Is there anyone who declined the Maryland econ offer? anyone who got off from the waitlist? I need information :( please share!

Any people got updates from Maryland's Applied Econ please? Haven't heard anything yet... What is going on there?

Not my most ambitious acceptance but will be going. Any group for accepted students?

Unofficial email from professor last week. Official letter and funding package came out Monday. Good luck!!

TPB: I have not yet heard from Maryland. They did not start their process early enough, and I think it is about time for them to finish interviews and the first round of offer to be extended but I have not seen anyone saying "Interview" so may not have interviews yet even. For Cornel, they have made some offers, but students are taking time to response since some top schools have just made their offers recently. For Penn State, you can email the PhD coordinator. He is a great guy. If you think you may have a chance and live in the U.S., you may want to fly out this coming week and visti the campus and talk with the coordinator. He will tell you that he is still waiting to hear from the ones he made offers, but I think it is worth checking and putting efforts in.

For the posters below who got acceptance from department but the status on grad school is still 'Under Review'... is it sorted for you? I'm still facing this problem..

Emailed department about application status, received the following: "Our admissions are in process until April 15. At this point, we don’t have an official word for you yet. Thank you for your patience."

TPB: I think that there were at least 2 admits (as per the listings below) and that UMD is filling its set number of spaces according to who is accepting/declining the offer. I also emailed Director Sprinkle because I need to let another school know my decision soon but I haven't heard back from anyone yet.

TPB: I had an email exchange with a couple of professors from the international development specialization in mid-late February. I reiterated my interest in the program and their research areas. Nothing formal or lengthy. Have heard nothing since. It sounds like they have yet to release decisions?

It was with Professor Patwardhan for environmental policy. The interview was a bit strange as we had the interview via skype as he was driving home (because I am currently in Asia and am 13 hours ahead of EST). The interview was ok (not great )and he told me that we would have to see what the admissions committee would do. Did you have an interview as well?

TPB: Thanks for sharing. Do you recall who you interviewed with and how did it go? What specialization are you pursuing? Good luck and I hope we get some news soon!

I'm waiting as well. I had an interview with a professor in mid February, but haven't hear anything afterwards...

Any applicants get notifications from the program? I have yet to hear anything...

Ugh.. I can't just sit here and wait until mid April because some other schools I was admitted to have certain deadlines for accepting the offer. UMD is one of my top choices, but it's just too risky to wait for their decision that I don't even know the answer to.. I really hope I get an offer by end of this week. Fingers crossed. I also sincerely wish good luck for all the other applicants.