rilkehayden

I heard that some labs aren't in the habit of inviting people to the visit day, if that helps! About 25 came to the visit day. Good luck!

I applied! The interview day was on January 22nd, although I think they had limited funds to bring people to interview, so it's not an absolute no if you weren't invited. I haven't heard anything official yet. Good luck!

I heard from the University of Michigan on Thursday and Yale on Friday. Yale said they're issuing financial aid packages all at once on March 13.

Just talked to the Yale F&ES admissions office, and they said that they're planning to send master's decisions on the last day of the first week of March, which I'm guessing means Friday, March 6 (?).

Hi, all! To answer the questions posed above, the admissions folks have been really kind to me so far. My undergraduate degree was in . . . music! That's relevant. I graduated in 2008, so I have 5-6 years of work experience. My GRE was OK but I get the impression that they don't care about it much. I'm currently a program assistant on two epidemiological research studies, so my work is only kind of related to environmental science in general, although my main research interest is in pollutant exposure disparities. I took (and am still taking) most of the courses I completed from their recommended preparatory course list in a post-baccalaureate program since my undergraduate degree wasn't in the sciences. My SoP was two pages and I think it ended up exactly 600 words.

I'm new to the forums too! I applied to the MESc, so not quite the MEM. I'm from Illinois. I haven't visited the campus (except to visit a friend working at Yale a few years ago), although I did attend an information session in Chicago.