andrew0202 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Institution: Penn Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected (off the waitlist) Funding: n/a Notification date: 04/14 Notified through: email Posted on GC: no Comments: a bit sad, but still happy with my results this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nontrad dreams Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Institution: UT-Austin Program: PhD Economics Decision: Admitted (off the waitlist) Funding: n/a Notification date: 04/14 Notified through: email Posted on GC: no Comments: Just declined due to logistical/life circumstances. Sad but realities of life cannot be ignored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blastoise Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 (edited) Institution: UC Berkeley Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected (off the waitlist) Funding: n/a Notification date: 04/14 Notified through: email Posted on GC: yes Comments: Edited April 15, 2014 by blastoise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blastoise Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Institution: Yale Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected (off the waitlist) Funding: n/a Notification date: 04/15 Notified through: email Posted on GC: yes Comments: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catrina Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Institution: Vanderbilt Program: Economics PhD Decision: Waitlist Funding: N/A Notification date: 4/15/14 Notified through: Email (and phone?) Posted on GC (thegradcafe.com): I will Comments: I got notified by email that I am on the "short waitlist", and I received a missed call from a Tennessee number at around the same time. They wanted to know if I was still interested in an offer, but I declined because I have already accepted another offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catrina Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Institution: Wharton Program: Applied Economics PhD Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 4/15 Notified through: Email Posted on GC (thegradcafe.com): I will if Gradcafe starts working again Comments: ​ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayesian Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Institution: Harvard Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected (off the waitlist) Funding: n/a Notification date: 04/15 Notified through: email Posted on GC: no Comments: Â Institution: Stanford Program: PhD Economics Decision: Accepted (off the waitlist) Funding: n/a Notification date: 04/14 Notified through: email Posted on GC: no Comments: Will attend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catapultz Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Institution: Wharton Program: PhD in Applied Econ Decision: Rejected Funding: - Notification date: 15th April Notified through: Post on website/ email Posted on GC (thegradcafe.com): no Comments: - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanNJ22 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Institution: Vanderbilt University Program: Economics PhD Decision: Waitlist Funding: N/A Notification date: 4/15 Notified through: Email / Phone Posted on GC: Nein Comments: ​Asked if I was still interested in an offer, and I declined. Institution: University of Toronto Program: Economics PhD Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 4/15 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: Nyet Comments: ​No surprise here. Institution: Michigan State University Program: Economics PhD Decision: Accepted off waitlist Funding: Full Funding for 5 years Notification date: 4/14 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: Non Comments: ​A very nice offer, but I wish I had known earlier so I could have visited. Declined this offer late this afternoon. Institution: University of Virginia Program: Economics PhD Decision: Accepted off waitlist Funding: Full Notification date: 4/15 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: Nope. Comments: ​Accepted this offer and quite excited about it. Glad it's over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pch Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Funding update: Institution: Bocconi University Program: Master in Economics and Social Sciences (ESS) Decision: Accepted Funding: Bocconi Merit Award (tuition fee waiver worth 24k Euro) Notification date: 16/04 Notified through: Website Posted on GC: no Comments: ​too bad it came so late Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBZ Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Institution: Michigan Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected (off the waitlist) Funding: Notification date: 04/15 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: No Comments: Email was sent to me 30 min after I had emailed withdrawing from the waitlist. It seems they wanted to have the last word :P Institution: Toronto Program: MA Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 04/15 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: No Comments: Note to future applicants - Toronto MA is not the best choice for a safety school! Institution: NYU Program: PhD Economics Decision: Invitation to Apply to Interdisciplinary Master’s Program in Humanities and Social Thought Funding: 30% tuition waiver if accepted Notification date: 04/15 Notified through: Email Posted on GC: No Comments: I got rejected by NYU 3 weeks back. Then yesterday I get an email saying, "Based on an evaluation by the Dean’s office of your recent application to New York University’s Graduate School of Arts and Science, we invite you to apply to the John W. Draper Interdisciplinary Master’s Program in Humanities and Social Thought." I think this might be their way of hinting that I am not cut out for an Econs PhD :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agramon Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Institution: Houston Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 04/16 Notified through: email Posted on GC: Yes Comments: Not good at all. This is getting rough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catrina Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Institution: Ohio State Program: Economics PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: Recommended for full fellowship in year one, followed by TA/RA in years 2-5 Notification date: 4/16 Notified through: Email Posted on GC (thegradcafe.com): I will Comments: Wait, what??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catrina Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Institution: Michigan State Program: Economics PhD Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 4/16 Notified through: Email Posted on GC (thegradcafe.com): Yes Comments: I officially withdrew the application on their website last week, but apparently it hadn't been processed or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickowen5 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Institution: Michigan State Program: Economics PhD Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 4/16 Notified through: Email Posted on GC (thegradcafe.com): Yes Comments: I officially withdrew the application on their website last week, but apparently it hadn't been processed or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneyandcredit Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Institution: University of Georgia Program: Economics PhD Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 4/17 Notified through: Website Posted on GC (thegradcafe.com): No Comments: Found out with my nightly website check. This was the lowest-ranked of my pending schools so I don't think I have to worry about a Catrina scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agramon Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Institution: Rice Program: Econ PhD Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 04/21/2014 Notified through: Website Posted on GC: Yes Comments: I figured it was a long shot but it still stings because all I have seen is red this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneyandcredit Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Institution: Indiana University Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 04/25 Notified through: email Posted on GC: No Comments: No surprises here. I'm flattered it took so long to make the decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneyandcredit Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 (edited) Institution: University of North Carolina Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification date: 04/25 Notified through: email Posted on GC: No Comments: Again, no big surprise and I'm kinda flattered they implicitly kept me on a potential admit list for so long. Edited April 26, 2014 by moneyandcredit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clesar Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Institution: Queens University Program: PhD Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: - Notification date: April 25th, 2014 Notified through: E-Mail Posted on GC (thegradcafe.com): Y Comments: - Institution: West Virginia University Program: PhD Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: $ Notification date: April 28th, 2014 Notified through: E-Mail Posted on GC (thegradcafe.com): Y Comments: Seems to be dominated by the offer below Institution: Tilburg University Program: MRes Economics Decision: Accepted (Off Waitlist) Funding: $ Notification date: April 28th, 2014 Notified through: E-Mail Posted on GC (thegradcafe.com): Y Comments: big relief! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clesar Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Institution: University Carlos III Madrid (UC3M) Program: Master in Economic Analysis Decision: Accepted Funding: $ Notification date: April 30th, 2014 Notified through: E-Mail Posted on GC (thegradcafe.com): Will do Comment: Difficult decision ahead.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agramon Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Institution: American University Program: Economics PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: Notification Date: 5/14 Notified Through: Email Posted on GC: Yes Comments: After three years of application cycles it feels so good to finally be accepted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrdonsimoni Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Institution: Barcelona GSE Program: Economics MSc Decision: Accepted Funding: -€14k Notification date: 16/04 Notified through: email Posted on GC: yup Comments: was really hoping for some financial aid, did get better in the end, so won't be going Institution: Bonn GSE Program: Economics PhD Decision: Rejected :( Funding: Notification date: 15/05 Notified through: email Posted on GC: yup Comments: too bad, was my top choice in germany Institution: Munich GSE Program: Economics PhD Decision: Interview on 30/05 Funding: 75% of €3.1k/mth if accepted :D Notification date: 15/05 Notified through: phone Posted on GC: yup Comments: definitely an interesting choice, funding is great, chance to work at MCIER, but competition for spots might be tough Institution: Frankfurt GSEFM Program: Economics PhD Decision: Accepted Funding: - (possible for TA/RAships later in the year) Notification date: 18/05 Notified through: email Posted on GC: yup Comments: strongly considering this option, one of my favourite places to go to :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cointegration Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Institution: Tinbergen Institute Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification Date: 2 month ago Notified Through: email Posted on GC: not yet Comments: was the dream school was contemplating on how to pay the bill in case I get accepted... Well rejected and was pissed... Institution: SSE Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification Date: past month or so Notified Through: email Posted on GC: not yet Comments: after tilburg rejection was depressed a bit and anticipating rejections so not as sad Institution: Stockholm University Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification Date: past month or so Notified Through: email Posted on GC: not yet Comments: after tilburg rejection was depressed a bit and anticipating rejections so not as sad Institution: University of Nottingham Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: Pending (Highly likely to get 13K pound tuition waiver but no funding to cover living expenses) Notification Date: past month or so Notified Through: email Posted on GC: not yet Comments: My Msc school so was pretty sure to get accepted. I accepted the offer in case I dont get any other offers and I needed to accept their offer to be eligible for funding. Will probably get the funding but no living expenses: UK is expensive yo ! My thesis advisor is a great guy and I really wanted to work with him. My only concern was I had to commit to solely focus on evolutionary game theory and I am not sure yet what to specialize in... Institution: Tilburg U. Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Wailisted -> Accepted Funding: NO funding... Notification Date: past week Notified Through: email Posted on GC: not yet Comments: No funding, dont have that much money yo! Thus declined the offer... Institution: Berlin Doctoral Program in Economics and Management (BDPEM) Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Rejected Funding: Notification Date: past week Notified Through: email Posted on GC: not yet Comments: safety school at the time I had only rejects so it was quite depressing to get rejected. I thought I wont be able to get into any program. Sooo saaaad.... Institution: Goethe University am Frankfurt Main (GSEFM) Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: Highly possible TA/RA position for the second year Notification Date: 2 days ago Notified Through: email Posted on GC: not yet Comments: Relieved... Was worried what would have happened if I dont get funding from Nottingham... Great program, great job placement ! I was considering to accept the offer but then... Institution: University of Mannheim Program: PhD in Economics Decision: Accepted Funding: 1200 Euro/month for the first year (if I understood it correctly) Notification Date: Today Notified Through: email Posted on GC: not yet Comments: WTF ! I was not expecting to get an offer. Especially after Berlin rejection. I applied here because I saw someone one the forum who got rejected from many places and then got into Mannheim. So I said why the hell not. 2 years ago I applied for their masters and didnt make it, went to Nottingham Msc instead. So now trying to get in to their PhD was just a slim shot but hell I made it... And they give me funding... Happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clesar Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 ​Institution: Bonn GSE Program: Economics PhD Decision: Rejected Funding: - Notification date: May 20th, 2014 Notified through: E-mail Posted on GC: yes Comments: Doesn't really matter, I have already accepted another offer anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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