Sharing now bc I know app season is coming... Received virtual interview invite 1/16, interview day was 1/27. Officially accepted 2/12/26.

I had 1 prior internship as a Business Intelligence Engineer Intern. I was a UC Santa Cruz undergraduate student in my 3rd year when I submitted the application. I was offered $3,500 in funding for the year, based on "academic merit," which is a weighted GPA calculation with emphasis on core econ courses. 19 students accepted admission for the 2025 Cohort. Some of my strong grades were AM 10 Linear Algebra: A Econ 100A Microeconomics: A+ Econ 100B Macroeconomics: A+ Econ 113 Econometrics: A- Econ 114 Adv. Quantitative Methods: A+ Econ 124 Machine Learning for Economics: A+ Econ 150 Public Finance: A Some of my weaker grades were: Stat 80B Data Visualization: C Math 11A Applied Calculus I: B- Am 11B Applied Calculus II: P Econ 104 Truth In Numbers: B

UW-Madison triple majors in CS, Math, and Stats graduated in three years

This has been quite a roller coaster journey for me to get admission with a prestigious fellowship. I had to reach out to professors, go through an interview, and also submit a research proposal, along with filling out all the essays. I applied to 9 schools, was accepted to 5, and chose UC Davis because of its excellent research facilities. I hope it will be a great journey for me.

2 professor development happened last week of May, one said he has no funding, so discussed thesis-based master's option, the other took his sweet time to schedule a call and finally got on a call on June 10th, stating his interest to hire me as a PhD student in his lab and offering TA. He gave me a task to write a summary on one of his projects, while working on it, on the same day, i received a reject. I have filed for appeal. Please suggest what more I can do.