thepirate

I think E-IPER tends to fly a bit under the radar, given that their only Masters program is a joint with Stanford's professional schools. So they don't have the same huge, visible MEM cohorts as Duke/Bren/Yale/UMich. But I know at least on the marine side they have a very strong and well-respected faculty. I applied to Duke and Bren as well and a bunch of other programs with strong marine faculty. I contacted a few different professors at Stanford, but they were pretty blase about the whole communication thing. It seems like this is less of an emphasis than with most of the other programs I applied to, I think they even say on the website somewhere that professors are busy and will probably ignore you until the interview weekend, which is 2/7 this year I think. Invites for that go out sometime in the next week or two, if last year's results are anything to go by.

I am trying every distraction method I can think of (writing a book, training for a triathlon etc.), but the only thing that's proven successful so far is whiskey and shitty movies. It's like a bad breakup, except the breakup part hasn't happened yet. Lord knows what I'll be like when decisions actually start coming in.

My research interests are in international marine conservation ecology/policy. I have a decent background, but they only take 6 PhD students per year. Yeesh. Guess we'll find out soon in any case.

I applied to E-IPER and am trying not to think about it, as I'm pretty convinved I won't get in. Sounds like interview invites don't go out until mid-Jan though?