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rejected. Cycle over. Goodbye gradcafe, it's been good. And kudos to everyone who made it to FES

Man...it's so nerve-wracking for me because I'm the weird position of having worked for 7 years in research that makes my degree choice really relevant...but it's all been during my schooling. Yale seems to cite 'post-bacc experience' as being almost a top priority for them. I hope they see potential in people who come straight from undergrad... @kld0608 I'm in the EXACT position you are, only I got in to the MPA-ESP through early action. Enrolled, but probably will withdraw because they refused to give me any $$ help No later than the 14th means it might as well be today :S Good luck everyone!

@sleepingcaffein, at 3PM EST. Hang on!

Also just got in to Harris. Do they reveal your scholarship award with your admissions letter? I didn't get anything explicit for them, probably going to ring them up endlessly...sigh. Not going to go without scholly though. Might defer if Yale dings me. P.S. I'm international, if anyone outside the US is waiting on decisions!

Samesies haha. but given their admissions event on the 20th, I bet we'll hear by the 15th, maybe even earlier..

Yale is having FES Admitted Students events as early as March 20th. Looks like the first wave will definitely go out on time next week! Good luck everyone http://environment.yale.edu/events/detail/41191

I'm international, I haven't heard anything yet. Usually they went out a little later than 2/28...last year people posted e-mail notifications around 3-5 March. American decisions rolled out as early as 10-11 though.

Harris sometimes rolls out decisions to international applicants in the 1st week of March...

Ugh...I'm too scared to even guess my chances at Yale. But at 34% acceptance rate is a sign of hope!

Sorry to hear tiredwaiting I submitted an executive summary for a consulting project as a writing sample but no diversity statement--felt it would be disingenuous to attempt that. Diversity statements seem to be for non-traditional applicants or people with extenuating/unconventional circumstances...

Hmm yeah I figured as much. Back to reading Christopher Stone then.

There was a Yale FES Masters rejection just posted. I realize the Forestry (that is, if the post was indeed a Forestry masters applicant) and MEM timelines are different, but in the interest of aggravating my nerves, I wonder if this has any implications for us MEM-ers. Thoughts?

Doubtful about Yale for Feb...they say around March 15. based on the last 2 years they've been pretty good at getting decisions out on time. My first choice is Yale!!

@cunninlynguist: make that 6!! Program Applied To: MEM, MPA, MS Schools Applied To: Yale FES (MEM), Harris UChicago (MS Env Policy), SIPA (MPA-ESP) Schools Accepted To: SIPA (MPA-ESP) no funding... Undergraduate Institution: McGill (Montreal Canada) Undergraduate GPA: 3.4 (4.0 last semester) Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering, Environment Minor GRE Quantitative Score: 162 GRE Verbal Score: 162 GRE AW Score: 5.5 Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 0 Years of Work Experience: 7 Describe Relevant Work Experience: Significant fuel cell research experience from high school through my undergrad. Two major internships with Greenpeace and a renowned lawyer in India. Also do work organizing scientific competitions and tutoring on the side. Strength of SOP: I think I show I have a very clear focus on relationship between technology and policy and how my background in engineering and internships in policy/rights analysis show this combination. Hoping that my good fortune in developing professional skills working in a lab might off set my age/lack of "post-graduate" experience. fingers crossed! Strength of LOR: Two probably very good, from a current supervisor and the head of an organization I've volunteered for over several years. Third probably decent, haven't seen him in 5 years but my work helped obtain a patent in both our names. P.S. I received correspondence from Angela Kuhne about the lack of work experience--she said that while they do admit only 10-15% of their class straight out of undergrad, they value internship experience and part-time work. Maybe there's hope!

Anyone from Canada applied for the Fulbright to do grad school in US? Apparently notification is coming either late this week or early next week...I hope I'm not the only Canuck!

Thanks kyeulsa! Was wondering if you could gauge how much of a role your work experience played in getting into Harris? Or just your overall feel on what might have swung the pendulum in your favor over there? It isn't my top choice but I would definitely think hard about it if I was admitted. The reality is im straight out of undergrad but i've had unique experiences that allowed me to firmly set my mind to public policy and law...thanks for the input!

Program Applied To (MPA, MPP, IR, etc.): MPA, MEM, MS Env.Sci.&Policy Schools Applied To: SIPA, Harris, Yale F&ES Schools Admitted To: SIPA(applied early decision to the MPA-ESP program) Schools Rejected From: Still Waiting: Harris & Yale Undergraduate institution: Top 5 Canadian Undergraduate GPA: 3.37 Last 60 hours of Undergraduate GPA (if applicable): 4.0 last semester Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering (Environmental Studies Minor) GRE Quantitative Score: 162 (87th Perc.) GRE Verbal Score: 162 (90th) GRE AW Score: 5.5 (96th) Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): In Undergrad Years of Work Experience: 7 Describe Relevant Work Experience: Worked part-time during high school and throughout undergrad as a fuel cell researcher (independent projects with minimal academic supervision). Worked as a tutor and public speaking coach. Regularly coordinate youth engagement programs for science&technology. Two major internships working with Greenpeace and a renowned Indian environmental lawyer. Languages: English and French (completely bilingual), Hindi (speaking/listening fluency, teaching myself writing/reading) and another regional Indian language (speaking/listening fluency) Quant: Rigorous math education (stats, calculus, differential equations, linear algebra, modelling software) and courses in microeconomics, environmental economics and international economics. Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc): Highlights a really concentrated interest in link between clean tech and green policies, drawing from experiences in both fuel cell field and policy internships. Shows why the problem exists and why interdisciplinary education can address it. Probably stylistically strong, not sure if its a unique story or perspective. Strength of LOR (be honest, describe the process, etc): Two academic, from previous research supervisors who probably attested to my academic talent. One is from a supervisor I worked with a long time ago..don't know how that will pan out. Third is from a professional supervisor who has good knowledge of my volunteer work and commitment to working at the grassroots level. Other: 1 first-author scientific publication, several publications in a well-known youth science publication (Imagine from JHU), book chapter on river conservation, US patent on fuel cell discovery...