Marshall333 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Hi guys, Was here last year. So I just heard some bad news from a friend (ah..Stanford) and realized a lot of you guys might be in a similar situation. What I learnt from my application is that it is really noisy. I got into one of my dream schools but rejected by almost 80% of my list, a lot of them are much lower ranked. One (early) rejection really means nothing. I know the process and waiting are annoying and stressful, but just try not to refresh gradcafe every 10 mins (which I really did last year). Exercise, have some healthy foods, hang out with friends and try to enjoy it, and enjoy the "camaraderie" you share with other fellow applicants. It maybe hard to do so during the process, but for me retrospectively I think this experience was a good opportunity to contemplate and think about what I want. Hope you all best luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
askangbuzz Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 What have you guys been doing recently? I still have classes and research, but cannot get focused at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finalfour2029 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Same for me. I'm taking fewer (and easier) classes this semester to focus on my undergraduate thesis and RA for my professors but end up spending time worrying about my application and playing TFT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenukiMario Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I'm somewhat glad to be done with undergrad - no classes or theses to worry about for me! I've just leaned in a bit at work and increased my (outside of work) alcohol consumption by about 50%. Seems to be working fairly well, though the number of times per day I reload GradCafe would seem to contradict that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triton76 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Ya, I'm also having a hard time staying focused on my current classes. I set up this quarter so that it would be easier on purpose, and that was definitely a mistake. I've also doubled my alcohol intake, which has seemed to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
askangbuzz Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 This is so fun! Maybe we can name this "undergrad post-application syndrome" --> dumber and fewer classes + undergrad thesis + RAing + NOT REALLY WORKING AT ALL. I hit all of the above! I haven't tried alcohol (maybe I should), but binge eating certainly does not help much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenukiMario Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) This is so fun! More fun with more alcohol lol... Edited February 3, 2020 by TenukiMario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donteatmybacon Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 New post on GradCafe saying Caltech is sending out offers already... Doesn't seem like a troll post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJS Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Out of interest when are you all realistically expecting to get the bulk of your responses? I’m working on the idea that I’ll have heard from at least a couple of places by the middle of February (within the next 3 weeks I guess), and from most places by the middle of March... is that similar to your expectations or does anyone know any different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutonic Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 You can just check gradecafe's post from last year. On gradcafe, search for "economics cornell" if you're looking up places for Cornell, for example. Just look at when the bulk of admits and rejects happen. Cornell for example, had bunch of admits on 7th and 8th Feb last cycle, with the second round of offers coming in mid-March, so it's realistic to expect something similar this year. Penn State is among the earliest. Most offers came in from 30th Jan to 7th Feb last cycle. UNC Chapel Hill is ~6th/7th Feb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutonic Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Chicago-Harris just sent out campus visit invitations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecps Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) Chicago-Harris just sent out campus visit invitations. I got an email from the admissions department but it seems quite generic/not related to the submitted application; "for students interested in either Harris MACRM or PhD". I also checked the Harris website and it seems that can schedule a campus visit simply if you are interested in the program (the website expressly mentions two of the three dates mentioned on the email (Feb 10, Feb 17, Feb 24). Deep down I'm hoping the email means something good, but it is likely a blanket email to their mailing list. Edited January 28, 2020 by ecps Found extra information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unks77 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Do you think that when a certain school starts sending acceptances they send all emails at once? Or is it possible that they send some acceptance emails one day and some others the next day? I'm also curious whether Caltech admit on gradcafe is real or not. Good luck to everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mounts Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 I am the CalTech poster on GC. I am pretty sure they are not done sending out acceptances because the professor’s and the admissions coordinator’s emails were highly tailored to my application and they mentioned that official letter will appear on collegeNet later (did not specify the date) so my guess would be these will roll out over next couple of days or weeks, but certainly have not been yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luismf08 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 According to Grad Cafe, UC Davis has already accepted someone. Interestingly, last year acceptances were made by February 20, ... buuuuut last year seems like someone knew since January 30 that he was admitted because of the application page. I didn't apply to UC Davis, but I'm wondering: 1) Are admissions this year being made faster than prior year? 2) Do some universities post their acceptance before sending an e-mail? It is probably too early to answer the first the question, and we have few cases. However, it would be interesting to see a change in the acceptance dates. Good luck to everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MambaMentality Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 According to Grad Cafe, UC Davis has already accepted someone. Interestingly, last year acceptances were made by February 20, ... buuuuut last year seems like someone knew since January 30 that he was admitted because of the application page. I didn't apply to UC Davis, but I'm wondering: 1) Are admissions this year being made faster than prior year? 2) Do some universities post their acceptance before sending an e-mail? It is probably too early to answer the first the question, and we have few cases. However, it would be interesting to see a change in the acceptance dates. Good luck to everyone! Agricultural Econ PhD is a different department than Econ PhD, so admissions timeline is different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
econ2020 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Has anyone heard anything back from Michigan State? According to gradcafe, they sent out interview invitations to international students but I haven't heard anything and I wonder whether it is a bad sign or they just send the invitations out in waves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cono Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Has anyone heard anything back from University of Arizona? There are some applicants who uploaded their admission to the university on gradcafe but I haven't gotten any emails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luismf08 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Agricultural Econ PhD is a different department than Econ PhD, so admissions timeline is different. You are totally right! I didn't pay attention to that detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gammazzz Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 One more Caltech offer is posted on Gradcafe (also sent on Jan. 27) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xyznew2020 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Has anyone heard anything back from the University of Notre Dame? According to gradcafe, there are some applicants received emails from the university but I haven't gotten any emails. It seems that the decisions are made by Notre Dame this year being much more faster than prior year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJS Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 It looks like Chicago have started to give their responses - has anyone here heard anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mounts Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 UC Berkeley also seems to have started releasing decisions (GC) - anyone heard from them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mounts Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Sorry forgot to quote - I wonder if the Chicago post on GC was removed for spam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigmasq Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Have not heard from Berkeley yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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