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My current interests are in Macro, International Finance and Financial Econometrics, but I also have interests in Applied Micro. Looking for any input, which programs are the strongest out of UNC, ASU, UVA, and Indiana, in terms of training and placement. Any advice is appreciated!

Hello, TMers. I just got this email from Purdue, saying I am on the "very short" waitlist and wanting me to send an email back, if I am interested. And I am just admitted by Indiana. My interest spreads all over macroeconomics. And I think ASU is better than Purdue in terms of macro... But now I am stuck with ASU v Indinana. Can't decide..... Any advice???

Hello! I'm an international applicant, so I don't have enough information for my final decision. I was accepted by Georgetown univ with full funding and still waiting for ASU. Even though I was admitted by some better programs, I declined because they don't give any financial aid. So if I accepted by ASU, I have to choose between them and It must be very hard to make decision! I found that some information about ASU from past thread as follows, * Improving department with nice new hires * Small class size * Rising at environment (still nascent) * very strong in macro and economic theory * decent in applied micro * good at financial econometrics * not so good in econometrics * funding is not a problem as it is in business school * macro: prescott, ventura and many others but they loose rogerson! * environment: Kery smith, kuminoff * Financial econ: Mehra, ahn * Smiths' classes are very interesting * economic theory: Lin Zhou, manelli, chade * Possible to work with finance faculty * Prescott: teaches advanced macro topics in spring + actively advises + 2 RA each year with him at Mennepolis Fed + attrition rate is very low! And I've heard that G'town hires new faculties aggressively (eg: John Lust, Pedro Carneiro) and they have big potential to be improved while they weed out 40%~50% first year phd student. + they have better undergraduate reputation than those of ASU. Actually, I don't know exactly what I have to study in the future...! I would like to consider it during my phd course work period. Please share your ideas!!

Anybody who has declined ASU's offer please show up here so I can find my chance of getting admission. Thank you,