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  1. Tangential question - are there good places to volunteer for people who may want to work with adults? Do SNFs have volunteer opportunities or are there legal liabilities? I have experience tutoring elementary kids (a long time ago) and mentoring high school kids (recent) in at risk populations, but not specifically kids with special needs and it wasn't SLP-related, though half the tutoring was in reading. Not sure if any of this is relevant/applicable? I'm thinking about getting some volunteer time in before this fall but am wondering where would be best. I'll mentor the high school kids again this summer, but ideally would like to do something once a week that's more SLP-related.
  2. This thread is awesome! Thanks for everyone who has shared info!! I'm currently looking to take three classes this summer and was wondering if any of these prereqs are sequential, or if I'm free to take any that I'd like. They recommend two (Neuro + Survey of Communicative Disorders) in their year-long plan, but I have to take three to be eligible to apply to SFSU this fall. Anyone have recommendations of a third class, or if I should sub out Neuro for two different courses, given how hard people are reporting that it is? If I take Basic Audiology first, will it make sense? I'd like to front load it in case I end up liking audiology better.
  3. Looks like there's actually one student in Roski's incoming class this fall! http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-usc-art-school-dean-erica-muhl-exclusive-20150624-column.html#page=1 I guess they'll have the attention of all the faculty?!
  4. I don't smoke, don't drink alcohol or coffee, have no cable, and only eating out on special occasions. I can't cut hair, but only get it cut once or twice a year. I also use a simple flip phone and have a prepaid plan that averages out to $8-10/mo. I use T-mobile's free 200mb plan for tablets on the iPad and that's enough to navigate and check emails when I really need to, and when I'm on campus, I use the internet on my laptop. I also love the library. If I bought all the books I read, I'd be out thousands. And if you live in or near a big enough city, you can find a lot of course books there too, which you then don't have to buy. I also use the copies of course materials put on reserve for courses if they aren't main texts, rather than buying books.
  5. I'm a bit of a night owl, so my productive hours are from 11p-3a. Thankfully most of my classes are afternoon classes, but this semester I had one in the morning, and boy was that rough. Still, I'm glad I got to work with that professor. This thread is a good reminder to get a workday schedule for summer going now that I don't have as much structure. I'm relieved that I get to revert to my night owl schedule. Do you guys actually track your time with apps or software, or are your schedules so ingrained that you don't need them?
  6. I think it depends on what kind of content you're posting. If it's not something you want them to see, then I wouldn't "poke the bear" by following them. But if it's a professional acct, the advice already given is good. As for FB, I think it depends on dept culture. Some of our faculty are friends with us and we are all friends with each other. But I look at the accts of other faculty and they are more locked down and have few friends, so I don't try to friend those people. I let the rest of the cohort lead. If I see that they become friends with the faculty, then I friend those faculty that I've had meaningful interaction with. Otherwise, I leave it.
  7. I'm done! I can't believe a year has passed. It feels pretty good, and near the end there I forgot that there were grades to worry about. I'm excited about summer too - I'm hoping to get a lot of research, reading and planning done before the next year. And maybe a roadtrip!
  8. Totally second this. Apatow before he got big. I like(d), from the last year or so: Mad Men Boardwalk Empire Louie Silicon Valley Masters of Sex (yes, nudity, but really good acting and period issues like Mad Men) Homeland (+ Prisoners of War, the original that Homeland is based on - it's free on Hulu) Also, randomly watched a BBC miniseries called An Honorable Woman, which sounds so dull, but actually turned out to be an exciting Middle East spy/political thriller told non-chronologically and starring Maggie Gyllenhaal. I recommend it.
  9. Rejection email received. <sad trombone>
  10. I did well last semester and really enjoyed the break but did have a bit of remorse about school starting again since between holiday travel and preparing for an event that happened the first week of the semester I didn't get much of a break except maybe a few days. I didn't get sick this year though, and I think that was because I was in such high spirits from being in my program and having my partner with me the whole time instead of going our separate ways for a week and a half. This semester has been a whirlwind. After prepping day and night for the big event, I ended up spending another intense week altering what I'd done and then the weekend after that was a 24 hr live broadcast marathon event at a place where I volunteer. Now there's an assignment due next week and a couple of shoots coming up this weekend as well as needing to take down all the trappings of the initial event... I get the sense that this is going to be my meltdown semester where I hash out totally new working methods and have serious doubts about the quality of my work in relation to my peers. Maybe I'm trying too many new things, even though that is what I came to school for. I just feel like I'll never get to the point where I can reliably get accepted to things. It's application season for a lot of residencies that will happen in the summer and fall, and I'm not confident I'll get any of them. The program has been super supportive and people are guiding us through applying to important awards so it has been the best case scenario despite the uncertainty. Maybe I should be more zen and think of rejections as work I don't have to do! It's interview season again! Crazy to think that we'll be meeting the potential incoming students soon - it hasn't felt like that much time has passed. I don't feel like I'm a second year! And I do to want our second years to leave after this semester - They're so nice! Teaching is coming up next year too - a masters goes by so quick.
  11. Yep, a couple but it's also small. The bigger programs will have a LOT more young people.
  12. I've heard average is early 30s, but I've also seen the number 27 thrown around. There's someone in their 40s in our prog right now and I'm in my early 30s.
  13. Yeah, I don't think 100K is worth it unless you are affluent and have cash to spare. It's already going to cost to apply to residencies and opportunities once I get out of school; I'd prefer to come out debt free. Even if the tuition is covered there's still living expenses to consider, so things seem expensive to me already. We were talking about this a few weeks ago and someone mentioned local artists who had stopped paying their student loans in order to put more into their artwork. Sounds scary as hell to me. Avoid debt like the plague...
  14. Are you concerned about GPA for some reason? It seems that yours is well above the cut-off. Even if you have a below 3.0 GPA, you can still apply in most cases. I screwed up real good in UG and thought I was a goner since mine was sub-3.0, so I didn't even consider applying for years, but when I actually sat down with professors, most of them didn't care. If the dept wants you, they can always submit some sort of waiver form to the university and get that requirement waived. At any rate, I think the vast majority of schools will not even look at GPA or statements to begin with. That stuff only comes into play once they select the portfolios they like. I think you should try to briefly explain the withdrawals if you can, but if you did fine in your art classes and have strong work then I can't see how it would matter. Just have an answer on hand and own it, just in case they do ask.
  15. ^ lol. It's never occurred to me to keep them anywhere else. I mean, I've never had a problem - it's not like any of us have gotten e coli or anything... I sometimes leave my toothbrush in the shower. It's no worse than anywhere else in the bathroom as far as I can tell. Diffusion of vapor and all that... I do have a window in my bathroom though and CA is pretty dry, so humidity does stay a problem for long. I just close the lid when flushing, which is a habit formed by a science museum exhibit I once saw as a kid that demonstrated how many little water particles fly up when you flush. Honestly, I think touching doorknobs, ATM keypads and shaking hands are worse health and germ-wise than anything you could do in the bathroom short of scrubbing the toilet with your toothbrush.
  16. Did a bunch of reading on this last year and came to the conclusion that the SP500 out-performs almost every other type of targeted niche fund over time. The rare occasion when the laziest option is perhaps the best one! Of course, if you're an insider and know the commodities market inside-out then that's different, but for the average person the best option seems to just be find the index fund with the lowest fees, as even a decimal percentage point makes a 5-6 figure difference over time. As far as we can tell, Vanguard is pretty good for low fees. I hear tell that govn't employees have access to a super low fee fund but too bad for the rest of us! I don't have a good sense how much diversification is a good idea though. We have a CD and emergency fund savings acct, but they don't really earn anything and we don't think of them as investments. I've been meaning to look into a type of bond called the TIPS bond - I think they keep up with inflation over time? - so if anyone knows anything about that, I'd be curious to hear what you think.
  17. I've been holding steady. I lost 5 lbs after two straight months of stress related to a move on short notice before my program started, but then gained it back as we settled into the new place. I've noticed that I tend to crave snacks a lot more with school. We've been shopping at a place that has a lot more less than healthy snacks so we've been caving to temptation. I've been spending slightly more on groceries and I think it's due to the uptick in processed snacks and foods. However, I'm maintaining my Asian diet that's chockfull of veggies (yay high density of Asians in my location!) and school has also made me more active - I have to walk 30-40m a day - so it's a wash, but now that we live in a place where we don't have to climb stairs all day everyday, I probably should think about some more high intensity exercise... So far, all my clothes are still fitting, but the trend in the last 3 years has been tighter and tighter... I've gradually started to embrace a looser style of clothing - buying stuff I can grow into, lol.
  18. I did really well on my first midterm, but I think the second one went less well. I had my first milestone in a departmental class and it went really well, but now there is a looming deadline for a draft of a paper. I'm not too stressed about it since it is draft, but I would like to get it as complete as possible so I don't have to worry about big changes right around finals time. The last couple of weeks have been a bit weird. I got into a mode where I just wanted to work independently on my projects and haven't really felt as much like keeping up with the constant rounds of coursework, which is partly why I did less well on the second midterm, I think. I missed a few classes in the 2u class I'm auditing due to a weird shift in my sleeping patterns and felt pretty bad about that as the instructor is super nice and the class is really helpful. But at this point, I'm just glad it's the class I'm auditing and not ones I'm taking for units. I'm trying to just give myself a bit of room to work on what I want to work on before taking a couple of weekends to really catch up. I've always found it hard to manage the times during the term when I just feel like I need a few days' breather but of course the coursework never relents. I don't think I've been making good use of the weekends since they usually end up being time with my spouse and errand running time. Time management gets tricky for me since so much of what I do involves scheduling with subjects that have their own different schedules and attending events that also have variable schedules so that I can't really develop one regular schedule. That said, it's been an amazing few months. I think I'm really invested in this program in a way that I never was with undergrad, and the classes I get to take all help me develop thinking and skills that I really need. It doesn't feel like anything is "mandatory" or that I'm required to take anything I don't like. But it's also sinking in how fast it'll go! Only two years!
  19. First off, I don't think we can ever get away from the occasional pang of jealousy. Sometimes someone does win an award or get accepted to something you really wanted and there is that thought of, "gee it would've been wonderful if I could've gotten that too!" I think that part is normal. But if you really can't get over it and it starts to be something that actually affects your relationships and friendships with them, then that is maladaptive. I'd suggest upping the therapy too. You seem to realize that it's your own insecurity that is the issue but I don't think you really understand why a husband symbolizes what it does. What is it about that kind of romantic relationship that symbolizes whole ess or accomplishment for you? Why a husband and not, say, becoming an astronaut? You probably want to figure that part out. It's not the husband that you want, it's whatever he symbolizes. And as soon as you know what that is, you can start focusing on achieving that more directly instead. Others have given good advice but I'd add that when you feel jealous, try to reorient your thinking from what they have to how you should achieve what you want. Personally I don't think there are any tricks that will suddenly make you comfortable around your cohorts, just the mental work of convincing yourself that them having what they have doesn't prevent you from having it. I get the sense that you get uncomfortable because you feel inferior as soon as you realize they have something you don't. But the thing is, your human worth isn't tied to status. You can be a decent person and not be married or have a degree or any of that. You can also be married and rich and educated and be a total jerk. The objective statuses really don't necessarily say a lot about a person and I think you'll have an easier time getting over the toxic jealousy once you recognize that not all other people judge you on the basis of educational or relationship status either.
  20. Don't spill your guts just to spill your guts. If you have to explain how you got to where you are now in a personal statement, then go for it, but if they only require an artist statement then don't include too much autobiography. Do it only if it is meaningful in how it has changed or formed how you make work, not to prove a point about what type of person you are. Always keep the tone professional and reflective - you wanna talk about heavy things but not in a way that suggests that they are still overwhelming or that you can't regulate your own emotions. I mean, they have to feel like they can handle dealing with you personally on a regular basis for you to a accepted. It's one thing for it all to come out in ragingly emotional art but if you seem too unhinged it's an alarm bell. Tell them what you learned and how you're a better person for the lessons, not just adding stuff for flavor or character or something. There has to be a point, right?
  21. I feel like I've just settled in and started getting things done in the last week. I had to move right before the school year started and had to run a million little errands during the first week settling into the town and the campus, but now I have done all the logistical/lab fee type things and can focus more on producing my work. I'm in a small program and everyone I've met has been incredibly good-humored and nice, so I'm glad I haven't had to stress about any personality issues at all. I feel pretty on top of things so far but I won't know where I stand exactly until I get feedback on the first test and assignments. I'm taking a couple of classes that the entire cohort is taking in addition to a couple of electives outside my department (they encouage us to do so). I just had a midterm in one class and felt pretty good about it, but I haven't gotten the grade yet. I have been doing well in assignments for the other class, but I feel like we are dealing with the easier material now. I'm bracing myself for several bigger deadlines coming up, but overall I feel pretty good. I do hate that the first term coincides with flu season. I've already been sick this term, but thankfully it only lasted a week. I'm eating a lot of oranges and taking vitamins to try to ward off the inevitable - everyone in my larger class is coughing. Yikes!
  22. Wait, if you're already an award winning photojournalist and have twenty years of experience, why do you feel the need to go back to school? Sometimes schools are looking for someone who wants to develop and try new things rather than someone who is already great at what they do. If you're doing it for jobs, I don't think an MFA would necessarily help. There are just fewer and fewer jobs in photojournalism, and I don't know that an art degree has ever helped anyone get a job other than in teaching art!
  23. For some reason I can't stand google calendar on weekly view despite it being the same as a paper organizer. I always like to see the monthly view. Dunno why!
  24. Paper date planner. I find that google calender gets too crowded looking after 3-4 entries and I need to keep track of a lot of events, deadlines and assignments. I use google for more personal dates and events.
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