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  1. RT @darrenrovell: Christie's auctioning Roger Bannister's shoes he used to break 4-minute mile in 1954 http://t.co/4gPO9sRo53
  2. A lot of schools have programs for adults returning to school late in life. I would hunt hard for them starting now. Might just be financial aid (which is great too obviously) but some schools have staff who are equipped to handle these sorts of questions. They can probably help you get on track to get accepted somewhere decent.
  3. Computer science professor Professional runner Sports journalist Professional triathlete Absolutely not, but I think 1 is the most realistic, so that's why I'm about to do this whole grad school thing.
  4. Hey, there's a thread for this: But welcome to Seattle!
  5. Hey guys, here's my listing for my place: http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/roo/4962551698.html If aynone's interested let me know! I'll be chatting with some potential roommates over the next month or so and seeing who is probably the best fit. I'd prefer someone around June but if you're not here until September and are interested, feel free to still reach out. PM or response to the craigslist ad is best.
  6. Thank god. I just placed an offer on a condo and affording it is totally contingent upon those three extra months of funding haha
  7. I just put an offer on a 2 bed, 1 1/2 bath in Queen Anne (extremely nice neighborhood), will be looking for a roommate for $800-900/month depending on the closing price if I get this one. Easy bus or bike ride to UW.
  8. Yeah I had someone give me a P/P (while everyone else gave me G/VG) and his actual feedback didn't seem to be very negative, other than pointing out that the research proposal was a bit rough and needed more development, and my recommendations didn't mention support for my specific research path. I have no idea why he gave me a P for broader impacts, since he wrote about those broader impacts factually and then concluded it at that without any mention of where his opinion that the broader impacts were poor came from. There were a lot of great applicants and I'm not bitter about not receiving it, but I am confused by how two of three gave me reasonably good scores and this one guy seemed to absolutely hate my application.
  9. I don't think I was specific enough about research interests. Should have went ahead and proposed a specific project. I picked a specific subfield and explained how it could be useful to the DOD, but it still wasn't an actual project from what I can remember. I should do well in most categories but might get docked a lot for that.
  10. I've been working for three years since I graduated college and apparently sometimes people get docked for that due to higher expectations. I've been in a software engineering job though so I obviously haven't published anything during that time. I've done lots of interesting internal projects but that's about it
  11. I have similar GRE scores and a similar undergrad GPA. I also was a TA (in a senior-level undergrad course) and did two years of undergrad research. My second year of undergrad research culminated in an honors thesis, but I have no publications. I also have the diversity thing going for me. I only got into two out of seven schools; I'm lucky one of those schools was my top choice from the start. Also got rejected from two fellowships so far. Only one left. Really nervous about summer jobs. Can't imagine living in Seattle off of nine months of income.
  12. Is it possible to get this without any publications or am I kidding myself at this point? I wrote about my undergrad research and linked to my honors thesis but I never bothered submitting it to any journals.
  13. Did those who won draft research proposals alone or with the help of an advisor? Wondering how to approach next year. Since I've been out of school for three years I did this year without any help, which apparently didn't work out too well.
  14. I didn't get it, and furthermore, the reviewers seemed to totally disagree about me: VG/VG G/G P/P uhhh
  15. I was thinking more like when you're not sure if you've been naughty or nice and legitimately believe in Santa and think you might get coal. I'm Jewish, so I don't know if anyone ever actually believes the coal part, but it feels analogous.
  16. That's actually a huge relief. If you don't get it one year you can legitimately consider the feedback and apply the next year. Way cool. Transparency is awesome. Also, someone asked about other people who aren't already in grad school. I've been working for three years. There were only a few fellowships that let me apply as someone no longer in school but about to return (NSF, Hertz, NDSEG). Didn't get the Hertz obviously because apparently the Hertz is a unicorn.
  17. I was trying really hard not to care, but here I am. I love the fact that 190 people are in this thread haha. Someone should open up a Google hangout or something to pass the time. I definitely won't be staying up though. I value my sleep
  18. There are almost always places available to rent in Seattle, and honestly if you look now (unless it's something like an arrangement with another grad student who already lives here, like me) the listing you're looking at probably won't still be available in the fall, but it can't hurt to look and get an idea of what neighborhoods generally cost what amount. When I buy a place I'll post the neighborhood and exact rent but my only real requirements for a roommate (putting this out there for anyone) is that he or she is generally quiet between 10:30 PM and 6:30 AM and is OK with keeping the lights in the common rooms off during that time.
  19. I graduated in 2012 and will be starting my Ph.D. this fall. I've been working as a software engineer in the meantime. Would it be helpful to review anything in particular from undergrad CS classes? How would I most effectively go about doing this?
  20. Not necessarily; my undergrad research was crypto but I switched. I did chat with one of my undergrad professors and he gave me a list of faculty at different schools I had some basic interest in that would be worth looking into. If you don't have such a contact, you can always post here with specifics and people can list off places/faculty relevant to you.
  21. I live in Seattle, but I'm in the process of purchasing a condo or townhouse, two beds two baths. Biking distance from UW, not positive which neighborhood yet, but most likely Greenwood or Sand Point (near Magnusson Park, off the Burke-Gilman trail). I'll be looking for a roommate, $800/month most likely, but will see if I can go cheaper depending on the price of the house (that is relatively standard rent for Seattle though). If anyone is interested please PM me and I can give you more details when I buy a place.
  22. I'm officially going to UW now. Fell back in love with them at the visit day. So I'm a Husky! Hope to hear from other future Huskies soon
  23. Visit day is today for CS. There's about a 98% chance I'm going to end up going there. I'll decide after. I got information with my initial admission.
  24. For UW I got impatient after checking TheGradCafe and seeing other acceptances, so I finally caved and emailed a professor I'd been in touch with, who basically responded and said "call me, I have good news." Turns out he was about to email me to set up a call! I was at work, so I walked about ten minutes away to make the phone call haha
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