| Institution | Program (Season) | Decision & Date | St1 | Date Added | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (S22) | Accepted via E-mail on 20 Apr 2021 Undergrad GPA: n/a GRE General (V/Q/W): 157/317/99.99 GRE Subject: n/a ♦ |
I | 20 Apr 2021 | |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Accepted via E-mail on 15 Apr 2021 | I | 15 Apr 2021 | Just declined offer, good luck |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Accepted via Other on 12 Apr 2021 | 12 Apr 2021 | TPB: Would you mind sharing your field of interest? Thanks! | |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Accepted via E-mail on 12 Apr 2021 | 12 Apr 2021 | Declined offer. | |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (S21) | Accepted via E-mail on 11 Apr 2021 | 11 Apr 2021 | Accepted off waitlist!! So excited | |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Wait listed via Other on 6 Apr 2021 | 6 Apr 2021 | TPB: I also was recently taken off the waitlist (I haven't posted about it on here) | |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Accepted via E-mail on 5 Apr 2021 | U | 5 Apr 2021 | I received an offer from the waitlist and did not contact anyone/made no commitment to attend. It was strongly implied to me during the visit days that the department has ranked everyone beforehand; same was implied by the other top 10 schools I am waitlisted at. I think all do it, although they don't formally say it. |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Wait listed via Other on 5 Apr 2021 | O | 5 Apr 2021 | TPB: Congrats. Would you mind sharing your other offers and anything which helped you being called from the waitlist? Thanks in advance. |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Accepted via E-mail on 5 Apr 2021 | 5 Apr 2021 | Accepted off the waitlist, will attend! | |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Wait listed via Other on 16 Mar 2021 | O | 16 Mar 2021 | Any news about Princeton? Such as their goal for this year cohort size, number of offers they made, and the length of the waiting list? Anyone waitlisted heard back from Princeton? |
| Princeton University | Economics, Masters (F21) | Rejected via E-mail on 5 Mar 2021 | U | 5 Mar 2021 | Congrats to all who got in. |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Wait listed via Other on 27 Feb 2021 | A | 27 Feb 2021 | TPB: Is it a known that Princeton accepted 50 students? I heard they cut down on their acceptances as well but I'm not sure |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Wait listed via Other on 27 Feb 2021 | 27 Feb 2021 | ||
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Wait listed via Other on 27 Feb 2021 | 27 Feb 2021 | ctd... | |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Wait listed via Other on 27 Feb 2021 | O | 27 Feb 2021 | I hate to burst someone's bubble here, but the chances of getting off the waitlist described by posters below is probably too generous. Here's a couple of reasons, in order of importance: - Harvard and MIT, who are the two school who dominate Princeton in general, reduced their admissions this year. Princeton expected that. However, I know from a P Prof that they definitely did NOT expect Harvard's 75% reduction of admitted students. So out of the 50 Princeton acceptances, there's around 25 (and that's generous) got MIT or Harvard. Princeton > Harvard in macro, macrofinance, etc., so there will probably be 1 or 2 students who choose Princeton over Harvard. In the ideal case for waitlisted students, that still leaves at least 26 admits at Princeton for a class of 21. - As to Stanford, they admitted quite a lot of people despite the pandemic. Princeton > Stanford in academic placement, Stanford > Princeton in general (median) and industry placements. Now the 40 people or so that were admitted by Harvard or MIT also likely got Stanford, so there will be people rejecting Stanford for H+M. The quantity of interest now is # of S+P admits that were not accepted to H+M. That number will be slim ( |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Wait listed via Other on 27 Feb 2021 | O | 27 Feb 2021 | To posters very below: Princeton is a top rank university (top 5), so you are not going to see many posts here saying they will reject an offer from Princeton. However, I guess it is true that those who receive an offer from Princeton have offers from other universities such as MIT, Harvard, and Stanford and with a high probability, they will decline Princeton (unless they have specific preferences towards Princeton). Add to those 3 schools Berkeley (which is located in a better area and is very good in labor I think), Yale (which I think is better in metrics), and maybe Northwestern (which I think is very good in theory) and Chicago (which I think have had more star placements than Princeton) that I think are comparable to Princeton. Moreover, do not forget about business schools (although their size is very small compared to Econ programs.) |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Wait listed via Other on 26 Feb 2021 | A | 26 Feb 2021 | TPB: The chance depends on many factors, such as how many offers they have made, how many offers other universities, specifically those you mentioned, have made, how many of the accepted ones are outside of US (as many of them may consider deferring their offer due to the covid and visa issues), and as you said, how many are on the waiting list and a lot of more factors. Someone (very below) said that they have offered to 50 people, which is about 33% cut compared to previous years. (can anyone confirm?) If that is true, it should be good news for you. However, I think that not much can be said and you should wait until 15 April. I wish you all happy times and ask you to decline your dominated offers asap. |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Wait listed via E-mail on 26 Feb 2021 | I | 26 Feb 2021 | Usually (putting the recent pandemic aside), how is the chance of a wait-listed student at Princeton to receive an offer and how long is the waiting list? Is it true that many students who receive an offer from Princeton already have offers from better universities such as MIT, Harvard, and Stanford (and maybe also Berkeley and Yale)? Thank you in advance. |
| Yale, MIT, University Of Michigan , Stanford, UChicago, Princeton | Economics, PhD (F21) | Rejected via E-mail on 23 Feb 2021 Undergrad GPA: 3.67 GRE General (V/Q/W): 0/167/0.00 GRE Subject: n/a ♦ |
I | 23 Feb 2021 | If you haven't yet been rejected by one/more of these schools as I have, keep up your hope :) Good luck! |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Rejected via E-mail on 19 Feb 2021 Undergrad GPA: 3.77 GRE General (V/Q/W): 0/0/0.00 GRE Subject: n/a ♦ |
I | 23 Feb 2021 | GPA is grad. Fully expected. 1a/1w/7r/5ir/11p |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Rejected via E-mail on 20 Feb 2021 | I | 21 Feb 2021 | |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Rejected via E-mail on 19 Feb 2021 Undergrad GPA: 3.95 GRE General (V/Q/W): 161/166/4.50 GRE Subject: n/a ♦ |
A | 20 Feb 2021 | Sad. 1a/0w/3r/8p |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Wait listed via E-mail on 19 Feb 2021 | I | 20 Feb 2021 | TPB: I've got both. |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Wait listed via E-mail on 17 Feb 2021 Undergrad GPA: 3.99 GRE General (V/Q/W): 162/170/5.00 GRE Subject: n/a ♦ |
A | 20 Feb 2021 | Did people who got wait-listed get an email from the dept on Wed night that they got wait-listed or only an email Friday morning? I got an email Wed night but not sure if everybody got that too |
| Princeton University | Economics, PhD (F21) | Other via Phone on 20 Feb 2021 | A | 20 Feb 2021 | To whom asked, I received a call from Princeton on Friday morning stating I was "high on the waitlist." I assume others in a similar position got the same call. |