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Considering you took calc 6 years ago, Chiang is the book for you. If you really want to just "jump in" go for Simon and Blume's "Mathematics for Economists".

Sorry for all of you in this position. My deadlines were all on Jan 15th and I have received notice from all 3. Best of luck to you all.

Sorry for all of you in this position. My deadlines were all on Jan 15th and I have received notice from all 3. Best of luck to you all.

Sorry for all of you in this position. My deadlines were all on Jan 15th and I have received notice from all 3. Best of luck to you all.

Sorry for all of you in this position. My deadlines were all on Jan 15th and I have received notice from all 3. Best of luck to you all.

Sorry for all of you in this position. My deadlines were all on Jan 15th and I have received notice from all 3. Best of luck to you all.

It never hurts to ask a school to match the funding package you would get elsewhere...

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1. Chuck Norris's GRE score reports arrive the day before he orders them.
2. Chuck's Norris turned down a graduate assistantship as "Dean of the Graduate College."
3. Chuck Norris once intimidated his pencil into writing his dissertation for him.

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on a side note- I wish everyone a happy Monday and a happy LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY!!!

I would really hesitate to do this. In fact I would suggest that you don't do it, unless you had a real reason to do so - like new information, such as getting a paper accepted. Once you've confirmed that they've received all parts of your application, then the best thing to do is to just wait. It's hard, but otherwise you do run the risk of annoying the POI or coming across as begging. Perhaps if you had been in previous contact with the POI, you could let them know that you had sent in your application, but other than that, I wouldn't contact them after application.

If you do find out that you're on a wait-list of some sort, then it would be perfectly acceptable at that time to let them know that you're still very interested in their program.

I'm not really sure how I could possibly make myself a better applicant, yet I'm still rejected while I find out that those who got in were far less qualified than me.

I mean, 3.96 gpa (4.0 major), summa cum laude, graduation with research distinction, GRE 670, 670, 5,
Research assistant for 2 different professors, 2 professional publications, full research funding awarded as undergrad,
undergraduate honors thesis, and excellent recommendations.

Anyone have any ideas about what I can do when I apply next year (Michigan, Virginia Anthropology) or why I wasn't selected over people far less qualified (worse grades/scores, no research experience or publications?)

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Then after the spark has gone it's slavery like anything else.

Then after the spark has gone it's slavery like anything else.

Hey guys,

I was wondering what would be my chances of getting into either of these programs? I have a 770 Quant/ 740 Verbal with a 3.8 GPA with a degree in accounting. I am definitely sure that I will have a very diverse and interesting application due to my personal background. However, I have zero years of full-time work experience since I am an international student studying in the U.S. I am also applying for a law degree in the top ten schools since I received an LSAT of 172. Any advice or comments would be appreciated.

Rejections are discouraging, especially when you haven't had an acceptance yet. That said, don't give up hope based on one rejection letter! You still have 12 more opportunities to be accepted, so there's no reason to panic yet. Not to mention, there's so many stories here of people who were rejected from their "safety schools" and then went on to be accepted to their top choices.

I understand how you feel though. I haven't heard anything from any of my schools yet, but I'm afraid of how I'll feel when I get a rejection letter. We put so much stress on being accepted to graduate school and sometimes it's hard to keep things in perspective.

Chin up and get ready for that acceptance letter!

Walk to check mailbox
Sadly, there's no mail on Sundays.
Check again, how sad.

Internet is down
Oh the many emails I will miss
F5, damn, F5...

Waiting sucks, end of story. I won't stroke your ego about your scores though.

Waiting sucks, end of story. I won't stroke your ego about your scores though.

Waiting sucks, end of story. I won't stroke your ego about your scores though.

The problem is usefulness has diminished greatly. Back in the day I agree it was important, but the importance of science and engineering as of today far exceeds that of the fine arts. My significant other and my mother are both artists and one is majoring in comparative literature. They are probably just as smart as I am and work just as hard, BUT the applications of what they are doing I will not admit are greater than the ones I am working on. Literacy is very important, and although in the past it has brought us to where we are, we have plenty of teachers to teach us how to read and write and at least interpret important papers or readings. If you want to do research about a certain writer's style or a certain time period, that's fantastic. But that does not mean that it will somehow make everyone later in the world better off even if you succeed and become famous.

My argument was speaking about the general public because their respect stems from application of study. I look at the individual and that is why I fully respect the field, but many people just want results and product. If any big revolutions are going to occur NOW (yes the past there were many in literature but also MASSIVE ones in science and engineering like the industrial revolution which pretty much changed the world flat out).

If you look to the future science and engineering have larger chances of changing out world and helping people who are sick or in need of food and water. That is why most people put money into these fields. Your argument about flourishing in the past is true, but now we have overcome that hump it is time for us to take over. You guys got us out of the stone age, now we will take you to the space age.



I completely agree, without language we would be screwed over. However, now that we have it it's not like we need millions of English Ph.D. students to help teach people to read and write. We need English teachers to teach elementary school and high school. You can do that without a Ph.D. Like I said we are now in the age of science like it or not, and that is how the world is and represents it self as. So I thank all of you for your contributions in the past. But now that we got enough knowledge to communicate decently, let us take over. You guys got us out of the stone age, now we will take you to the space age. Just because you were the king once does not make you the king now. Just because no one gave a shit about us many centuries ago doesn't make us the paupers now. Things are not equal, and it has always been this way. Just learn to accept it.

Think of it this way, if 90% of the world's English students decided to be lazy and stop doing their studies, it would be sad but the world would still be alright for awhile. If 90% of scientists and engineers just gave up and stopped working, we would be in some... deep... you know.
Note: Once again RESPECT the people who work so hard, but money goes where it needs to go, not where respect needs to go.

Waiting sucks, end of story. I won't stroke your ego about your scores though.

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