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Hi all --
I've been lurking for a while. Thought I'd come out of hiding to ask if anyone has any updates?
lol. i love your word choice - "lurking"
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i have a normal macbook pro 13 inch and an iPad 2. I think tablets are essential for grad school. Instead of having to print out scores of articles, (which wastes paper) you can use adobe on iPad to read them and take notes
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3-4 days
ugh damn dictation from iPad sucks. i meant to say years!
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Is Richard White retiring?
Yes, they are all slowly tranitioning out for the next 3-4 days
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I have USAA student credit card. It's great but I have a 1000.00 limit, which isn't as much as other credit cards because the interest is low. Seek them out! I LOVE them
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I think it really depends on your field. If your interested in Latin American History, Stanford would be the best bet. They are shaping up that field to rival UChicago's LA field. If your interested in U.S. history, Stanford is losing all it's major U.S. historians - Camarillo, White, and Freedman.
If you're interested in Imperial history or empire, Oxford is better for the worldwide connections. Many scholars at my undergrad did their doctorates at Oxford
But unless the department is giving you funding, Stanford would be the better bet. The stipend is around 31k a year (26 +5k summer), and TA experience. Plus as an international student, it would look great to get degrees in different nations
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My partner was just accepted into a PhD program at UMN and we're trying to research good places to live and such. He and I have a 1-yr old daughter together, but I like to think we're still young and fun (I'm 33, he's 28)…that said, we're over the partying single life, but still like to explore the city and have social lives, so we'd probably want our neighborhood to reflect similar values. He studies Theatre and I'm an artist and writer. We also (like everybody else) want to keep rent as affordable as reasonably possible. He's already visited the city and campus but I won't have the opportunity to before we move and start shopping for rentals. Suggestions for neighborhoods to check out?
Also, finding some community will be huge for us. We're living in LA now and that aspect has really been lacking, given that we have a child and he's still only an undergrad (graduating this spring). LA traffic doesn't help our cause much either. Ha. Anyone have ideas or resources for grad students with families? And what about daycare?
If anyone has some good sources (websites or books) for general info on life in Minneapolis, neighborhoods, the city's personality, etc., I'm all ears. There's so much garbage on the internet…..most of what I'm finding is either your typical tourist stuff or quotes for moving trucks, and the like.
Thanks in advance!
You'll definitely find your niche! The city has so much culture
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1. Professor in Ethnic Studies, or university administrator
2. Museum Curator
3. Non profit
4. Burger King
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I am dating a non-academic who has different interests. But, I think it could be fun to date another academic...as most don't have exactly the same research interests, there is always some difference
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I find working out (stretching, sit-ups, push-ups, going running) to be easiest early in the morning when it's still cool and before I've eaten yet. After eating I never feel motivated to work out (it even makes me get stomach cramps sometimes), and right after work all I want to do is veg out with mindless internet or reading, then it's dinner and then time to get down to writing. I am a person who usually feels most alert early in the morning, so that might also be why early morning workouts appeal to me.
i absolutely agree!!!! and i do the same thing. i rotate every 3 days. either i wake up early to drink coffee and write, to sleep in, or to wake up and work out!
How many conference presentations in a year is normal?
in Writing, Presenting and Publishing
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like the mod put it conferencing depends
i am in social sciences and i try to go to one national, one regional, and one for my particular theme of interest - sexuality, race, and gender.
BUT I THINK CONFERENCING IS SO NECESSARY! THOSE ARE THE PLACES WHERE YOULL MEET VIPS!!!!!!!!!