JosepLaforet

Hello everyone, I've made the decision to attend a large research university for a PhD starting this upcoming fall. In looking around at the housing market, it seems very geared toward undergrads and roommates, with the one bedroom apartments being either very expensive or very far from campus. Currently, I'm in a one bedroom at a small liberal arts school. It takes me exactly 5 minutes to walk from my building to where most of my classes are held on campus. I know that going to a larger school means larger commutes, but I do not want to lose the luxury of walking to class each day. Unfortunately, the only available apartments close enough to campus within my price range (since I'm trying to not take on any more debt) are studios. I have definitely grown into the space afforded to me by my one bedroom apartment, and switching to the studios i'm looking at would mean a 1/3 reduction in space. So, my questions are: How much time do you spend at home? If you live in a studio, do you ever feel cramped? (the last thing I want is to feel like i'm living in the dorms again). Do you walk to/from campus daily? Does that luxury outweigh the luxury of having ~150 more square feet at home? Does it matter so much how big your apartment is if you are spending a lot of your time at school? I've already read a few threads on furnishing studios themselves, and it seems doable. Would be nice to hear about the experiences others have had actually living day-to-day in the small spaces Thanks!

Hola amigos, Os digo que voy a aceptar mi oferta del programa doctorado a Indiana. ¡Mucha suerte a los que esperan! Si vienes a Indiana también, ¡déjame saber y hablamos más! Mi área principal es literatura española y estudios catalanes. Hola amics, Us dic que vaig a acceptar la meva oferta del programa doctorat a Indiana. ¡Molta sort als que hi esperen! Si véns a Indiana també, ¡fes-me saber y parlem més! La meva àrea principal es literatura española i estudis catalans. Fins aviat, y'all!

Contemporary Peninsular Lit. and Catalan Studies

I also received an email from Indiana - accepted with funding to PhD.

Gràcies! Espero tenir l'oportunitat d'estudiar allà - és de les poques universitats per aquí als EUA que ofereix un programa de postgrau de català. Tots sabrem molt aviat!

I have - just ended up applying to one this time around. Because of the way my schedule worked out, most of my substantial writing occurs this semester. The samples I submitted were not really up to my standard and not really related to my main focus area. I'm writing an undergraduate thesis right now on application of psychosocial theory to Carmen Laforet's Nada and another of traces of the picaresque in the posguerra novel. If i'm not accepted this round, I'll send one of those next year. Right now, I'm waiting on noticies from IU-Bloomington

Hello! Out of curiosity, has anyone ever studied Catalan post-grad - even just a class for romance language speakers? I'm looking into a few different schools (quite literally only a few) and was wondering if anyone out there had any insight. Gràcies!