Risvelium Posted December 16, 2025 Posted December 16, 2025 Thanks for starting this thread. Good luck! 1 Quote
startz Posted December 22, 2025 Posted December 22, 2025 Great to see this thread started. The analogous thread last year had over 200,000 views! One piece of advice...one of those things easier to say than to do. Don't take results personally. There is an enormous amount of randomness in the process. And, unfortunately, this looks to be a particularly tough admissions year as some schools have had to cut back on admissions. Best of luck to everyone! 3 Quote
kojeve Posted January 7 Author Posted January 7 Sharing this very informative post from the 2024 Sweat Thread on when we should expect to hear back: 6 Quote
Risvelium Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Can anyone confirm the UPenn Finance PhD Interview on GradCafe? Quote
hopeful2026 Posted January 9 Posted January 9 @kojeve Thank you very much for this link! It is very helpful to see timelines from previous years. Best of luck! 3 Quote
kojeve Posted January 12 Author Posted January 12 Any news about Stanford doing interviews? Heard a guy got one Quote
Estrupicio Posted January 13 Posted January 13 Good luck to everyone! 🙏 Let's hope the international geopolitical situation doesn't worsen this process... 3 Quote
redpanda813 Posted January 15 Posted January 15 On 1/8/2026 at 12:36 PM, Risvelium said: Can anyone confirm the UPenn Finance PhD Interview on GradCafe? Can confirm, a friend of mine got their invite on Jan 6th and is interviewing at the beginning of February 1 Quote
012753627 Posted January 15 Posted January 15 On 1/8/2026 at 2:36 PM, Risvelium said: Can anyone confirm the UPenn Finance PhD Interview on GradCafe? Yes, I got it on Jan 6 1 Quote
hopeful2026 Posted January 16 Posted January 16 4 hours ago, 012753627 said: Yes, I got it on Jan 6 Congratulations on the interview. Best of luck! @kojeve Do you know which Stanford program offered the interview? 1 Quote
kojeve Posted January 16 Author Posted January 16 11 hours ago, hopeful2026 said: Congratulations on the interview. Best of luck! @kojeve Do you know which Stanford program offered the interview? Stanford Econ. I was told that Stanford arranged interviews for a randomized sample of shortlisted applicants. This is unverified information; if someone can verify, please do so. 2 Quote
Risvelium Posted January 16 Posted January 16 There is currently a lot of trolling activity on Grad Cafe. Take everything with a grain of salt... 1 Quote
Risvelium Posted January 19 Posted January 19 28 minutes ago, hopeful2026 said: Anyone hoping/expecting for results next week? My prior is that admission committees will thread more carefully this year given the funding issues. I don't expect to hear anything until the first two weeks of February. 1 Quote
John Nash Posted January 19 Posted January 19 Has anyone heard from Chicago Booth? It seems that they are sending out interview invitations later than in previous years. Quote
abysmal2022 Posted January 19 Posted January 19 I heard somewhere UMich Finance is out. Can anyone confirm? Quote
Nspace Posted January 20 Posted January 20 On 1/16/2026 at 11:32 AM, kojeve said: Stanford Econ. I was told that Stanford arranged interviews for a randomized sample of shortlisted applicants. This is unverified information; if someone can verify, please do so. Yes, I can confirm this. 2 Quote
H157 Posted January 20 Posted January 20 2 hours ago, Nspace said: Yes, I can confirm this. Is it a subset of shortlisted applicants, or all shortlisted applicants invited for an interview? Quote
Risvelium Posted January 20 Posted January 20 14 minutes ago, H157 said: Is it a subset of shortlisted applicants, or all shortlisted applicants invited for an interview? I think it is a subset. Although it will be hard to confirm regardless... the other non-interview shortlisted applicants will have no information on whether they were on the list. 1 1 Quote
galgalv Posted January 20 Posted January 20 21 minutes ago, Risvelium said: I think it is a subset. Although it will be hard to confirm regardless... the other non-interview shortlisted applicants will have no information on whether they were on the list. For those who had the Stanford interview, what questions were asked? basic questions (why stanford etc) or a more serious interview? Quote
012753627 Posted January 20 Posted January 20 I heard Uchi Booth Fin interviews are out? Anyone can confirm? Quote
redpanda813 Posted January 20 Posted January 20 19 minutes ago, 012753627 said: I heard Uchi Booth Fin interviews are out? Anyone can confirm? Yep, can confirm. I also know from a friend that Kellogg Finance interviews are also out 1 1 Quote
012753627 Posted January 20 Posted January 20 Thanks and congrats! I also got Kellogg. But so sad not got interview from my dream school uchi... 1 Quote
Crazy_Rich_Economist Posted January 21 Posted January 21 It seems that OSU offers out. Check gradcafe. 1 Quote
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