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Like puchi, I have some really nice furniture that I'm looking to ship (a full bed, two dressers, a nightstand, and an AC unit) and am trying to figure out the cheapest way of shipping them. I'm going from Memphis to Baltimore, have no specific time requirements, and just want it there for the cheapest rate. I've looked at getting a pod or small uhaul truck, but I'm nervous about trying to drive cross country (myself) with a uhaul on the back of my tiny Honda.

I went to UChicago visiting days and the housing lady who did our orientation basically said that you don't get to pick which building you go into. Unless you have a super preference for VERY specific reasons (i.e. family, disabilities, allergies, pets), you just list what you want and they shove you somewhere. Basically, you would say: "I'm interested in living in a building that has XXX and I don't want to live with a roommate. I would prefer to live closer to this side of campus and I require that the apartment be furnished." And so on....

I would email the DGS for your program and ask them to put you in touch with some current students in your program. It'll help you socialize and make connections, but you can also solicit reliable information about housing. I started talking to some of the people in my program and I'm receiving roommate offers/suggestions from the people I trust the most. In general, I would take the Yelp reviews at face value. Someone probably didn't flat out lie in the review, but they may have exaggerated a bit. That said, craziness happens on college campuses. Stercus accidit.

Yeah, I've heard bad things about the Marylander... I was looking at the Carlyle too, because it's cheaper and still has the amenities, until I saw that it has some sort of mouse problem. Not my deal. I think right now that I'm primarily looking at Charles Village. Maybe Guilford. Ideally, I want to be able to walk from my doorstep to the university in under 15 minutes. Is the Hampden/Wyman Park area better/cheaper/safer/funner(?) than the Charles Village side of the university?

I got into, and accepted, an offer from Johns Hopkins with full funding. Waited till the last day, but it's still the outcome I wanted.

Does anyone know anything about University West Apartments?

Thanks everyone! I HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED! Now, I'm off to do hella day drinking with the SO. Thank you for being the best community for anxious grad applicants!

Recently accepted to the PhD program in History. Looking for a good place around Homewood. So, the Marylander is bad. Any others to avoid particularly? Please (anyone!) PM me if you have specific recommendations or you know of anyone looking for a roommate. I am housetrained and I have no pets.

After attending visiting days last week and speaking to many people I know who attend UChicago (some undergrads, some grads, some former MAPSS), I decided to accept another offer. Some people I spoke to said that just being at UChicago-- no matter the program-- is a boon, that it's worth the money. But, more people than not said that the MAPSS program isn't the best option if you have any other offers (especially if they're PhD or even a marginally funded MA). One PhD friend of mine said that she has personally seen, on at least two occasions, professors (in history, I think) boot the MAPSS students from a classroom just because he/she thought the class too large. She also said that MAPSS students have to fight for professors to advise them. That said, I wish the best of luck to everyone who plans on going. No matter what, it is still a good university.

Being able to change your signature on Gradcafe from "Waitlisted at XXXXX" to "Attending XXXXX" is the best feeling ever. I wish luck to everyone still waiting on your offers. THERE IS HOPE!

Just got a call from the DGS! ACCEPTED! Fully funded! Hopkins! So many exclamation points!!!!!!!!

Called the DGS at my waitlist school and I've been emailing with my POI. They said that they won't know until Monday (April 15) and that it might even be late in the day on monday. It seems like there are four (heartless) people who are just sitting on their offers until April 15. At this point, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

I would go up to a prof in your department and just ask them. Seriously. Brass tacks. One of my profs told me that an MA from an interdisciplinary program at the #4 history department is either equal to or less prestigious than a fully-funded PhD offer at anything in the top 15. I'm still waiting to hear back on Hopkins (#11), so that's where I'm coming from. You also have to think about institutional fit-- Chicago can be harsh; and especially a 1-year MA program with limited faculty support. That's just my take on it as someone in pretty much the same situation as you. Although, anthro and history are a bit different. I also don't put too much stock in the exact rankings. I see them as a ballpark.

.......and this is what I'm writing my thesis about. On another note, of many of the chief Greek authors/texts from the Classical Period, Herodotus and Thucydides are generally read less than your typical Sophocles/Euripides/Plato. That's why I suggested that someone who liked Thucydides read Herodotus. That's also why I was so excited when someone mentioned them. Anybody else do classical things? I feel like the classics kids are all underground on the gradcafe. Where my peeps at?

This is what I'm worried about. I have a prospectus (pretty much an abstract), but it doesn't have my sources/footnotes/quotes. It's more like: "I will be doing X because Y and also Z means...." My adviser has been really bad about getting back to me, and I'm currently struggling with writer's block. So, I'm really uncertain about what to do. I'm hesitant about sending anything at all at this point because I'm afraid he'll either think it irrelevant or too rough. BAH