Graduate School Admission Results

Kind reminder to reject any dominated offers as it is highly appreciated. Is it common to wait until April 15th?

Congrast for the offers Kindly reminder, If you have dominated offers, could you reject them so that waitlists move and more candidates can have chance to get into a PhD Program. Thanx in advance

To posters below. I don't know why all of you are so mad at the poster that recommended that you get a masters or a predoc. Isn't this good advice? Just do your predoc somewhere decent like Chetty Lab and your chances at places like Harvard are so much better. If you didn't apply to predocs, why? If you did apply but didn't get one, why? I thought that predocs looked for mostly the same features as PhD programs. Isn't it a bad sign if you couldn't even land a predoc?

Words of advice from someone who reviews hundreds of applications annually- if you did not get into your 'dream' school this year or another program you are highly interested in, take the year to work on your application and beef up your CV. Take more advanced math classes to boost your GRE score above 165. Because honestly, even that is a little low. We highly regard all the maths you have taken and it is definitely discussed in our review. Take advanced economics course where you will do research and possibly meet faculty where you can get an recommendation letter of value. Especially if you are coming from a degree that is not economics. Join a master's degree program if you do not already have one, again, so you can get a foundation and recommendation letter of value. Suck it up, it may take you an extra two years to get a PhD. There is absolutely no harm in that. Research you have already done and potential for research are what everyone looks for. Most programs have their student admissions criteria on their website, if you do not meet it, don't waste your money by applying. There are 100 other applicants that do meet the criteria so you won't even be considered. Do your research and prepare.

I reject my dominated offers so that the waitlists move.

Thanks to the people who declined their offers dominated. Let the waitlist move.

Ignore WL. A kind reminder that please decline your dominated offers as soon as possible. It will help many people to save their careers and time.

Hey all, just a daily reminder. If you can, please turn down your dominated offers. You are a kind and loving human being.

(ignore waitlist). Can anyone help me? I want to apply for economics master degree for the fall 2023 but I do not know which universities offer tuition waiver and funding. It is appreciated if you share the list of this universities which are in Canada and USA. Thank you

Ignore acceptance. Did anyone from any academic area hear anything???

Hey all, just a daily reminder. If you can, please turn down your dominated offers. You are a kind and loving human being.

Guys, Please decline your offers if you have better choices as soon as possible. The life and the future of many people depend on this

Do you think this time the admissions are more hard? Is there an effect of Covid and people have applied more in number for Phd economics for Fall 2022?

Ignore WL. Does anyone have a point of reference for when NSF GRFP decisions are usually released? They say early April, but I seem to remember it is sometimes March... thanks!

Heads up to all (especially European) PhD hopefuls who see this in the future - Only apply to a US PhD if you did a Predoc. Had chats with multiple professors who know both sides of the lake and a predoc is pretty much a requirement now. Safe yourself the fees - I wish I'd have gotten this advice before spending hundreds of bucks (I got rejections from all US places, but accept from 4 good European schools, 2 pending, so I guess there is defo truth). A thesis is NOT a replacement apparently...

For all: 这个申请季有很多的阴差阳错，就算做了充分的准备也有太多的shocks，不一定是我们不好，而是不合适。大抵就是无缘。But my life still goes on. 祝大家一切都好。

What's wrong with this cycle??? I feel sooo frustrated 😤

Last night I had a horrible panic attack. The uncertainty, the waiting, the expectations. I know it is tough for all of us. Just a reminder that amidst everything all this chaos we are going to be fine. For now, take a deep breath! We are in this together!

Dudes, I kindly request you to withdraw applications and reject offers if you have dominating offer so that other applicants can receive offer.