11 Apr 2019

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Economics, PhD (F19)

Other via POST on 11 Apr 2019

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I will tell you one thing that matters almost all of us. The reason why some people ask others to decide as fast as possible is the following. If you take your time, let's say decided on April 14th, the schools you rejected will admit other students. These students will decide April 15th lets say or even sooner but then the schools they reject will try to reach others, so on so forth. The major reason why people ask you to be hurry is 1min passed in April 16th, none of the schools send new offers. They changes class size, admit less people than expected, which is inefficient in our point of view. We, including all of us, tried so hard to come thus far and will probably meet at conferences and review each others articles in journals. So, be kind and polite each other and keep in mind that you are not the only one deciding about your life. It is a huge point in our lives as well. So, take all the time you need but be as much as possible so that you can help others. Don't forget the domino effect and ruin others' dreams by deciding at the very last minute. At the very least, reject until last 2 offers stands, don't decide on 7 schools at the last moment. Sorry for long post but one of us needed to do that. (P.S: some of us may have done well in past more than others and have more offers too but you are a part of the profession in here and the domino starts with you, and probably have taken micro classes. So let us reach to Pareto Optimal point)

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