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Yeah I was about to say that the main "exceptions" that come to my mind are Penn State, CU Boulder, and CSM. Makes sense though, because Penn State is near the Marcellus shale play, and CU/CSM are near Denver (prob the 2nd biggest oil city in the US).

Hm that's interesting. I've been to several industry-related student expos (where you interview for oil & gas internships/jobs) and didn't recall seeing many students from Nebraska. In general, petroleum industry connections are strongest in schools that are close to the jobs (i.e. Houston). That's one of the reasons why so many people apply to schools like Texas, OU, A&M, Rice, LSU, UH, etc. They are all close to the source so companies don't have to travel far to recruit. Of course, there are always exceptions to the rule and Nebraska may be one of them, idk.

Uh, no. The comment was inappropriate and misogynistic. Joke or not, this is not a place for these kind of comments. And this is coming from a guy...

All this talk about "if you haven't heard back from anywhere, then you're probably waitlisted/rejected" is complete BS. I didn't get my first acceptance last year until mid-March and got my last one in mid-April. And even though the school is currently attend has a reputation for sending out decisions later than normal, there were other schools where I did not get my acceptance letter until much later than expected (thought I was rejected, honestly). Schools take quite a bit of time not only to sift through applicants, but also to hear back from their best applicants. Give it some time and try not to fret too much.

I would see if it is available in your school's library. If not, perhaps ask them to do an interlibrary loan. If it was published in 1969, then it has to be in paper form somewhere; it's just a question of where. Whatever you do, double check that it is not available online. Last week, I triumphantly found an article in my school's library only to find that it was publicly available via a different search engine.

Interesting. This EXACT same situation happened to me last semester. I thought it was a gray area (and not outright cheating), but I brought it to the professor anyway. He kind of waved it off and said to not worry about it. Well, long story short, the student ended up one point short of passing and the professor did not give him the benefit of the doubt and bump him up to a passing grade. He ended up failing the class for the 3rd year in a row. Anecdotal story to be sure, but often times when students cut corners like this they end up getting burned later down the road.

Another first semester survivor here! Made an A in one class, waiting on two more. I know it's kind of an irrational thought, but has anyone felt guilty for not working during the break so far? My brain has been programmed to feel bad if I'm not doing something productive, and I'm trying to break that habit right now.

I spent the past four years in STL but would not say I'm an expert on the city. Take this for what it's worth. 111 N 15th is in the west part of downtown. It is an active and relatively safe location, but isn't that close to WashU. Are you going to have a car, or are you planning on taking the metro to school? A car would cut the commute time in half since you will be going opposite the typical flow of traffic. Taking the metro from that part of town would be slightly annoying since you have to walk from your apt to the civic center metro station (~10 min) but it is totally do-able. When people talk about two downtowns in STL they are referring to the original downtown and Clayton. Clayton is a high-end business center and suburb just west of WashU. Clayton would actually be a great spot to live as a grad student, but it may be outside of the price range you're looking at.

Hi all, So I'm graduating this coming week and will be driving back home shortly thereafter. The grad school that I will be attending this fall is on the way back which is great because it means I can drop off my stuff at my apartment as well as potentially visit the school/dept. Since my advisor is not set at the moment, I was wondering if it would be worth it to contact the department chair and schedule a brief meeting/tour. Is this an appropriate thing to ask or should I just hold off until orientation? If it matters, I am going to be a MS student, not PhD.

Hi everyone, Another avenue to consider if you're having trouble finding an apartment near campus would be to browse the Craigslist shared housing section. Although there are quite a few listings in the BR periphery, you can occasionally find an apartment or shared house close to campus for cheap. I recently locked in a really nice shared house (with 3 other grad students) in a quiet neighborhood close to campus for $450 utilities included. I realize that shared housing isn't for everybody, and that some people value privacy, but just wanted to share that idea in case anyone was interested.

Wow, I've been looking for something like this for a while. Thanks for sharing GeoDude!

Rejected as well. Oh well, life goes on. Apparently they sent out all decisions today, so everyone should have heard. Congrats to anyone who got the good news!

It was going to be OU, but after I visited both the OU and LSU departments I felt that LSU was definitely the better fit for me. Here are some of the reasons why: - No financial assistance at OU. LSU gave me a 2 year TA assistantship. - LSU's department is about the same size as my undergrad's department and I feel pretty comfortable with that size. OU definitely felt bigger. More importantly though, my advisor at LSU has 4 students while my advisor at OU has 11 (he didn't mention this on his webpage...)! So the upshot of this is that I definitely feel as though I'll get more personal attention at LSU (which is a pretty important factor for me). - My potential research project at LSU sounds amazing. I'm sure my project at OU would be good too, but I never got that far. - I got a more positive vibe from the department at LSU. It's hard to put into words, but it just felt right. One of those weird, gut instincts. YMMV. I've already notified OU (and TCU and NAU) that I won't be attending, so hopefully I opened up spots for people waiting on those schools. I will admit that it was a difficult decision to turn down OU, mainly because it is probably the second biggest feeder into the petroleum industry (after UT). Although as GeoDude mentioned in an earlier post, the oil industry has so many available jobs that it doesn't really matter where you go to school; what matters is your expertise/skill set and how that will translate to the real world. Sorry, I just realized I totally over-answered the original question...

So what about people who have been accepted in the first round for some schools, but not others? For example, I am also waiting on UT and don't want to commit to my second choice (accepted already) until I hear back from UT. I'm just paranoid that if I don't accept my second choice before April 15th, I might get my offer rescinded, even though they never specified a particular deadline in their acceptance letter.

This may or may not help, but when I was accepted by LSU (early March), they sent out a formal email. I didn't really ask them about the status of my application during the waiting period. I would imagine that your application is still "under review" because there are a fair amount of first round acceptees who haven't committed to a school yet. This includes me, but once I hear back from UT-Austin I'll make up my mind pretty quickly!

I just read through this thread and find it curious. Anyone else think the OP is pulling our chain here (i.e. trolling)? I just find it hard to believe that she literally missed all 40 quant questions. Is it possible? Yes. Statistically speaking, however, it seems like it would be really difficult to pull that off. I mean even blind guessing would produce a better score. I apologize if this is indeed true, though. I'm not trying to bash the OP - just find the situation somewhat improbable.

So for those who did not get the invite, can we assume a waitlist/rejection? I'm not sure if prospective student weekend is synonymous with acceptance, but I'd imagine the absence of an invitation does not bode well.

I applied to 8 for undergrad and 6 for Master's. Now that's neuroticism for you, huh? I guess it's somewhat deserved since in my field it's pretty tough to get a job straight out of undergrad. Job opportunities really open up after an MS/PhD.

The only writing utensil I use are Papermate Sharpwriter pencils (like these: http://media2.hickorees.com/image/PapermateSharpwriter_L2.jpg). Any other mechanical pencil makes an unpleasant sound to my ears - similar to nails scratching on a chalkboard. Don't bother using pens because I tend to erase quite a bit and don't like to have to scratch things out. I actually prefer wide-ruled to college-ruled because my handwriting is pretty big, but I don't particularly mind using college-ruled if its my only option. Let's see, in terms of actually studying, I tend to like it quiet, but in certain cases I can tolerate some noise. What's weird is that while I absolutely cannot have music playing while writing a paper, I have no problem doing math or anything with numbers with music on, especially if it's something that isn't too distracting like classical, jazz, or jam. One last thing. I don't know if anyone can relate with this, but when I have a big assignment due, I tend to procrastinate by doing other coursework. Like if I have a ten page paper for English Lit due in a couple days, I'll think to myself, "I should really get started on that Diff Eq problem set that's due in a week and a half." Weird huh?