Etownenviro

No problem, I know this is really stressful since I am still waiting to hear back from a school. Here is the chart I was talking about it also includes into on UCSB. They also talk about funding and things like that in the thread if that is of interest to you.

Is anyone planning on going to the accepted student weekends/visit days?

At least for masters program you can find this graph of when SNRE acceptances went out over the last couple of years and basically it looks like they start giving acceptances in mid Feb and then continue through mid March with the last acceptances going out on like March 18th-ish. It looks like they are on the same general timeline as the other MEM programs. Good luck!!! Acceptances should still be on their way!

I grew up in the Midwest and Madison is absolutely gorgeous! The city has lots of fun things to do, there is a big farmers market there on the weekends, it is between two lakes, and there are lots of great state parks in Wisconsin. There is a lot of cheese and beer in Wisconsin and the midwest in general if that is a plus for you haha. Also Madison is only about 2ish hours away from Chicago depending on traffic so you can get to a big city super easily.

I applied to the masters program at the beginning of November so that could be why I have heard back from SNRE so early. People in past years seem to have heard back from SNRE during the first week of March but I have no official information on that since gradcafe isn't really a great sample size for environmental science/environmental management programs.

To start... Program Applied To: MEM and one MPA program Schools Applied To: Yale, Duke, Michigan, Indiana (MSES/MPA) Schools Accepted To: Duke($$), Michigan and Indiana for the dual degree but no word on funding yet Undergraduate Institution: Top 10 university/ non Ivy League Undergraduate Major: Environmental Science(hard sciences track not environmental studies/policy) Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 0.5 Years of Work Experience: I wasn't sure how to count it on the apps or on this but I worked and did research all through undergrad. Describe Relevant Work Experience: Worked at a city's office of sustainability and helped them achieve 100% green energy, was the assistant communications director on an emissions lowering campaign for a city, and currently I work with local governments on addressing and meeting various goals sometimes environmental and sometimes on other topics. I also spent 2+ years working in a lab on ancient paleoclimatology but that isn't my main interest. I am super psyched with how well this cycle is going for me! I honestly wasn't expecting any/many acceptances because I don't even have a full year of work experience (after graduating) at this point in time. I figured I would apply and see what happened and then reapply in a few years with a stronger resume.

You should check out this old thread because they discuss the funding different schools give in it for both domestic and international students. It is a bit old (like 2ish years ago) but I would be surprised it Yale,Duke, Michigan, UCSB, etc.. funding situations changed drastically from year to year.

I actually found out I was admitted when my concentration (Environmental Informatics) supervisor sent out a mass email congratulating accepted students and then a few hours later I got an email from the school officially admitting me and telling me financial aid info was going to be coming in March. I haven't checked my wolverineaccess account to see if anything has changed.

For what its worth I know what MSES/MPA grads do some international work mostly focusing in the environmental sector of course so they must have some connections to international organizations. Also I think they have a few exchanges where you can spend the summer working abroad or a semester abroad if that is of interest to you. http://www.indiana.edu/~spea/career_development/about_us/career_development/career_guides/international_development.shtml

I don't think so since Duke is going to admit more students anyways than they expect to take because they know some students will turn down their offer and go somewhere else. Some years schools(in general I don't know about Duke specifically) don't even get to their wait-listed people because they already got the number of people they wanted to matriculate with their initial acceptances. You can always send them an email after you visit declining their offer and that way maybe your scholarship money or your spot in the class would go to someone else sooner. What would be wrong is if when the acceptance deadline comes around you gave both Duke and another school a deposit that way Duke wouldn't know to take someone off the wait-list. May I ask why you are so sure you wouldn't attend? I wasn't even really considering Duke but w/ that generous scholarship it is now by far my cheapest option so I am absolutely planning on visiting so I can really give it a chance as well.

Just got news from Duke too! in w/ a $12K scholarship and a $3K assistantship!!! Congrats to everyone else who is hearing back positively from Duke!

congrats!!! That is really exciting! Have you heard from all of your schools now?

The waiting is the worst part so far for me. I feel silly for being so anxious since I already have two acceptances but this weekend I saw 6 bulldogs (Yale's mascot is handsome Dan the bulldog) while I was running errands and it was driving my crazy!

I am still waiting on Yale and Duke... I have been admitted to Indiana University's MPA/Masters of Environmental Science program and SNRE though no word on funding. I was under the impression that Duke, Yale and Michigan all gave decisions in March but from everyone's results it seems like it is now rolling?