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Institution: Washington State University

Program: PhD Economics

Decision: Admitted

Funding:1.5k/month stipend + health and tuition waiver

Notification date: 12/18/2014

Notified through: Email

Posted on GC: ​yes

Comments: Was sure I'd get in as I showed a lot of interest, and knew a lot of students there.

 

 

Institution: UC Irvine

Program: PhD Economics

Decision: Admitted

Funding: 18.5k Stipend + Tution and health waiver

Notification date: Feb 4

Notified through: Email

Posted on GC: ​yes

Comments:

 

Institution: Texas A&M

Program: PhD Economics

Decision: Admitted

Funding: Tuition Waiver, stipend dependent upon visit in March

Notification date: February 2nd

Notified through: Email

Posted on GC: ​yes

Comments:

 

Institution: UTexas at Austin

Program: PhD Economics

Decision: Waitlisted

Funding:

Notification date: February 19th

Notified through: Email

Posted on GC: ​yes

Comments: Hope I can get in off the waitlist

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Institution: UC Irvine

Program: PhD Economics

Decision: Admitted

Funding: tuition + 18.6k TA + health

Notification date: 2/4/2015

Notified through: email

Posted on GC: yes

Comments: none

 

Institution: Michigan State University

Program: PhD Economics

Decision: Admitted

Funding: tuition + 18k TA + health

Notification date: 2/17/2015

Notified through: email

Posted on GC: yes

Comments: none

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Institution: UC Santa Barbara

Program: Economics PhD

Decision: Accepted

Funding: TBD

Notification date: 2/10

Notified through: E-mail to check the website

Posted on GC: Yes

Comments: First answer

Institution: Princeton University

Program: Economics PhD

Decision: Accepted

Funding: TBD

Notification date: 2/19

Notified through: Informal email from B. Honore

Posted on GC: Yes

Comments: Pretty excited! Funding is crucial though

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Institution: Washington University In St. Louis

Program: PhD Economics

Decision: Admitted

Funding: 21k

Notification date: 02/20/2015

Notified through: email

Posted on GC: +

Comments:

 

Institution: Caltech

Program: PhD Social Science

Decision: Rejected

Funding:

Notification date: 02/19/2015

Notified through: email

Posted on GC: +

Comments: expected

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Institution: Caltech

Program: Social Sciences PhD

Decision: Rejected

Funding:

Notification date: 02/19/2015

Notified through: Email

Posted on GC: Yes

Comments: best luck to me in my future endeavors

 

Institution: Carnegie Mellon Tepper

Program: Economics PhD

Decision: Rejected

Funding:

Notification date: 02/19/2015

Notified through: Email

Posted on GC: Yes

Comments: I should have applied to SDS.

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Institution: University of Virginia

Program: PhD Economics

Decision: Accepted

Funding: Full tuition + $20,000 stipend

Notification date: 2/19

Notified through: Email

Posted on GC: Yes

Comments: Visit Day, April 3rd

 

Institution: University of Michigan

Program: PhD Economics & Public Policy

Decision: Waitlisted

Funding: N/A

Notification date: 2/19

Notified through: Email

Posted on GC: Yes

Comments: Apparently they only accepted 2 people!

 

Institution: University of Pittsburgh

Program: PhD Economics

Decision: Accepted

Funding: Full tuition + $21,000 stipend

Notification date: 2/20

Notified through: Email

Posted on GC: Yes

Comments: Nice offer, but will likely decline

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Institution: Yale University

Decision: Rejected

Funding:

Notification Date: 2/20/15

Notified through: Email to check website

Posted on GC: Yes

Comments:

 

Institution: University of Wisconsin - Madison

Decision: Accepted

Funding: $15,000 for first 2 years + tuition waiver + health, support for an additional 3 years (as TA/RA) conditional on good performance

Notification Date: 2/20/15

Notified through: Informal email

Posted on GC: Yes

Comments: First acceptance! They also say to notify them if I get more lucrative offers or offers from departments that outrank them.

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Institution: U of Pittsburgh

Program: PhD Economics

Decision: Admitted

Funding: TBD

Notification date: 2/20/2015

Notified through: Email

Posted on GC: No

Comments: I currently have two funded offers at similarly ranked schools. Although they mentioned that they expect funding to be available for me they still did not guarantee it.

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