I guess no answers means a rejection then... :'(
Chicago PhD admission
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My recommendation is to reach out to as many current students / recent alumni / faculty members as you can to get the true insider's perspective. There might be contradictory stories but that's life. You'd be surprised how many people will offer to help and share their experiment. We've all been in your seat.
3B1E, on the other hand, is clearly not an insider.Hi John. What John really meant to say was that to get the only valid opinion you should take the elevator up to the third floor, then turn right and after you walk past the stairwell you will find a door with a name you might recognize. Only listen to what this person has to say. If anyone says anything contradictory to what this person says then that person cannot have ever been at Chicago. I don't know what you want me to tell you. Should I say that you can write on some walls on the 5th floor with whiteboard markers?
Look, your problem is that you people are not nice or professional. You already lack fundamental "professor skills" so the rest of the package hurts you even further. Then you take it out on students when things aren't working. You should make an effort of saying this to yourselves everyday:
"Today we will not act like douchebags. Today we will be professional. We will set aside our issues and be considerate about the students. We will show interest in their work. If not then we should just close down the PhD program. We will rejoice in our student's success stories and we will personally feel the pain if a student underperforms. We will do everything we can to help every student reach their goals"
You know how you screwed up in the be-nice-o-meter? You just told incoming students to ignore the comments of an alumni simply because you didn't like what that that person had to say. Why don't you respect our opinion when it doesn't match up with what you want to hear? Do you want be s**tty forever?
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Is there a lot of variation in stipend among admitted people?
90% sure that's for Booth, not Chicago Econ.
I was admitted last year and got something in the mid-20's. Would be surprised if things changed by 10k in one year.Chicago's package this year is strong!
36k, not too shabby
36k! No way.
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It's Chicago Econ. Admittedly, I don't think that this is uniform for all the students
90% sure that's for Booth, not Chicago Econ.
I was admitted last year and got something in the mid-20's. Would be surprised if things changed by 10k in one year.Chicago's package this year is strong!
36k, not too shabby
36k! No way.
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Two quick comments:
(1) In real terms, UChicago stipend is the best in the world. It is close to HBS BizEcon stipend in nominal terms but Chicago is much cheaper than Cambridge. Especially housing. Also, UChicago's neighborhood, Hyde Park, is much better, safer and developed than before and rents/property prices are still reasonable.
(2) The program has been reformed and now cohorts are much smaller and everyone pass the core exam. Having such amazing faculty and one of the best business schools in Finance and Econ in the country just crossing the street and not being the best program in the world was counterintuitive. Chicago numba 1.
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Given a 39k stipend (including summer), would you recommend taking Chicago over all other offers?
Two quick comments:
(1) In real terms, UChicago stipend is the best in the world. It is close to HBS BizEcon stipend in nominal terms but Chicago is much cheaper than Cambridge. Especially housing. Also, UChicago's neighborhood, Hyde Park, is much better, safer and developed than before and rents/property prices are still reasonable.
(2) The program has been reformed and now cohorts are much smaller and everyone pass the core exam. Having such amazing faculty and one of the best business schools in Finance and Econ in the country just crossing the street and not being the best program in the world was counterintuitive. Chicago numba 1.