer but your GPA/GRE/Math background needs some help, apply to the Fed!

I will probably reject my Minnesota acceptance when I hear back from other schools since the funding was weak and Minnesota is cold lol

Does anyone know how to prep for the 15 minute online interviews? Is it just a chance for them to review your CV, essays, interests?

Just because there's a slot for GRE scores on the gradcafe form 🤷‍♂️ That's why I included it

Just got waitlisted to UMich

Yes. I applied to Texas A&M and UNC (based off of these rankings: https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.usecondept.html)

I am about to start my second year of Fed RA Work

Undergraduate: Top 100 in US according to Ideas RePec & US News Field: BS Econ & BS Statistics (double major) Undergraduate G.P.A: 3.88/4.00 Overall -- 3.95 in Econ -- 4.00 in Statistics -- 4.00 in Math Mathematics Courses (Undergrad): Calculus I/II/III; Linear Algebra; Real Analysis; Probability Theory I/II Graduate: N/A GRE: 158 Q 163 V (planning on retaking up to 3 times this summer or until I get at least 167 Q) LORS: 1 from Fed RA work (2 years); 1 from undergrad RA work (1.5 years) for assistant prof doing labor research; 1 from undergrad TA work (1 year) for intro to econometrics Applying to: Dream schools -- Princeton, Penn, Michigan Next tier schools -- Wisconsin, Duke, Minnesota, UT Austin, Vanderbilt Next tier schools -- Notre Dame, UVA, Cornell, Rochester, Penn State "Safe" schools -- ASU, Oregon, Houston Emphasis: Macro, ideally researching the housing market Concerns: Likely not going to have published or coauthored anything by time of applying. I helped a fair amount with research during undergrad but nothing of coauthor caliber, same goes for work during Fed RA-ship. I do have some independent "research" regarding housing market trends up on my website but still nothing quite at the publication stage. Looking for: Honest opinion on the schools I'm applying to. Are they a good mix? Am I wasting my time applying to Princeton, Penn and Michigan? Do I need much safer schools?