econjohn Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Does anyone know if Northwestern typically does rejections in waves or if hearing nothing so far is possibly a good sign? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anecongal Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 GC posts from last year seem to suggest that Northwestern does reject in multiple waves 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilac Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Can anyone who has heard from NU share whether they applied for a second choice program at Kellogg, or only to econ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eustruria Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Just got a rejection email from Northwestern 30 minutes ago! I'll be passed to the finance department for a PhD consideration, but I highly doubt I'll get in. Not too worried. Best of luck everyone! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderwall22 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Is releasing decisions during the weekends a common thing? I thought I could chill and forget about gradcafe during the weekends but apparently not... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kun09 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 4 hours ago, Eustruria said: Just got a rejection email from Northwestern 30 minutes ago! I'll be passed to the finance department for a PhD consideration, but I highly doubt I'll get in. Not too worried. Best of luck everyone! Did you apply for the Finance program or they do this for everyone who has a related research interest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiting_2022 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Someone has news from Tinbergen Institute? The deadline to receive news is on wednesday... I was wondering if write them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eustruria Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 17 hours ago, kun09 said: Did you apply for the Finance program or they do this for everyone who has a related research interest? My email stated, "Since you indicated that you would like your application to be considered for admission to the Finance: PHD program if unsuccessful, your application continues to be reviewed by the Finance: PHD program." I don't think the admissions committee personally decided to pass anyone to another department for review, only if the applicant states so in their application. I doubt I will receive a positive response from finance as my application was optimized for economics research. Most likely I was rejected based on some cutoff. Here are my stats: GRE(169Q/163V/4.5AWA), 3.89 GPA (undergraduate); major: Economics (BS), Applied Mathematics (BS), statistics (minor); 4 major publications (2 of which I was first author in); 3 research assistantships; 2 presentations; various scholarships/honors awards. I am still attending senior undergrad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ojwoijoij Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 If they rejected you with those stats based on a cutoff, I'll go open a burger and fries shop tmr 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornellEnglishMajor Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 55 minutes ago, Eustruria said: My email stated, "Since you indicated that you would like your application to be considered for admission to the Finance: PHD program if unsuccessful, your application continues to be reviewed by the Finance: PHD program." I don't think the admissions committee personally decided to pass anyone to another department for review, only if the applicant states so in their application. I doubt I will receive a positive response from finance as my application was optimized for economics research. Most likely I was rejected based on some cutoff. Here are my stats: GRE(169Q/163V/4.5AWA), 3.89 GPA (undergraduate); major: Economics (BS), Applied Mathematics (BS), statistics (minor); 4 major publications (2 of which I was first author in); 3 research assistantships; 2 presentations; various scholarships/honors awards. I am still attending senior undergrad. Your stats are great I don't understand how they could possibly do a cutoff on you unless they only accept 170Q applicants or some math grade like analysis, probstats, or linear algebra is lower than a solid A. Even then it doesn't make sense. Applications have so much noise - waiting to hear back is nerve wracking even at schools I think I should be safe at lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilac Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Eustruria said: My email stated, "Since you indicated that you would like your application to be considered for admission to the Finance: PHD program if unsuccessful, your application continues to be reviewed by the Finance: PHD program." I don't think the admissions committee personally decided to pass anyone to another department for review, only if the applicant states so in their application. I doubt I will receive a positive response from finance as my application was optimized for economics research. Most likely I was rejected based on some cutoff. Here are my stats: GRE(169Q/163V/4.5AWA), 3.89 GPA (undergraduate); major: Economics (BS), Applied Mathematics (BS), statistics (minor); 4 major publications (2 of which I was first author in); 3 research assistantships; 2 presentations; various scholarships/honors awards. I am still attending senior undergrad. I doubt this is a first cut. So far, it sounds more like they're reviewing the dual applicants first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonFromFar Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 1 hour ago, lilac said: I doubt this is a first cut. So far, it sounds more like they're reviewing the dual applicants first. I agree, if I had to guess...there are two things happening: they are reviewing dual apps because typically kellog conducts interviews and results come out first, they are also probably discarding some people with a top 5 department level application, that they feel wouldn't take their offer (this can happen sometimes). So if you have a great portfolio and were rejected (like many of the people posting in gradcafe) that isn't necessairly a bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonFromFar Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, AnonFromFar said: I agree, if I had to guess...there are two things happening: they are reviewing dual apps because typically kellog conducts interviews and results come out first, they are also probably discarding some people with a top 5 department level application, that they feel wouldn't take their offer (this can happen sometimes). So if you have a great portfolio and were rejected (like many of the people posting in gradcafe) that isn't necessairly a bad thing. I would just also add: From what I've seen on gradcafe, Northwestern generally rolls out decsions in Econ (accepts/rejects/WL) in more waves than other schools. Their WL, is also longer I think. Given that their application deadline was one of the last (4th of jan) and that last year, first acceptances showed up around the 25th of feb it is likely that this is just a first wave motivated by Kellog's needs and we still have a long process ahead of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
econ22 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 5 hours ago, waiting_2022 said: Someone has news from Tinbergen Institute? The deadline to receive news is on wednesday... I was wondering if write them Hey, yes I was admitted on Wednesday last week. They do two rounds of offers from my understanding. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbgdr434 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Man the Senior Undergrad's stats is amazing and he is rejected from NU. Seems like you really do need a PhD before you enrol into a PhD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anecongal Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Does anyone have any info about University of Michigan? They did an early round of admits in Jan last year but seems like radio silence so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
econjohn Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 1 hour ago, anecongal said: Does anyone have any info about University of Michigan? They did an early round of admits in Jan last year but seems like radio silence so far... Haven’t heard anything from Michigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbgdr434 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 I wish we could fast forward to April and be done with these 3 months. And of course continued to get paid for my RA work. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornellEnglishMajor Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 10 hours ago, anecongal said: Does anyone have any info about University of Michigan? They did an early round of admits in Jan last year but seems like radio silence so far... Haven't heard anything myself and no posts on GradCafe either. Hoping it's soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbgdr434 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Applied to Umich too, havent heard back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user501 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 22 hours ago, AnonFromFar said: I would just also add: From what I've seen on gradcafe, Northwestern generally rolls out decsions in Econ (accepts/rejects/WL) in more waves than other schools. Their WL, is also longer I think. Given that their application deadline was one of the last (4th of jan) and that last year, first acceptances showed up around the 25th of feb it is likely that this is just a first wave motivated by Kellog's needs and we still have a long process ahead of us. The real question is are most of those who have not heard back from northwestern, people who did not choose the finance option Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MujR Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Did anyone receive interview email from emory? There is a post on gradcafe! Thought emory was my safety Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yxx Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 On 1/25/2022 at 3:39 AM, AnonFromFar said: I would just also add: From what I've seen on gradcafe, Northwestern generally rolls out decsions in Econ (accepts/rejects/WL) in more waves than other schools. Their WL, is also longer I think. Given that their application deadline was one of the last (4th of jan) and that last year, first acceptances showed up around the 25th of feb it is likely that this is just a first wave motivated by Kellog's needs and we still have a long process ahead of us. I've applied to the dual program in NU. Assume that I survive from the first wave motivated by Kellog's needs, but this doesn't gaurantee that I'll be admitted. So what if I got rejected by the econ department later than Kellog's decision time? In that case, I'll not have my application to be considered for admission to Kellog even though I've paid the extra fee. Kind of confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QWER123 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, yxx said: I've applied to the dual program in NU. Assume that I survive from the first wave motivated by Kellog's needs, but this doesn't gaurantee that I'll be admitted. So what if I got rejected by the econ department later than Kellog's decision time? In that case, I'll not have my application to be considered for admission to Kellog even though I've paid the extra fee. Kind of confused. My guess is that they review those who have the possibility to be admitted by Kellog first. Most of those who are rejected have a splendid profile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yxx Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Then why would they just volunteerly push those applicants with very great profile to another department? I thought they just send rejections because some are overqualified lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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