mattecon
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Did Harvard need the Supplemental Data form to be filled in order for your application to be reviewed...
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Who wants to claim the Cornell admit?
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Just received an email from NYU offering me admission to the Master's program, which explains the long wait from when others received acceptances/rejections.
I have a strong PhD offer already (and still waiting on several others), so I won't throw my money at NYU for a MA.
Same. Can we talk about the two seconds when you begin reading an email from NYU GSAS and see "I am very pleased to inform you that..." and then see MA instead of PhD. God. Dammit.
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probably shouldn't use gendered insults here or in academia.
Preach
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Who wants to claim that lone Brown acceptance -- any details? Was not expecting Brown this early
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^Well, that is at least interesting, and fits with the batch patterns of acceptances/rejections -- *continues dreaming with false hope*
Good luck, Evgeny. I'm all red so far too, still waiting on Princeton
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I'm in the same position. I'm assuming rejection. Although maybe acceptances are coming out in waves per subfield? Do you happen to be comparative as well?
Comparative as well. Hmm perhaps we're on to something -- anyone else not heard/subfield?
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Wait, so Princeton isn't done? Very confused. Any theory people hear from Princeton? Maybe they notify by subfield?
Yeah this is confusing. I'm comparative and have not heard anything. They could be doing batches -- it looks like in past years acceptances and rejections have come out on the same day, and this doesn't seem to be the case now...
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I know this keeps coming up -- but I still haven't heard from NYU, and I see there have been batches of acceptances and rejections, with the latest rejections coming today. I even see some waitlists.
How should I interpret this (speculate with me!)? I've been avoiding calling the office during such a busy period...
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The fear is that the lag is a posting lag and not a staggering of emails :/
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Same...but who posted the reject, and how were you contacted?
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Christ. Columbia and Princeton, y u tease so muchhh?!!!!
Also, I am not displeased by the fact that they do not send out the acceptances and rejections at the same time. However, I am puzzle by how a mass wave of NYU rejections went out (i think?) and acceptances, but I have no word. Caved and e-mailed the GSAS. At this point I have implicit denials at UNC, UCLA, NYU.
Waiting on the hail mary of Princeton.
Can you loop me in on what you hear? Baffled by NYU as well -- I haven't heard anything yet.
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Same question about Columbia -- I'm freaking out. In the past it seems maybe no, but I'm not quite sure
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Someone want to claim the NYU waitlist?
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Having been through this process two years ago -- I encourage all of you to hold off on this talk of "implicit rejections." Nothing is final until you hear from the school.
Some schools (including the department I attend now) will release offers in waves. Even if the bulk of offers have gone out, it's very possible that you're really on more of an implicit wait list. I was rejected from 2 schools many weeks after the rest of the rejections went out.
For many of you, the next month is going to be one of the most emotionally taxing times of your lives and a lot of your friends and family have no way to understand what you're going through. I know this is easier said than done, but do what you can to take a deep breath and relax. If you can, try to find some way to distract yourself.
When I was going through this 2 years ago, there was a frequent user on here who had been rejected by every school that she applied to during the prior cycle, and she ended up at a top 5 program after re-applying the next year. If you don't make it this time, it's not the end of the road. That being said, I know exactly what it feels like to be in your place. Just hang in there a few more weeks. Best of luck to all of you.
This is really nice to hear from someone who has gone through the process. I don't actually find reassuring words from friends and family too helpful because they are not necessarily familiar with the difficulty of the processes -- posts like this are meaningful, and I think it speaks to gradcafe's community quality to see people who come back and are reassuring even a couple years on.
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That is my question as well... I was freaking out so I dropped a message to DGS. He told me yesterday that they are finalizing process, but after today's acceptances I dropped another letter to confirm whether all acceptances were mailed or there is still hope. For me, after two rejections from two good programs acceptance to NYU will be fantastic...
Keep me posted if you get a reply, Evgeny. I am in the same boat -- two rejections from good schools, and doubting myself more than ever. Numbers wise, NYU was my best bet so this will be a big morale blow if it is as I fear...
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I haven't heard from NYU yet -- does this indicate rejection? Does anyone know if they send out acceptances in bursts?
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Does anyone know when Columbia decisions will be out? Or any other bits of information about Columbia admissions for this cycle?
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Also just rejected from Berkeley. Sad, but not my top choice -- more so nervous now about other schools, I guess.
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Anyone else having trouble with Harvard (GSAS) website? It appears to have been crashed for the last 5 hours and its freaking me out.
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I'll skip explaining myself until we're looking back and laughing about this post after we've heard from schools -- but looks like I will need every possible second to make the deadlines for programs that need in this week.
Berkeley and Stanford are due on Tuesday, and Columbia on Wednesday.
On all their sites, we get deadline information in the form of December 2nd, 2014 (3rd for Columbia) -- what actual time does this mean on day of? Is it 5p their timezones, is it midnight their timezones?
Anyone know, I have been scouring the websites and not found details.
Thank you
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If you want to go to law school and do a PhD, don't waste your time or money with a Masters degree because 1) you''re going to earn one doing your PhD; 2) your going to realize three separate degree programs is easier said, and seldom ever done; and 3) Columbia Master's in Human Rights is a cash cow. You're better off doing a professional program (development, ia, etc) and focusing on human rights, in my opinion!
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Narrow your question down (it's a 25 page paper...) by starting to create an annotated bibliography around your interests. You'll get more specific as you read...and by read I mean read a lot...and by a lot I mean a lot.
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I was planning to apply to McGill, but from what I can see on their website, I can't seem to find anything pertaining to admission averages/requirements. I would imagine that their admission requirements are about the same as UofT or UBC.
I think in an ideal world, if I were wholly focused on both democratic & critical theory, McGill would be a good fit, but for the purposes of being more employable, I'd like to have a bit of IR in there.
L2 = Last two years avg, B2 = Best two years avg
"The department typically receives between 350-450 total applications for an entering MA class of 25-35 and an entering PhD class of 5-8 students. Successful applicants typically have CGPAs of 3.5 or above."
Guidance/Advice on UK/European PhD Routes
in Economics Forum
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Hi all,
I'm looking to have some questions answered regarding UK/European routes to a PhD in economics. But first, quick context:
I completed my M.A. from a U.S. program in development studies a couple years ago. My plan was to go directly into a PhD, and long story short, I didn't get offers from the programs I was hoping for (Top 10 programs at American universities). So I reentered the professional world and ended up with a staff position at the World Bank. The position is not as technical as I'd like (my graduate school work had focused on political economy/methods), but its a "prestigious", albeit entry, researcher role where I get to advise the president of the Bank and senior management.
Up to the point when I got my final rejection, I had only imagined myself as PhD on quite an academic track. After spending sometime at the Bank, I can now imagine working professionally in the long term but I still can't get over not having done my PhD. However, most people I talk to (academic mentors, professionals, etc) think I'd be crazy to leave my current position for the arduous path to an American PhD (and the equally tenuous road that follows)...although a couple years ago they considered it an absolute must!!
The other day someone raised the possibility of entering a UK/European program, which in most cases do not involve coursework but instead a 3ish year dissertation process, while still working my day job. I have colleagues who are ABD and writing at night, but I don't know anyone who throughout the entire PhD process was working.
Here are my questions:
1) Is this an option with UK/European programs? And if so, is it a common route people take?
2) Since American programs involve coursework and often teaching components, the possibility of studying remotely is not really an option before the dissertation. But UK/European programs often don't have those same components...is remote work more common?
3) Are there admission differences to be aware of for European schools? I know the peculiarities very well for American programs...but I imagine that at the least the dissertation must be more clearly mapped out since you jump right into it in Europe.
4) This is a more general question: how much does economic-related professional experience help with PhD applications? This is something I've been wondering when I consider all routes back to school.
I feel very familiar with the gives and takes of doing a PhD here or abroad...I'm just looking to understand possibilities in the UK/Europe more clearly! I'm interested in the more well known programs (Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, UCL, etc.), but open to anything.
Thanks so much for all the help. I haven't been on these forums since I got my rejections...if anyone here has gone through it, it carries a bit of PTSD. But I'm grateful to be back getting advice.
P.S. if there is a more appropriate place for this post on the forum, let me know!