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I would definitely go to Purdue if money isn't a problem. From what I heard that Purdue has an amazing civil engineering program. I have one friend that's planning to apply there. Well and also the ranking is pretty high too. I wouldn't wanna go to a school that gives me such vague non-constructive criticism lol

I would first ask your professor and see if you can do extra work and graduate with honors (like what the other people said). If there's nothing you can do to graduate with honors then I would definitely email the university and ask what exactly the conditions are. It doesn't matter if the admission requirements are having honors degree or not since clearly you said that you can apply without honors. It's about the condition that you applied and they expect you to follow up what you said. It's about integrity. There might be a chance that they wouldn't accept you if your transcript didn't say honors even the admission requirement didn't say so.

I know someone that has a large house near green lake/Wallingford (5 minutes walk from the bus stop). They are all Asian americans (English is like their first language) and Christians so......lol but I paid 500$ that's including internet and everything......like bathroom paper towel......

Have you talked to the faculties? I've heard good things about the BU mental health program but not so much for the boston college program. The BU program is housed within the medical school so that's an extra plus. Tbh the two boston college applicants that I know got admitted were really weak compared to the other applicants I've met in other interviews. If money isn't a problem, you should look at the class size, how many people are in the program. Diversity is extremely important for counseling programs. When I attended the nyu student welcoming events, the diversity is awesome but the program is so huge (55+). It affects internship placement and other stuff. Its good to talk to the faculties and visit for sure! (Idk which schools you were talking about but I'm just talking about the ones I have experience with). It all comes down to personal preference and which aspect of the program is more important to you. Good luck!!

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I will mostly go to northwestern this coming fall. I'm wondering if there are any nice studio in evanston or within 10 minutes commute from the evanston campus. I'm aiming for anything below 1200. Safety is the most important factor for me. Also I would like to have a dryer/washer unit. I've heard mixed reviews about Rogers park. Are there any other nice neighborhood that's close to evanston? Im not really familiar with the area. Thanks!

The closest places that you can rent are mostly apartments. I think u district totally fits what you are looking for! In other places you actually have to share a house with other people. I paid 500$ to my landlord for a room (it includes everything, but that's during summer). Although the apartments super close to the campus are pretty crappy IMO but you get the save money and be close!

I second this! Although I ended up not applying to phd programs but both books are extremely informative.

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Sorry if my post makes it sound like no one can get into a PhD program straight out from undergrad (I do have friends that are going to PhD this coming fall and they are seniors now). I think my frustration comes from what maelia8 said that most students think that they can't get a job if they have a PhD. This delusion couples with the mentality that "I'm not a good student if I don't do graduate work" "force" the student to apply for PhD without preparation what they are getting themselves into. I can tell you SOOO SOOO many stories about these delusion. I had at least like 10+ people asked me why don't I do PhD, and I kept telling them I HATE research but they were like "but you can become a doctor." I was like ," I'm not spending 5/6+ years doing things that I don't want to do!" The master degree that I'm pursuing is a terminal degree (like social work and other counseling degree). Obviously, I'm not prevented to apply to PhD afterward if I want to. Unlike what kimmibeans said, my degree is ENTIRELY different than my undergraduate work (since there's no counseling degree in undergraduate and counselign is NOT psychology). In the middle of my first year, I will start seeing clients and reviewing tapes and stuff. NONE of this will happen in any undergraudate level courses. I can't say for other fields like chemistry. Because I was going to apply for master in psych and my professors said it's for people that wanna equip themselves with better skills to prepare to apply for PhD later (similar to what kimmiebeans said). Btw do you have any tips on having a chinchilla as pet? I really wanna get one when I go to grad school but they seem "complicated" to have.

I fostered numberous cats (mom with kittens, 8 kittens, another group of kittens, and sick cats). I adopted 3 out of all the cats that fostered. For peopel that say cats are a solitary animal and you don't need to spend time with them are wrong. Obviously the cats wouldn't die if you just give it food and water and pay zero attention to it. But I can guaratee you that most cats love to bond with people and love attention. Working 8 hours is normal though and as long as you spend 15-30minutes quality with your cats everyday and maybe sleep with them then you will be fine. Most of the time you don't have to toliet train your cats because it's their instinct to go do their business on the litter (they love like digging and covering....except one of my cats and he's a dirty cat). To be honest, I've never seen a place that has cats without a litter box or a cat that poop at random places. Well one of my cats did poop outside of the litter box whenever he thinks the littler box is filthy from the other two cats that I have (he has an attitude and he poops outside of the litter box to protest LOL). He stopped after we gave him his own litter box.

Just to let you guys know I don't go to UW. I was born in Seattle, grew up in HK, and went to middle and high school near Seattle and 50% of my friends went to UW for undergrad. I also did an internship during the summer at Seattle Children's Hospital which i rented a place at the border of wallingford and greenlake (near Ravenna bus stop). U Distrct is definitely not a crappy place. When I was living in Seattle during the summer, I spent most of my time actually in U District. It's definitely a safe area. I walked all the way pass Roosevelt to 8th for my work shuttle in the morning. At night (pass 12am), you will need to be more careful, the area pass 47th and close to 50th (where safeway is) can be a little bit sketch but they have a really good restaurant there. Tbh you need to be careful anywhere in the U District pass midnight but that's like most university areas in the US. I would recommend living not live pass 47th (north), 7th (east) and pass campus parkway (south). I have a friend who lived in 47th, Roosevelt and I had no problem walking from there to the Ave at night to catch a bus. Just like what other people say, there are "better place" that are cheaper, nicer and bigger all around U District. U District doesn't really fit the "grad school living style" that most people have. I can also tell you that it is populated by a bunch of undergraduates. But if you live the district, there's no reason not to live there! Thanks! I actually might end up in Northwestern since I just got off wait list there Again as i mentioned above, U District can be a fun area but there are a lot of other places that might fit your style and has a short commute time to UW campus. I honestly think Greenlake is a GREAT area, it is <10 minutes bus commute to the campus. But you will have the BEAUTIFUL greenlake park, and all these fun and good burger, frozen yogurt places. Good luck to everyone!!! Sorry for my English since it isn't my first language PS: Remember to buy a windbreaker and bunch of vitamin D supplements

Thanks guys. I actually just got accepted off the wait list by the family institute through the graduate school for my master program. They have to do a background check on me first before I can matriculate so I guess I will just have to wait

Both Indiana University and Syracuse University are great! I believe that IU is slightly better for your field. Are they offering any scholarship or money? IU has a beautiful campus (i have a friend doing a PhD there, and a few friends visited there). The weather in Syracuse is a little bit harsh. It's up to personal preference if money isn't a problem.

Trust me I have a lot of experiences with those people. All the people at my school are like "pre-med" major. I still remember freshmen year, I got talked down so much because I'm a psychology major and not a hard core science major. All my friends are like..."if you need a doctor in the future, you can always find me" I was like...we are all freshmen, you haven't taken the MCAT, haven't gotten in the med school etc. I remember this one girl, she was like "crap I have 3 Cs and failing my orgo class, i guess i should get a clinical psychology Ph.D as backup just in case if i don't get into grad school. I have another friend who has an okay GPA, crap GRE scores, pretty good recommednations and no research experience. She applied to like the top 20 schools and didn't even get an interview. She was like, "I have an amazing recommendations, how come I didn't get into at least ONE program." Like maelia8 said, a lot of people treat grad school like the lottery and they feel like they deserve to have the spot because they have decent grades. It also doesn't help that most of the professors are so "encouraging" (at least in my school) which fuels the delusion of the students. The professor that I'm really close with literally just told me "your GRE score isn't very good, have you tried thinking a master program that can help you achieve what you wanna do?" This year I met a friend who had one research experience, 40-50%-tile GRE score applied to Harvard, Yale and Standard for their social psych PhD. and told me that, "well I don't even like psychology but most grad students seem like they don't want a PhD anyway. They just do it for the money." Rejected across the board and went to her master interview at our school's business school (which she considers a shit school because it's not Wharton). She went to the interview thought it was an MBA program (yes from psych to MBA, you can see the dedication). Honestly, applying to master program is the best choice i've ever made. I hate research (i've been in 5 labs and did 3 internships at other universities and hospital). Now I get to do what I love without forcing myself to do something that I don't like to do or I can never achieve. I have to constantly tell myself not to give up when all my friends that didn't get into grad school keep telling me that, "well if i applied to your program, i'm sure i will get in" or "you got waitlisted by northwestern? I guess now you are stuck with NYU."

This is exactly what i experienced with another school. Have you guys tried calling? They take a while to get back to me when I asked them if I need to send in an updated transcript. It took them a week and a half to reply with one sentence LOL I would just say yes to the other school if NYU is your first choice. That's what I did with Northwestern when they wait listed me.

Depends on which area you are talking about

Hi! I applied to mental health counseling programs too. You are able to get your CCMHC no matter where you finish your degree even the program isn't CACREP accredited (only two schools are CACREP accredited but neither of them are in NYC). So it all comes down to your preference for the school and the money. I don't know if you are talking about the NYU mental health counseling program. I talked to the professors and they said it is EXTREMELY hard to find jobs in NYC. It doesn't really matter if you did build up your connection, you are not guaratee a job in NYC just because you "made" connection throughout your program. She said it's way easier to get a degree and go to places that have more opportunities than NYC. Especially the two years after the program and before you get your license while you are building up your clinical hours. I'm only considering NYU because they are giving me 40% tution scholarship that covers the expensive living expenses. If you want more information you can PM me.

At least for applied psychology department, you don't have to make a decision until April 30th

I'm wondering have you guys received your financial aid package.

thank you so much for the info! Do you by any chance have some specific places in the financial district that fits the 2k limit? Somehow i would expect studios in the financial district to be way more expensive than 2k. I honestly wouldn't mind living closer to NYU.

don't feel guilty! You earned what you have now It's only human to pick what's best for us.

So the school that you turned down asked are you sure you wanna leave NYU for them? Sorry I got confused for a bit :/

Of course you can always just go to NYU since i'm going there which makes me extra awesome LOL jk

I feel like location (internship opportunity), name, money and the program are always the important factors. I would probably rank name/prestige last though except if it is a huge gap between the schools (which i don't think it is in your case). I will throw out Georgetown if the name is the only deciding factor because i think all three schools are super well known and offer great education. I still think georgetown has other pros like internship opportunity for what you want to do, but you will have to think about if other places offer the same opportunity. You said you love the NYU program and I think that's the most important factor. So if Georgetown is out then it comes down to the only deciding factors which are money and internship opportunity. Obviously, AU is cheaper so then you will have to decide if money is more important or your love of the NYU program. I personally belive (not really familiar with your field) that you can obtain a job that you want no matter which school you attend since they are all great. Now you just have to decide between money or love of the program. I can't decide it for you since I don't know how affordable NYU is. I would say NYU since it seems like you love it so much, but it always comes down to your own decision. Sorry for the rambling.