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WanderingUrchin

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  1. And now a question of my own: Did anyone consider applying to environmental engineering programs? Or is anyone coming out of undergrad with an engineering or math degree? If so I'm curious as to what you think of the quantitative courses that Nicholas (specifically EE) offers in comparison to an MS in Environmental Engineering (specifically this track within Johns Hopkins' Dept. of Geography & Environmental Engineering). Thanks. Crunch time!!!
  2. Sorry all for the delay in responding to your follow-up questions. Been super busy at work and trying to make my decision. Hopefully these aren't too late. @jhuffline: Bren's admitted students day was 3/16. I received an offer from Bren on 4/3. The rumor going around Duke's admitted students day was that Bren financial offers would be made at the beginning of last week, and it held true for me. Not sure whether they will be making other offers, but considering their decision date is 4/15, somehow I doubt it. Maybe if people who received funding end up declining. I received the difference between in and out of state for the first year & nothing for second year. I think they commonly offer more $ to out-of-state US citizens for the first year than the second, as you can get California residency in one year. @kamnamurt, @akl_cat, @mgrubs, etc: Hopefully I wasn't too misleading with my post re the concentrations at Duke. Those were just my impressions. Every current student that I talked to did have a concentration, although with electives, you could definitely take classes outside of your concentration. @MCRM, I don't believe there are restrictions on what concentrations can get the sustainable systems certificate, but it may take more planning for some concentrations than others. You'd probably have to ask someone from EE or EEP.
  3. Hi everyone, I've been a silent observer of your forum for awhile. Just wanted to reply to a couple of questions RE Duke, as I was also at their admitted students day (as well as Bren's). MCRM and akl_cat, I didn't get the impression that doing a double concentration was common, and maybe not even feasible. I was also interested in both EE and EEP (although I wrote down EE on my application). It sounds like EE is a very quantitative concentration, probably more so than the Energy & Climate track at Bren (I can't speak to Yale or UMich, as I didn't apply there). I noticed that at Duke, a very common question for admitted students was "What's your concentration?" as though everyone would have already decided, and it seemed harder (but definitely possible) than at Bren to change later. I think the reason is at Bren, everyone takes the same classes for most of the first 2 quarters, so everyone gets the same broad environmental base. Then you start taking the classes in your area (and other electives). Whereas at Duke, you dive right into your focus area immediately, and there are only 2 classes plus Masters Project that are required for all students. The EE concentration has been growing rapidly and is one of the newest, but is also one of the largest - about 40 students among current first-years. Quite a few students changed to EE over the course of the year, and they finally had to cut it off because they can't meet demand. But they are adding 1 or more faculty members, hopefully in time for the fall. I can see pros and cons to both approaches. Bren's method likely builds more class cohesiveness and stresses the interdisciplinary and interconnected nature of environmental problems, but may not quite allow you to get the depth in a particular field that Duke does. MCRM, Duke has a certificate in Sustainable Systems that you may be interested in combining with the EE concentration. Might be a better fit (and easier to manage) than double-concentrating with EEP.
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