Fellowpigeon

is there anyone who has a Berkeley acceptance that I can speak to?

typically no, sometimes students do RAships or work on their first-year papers. but you're not really REQUIRED to do anything in summer.

I tried a few years ago, they increased it by a mere $600. I would advise against attending the program it even if you get a larger scholarship. It provides no support and you're left to fend for yourself, even getting letters of rec is hard.

what is this zoom call business? how does someone call you on zoom?

does it look like harvard gov results are coming?

did columbia come as an email from faculty or an update on the portal?

claiming acceptance at yale!

anyone know when we are likely to hear from Stanford?

i haven't been asked to send an email with transcripts @xStardust

claiming an nyu acceptance!

i don't think they call international students. i wonder if we'll get an email...

is it just 1 berkeley result???

princeton acceptances look real. people seem to have gotten an email from dgs, but no update on the portal. princeton was my top choice, oh well

Hey! I applied and got into MAPSS, Duke, and Oxford. The general feedback I got for MAPSS was that it was a sink or swim kind of program -- it's very intense and you mostly have to things on your own. It's hands off and you NEED to be strategic from the start about professors you want to work with if you expect to do your thesis under them. And while they have a lot of flexibility, if you choose the wrong classes you're in trouble. Also, it's 250-300 students. Oxford on the other hand seemed to have the opposite problem -- close to no flexibility. It's still fast paced and rigourous, but you get little to no opportunity to explore other disciplines. The MPhil is basically the first two years of the PhD and everyone doing it knows they want to do economics. I personally liked the duke program best. It's a good sized class (around 30ish) and you have enough mentoring and flexibility. Duke encourages research and you can get RA jobs if you do well. Funding isn't guaranteed, but if you're a strong candidate they can offer you some need based tuition waivers. Like Oxford it's 2 years.