surprisecake Posted January 3, 2011 Author Posted January 3, 2011 It's on the SoS website! Even worse, one month AFTER applying to Berkeley, i discovered that they are "primarily a PhD school, and 2 masters students are admitted in a year' :S It was in their damn FAQs, how did I not see that before?!
chocolate_blanche Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 If you really like the program and think its worth a shot you will try anyway, so dont feel bad. Its all out of our hands now:( One program I applied to only choose 10 finalists for the interview round and yet another only admit a 6 PhD cohort, and I already feel extremely humble and pressured!! I wonder whether environmental management/ policy related programs hold interviews too, anyone knows? I heard that Bren may invite you for a campus recruitment visit, what about Yale FES? And out of curiosity how come programs in biology/ neuroscience/ psychology release results so early??? Supposedly they must have earlier deadlines but why?!
seahawk2k Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 Update! I was accepted at Duke MEM with a $7000 scholarship and $2900 assistantship! Not sure if it is only for 1 year or for both. Any other updates?
davidyu77 Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 are you applying for the MS or MA at SoS? I can't believe they only admit EIGHT students for each program in a year. I wonder how many applications they get. I think SOS accepted about 14 MS students and 15 PhDs last year (roughtly 30 graduate students). The school is unique in that it is pretty much the only school in the US that teaches the discipline of "sustainability science" in both undergrad and graduate level. Sustainability science is an emerging, trans-disciplinary discipline that is not housed within other areas like public policy or environmental management.
swend Posted January 31, 2011 Posted January 31, 2011 Update! I was accepted at Duke MEM with a $7000 scholarship and $2900 assistantship! Not sure if it is only for 1 year or for both. Any other updates? congratulation！btw when did you submit?Are the applications for MEM reviewed on a roiling basis?
monotreme Posted January 31, 2011 Posted January 31, 2011 Update! I was accepted at Duke MEM with a $7000 scholarship and $2900 assistantship! Not sure if it is only for 1 year or for both. Any other updates? whaaa? i thought it wasn't rolling admissions.. their deadline is tomorrow.. and they're already accepting students? what concentration did you choose?
livingthedream Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Update! I was accepted at Duke MEM with a $7000 scholarship and $2900 assistantship! Not sure if it is only for 1 year or for both. Any other updates? Yeah, you're making us all nervous! Where else were you accepted, if any?
seahawk2k Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 I chose the Ecosystem Science and Conservation concentration. I applied in November/December, so maybe they look at early application earlier? I have also been accepted at Indiana University at Bloomington for the joint MES/MPA. I am waiting to hear from Arizona State SOS, UCSB, and University of Michigan. We should be hearing from Arizona State soon right?
surprisecake Posted February 4, 2011 Author Posted February 4, 2011 Congratulations again seahawk! What makes you say that about SOS?
swend Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 I have heared of other people accepted by MEM in Duke, it really makes me a little nervous.
seahawk2k Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 Congratulations again seahawk! What makes you say that about SOS? Well the confirmation of application email said decisions will start to be made in February and that the applications were given to the faculty January 3rd. Oh but another email said towards the end of February, so who knows!
surprisecake Posted February 5, 2011 Author Posted February 5, 2011 Oh dear god... I keep ignoring those confirmation of submission emails because they're so generic and misinformed. And this year most of them seem to be going along the lines of 'Because of the infinite number of applications recieved this season, we will be sending notifications by the year 2387 as opposed to March' I just checked my ASU email now. End of Feb eh? We'll see.
chocolate_blanche Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 Has anyone heard about the situation at Yale? Based on previous years records the PhD results are out in February and the MEM in March. I just want to know when the adcoms at Yale will meet (if not already). Oh yes UCSB said that they will notify by March 19th the latest, so its exactly like like year.
monotreme Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 Has anyone heard about the situation at Yale? Based on previous years records the PhD results are out in February and the MEM in March. I just want to know when the adcoms at Yale will meet (if not already). Oh yes UCSB said that they will notify by March 19th the latest, so its exactly like like year. I called Yale's admission office yesterday to ask about the admit process for MESc/MEM. they're just starting to read apps and all notices for admission will be electronic! everyone gets notified the same day. it'll be around march 15th
Cdot Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 Has any of you looked into the environmental programs at LSE? they offer three one year MSc in environmental policy, environment and development and environmental economics and climate change. Has anybody heard of them in terms of academic quality and/or career prospects?
2shieh Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 Hey everyone! I haven't posted on this feed over the past few months... but I figure that I would put up an update now that the apps are done and the responses are coming in! Applied to: UCSB MEM University of Washington Evan's School of Public Affairs, concentration in Environmental Policy UPenn Masters of Arts in Environmental Studies (School of Liberal Arts and Sciences) Columbia Masters of Science in Sustainability Management (School of Continuing Education) University of Michigan Masters of Science in Sustainability Systems (School of Natural Resources) Yale MEM (School of Forestry and Environmental Studies) Stats: Undergrad institution: UC Irvine GPA: 3.54 GRE: 1280 2 years of unrelated work exp; 8+ years as volunteer in NGO; studied abroad in Beijing Accepted: UMich! No word on scholarships/fellowships so far Rejected: none so far! Gluck to everyone! 2shieh
surprisecake Posted February 15, 2011 Author Posted February 15, 2011 awesome, 2shieh! when and in what way did you get the UMich admit? I've pretty much applied everywhere (as my signature indicates)... no admits or rejects yet
surprisecake Posted February 15, 2011 Author Posted February 15, 2011 to everybody who has heard back from schools... how soon before the deadlines did you'll send in your apps?
seahawk2k Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 to everybody who has heard back from schools... how soon before the deadlines did you'll send in your apps? I submitted all my apps in/by November, so pretty early. I also heard back from U of Michigan and was accepted! I hope you hear back soon!
2shieh Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 awesome, 2shieh! when and in what way did you get the UMich admit? I've pretty much applied everywhere (as my signature indicates)... no admits or rejects yet Hey surprisecake! Thanks! I first received an email yesterday morning informing my acceptance from the Rackham school of graduate studies, then a terrifyingly thin envelop from the school of natural resources (even though I got in, I was afraid that it was some mix up... something like that happened in 2005 when Cornell notified for undergrads on their acceptances, only to have them submit a follow up email/letter saying that there was a mix up.) The letter from SNRE told me that I was "recommended for acceptance to the School of Natural Resources" and that I would receive a follow up email from Rackham confirming my acceptance, which I received earlier in the day. My application was completed in Dec, with my LOR's submitted the day before the January 5th deadline, so I was really surprised to have heard back so early. I've been waiting to hear back from UPenn and Columbia for some time now, since both websites stated that the time frame applicants can expect to hear back with an admissions decision is within 3-5 weeks. It's been 3-5 weeks since I completed my application!!! Oh well... I'm extremely happy with my acceptance so far, and knew when I applied that I'd be happy going to any of the 7 schools that I applied to. Good luck to you all! 2shieh
2shieh Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 I submitted all my apps in/by November, so pretty early. I also heard back from U of Michigan and was accepted! I hope you hear back soon! Congrats, seahawk2k!! Are you going to the admit day in March? And good luck to you, surprisecake! Waiting it out is definitely the most difficult part of the whole process, but I'm sure you'll get some good news soon.
seahawk2k Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 Congrats, seahawk2k!! Are you going to the admit day in March? And good luck to you, surprisecake! Waiting it out is definitely the most difficult part of the whole process, but I'm sure you'll get some good news soon. Where did you find the information about the admit day? I am just sort of waiting for financial aid info before diving in super deep about decisions!
2shieh Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 Where did you find the information about the admit day? I am just sort of waiting for financial aid info before diving in super deep about decisions! They mentioned it in the letter I received from SNRE. March 25th apparently... right around the corner!
seahawk2k Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 They mentioned it in the letter I received from SNRE. March 25th apparently... right around the corner! Did you actually get a paper letter in the mail? I just got an email from Rackham graduate school.
2shieh Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Did you actually get a paper letter in the mail? I just got an email from Rackham graduate school. Yup. It was a small envelope.
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