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I think the buses are good for what they are...free transportation to UNC. However I wouldn't go so far as to say that you don't need a car depending on where you live. I live in Carrboro and can take 3 different bus lines. But none of them run particularly late and where I live there is no night bus. And the CW which goes through downtown Carrboro comes so infrequently that I would never want to rely on it to do my grocery shopping or run other errands. I still recommend having a car even if you live on a good bus line. It gives you the luxury of doing the things you want or need to do and not leave you at the mercy of the bus schedule.

If you want to avoid group work, MLIS is probably not for you.

I've been working for the past 2 years so I'm quitting my job at the end of the month and moving back in with my parents for a month. It means one less month of NYC rent and it's easier to move from my parents' house to North Carolina. I'll probably go on vacation with them and just chill for a month before the big move.

Is your hostel on the east side or west side of the city? If it's on the east side, I recommend going to Grand Central. You can hop on the 6 train which stops at 23rd and Park. If you're on the west side, then I recommend either the LIRR to 34th St or the E train to 23rd and 8th Ave. I don't know what the cost difference is between the two though.

I've lived in Upstate New York, New York City, and Texas. Will be adding North Carolina to list of places I've lived. I've been to 39 US states and 4 Canadian provinces. I'm missing mostly the Midwest. I've been to Canada countless times (grew up a little over an hour from the border and I have a lot of family there) and went to the UK when I was a kid (desperately want to go back). I will be heading to Israel in less than a week which will be my first time heading to another continent in 15 years. I'm stoked!

I got into every school I applied to. I'm going for a professional degree so there are more slots available. I bombed my last semester because of deaths in my family and dealing with other family issues at the same time which dragged my mediocre GPA down to a 2.89. I took 2 years off and worked in my field to make sure this is something that I wanted to do and would be willing to spend the money to get the advanced degree. I had decent GRE scores (which I need to compensate for the GPA) and I wrote a very compelling personal statement about what this field means to me and how working made me realize I want to be an archivist for the rest of my life. I think I had really strong recommendations from two professors and one of my bosses. I think if you have the other pieces of the package, you have a chance to make up for the lower GPA (within reason of course, I think it's really hard to make up for anything below 2.7). As far as mentioning my GPA in my SOP, I left that out. I didn't want to draw any more attention to the GPA and with word limits, I wanted to make sure that I came across as excited about this field. I felt if they were interested in an explanation for why my GPA suffered in my last semester, they would ask me. One school actually did ask me and I wrote up a small piece that stated this is what happened, I handled it poorly, and that if something like it were to happen again in the future, I would handle it more maturely. I didn't try and sugarcoat it or try and get them to pity me, I didn't dwell on my mistakes, I was straightforward in my explanation and how I learned from it.

My alma mater has a residential college system where undergrads get sorted into a college before you matriculate and you live at and associate with that college. At graduation, you sit with your college, wear regalia associated with them and graduate with them. The college master (who is a professor who live on campus in a house near the college and serves as an adviser for students) reads each student's name as they walk across the stage. The colleges graduate in founding order. Another fun thing is that we have a superstition that if you walk through the Sallyport of the administration building on campus, you won't graduate. You walk into it when you matriculate with your college. After the commencement ceremony is over, all the undergrads walk through the Sallyport and are cheered on by alumni and other students. It's pretty neat.

Have you tried the Heels Housing site? There are definitely students there looking for roommates.

I was in Carrboro this past weekend. The Food Lion is decent sized and there's also a Harris Teeter. The Harris Teeter was nicer than the Food Lion.

Anyone going to UNC in the fall? I'm joining the Library and Information Science program. I'll be moving down to CH at the beginning of August.

So I was just curious, where has everyone decided to go? I will be attending the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill this fall.

I'm going to be attending UNC this fall. I looked at a few apartment complexes in Carrboro when I visited this past weekend. Has anyone here lived at Chateau Apartments?

How is Chapel Hill for Jewish life?

My grandparents who live in my hometown want me to move closer to home. Grandmother: Why don't you apply to Buffalo's library science program, I don't want you so far away. Me: But Buffalo doesn't offer my concentration! Grandmother: But it's closer to home!

UNC just confused the hell out of me. They first told me I had withdrawn my application, then 5 minutes later that my decision. After a heart attack and a phone call to make sure, I got into UNC!!

When I was working in my undergrad's archives as a student, I discovered someone had written a murder mystery about History PhD students getting murdered in my alma mater's library. The book was called "Death By Dissertation" and what little I read of it was as cheesy as it sounds.

Yesterday was my birthday and when I went to check the mail, I saw I had a thin envelop from Indiana University. I was a little nervous to open it because if I was rejected, I didn't want to get my first rejection on my birthday. But curiosity got the better of me and I opened it up. As I quickly glanced at it, all I saw was "offer admission." I ran back up to my apartment to tell my parents I had gotten an unexpected birthday gift!

Stepping on a nest of fire ants.

Recommended for admissions to the University of Denver. This is so exciting!

Work experience definitely can make up for a low GPA.

I'm not 100% sure what you intend to get out of going to graduate school. You sound like you have an impressive background in research but you come across as a bit egotistical. Graduate school applications are full of extremely intelligent people from around the world, applying for very few spots. I've been there, I was a strong student in high school and got into a very good university for college. I went from being a big fish in a small pond to a little fish in a big pond. Everyone I went to school with was very smart. Applying for grad school, you might have become a big fish in your big pond but you're trying to get into a lake. The people are just as smart as you and they're fighting for those few spots. If getting a PhD is something that you really want to do, I would recommend asking Berkeley how you can improve your application for next year. I'd also apply to a lot more programs because you will inevitable not be a proper fit for some programs. That might even be the case with Berkeley. But if you're in it just to use the equipment, you're better off just getting a job in a lab.

I'm also waiting to hear back from a few schools but I was admitted to UW-Milwaukee's MLIS program!

So far, I've gotten into 2 grad schools with a 2.9 uGPA. I had a fairly strong verbal score, a mediocre quant score, and a really strong writing score on the GRE. I think what really helped me out is that I've spent that past year working for prestigious institutions in my field. I think my recs were strong too. Granted, I'm also going for a professional master's degree. It took a lot of hard work but I've found the back door way in to grad school!

Bumping this thread. I was accepted to UWM today for MLIS and I'm definitely considering the school. I really don't know much about Milwaukee, I haven't even been to Wisconsin before. What's the housing situation like? What's the city like for someone in their mid-20s? Is a car a good idea? I currently live in NYC and don't have one.

I got into UW-Milwaukee and Pitt today. I really rushed the Pitt application so I was surprised to get in. It's exciting to have options!