yenachem

I have been getting overwhelming thoughts of doubt lately. I will be taking out school loans and giving up 2 years of my life for a masters degree. I keep thinking what if I went into a different field or did something else. What if the field I'm entering is not for me?! I think I'm pretty capable of doing a lot of different things. I don't want to waste time doing something I won't be happy in. Anyone else feel doubt?

Crazy....I got into UCB just right now by e-mail....I am in awe since my gpa is not that high and I don't have any stellar research experience.

I'm still waiting for UC Berkeley for M.S. in Environmental Eng. The website said by April 1 we should be sent a decision. I saw a few people post on the results page all varying in dates of notification. I am not feeling so good waiting this long.

Congrats on getting into Stanford! I got into Cal Poly Slo and UC Davis, still waiting on UCB and UCI. I'm not feeling so good about UCB.

It seems grad school can be fun. But in my observation, some departments tend to be more social than others. I think it's very important to have friends in your field or else you can go crazy. I know current and former grad students who agree. I even heard of a grad student who committed suicide because of loneliness.

I understand blaurg. The wait is driving me mad. But what can any of us do

I've met grad students who seemed to have really active social lives but I also met grad students who were very lonely. A friend of mine who is currently a first year engineering grad student told me most of the students in his department are antisocial. What are your experiences of the social lfe in grad school?

I also got that E-mail today and checked my status on embark immediately afterwards and got an acceptance. Strange how it says March 3.

Hey blaurg, I applied to berkeley too. Did you hear any news from them at all? I have got zilch from them.

Don't know about Duke but it's nice to see there are other Environmental Engineering majors. I have applied to UC schools and am still waiting on them. Any other Env Eng people out there?

I think its depends which department you applied to. I applied to Berkeley civil and environmental engineering department and I have yet to hear from them. I just read on their website that they will let you know late February if they received all your documents and then I guess after that they make decisions..... It's gonna be a long wait.

I got an e-mail from the UC Irvine Environmental Eng department inviting me to a visitation day to assist in their final selection of candidates. I would go but it is pretty far away from where I live. Would not attending visitation day screw my chances of getting in? Anyone have any experience with this sort of thing? Thanks

It's comforting to hear other people who are in the same boat as me. I am wondering what type of job I should apply to. I don't want to apply to full time careers because I know there is a big possibility I will be quitting in a couple of months. I was thinking just some temporary fun/chill job even if it pays minimum wage. Any ideas?