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  1. H Bond

    New Haven, CT

    Does anyone know whether I can/how much it costs to extend a dorm stay over the summer? The contract I received has seemingly self-contradictory terms, saying I must move out by May 24th, but can receive a reduced summer rate if I move out or can sublet. Has anyone else stayed in their dorm over the summer? Thanks!
  2. I don't know how it is in Speech Pathology, but in Chemistry, unless the department is fairly sizable, it's frowned upon to do grad and undergrad at the same place...
  3. 1. Well, Dad, who knows something about the process, told me to shoot as high as possible and that everyone would accept me. But really, I dismissed that because that's what Dads are supposed to say. 2. Adviser told me that I needed more safety schools (which I applied to per his suggestion). I suspect he thought I'd get accepted to about half of the schools I applied to and mostly in the mid-range. 3. Adviser turned too-busy-dean said "You're going to the ivies!" Result: I got into 7/9 and wait listed at 1/9, including a three ivies and one that's practically an ivy. What I didn't expect was that neither the places I interned gave me an straight admission.
  4. Really, I think it depends on the student, although I should hope it is never based solely on prestige. Ranking is difficult to determine. Do you use school, program, or professorial ranking? Even the rankings published by the NRC are rather fluid and based mainly on the opinions of professors at other universities. In any case, if you give up a school you like better for the sake of another's reputation, you're going to have to live with that decision for the next 3-8 years, depending. However, if you can do that, the prestigious school was probably a pretty good fit, anyway. For most, I think the the decision is a mixture of fit and prestige (which is why the decision is often difficult).
  5. Physical chem. Considering UChicago, Yale, Cornell, UIUC, and Princeton(waitlisted). I'll whittle the list down after making more visits.
  6. Most of us have? I haven't. I did have a nice Skype conversation with a professor at A&M on Thursday, though. I expect to make a decision a few weeks before the April 15th deadline.
  7. (TAMU's visit weekend isn't until Mar 6-7th so I doubt there's anyone who has visited both TAMU and UTA (or UTD?) unless they're already a grad student, in which case there are fewer already attending than applying students frequenting this thread.)
  8. I did an REU at Princeton a couple of years ago and was waitlisted for their program. I'm no expert on their grad program, but the campus was absolutely beautiful, and all the profs I met were rather nice. There were also several different places: dorms, apts, etc for grads to live, and a Walmart shuttle on the weekends. I look forward to visiting again.
  9. Rejected by MIT! The uncertainty is over lesser. Let the decision-making begin!
  10. Hopefully, if you turn them down early enough, they have a chance to find another student. The thing is, it's quite likely that you'll feel bad either way. My adviser sort of harangued me today for turning down a good offer at school A which I didn't think I'd take due to the other offers I'm getting. I wondered whether I'd made the right decision there, but I've also been questioning how I can say no after I visit school B which it's likely I won't accept. Visits are a good way for them make sure you are committed and for you to get a feel for the town (or so I've heard, having not taken any of my planned visits yet). For example. UTAustin doesn't make a formal/official offer and doesn't mention funding until *after* you've visited. So you're going to feel guilt either way. One way you've taken a risk, but they get to save money; and the other way you've wasted your time, but they feel like they've had a chance to sell it to you and to save face. Pick your poison. Also, TakeruK has a point. As long as you don't offend anyone in your rejection letter, this is just business for them.
  11. No, it's from MIT, sorry about the confusion.
  12. Yup. I have friends who were told decisions were all made, but in response to my inquiry a few days ago, I got this: "Our admissions committee is still in the process of reviewing a significant portion of applications, including yours. While we hope that you will have a final decision soon, it may be a few more weeks before all of our applicants receive their decisions."
  13. Will it be detrimental to my application if I call MIT and ask when decisions will be made? There's another quite good school whose profs are encouraging me to visit, but their visit weekend is the same weekend as MIT's...
  14. I'm going for Pchem. In my application, I mentioned two faculty from the chem department and one from the DMSE.
  15. I didn't get any sort of notification for MIT either. Oh well, I'm not getting any hopes up, but maybe that means we're possibilities: good enough to get past the first rejection round, but not good enough to be chosen immediately. As for Yale...an unofficial notification? No idea what this means, but it sounds like you're in.
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