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  1. Rains, 4 bedroom. What did you guys get?
  2. I just moved to Stanford, and now begins the phase where I look to meet people and make friends. Anyone want to throw a frisbee or play cards or meet up or something?
  3. Are all of you starting in the Fall or are any of you starting early?
  4. When one person lives in a living room, how is the decision made? Does the lottery system choose, or is it first come first serve, or do you have to haggle with your roommate?
  5. So are most you applying for on-campus housing? What have you heard about the different options? I've heard: Munger is expensive and social. Rains is rundown and social. Lyman is far away from stuff. EV is less social.
  6. Are you stats people all Bayesians? Anyone familiar with Judea Pearl's theories of directed causal graphs?
  7. Is there priority for housing based on time of submission? Can you edit your app after submitting? I'm wondering if I should apply now with incomplete info or wait for more info and apply later.
  8. Anyone going to start this summer? I will be.
  9. Astarabadi, here are the prices: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/rde-dev/cgi-bin/housing/sites/default/files/pdfs/2012-13_Grad_ResidenceChart.pdf
  10. Looks like you're in good shape. Lots of people applying don't have publications. I didn't!
  11. Stipends and fellowships are almost always taxable. (Even if taxes aren't withdrawn from your paycheck!) Fortunately, if your stipend is small, then so is your tax bill.
  12. My recommendation: make it fun, not a commitment. Play IM sports. Play sports with friends. Play sports with strangers. Or if you can't make it fun, at least make it useful. Commute on a bike. Commute on your feet.
  13. It also varies among schools. Berkeley's first-year entry-level tests are called prelims, while Stanford's are called quals.
  14. http://www.padmapper.com/ It looks like there are plenty of off-campus places with rent under $1000.
  15. Yes, I think you can find a place within two weeks of arriving here. Look on padmapper.com to see the places already being advertised.
  16. What's the point of the NSF fellowship if you aren't allowed to earn extra money? Will there be any incentive to apply for the NSF fellowship, considering that many professors pay stipends at or above $30k? How will the NSF fellowship incentivize people to join science instead of finance, when their science salary is capped? I always thought the point of the NSF fellowship was to spend money incentivizing people to become scientists. But with the recent policy change that forbids fellows from earning money on the side, the incentive has all but disappeared. Now all it seems to do is pay people with no research group (which is still a benefit, but much smaller) and subsidize the research costs of other government agencies. Disagree?
  17. Princeton! (Mostly because the advisor is better) (Plus it sounds like you're leaning there already) (Plus last year I considered ECE programs at UIUC and Princeton, and I thought Princeton was really cool. The department is so nice!) *My two cents
  18. I think it's very hard to go from the MS program to the PhD program. (I'm not sure though) Also, I think Gullit is wrong when he/she says that all PhD students are funded. (Also not 100% sure) And yes, Stanford's MS EE program is a huge cash cow and they know it.
  19. Re: Finding housing http://www.padmapper.com Padmapper is a great way to see apartments close to campus (it aggregates Craigslist and other sources) http://www.housing.berkeley.edu/livingatcal/graduatestudents.html On-campus housing is another decent option (it's convenient, expensive, and fills up QUICKLY) http://berkeleystudentcooperative.org/prospective-members The co-op system is a cheap, often filthy, and interesting option too
  20. Zero. It's annoying to get emails from student who haven't even been admitted yet. Many professors' websites explicitly say to not email them.
  21. Which advisor at Princeton are you considering working for? I liked their EE professors.
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