nibot ([personal profile] nibot) wrote2003-11-20 04:14 pm

grad school spam

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...

[identity profile] hukuma.livejournal.com 2003-11-20 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Did you just take the GREs? If so, expect a lot more...

[identity profile] kulganic.livejournal.com 2003-11-20 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
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!

[identity profile] roxymartini.livejournal.com 2003-11-20 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
incidentally, Rebekah (our kitchen manager, and a Persian major) received an identical email. thought you'd find that amusing.

[identity profile] easwaran.livejournal.com 2003-11-20 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
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...

[identity profile] forvrkate.livejournal.com 2003-11-20 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I got that same email today. :P Except mine said "Dear Kate..."