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Just declined my offer to YSE MEM program in favor of an Environmentally focused MPA degree with better funding elsewhere. As someone who was admitted off a waitlist for undergrad, I feel everyone's pain and hope this offers some hope! Best of luck to everyone this fall - everything will work out!

holy sh*t. I got in. I cannot believe it!!! Emailed directly with info to follow.

Ii think this is a broad generalization - I got in during the early deadline and they said it was the most competitive year with about a 25% admittance rate. Not sure whats going on with money, but I received 10k/year for the EP and will definitely work to negotiate!

in the past they have sent non-detailed emails to admits on the Thursday of notification week and decisions on the Friday....hopefully by Thursday night the wait will at least be over! (all info just comes from snooping on old gradcafe forums, not from any other official source.)

Thanks! So close

is there a link?

thanks for your input! I agree, I think I'm not super unrealistic but I would be very very very surprised given how competitive it is. My verbal is in the 90%, but quant GRE is down in the low 70s. Cheers to one more week of waiting and good luck to everyone out there waiting as well!

Perhaps an unhealthy way to deal with the anxiety of waiting for my last school, but I’m dying to just make a decision and want to know - Princeton SPIA is my last hold out and most competitive. Program Applied To (MPA, MPP, IR, etc.): MPA, MPP Schools Applying To: NYU Wagner (accepted), Princeton SPIA, Georgetown MPP(accepted) ; Yale MEM(accepted) Undergraduate institution: Small public liberal arts school, top 40 ranking. (American school, I am also American) Undergraduate GPA: 3.57 Undergraduate Majors: economics and history double major, cum laude GRE Quantitative Score: 600 GRE Verbal Score: 620 GRE AW Score: 5 Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 5 Years of Work Experience: 5 Describe Relevant Work Experience: 3 years federal legislative experience with member of Congress, 2 years hopping around the private sector before that finding a job I liked. Quant: One calculus class in UG (B-) as an Econ major a decent mix of economic based quant classes with grad ranges from Bs to As. Strength of SOP: Good - I have a strong narrative about why I want to go into public service, but no incredible story about starting a non profit, over coming major adversity, etc etc. Strength of LOR (be honest, describe the process, etc): One prof probably weakest (I didn’t keep the best contact but I was a good student in his class); the other two are professional and strong Other: I know SPIA is a crapshoot, but I had to try to apply given it’s free. Some of my quant grades are lower, but I had a family issue that caused some of that which I explained in my application.

Accepted to YSE MEM, but waiting on funding! Surprised as I don't have a lot of technical science background but tons of environmental policy work. (5 years post undergrad)

The waiting is killing me, I just want to know! I know their deadline seems to be March 15, but in the past it looks like its even come a day or two earlier. Anyone know the acceptance rates?