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How are these "tiers" determined?

I find it hard to believe that many of these departments would be considered third or fourth tier.
 
 
 
I think that anything in the top 10 would be tier 1, 10 to ~25 tier 2, ~25 to 35 tier 3, 35 to 50 tier 4.

Hey everyone, I figured this would be helpful for people viewing this site in the future trying to figure out where they should apply.

Reply to this thread in the same format as me, and hopefully we can help out future applicants!

 
Undergraduate Institution: Ohio State University
Major: Economics, Math, BS
GPA: 3.56 Cumulative, 3.8 Major
GRE: Verbal 163, Quant 159, AW 5.0
Graduate Institution: N/A
Important Classes: Probability, Real Analysis, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Econometrics, Numerical Analysis, Multivariable Calculus
Research Experience: 1 year working for an Econ professor
Publications: None
Grants: None
Teaching experience: 1 year as a department-hired Economics tutor
LORs: 1 from Econ professor I did research for, 1 Stats professor, 1 Well-known Econometrician
 
Applied: Northwestern (PhD), Rutgers (PhD), UIUC (PhD), OSU (PhD), Virginia (PhD)     All Statistics
 
Accepted: Rutgers (no $$), UIUC ($$), OSU ($$), Virginia ($$)
Rejected: Northwestern
Attending: UIUC

Comments: I am very excited to be attending UIUC!

Hey everyone, I figured this would be helpful for people viewing this site in the future trying to figure out where they should apply.

Reply to this thread in the same format as me, and hopefully we can help out future applicants!

 
Undergraduate Institution: Ohio State University
Major: Economics, Math, BS
GPA: 3.56 Cumulative, 3.8 Major
GRE: Verbal 163, Quant 159, AW 5.0
Graduate Institution: N/A
Important Classes: Probability, Real Analysis, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Econometrics, Numerical Analysis, Multivariable Calculus
Research Experience: 1 year working for an Econ professor
Publications: None
Grants: None
Teaching experience: 1 year as a department-hired Economics tutor
LORs: 1 from Econ professor I did research for, 1 Stats professor, 1 Well-known Econometrician
 
Applied: Northwestern (PhD), Rutgers (PhD), UIUC (PhD), OSU (PhD), Virginia (PhD)     All Statistics
 
Accepted: Rutgers (no $$), UIUC ($$), OSU ($$), Virginia ($$)
Rejected: Northwestern
Attending: UIUC

Comments: I am very excited to be attending UIUC!

One of my top picks. This is fantastic. Really a great feeling of relief.
 
 
No word on funding yet though. I'm scared I might not get any!

I submitted several applications today, and in one of them in my SOP I accidentally referred to school x as being school y.
 
Since my application was submitted, there is no way for me to change it through my application.
 
 
Is there anything that I can do about this?

I submitted several applications today, and in one of them in my SOP I accidentally referred to school x as being school y.
 
Since my application was submitted, there is no way for me to change it through my application.
 
 
Is there anything that I can do about this?