2025 Sweat Thread

[ad111111]

9 hours ago, OfferPlease said:

Can anyone confirm the waitlist from UCSD?

I got waitlisted as well, but without interview.

[EconnPhd]

3 hours ago, ad111111 said:

Has anyone heard back from Columbia's sustainable development phd program? 

I haven't heard anything yet either

[MujR]

Any update from Brown? They usually release results mid/late February. Seems really late this year!

[identifyingVariation]

What's going on with the Columbia rejections today (GC)? I didn't get an interview, but my portal is unchanged.

Edited March 3, 2025 by identifyingVariation

[ChatAmICooked]

47 minutes ago, identifyingVariation said:

What's going on with the Columbia rejections today (GC)? I didn't get an interview, but my portal is unchanged.

I'm in the same boat. Got no interview so I assumed IR, but no rejection today either. Anyway, I don't wanna get hopeful for nothing so for now my expectations haven't really changed.

[identifyingVariation]

17 minutes ago, ChatAmICooked said:

I'm in the same boat. Got no interview so I assumed IR, but no rejection today either. Anyway, I don't wanna get hopeful for nothing so for now my expectations haven't really changed.

Same. My best guess is that they're sending waves of rejections, but I'm not sure why they would do that.

[SliferTheDragon]

20 minutes ago, ChatAmICooked said:

I'm in the same boat. Got no interview so I assumed IR, but no rejection today either. Anyway, I don't wanna get hopeful for nothing so for now my expectations haven't really changed.

I would have assumed this too, but I have a friend who did not get an interview at Columbia or UC San Diego and was waitlisted by both. I have a theory they might not be using interviews to determine who they really want in their class, but rather to determine if people they are interested in (and maybe people who they are skeptical will actually come) are actually interested in the program.

[identifyingVariation]

4 minutes ago, SliferTheDragon said:

I would have assumed this too, but I have a friend who did not get an interview at Columbia or UC San Diego and was waitlisted by both. I have a theory they might not be using interviews to determine who they really want in their class, but rather to determine if people they are interested in (and maybe people who they are skeptical will actually come) are actually interested in the program.

Very interesting. Was that in this cycle?

[SliferTheDragon]

18 minutes ago, identifyingVariation said:

Very interesting. Was that in this cycle?

Yes; both in this past week.

[tsktsk]

Anyone heard back from TAMU or Pitt econ?

[OfferPlease]

Didn't receive this batch of rejection but also didn't do the interview. What's happening with Wisconsin?

[Goerge]

8 minutes ago, OfferPlease said:

Didn't receive this batch of rejection but also didn't do the interview. What's happening with Wisconsin?

Anyone got accepted there?

 

[TalkingLlama]

Does anyone know what's going on with Brown? Some people I know received rejections but haven't heard of any acceptances

[SliferTheDragon]

Anybody else in the situation of results not matching up at all with advisors' expectations? Current Fed RA, applied to 20 US programs (14 Top 20 Econ programs, because my advisors thought I would land in 11-20 range, Harvard Kennedy, 4 Econ programs in 21-30 range, and 1 program in 30-50 range). So far, waitlisted by one T30, rejected by 12, 7 pending.

Edited March 5, 2025 by SliferTheDragon

[OfferPlease]

11 minutes ago, SliferTheDragon said:

Anybody else in the situation of results not matching up at all with advisors' expectations? Current Fed RA, applied to 20 US programs, (14 Top 20 Econ programs, because my advisors thought I would land in 11-20 range, Harvard Kennedy, 4 Econ programs in 21-30 range, and 1 program in 30-50 range). So far, waitlisted by one T30, rejected by 12, 7 pending.

Almost the same background and strategy as you. Now only 1 wl from top 20 and tons of rejections.

[identifyingVariation]

3 hours ago, SliferTheDragon said:

Anybody else in the situation of results not matching up at all with advisors' expectations? Current Fed RA, applied to 20 US programs (14 Top 20 Econ programs, because my advisors thought I would land in 11-20 range, Harvard Kennedy, 4 Econ programs in 21-30 range, and 1 program in 30-50 range). So far, waitlisted by one T30, rejected by 12, 7 pending.

You aren’t alone. I’m underperforming my advisors’ expectations by ~5-7 universities in the typical program rankings.

[Jungleboi]

Who applied to Tulane PhD Economics and also got shortlisted with a mail requesting an answer on how to optimize their admission decision for Fall 2025? 

[GuyRichie]

Hey everyone,

I’m getting a little concerned with the radio silence from many departments now that we are in March. Based on GradCafe, some of the schools I had applied to have already sent out acceptances. Would it be appropriate for me to email them to inquire about my status?

Also, there are a few programs that don’t seem to have released any decisions yet (again, according to GradCafe). Would you recommend reaching out to them as well?

Or would you recommend just sitting tight and waiting for April 15th? Honestly, I just want to end this constant cycle of checking emails. 😅 Would love to hear your thoughts!

[SchrodingerDog]

7 minutes ago, GuyRichie said:

Hey everyone,

I’m getting a little concerned with the radio silence from many departments now that we are in March. Based on GradCafe, some of the schools I had applied to have already sent out acceptances. Would it be appropriate for me to email them to inquire about my status?

Also, there are a few programs that don’t seem to have released any decisions yet (again, according to GradCafe). Would you recommend reaching out to them as well?

Or would you recommend just sitting tight and waiting for April 15th? Honestly, I just want to end this constant cycle of checking emails. 😅 Would love to hear your thoughts!

Yeah, I think it's a good idea to email them if they are programs you're super interested in hearing back from. I would probably do it anonymously, though (i.e. use an alt email account and say "I haven't received any update on my status yet—should I assume I did not receive an offer?"). I'd be interested in what they say if you do hear back, so feel free to post here. 🙂

Edited March 5, 2025 by SchrodingerDog

[QuantumLynx42]

7 minutes ago, GuyRichie said:

Hey everyone,

I’m getting a little concerned with the radio silence from many departments now that we are in March. Based on GradCafe, some of the schools I had applied to have already sent out acceptances. Would it be appropriate for me to email them to inquire about my status?

Also, there are a few programs that don’t seem to have released any decisions yet (again, according to GradCafe). Would you recommend reaching out to them as well?

Or would you recommend just sitting tight and waiting for April 15th? Honestly, I just want to end this constant cycle of checking emails. 😅 Would love to hear your thoughts!

Not sure I'd recommend reaching out at this stage yet. There's still well over a month before April 15th, and even last cycle there were plenty of schools that hadn't released at this time. I believe some schools are behind schedule trying to figure out what is going on with funding, so giving them a couple extra weeks seems smart.

Obviously don't wait until April 15th, but emailing schools the first week of April if you haven't heard from them at all seems like a much better course of action.

[PerduePerdue]

This is really, really frustrating.

[econ8022]

Did anyone get into Duke's public policy program in the econ track?

[EconnPhd]

Has anyone heard back from Imperial after the interview? 

[Goerge]

can anyone confirm the USC offer on gradcafe?

[bridges123]

People who received the waitlist email from NYU Econ, did you get a confirmation after you replied to their waitlist email?