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mccurrdl

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  1. I work for the EPA, and my boss is on the 'relevancy review' board. He says he hasn't gotten anything to review yet, so I wouldn't expect anything soon. He said probably 1-2 months. Sorry to disappoint.
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    Yale SEAS

    Update: My official papers came this weekend. The funding amount is $29,550/yr for 5 years. The first year is covered by university fellowship, and then an RA after that. I'm expected to TA at least once, usually during the second year.
  3. mccurrdl

    Yale SEAS

    I've heard unofficially (from a prof in the CEE dept.) that the standard deal in SEAS is 29k/yr. The first year is a fellowship, with limited labwork, and after than an RA for the same amount. Usually 4-5 years is guaranteed. Offer letters should come by snail mail this week or early next, and have funding numbers in them.
  4. As if on queue, today I got in. I imagine you'll hear good news soon as well.
  5. I wouldn't worry about it. I'm in a very similar situation. I had a very positive phone interview with a prof (whom I had met at a couple of conferences) from Yale about two weeks ago. I emailed him back afterwards with one more question, and he hasn't gotten back to me. Realistically, at this time of year (and in general) these profs are so busy that these kinds of things are probably very low on their list. They might also enjoy keeping us in suspense, particularly if they expect to be delivering good news soon enough. In summary: don't sweat it; you're probably in.
  6. As I understand it, 'units' means quarter-hours. I think they say that the 45 units is normally completed in nine months, so that means each quarter you take 5 classes at 3 credit hours each. Obviously that's pretty intense so I think quite a few people take longer to do it.
  7. Hello all, Undergrad institution: University of Cincinnati Major: Civil Engineering (with Env Eng emphasis Ugrad GPA: 3.77; major GPA is 3.69. Mostly from one C+ in a fairly meaningless class Rank: 2nd in CEE class of ~45, I think GRE (taken once; not sure if that matters or not) 800Q 640V 5.0 Analytical Writing 2.75 years of paid research experience at US Environmental Protection Agency, ongoing 1 summer internship in my department in structural engineering (3 years ago) 1 publication submitted, under review as 1st author in respected env eng journal (Water Research) 1 publication in prep as 2nd author, to be submitted to Environmental Science and Technology Very strong letter from my EPA advisor/boss 2 decent letters from professors in my department (1 asst. prof, one fairly well known prof who now has an endowed chair at Missouri S&T (Dan Oerther)) Attended 2 international conferences and one local conference. Poster at one of the first two SOP will emphasis research experience, strong commitment to research, and aspiration for academic career Profile: Domestic white male Is my GPA too low as compared to everything else? That's the main thing I'm worrying about. Also, worrying that Cincinnati is not top tier (ranked 28th in env eng) Schools applying to (all for PhD direct admit, except Stanford, which doesn't allow it): Stanford (for MS) UC Berkeley UW-Seattle (Visited and met 4 profs. Top prof in dept (Mark Benjamin) said "We'd love to have you here" so I'm not worried about UW) UC-Boulder ETH Zurich Yale (Have spoken to professor who seemed interested and said that I was 'well qualified') UT-Austin (My EPA advisor went there and stays in touch with his advisor. His letter will certainly reflect that) Cincinnati (super safety) Also considering MIT UIUC (except that I really don't fancy living in a cornfield) Michigan Thanks!
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