2024 Sweat Thread

[Latino_in_Economics]

Hey! In the last few years, the "Sweat Thread" had already been created by this time, so I am launching it now. 

Wishing good luck to everyone! 

 

Edited January 4, 2024 by Latino_in_Economics

[LaborEconGuy]

Hey guys! I was wondering how many applications did you all submit this year. I went with 18, now I am feeling I should have submitted more! 

[H157]

Lol I went with 17 too! Reading past profiles of people who got in, feeling extremely anxious now that should have applied more

[jlb89]

Any news from Stanford?

[Latino_in_Economics]

6 hours ago, jlb89 said:

Any news from Stanford?

We are all anxiously waiting for it... hang on tight! 

[WordLife]

Did anyone get an offer from UMD?

[WordLife]

3 minutes ago, bonner-001 said:

I have received an email. It says they released the first cycle of admission. 

Same email I got. I did not receive an offer email and my portal status is still "Under Review". Curious if anyone has actually been accepted yet.

[jlb89]

Are there usually changes to applicants portals when universities reach decisions?

Edited January 16, 2024 by jlb89

[H157]

Sometimes there are, but they would tell you to see if there are any changes. Did you see any changes?

[Latino_in_Economics]

Any updates from this starting week? A friend from my office got Kellogg Finance interview.

[ColdWinter]

I feel this year has been quieter than previous years. Hopefully everything spices up soon. 

[jlb89]

Can someone confirm Stanford acceptance?

[ColdWinter]

Stanford is most likely fake. Any info on HBS Buss Econ? 

[Hgao]

Anyone know about the marketing PhD interview at Wharton? Someone post an interview invitation on Jan 17th. Is this true?

[financeperson]

Received a one-way interview from bc finance, does anyone know what kind of questions they typically ask？

[special_econ]

Just out of curiosity -- why is the sweat thread so quiet this year? I was looking forward to visiting and reading this thread frequently in this stressful period 🙂

[WordLife]

3 hours ago, special_econ said:

Just out of curiosity -- why is the sweat thread so quiet this year? I was looking forward to visiting and reading this thread frequently in this stressful period 🙂

It's early and there's not much to talk about yet. But this forum does seem to be slowly dying (fewer new threads, virtually no results in last year's results thread). It's sad. But on the bright side, this sweat thread already has 2,000 views, so people still seem to care about what other people may be hearing.

[InternationalApplicant]

Stanford's website says they release decisions in mid-January, does anyone know if it also said that last year when they actually released decisions in late February? 

[sicko]

wayback machine says it didnt say that in 2020 but did in december 2023, if that helps any

[Latino_in_Economics]

10 hours ago, special_econ said:

Just out of curiosity -- why is the sweat thread so quiet this year? I was looking forward to visiting and reading this thread frequently in this stressful period 🙂

It's quite unfortunate that it has been dying slowly—I remember looking for information here back in freshman year to start making plans for applications, and now that I am at the end of a predoc the forum is a quite quiet. Hopefully things heat up soon. 
 

6 hours ago, InternationalApplicant said:

Stanford's website says they release decisions in mid-January, does anyone know if it also said that last year when they actually released decisions in late February? 

I was wondering the same thing. I even tried to use https://archive.org/web/, but they don't have the one from last year LOL

[Erin]

Yes, it's very quiet. Especially compared to the heyday of the 2000s!

I would like to make a run at reviving things over here; at this stage of my career, it'll be a labor of love. Well, it's actually always been that. But I'd really like to put in a few features to see where things go.

[startz]

Things have indeed been quiet here, which is a real loss for applicants. But let me mention that if you compare to the economics section of theGradCafe, it's still vastly busier here.

[sicko]

Looks like the first round berkeley rejections are coming out… good luck everyone!

[frsttrack]

Can anyone confirm the Berkeley rejects on GradCafe?

[Latino_in_Economics]

1 hour ago, startz said:

Things have indeed been quiet here, which is a real loss for applicants. But let me mention that if you compare to the economics section of theGradCafe, it's still vastly busier here.

I am sure people's willingness to share their thoughts on applications hasn't changed, so I wonder where people went. EJMR is a whole different beast, gradcafe forum is even quieter, and reddit doesn't seem to have a similar community (r/academiceconomics is close, but I feel it's too broad).