Darth Game Theory

Read some academic journals. Get your hands on four or five (from a mentor) and identify the articles that interest you. Look at 1) what the authors are studying 2) where they earned their PhD and 3) who they are citing. This information should inform where you want to study (also, reading academic writing will elevate your SOP). Regarding your SOP: introduce a research topic that demonstrates your general interests, and expand these interests into what you want to study in graduate school. Be focused in your writing, as you only have 4 pages.

...I get to do research again. Hol-y shit.

I'm in, off the waitlist at Michigan. I can't believe it.

Woot woot! Congrats, mate.

I've been staying away from this board for a while, for my nerves. Anyway, congrats to all the admits, hope everyone is doing well! If there are any Michigan admits out there (Methods sub-field), who are planning to turn down the offer...please please please do so soon! I am on the wait-list at my dream school and am pumping out positive energy, hoping for something back.

Maybe if they spent less time on forums, and more time studying statistics, they could get published. Fucking twats.

Oh yeah, I forget they do that. That's such a horrible consolation prize: "Hey, we don't think you're good enough to be funded as a TA or RA, but if ya want...you can pay us, and we'll ignore you for a couple of years."

I've heard nothing from Chicago...should I be concerned? I don't want to assume rejection (I am a firm believer in hope) but what are we thinking, gang?

Very good point...huh...I wonder where they put me. Please tell me there is a Quantard out there who is going to reject their offer from Michigan in exchange for Yale or Harvard or Cal...

Please tell me an Americanist is going to reject their Michigan offer in exchange for Yale or Harvard or Cal or something...please? It's cold in Michigan...and then sticky in the summer...

Rejected at UCLA! Happy Valentine's Day?

Yeah, I've heard that the department is on the decline...also, it gets sticky there in the summer, really hot and sweaty. And mosquitos. And the beer isn't THAT good in Ann Arbor. ...shit.

I love back-channel negotiations that occur on this site

Atta kid, Bubandis! Go get yourself some cheeseburgers, as a reward! Congrats to all the admits. To those waiting to hear good news: cling to that hope, and know that academia is within reach for us.

I'm in at Irvine. First admittance, so...there's one.