CapitalistMagpie

Very fair. I just wanted to clarify that my email specifically said "Your formal offer was sent to you" by the department itself. Either that means it is sent by email (in which case, I should have received it by now, and I figured someone on here would say "Yup, I received an email from the department!", and I'd know that something was amiss). Or, no one else has recevied a letter, and it is either a physical letter or just not sent yet. not a terribly important question, but I did have reason to ask.

I got a generic email congratulating on admission. It said that an official letter would come from the dept. Is that physical mail? Because I haven't received any email from the department itself. While I'm sure it is correct, I'd feel more comfortable in the acceptance if I had the details of the official letter.

I'm struggling to find much information about the program online. In terms of prestige, I consistently see UCBerkeley ranked as the #2 statistics school, but does that apply at all to its masters? I see a lot more discussion of Chicago and Harvard. I like that it's only one year, and prepares well for industry. Is it common to join their Stats PhD program after the year? Do people have positive opinions of the program? How does it compare to Harvard, Chicago, and Stanford's equivalent programs? No masters thesis (they say it's possible in "rare" circumstances) is a downside, but I recognize that'd be impossible in a 1 year program! Any info about the program would help.

Has anyone heard any more from Yale Ph.D? I know they've sent out some acceptances to their Masters, and some rejections to their Ph.D. Since they held interviews for the people on their shortlist a few weeks ago, I haven't heard anything, and I was expecting some news this week.