grad school spam

[nibot]

Dear Tobin,

You have been identified as a strong potential candidate for our Ph.D. fellowships in Environmental Economics. The University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) has recently begun a new NSF-funded training program in Environmental Economics. Students work toward a Ph.D. from either the Department of Economics or the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at UCSB, one of the top...

Environmental economics? How odd. But I suppose it's nice to start getting solicitations from grad schools...

Comments

[hukuma.livejournal.com]

Did you just take the GREs? If so, expect a lot more...

[kulganic.livejournal.com]

Ha ha that´s funny although not advised. Professor Akerlof says don´t go to a econ program that isnt top 15. But then you dont even like econ!

[roxymartini.livejournal.com]

incidentally, Rebekah (our kitchen manager, and a Persian major) received an identical email. thought you'd find that amusing.

[easwaran.livejournal.com]

I got those for various new interdisciplinary programs at various universities my senior year - something in some sort of biology thing (maybe what you got?), for the program in data mining at CMU, for some biological MBA or something, and various other stuff. I wouldn't let them lead you on too much...

[forvrkate.livejournal.com]

I got that same email today. :P Except mine said "Dear Kate..."