bibliophile23

This would have been mine a year ago, after my first (disastrous) round of applications: Considering other options: traveling, drinking, breeding. And now, since I tried again rather than doing any of those things: In, funded, impatient. Hurry up, August!

I'm with you guys! I fantasize about a library with one of those attached sliding ladders.

I'll add myself to this list. My dad failed out of college and joined the military; later he started his own business. My mom dropped out of college to marry my dad. She went back later, when I was a kid, and I think she got as far as about a semester away from having a B.A. in elementary ed., but then she just. . . stopped. I don't know exactly what happened. It didn't seem to be a money thing, and she knew she'd earn more at her nursery school job

I'll see you there, Tim. I, too, will be an English PhD Hawkeye! (And I, too, would like housing suggestions.)

Hi, I'm starting in the English PhD program in the fall of 09, and I'm hoping someone can give me some advice about where I should look for an apartment. Neighborhood suggestions are good, as are website suggestions. Thanks!