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  1. 4/15. IT IS FINISHED

  2. Hi, I was in Nashville for UG and a couple of years after, and during this time I knew a handful of students who didn't have a car. However, all of them had access to a car and friends (like myself) willing to schlepp people to and fro. The Hillsboro village/ 21st avenue area is your best best in terms of access to laundromats, grocery stores, coffee shops, bars, restaurants and even a movie theatre. However, if you're interested in going to East Nashville (the 'hip' area of Nashville) or the 12th South area (lots of good restaurants) you will need a car. Personally, I would make it a priority to have a car if at all possible, though parking at Vanderbilt is horrific. A walk from the hillsboro area to Vandy's campus ( in particular the english dept bldgs) would take you maybe 20-30 minutes - not a bad walk at all. As far as rents go in that area, I have a friend who had an amazing 1 bedroom for probably $800/month. I've lived in that area, and I would say that you are probably going to pay around $500/mo minimum for a room in a 2bd or 3bd. If you want to live alone, I would say you're looking $800 minimum although I'm not really sure about that. In short, I think Nashville wants to be a small progressive city that is walkable and bikeable but it's not there just yet. It's a great place to live,though, and feel free to PM me with any questions about Vandy or Nashville.
  3. Craigslist. In NYC, craigslist doesn't carry the "creepy" connotations that it does in other areas, at least in terms of housing. I've used Craigslist - in the sublet and rooms shared categories - to find housing in Brooklyn on three separate occasions. Each were positive experiences and I payed alot less for rooms than most of my friends.
  4. how 'bout them Berkeley rejections today? At least I saw this one coming.
  5. Hey! Welcome to grad cafe!

  6. Congrats, Cinemaaa! Looks like Berkeley overlook my talents. I'm in at UCSB and going to Northwestern's interview weekend, so still feeling good. I share your love of Audition. I slept through a good 30% of the movie and still walked away absolutely terrified. Congrats again about Berkeley!
  7. Thanks for the info. I guess the rule is that there is no rule, which is consistent with much of the app process.
  8. Wow, thanks for sharing this. I am attending an interview weekend for a humanities program and have been wondering how these things work. Were you given any indication how many students would be offered admission, or the number of students the department would enroll?
  9. Haha I thought about making an area code list too, but thought it was too obsessive. Now I don't feel so bad. *summoning my post-its*
  10. I've gotten a few emails about incomplete materials but that's about it. Even then I've analyzed to death those email and phone conversations. MY GRE score hasn't been received, you say? Wow they must really want me! Ahh, the pleasures of self-delusion.
  11. I get to resume hanging out and going out with friends again, and occasionally I get 8 hours of sleep/per night again! In moments of insanity I plan to give bikram yoga another shot. Oh, and work on building my record collection.
  12. Here goes nothing. This was incredibly difficult for me to write, but goes along with my new year's resolution to be more positive. -3.78 GPA and 3.91 in my major, from a fancy top-20 R1 undergrad UG -graduated summa cum laude, in the top 10% of my class -phi beta kappa honors -managed to graduate with honors in my major, along with 2 minors -wrote an honors thesis and, through massive editing (read: rewriting), have produced a decent writing sample -spent a semester abroad, studied a bunch of French - good GRE: 750V/680Q/5.5AW - 2 good LORs, 1 great LOR, from my UG advisor who said that I was one of only a handful of students he would absolutely encourage to enter this field -4ish years of 'real world' but unrelated experience which has provided me with invaluable perspective, ambition, drive, etc. Wow, that was weird.
  13. I've got an admin assistant gig at a private high school/middle school.
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