Princeton University Graduate School Admission Results

4a/1wl/4r/20p. Good luck everyone!

Got the informal acceptance two days ago, formal offer today

4a/4r/23p

Same as poster below, only got accepted to top schools were my letter writers worked at (this year it was probably extra hard to get into top schools without your advisors calling their friends due to reduced spots (Harvard wtf)). Definitely hard to justify to other international students who I'm sure are very gifted but lack connections. Secretly relieved I was not accepted to top2 schools and ‘forced' to choose them because of their ranking, the program I'm attending (solid top 7) is in my opinion the best fit for me.

Among top 5, I was accepted precisely to the schools in which my letter writers are (or were) faculty members and rejected otherwise (even from the schools generally considered lower in rank). Really, admission to top schools is becoming more and more about the connections of the letter writers. I acknowledge that I benefited from this system, but am not sure if this is healthy for the future of economics academia.

this hurt my feelings :.( for, i'm sure, not even close to the last time.

Top 3 US masters. 2+ years of research experience. International undergrad GPA 3.72 Grad GPA 4.0. 1a/4r/10p

Expected at this point; GPA is from M.A. Econ at a US top 10 school. 1 year part-time RA during Masters; Acceptance: Pompeu Fabra (BGSE Ph.D. Track), Georgetown; Waitlisted: UC Irvine, ZGSE; Rejections: U Chicago, Stanford, Berkeley ARE, LSE, Yale SOM (Finance), Princeton;

I got accepted into both programs and asked them how many students they admitted. Princeton accepted exactly 50 students, and Yale accepted slightly more than 50. That is a 33% drop from roughly 75 admits in the previous year. There could be a slight decrease in cohort size, but not much, so that means there might be a slightly higher probability of being accepted off the waitlist. However, given the special situation of this year (especially Harvard only admitting 1/4 of class size), I suspect the yield rate for both schools would be higher. Hope that helps!

Predoc at top 5. 4a/4r/0wl/13p

Also wondering about the pre doc fellowship!

1a/5r/7p thought this letter was kinder and more genuine than most letters *cough* Yale Chicago *cough*

In terms of fields Yale is a better fit for me so not really sad. Crazy year for admissions, hang in there everyone!

Anyone offered the Princeton Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Initiative instead?

Email with rejection letter

international applicant, oxbridge research master w/ distinction, 2y RA for nobel laureate. Rejects from Y/P/S/Chicago/LSE. kudos to everyone accepted, you are awesome.