Hitguy73 Posted March 18 Posted March 18 (edited) Anyone with a UCLA offer willing to share what they got in terms of funding? I got offered 21k first year and 50% TA after that - was a bit surprised at how low it was in the first year and was wondering if this is the standard Edited March 18 by Hitguy73 Quote
UR11 Posted March 19 Posted March 19 5 hours ago, applicationf26 said: Does anyone have updates on the Rotman Econ & Policy PhD? Offers and Waitlists are already out. 1 Quote
spongebob1095 Posted March 19 Posted March 19 10 hours ago, Hitguy73 said: Anyone with a UCLA offer willing to share what they got in terms of funding? I got offered 21k first year and 50% TA after that - was a bit surprised at how low it was in the first year and was wondering if this is the standard I got the exact same offer. They also waved baseline tuition but it wasn't very clear whether I would have to pay the non-resident tuition fee (I don't live in California) Quote
Hitguy73 Posted March 19 Posted March 19 3 hours ago, spongebob1095 said: I got the exact same offer. They also waved baseline tuition but it wasn't very clear whether I would have to pay the non-resident tuition fee (I don't live in California) I queried about this and they updated the offer to waive it for five years. Quote
anplant Posted March 19 Posted March 19 If anyone else who hasn't yet heard from UCSD is curious, I emailed them for an update and received the following response (basically a soft rejection). "Thank you for reaching out. We are fortunate to receive many qualified candidates, which makes our process extremely competitive. At this point in our process, the likelihood of an offer is low. We have communicated to all our candidates who have either been accepted for admission or are on our waitlist. Our candidates have a deadline of April 15th to accept or decline our offer. After this date, we will have more information on how we will proceed forward." 2 Quote
Risvelium Posted March 19 Posted March 19 1 minute ago, anplant said: If anyone else who hasn't yet heard from UCSD is curious, I emailed them for an update and received the following response (basically a soft rejection). "Thank you for reaching out. We are fortunate to receive many qualified candidates, which makes our process extremely competitive. At this point in our process, the likelihood of an offer is low. We have communicated to all our candidates who have either been accepted for admission or are on our waitlist. Our candidates have a deadline of April 15th to accept or decline our offer. After this date, we will have more information on how we will proceed forward." Wow. It's quite unethical to make people pay the application fee to just ghost them without letting them know of their application status. 3 Quote
SPQR_X Posted March 19 Posted March 19 12 minutes ago, anplant said: If anyone else who hasn't yet heard from UCSD is curious, I emailed them for an update and received the following response (basically a soft rejection). "Thank you for reaching out. We are fortunate to receive many qualified candidates, which makes our process extremely competitive. At this point in our process, the likelihood of an offer is low. We have communicated to all our candidates who have either been accepted for admission or are on our waitlist. Our candidates have a deadline of April 15th to accept or decline our offer. After this date, we will have more information on how we will proceed forward." This confirms my impression that American schools are basically releasing all acceptances first, then all waitlists, and finally once they have the cohort confirmed they release all rejections. How disrespectful. 2 Quote
SPQR_X Posted March 19 Posted March 19 Does anyone know if no communication from USC means the same rejection than UCSD? Or is there a bit more of hope? Quote
bladableebla Posted March 19 Posted March 19 33 minutes ago, SPQR_X said: Does anyone know if no communication from USC means the same rejection than UCSD? Or is there a bit more of hope? Prob not great. 1 Quote
questionasker Posted March 19 Posted March 19 Has Northwestern sent logistics about the visiting day to admitted students? If so, when did they send it? Concerned I may have missed details about flights, hotels etc. Quote
fish03xx Posted March 20 Posted March 20 Hi everyone, I’m still waiting on a few programs (OSU, UC Davis, Purdue, .etc ). It seems that at least some applicants have already received acceptances/rejections, but I haven’t heard anything from them yet. At this point, do you think it is reasonable to send an email to ask about my application status? Or is it better to just wait a bit longer? I’d also be curious to hear whether anyone else is in the same situation with these schools. Quote
greenleaf Posted March 20 Posted March 20 Does anyone know if Berlin school of Econ sent out anything? Quote
dedekind Posted March 20 Posted March 20 On 3/18/2026 at 6:41 PM, Hitguy73 said: Anyone with a UCLA offer willing to share what they got in terms of funding? I got offered 21k first year and 50% TA after that - was a bit surprised at how low it was in the first year and was wondering if this is the standard Congrats on the funded offer! Though $21k seems low for the UCs. To my (limited) knowledge, UCSB and UCSD are offering around $35k-$37k/year. Unsure about UCLA's typical funding package. Maybe you can ask others at the open house day. Quote
Mimomemo Posted March 20 Posted March 20 47 minutes ago, dedekind said: Congrats on the funded offer! Though $21k seems low for the UCs. To my (limited) knowledge, UCSB and UCSD are offering around $35k-$37k/year. Unsure about UCLA's typical funding package. Maybe you can ask others at the open house day. To the best of my knowledge, the salary from your TA commitment is independent from the 21k funding? 21k is like fellowship, 50% TA serves as the extra salary. Not sure on the UCLA TA salary, but at UCSD 50% TA will pay you around $37k per year in AY 2024-2025 and maybe this can be of some reference. https://grad.ucsd.edu/_images/financial-support/employment/10-01-2024.pdf I think the tricky part will be the tuition stuff, not sure whether tuition will be deducted from 21k+TA salary. 1 Quote
spongebob1095 Posted March 20 Posted March 20 Does anybody have any info on the wave of Northwestern rejections posted on gc today? Quote
illgetoneasap Posted March 20 Posted March 20 1 hour ago, spongebob1095 said: Does anybody have any info on the wave of Northwestern rejections posted on gc today? Yes, I got one. Quote
asdas Posted March 20 Posted March 20 4 minutes ago, illgetoneasap said: Yes, I got one. I'm sorry 😞 Did you also apply to Kellogg or only econ dept? Quote
Hitguy73 Posted March 20 Posted March 20 (edited) 8 hours ago, Mimomemo said: To the best of my knowledge, the salary from your TA commitment is independent from the 21k funding? 21k is like fellowship, 50% TA serves as the extra salary. Not sure on the UCLA TA salary, but at UCSD 50% TA will pay you around $37k per year in AY 2024-2025 and maybe this can be of some reference. https://grad.ucsd.edu/_images/financial-support/employment/10-01-2024.pdf I think the tricky part will be the tuition stuff, not sure whether tuition will be deducted from 21k+TA salary. No, it seems as tho it's 21k fellowship in the first year but no TA. TA starts in second year onwards with no fellowship (about 40k). Tuition is covered separately along with full health and dental. Edited March 20 by Hitguy73 Quote
illgetoneasap Posted March 21 Posted March 21 4 hours ago, asdas said: I'm sorry 😞 Did you also apply to Kellogg or only econ dept? Kellogg MECS as 2nd choice, hopefully they are still making offers/WL Quote
Crazy_Rich_Economist Posted March 21 Posted March 21 I heard that there is a group chat maybe for econ phd applicants. Anyone can share it with us? Quote
mgeconll Posted March 21 Posted March 21 Saw offer from UCL on both spreadsheet and GradCafe. Could anyone confirm this? If so, when did you received the notification? Quote
gogoth_polecon Posted March 21 Posted March 21 4 hours ago, mgeconll said: Saw offer from UCL on both spreadsheet and GradCafe. Could anyone confirm this? If so, when did you received the notification? Can confirm, I've received the official offer this morning. 1 Quote
klub2026 Posted March 22 Posted March 22 I've seen a few others here who have also heard nothing from Wisconsin-Madison. I know their visit day is coming up soon as well (March 27th?). Does that mean we are likely rejected or waitlisted? A few of my friends received an official email letting them know they were rejected, but I received nothing. I was thinking of emailing them on Monday to ask about my application status since it still says "Under Program Review". What do you all think? Quote
819726 Posted March 22 Posted March 22 On 3/20/2026 at 4:24 PM, fish03xx said: Hi everyone, I’m still waiting on a few programs (OSU, UC Davis, Purdue, .etc ). It seems that at least some applicants have already received acceptances/rejections, but I haven’t heard anything from them yet. At this point, do you think it is reasonable to send an email to ask about my application status? Or is it better to just wait a bit longer? I’d also be curious to hear whether anyone else is in the same situation with these schools. Not sure about other programs, but for OSU, you might be on the implicit waitlist if you have no news at this point. Quote
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