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Just a quick fyi, if it helps: Purdue/Lafayette's bus system is City Bus, here: (http://gocitybus.com/) That lists bus routes, and you see how late they run. Some vary (i.e. the 4B [which takes you to Copper Beach/College Station/some others] runs every half-hour from 6:30am ish to 7pm, then every hour until midnight, while I think Happy Hollow and most of the campus routes only run till 6ish or so, just depends. So if you dont have a car and plan on staying on campus late, check on this. Also! Some places (I think maybe Copper Beech is one of them) have their own express bus services.

Hello eliotstanton! I'm joining the same program you are, I think! I am having troubles looking for a place, it seems a very frustrating experience. Are there any places you would suggest NOT living (too undergrad-y, a bit shady?)

I can say that I haven't heard any specific things bad about the places you mentioned, but I haven't heard a lot about them in general, sadly. I know Beau Jardin is a pretty popular place for new grad students, especially internationals. It's on a bus line, I believe (10-15 min ride either way if I remember right) I think I've heard good things about Blackbird Farms, and I know I've at least heard of Livesay Management, haha. I really can't think of any particular areas to avoid in Lafayette/West Lafayette. I mean, I have a (female) friend who lives in a studio in downtown Lafayette (4th street-ish) and has no troubles stumbling back at night drunk. I mean, it's obiviously not totally crime free, but there's nothing specific I can think of to avoid. Yeah, most grad students tend to want to live in downtown Lafayette - the bars are there, and it's easy to get to campus, and generally NO undergrads (the joke is they won't cross the river), but some do tend to live in West Lafayette, though a bit further from campus.

Hey all - been at Purdue for 5 years now (4 years undergrad, 1 as tech), and can give you some info. I think as a graduate student, I'd prefer to live in Lafayette, just over the bridge. I know a grad student that lives is West Lafayette, near Grant Street (near the Purdue power plant), and another that owns a house out near Wal-Mart on 52. It totally depends what you want to do. I am not sure about the bike situation around here. A number of people bike, but I don't think the situation is the best. There aren't any dedicated bike lanes that I've noticed. Bike riding on campus isn't bad, but I am not sure how getting here would be. Bus: I take the bus every day. My bus line runs pretty late, and comes about every half-hour. If you live in downtown Lafayette, the bus will also run rather late, and come every 10-15 minutes. (Check gocitybus.com for bus information). In my opinion, the bus system isn't bad, but I come from somewhere with pretty much no bus system, so I don't really have room to speak Places to avoid, undergrad-wise? I think the closer to campus you get, the more undergrads are there. If you live anywhere near what we call Chauncey, there will be a ton of undergrads, especially in the evenings and weekends, particularly if there is a home football game. (Chauncey is the area near "Harry's Chocolate Shop," "Jake's Roadhouse," and "Where Else?" (three pretty popular undergrad bars). Another popular place for undergrads is near the Cactus (a bar/club), and that will probably get pretty loud on Thursday-Saturday evenings. Any other questions, lemme know!

I just accepted an offer with the Microbiology PhD program! Hello all! I am from Indiana, but the first time I visited Wisconsin was the interview, haha. I am pretty darn excited about the hockey and the cheese!

Sorry to hear that :/ Hope all works out in the end, though.

I got an acceptance call this morning, as well, around 11am their time. The email came a few hours later. Congrats to all who got the call!

Same! Congrats to both of us!!!

If I've learned anything this interview season, it's that...I am absolutely terrible with names. At my first interview, I had a lot of trouble matching names/faces, even of people I'd spoken to, and I suddenly couldn't remember what any of them worked on! For my second, I'm going to print off a page of faculty photos matched with a quick description of what they do. If you have as much trouble with this names things as I do, you might want to try this!

I am interviewing with Cornell Biomedical Sciences. I paid for my plane ticket, but was informed I would be reimbursed, yes.

I just looked these up - is that the Reigious studies division? You might want to try a different forum if it is - we are mostly biological sciences here.

I think they've sent out second and third waves, too - I got mine on January 3rd. I called in December, and I think they said they'd be sending out invites through mid/late January.

Best: Haven't had too much back-and-forth problems, but almost all of the universities this year have been pretty awesome. Worst: UCLA. I applied last application cycle, didn't get my rejection notice until August.

Thanks for the info!! Can't wait! You're right, I think my favorite part about the weekend was how great it seemed to be a graduate student there... so many facilities and places to cater to the needs of the grad students. Thanks again for showing us around!!

I applied to MMG, but if IMP is still reviewing, I'm hopeful. Thanks! How did you find out?