Economist on "deadline extension"
Ask for 3-day extension. It is hard for them to decline this request. However, at this point schools want fast answers with the risk of losing other candidates.
View ArticleEconomist on "Did Brown just make an offer to everyone?"
Update -- everyone who received this offer REJECTED or intends to.
View ArticleEconomist on "Did Brown just make an offer to everyone?"
^How about Toda or Mehrotra? They don't seem to have great alternatives.
View ArticleEconomist on "tenure clock after a post doc"
the standard tenure track duration is 6 year at the school that made me an offerif i go for a one year post doc before. when does my tenure clock start? i assume when i arrive, is that correct? so that...
View ArticleEconomist on "Did Brown just make an offer to everyone?"
Maybe they have better options than you realize ...
View ArticleEconomist on "tenure clock after a post doc"
Yes you get 7 years but now the advanced papers clause kicks in. Given the extra year you will be evaluated on a different standard. Ask the department head about the paper multiplier for postdocs to...
View ArticleEconomist on "IMF internship 2013"
^ Are you kidding? As much as I hate the IMF and I think people that do the EP there are the lowest of the low ranked monkeys, the internship there is awesome. Three summer months in DC, getting paid...
View ArticleEconomist on "fed internships"
what do they make you work on? do you get to work on your own dissertation or is it something they think of?
View ArticleEconomist on "Do Chicago placements suffer because university administrators...
Among the boomer era left, U Chicago is a byword for evil capitalism which must be destroyed (you know, how Friedman personally executed peace-loving students in Chilean stadiums). Many of these boomer...
View ArticleEconomist on "OECD YPP 2013"
Well, what's the probability that one of the seventeen selected are checking/will post to this forum? I felt OK during the interview, but, well, we are still competing with ~7 more people for each...
View ArticleEconomist on "Why not lie and say I have another offer?"
listen man, I actually agree partially with dd42...but if you think it might help you go ahead, make up an offer...nobody's forcing you to give details about it, just say you have an offer...they might...
View ArticleEconomist on "Why not lie and say I have another offer?"
I guess OP missed the memo on credible threats.
View ArticleEconomist on "Do Chicago placements suffer because university administrators...
no, econ departments don't want to hire chicago grads because they suck
View ArticleEconomist on "Candidate accepted multiple offers!!"
It's right on the wiki, huge scandal. First, the candidate got accepted an offer from ULRM. Then she accepted one from LRM.
View ArticleEconomist on "Do Chicago placements suffer because university administrators...
Where did you get your hands on a batch of LSD that is that good? Remember to use it in moderation because those trips will fry your brain.
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