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Yes, the grad housing is not program specific.

By all means! My city has a garage sale-esque facebook group with about 25,000 people in it. Anything I list for $5 that I would have otherwise thrown in the garbage has sold.

I have had doctors abroad who earned their MD in the US and are not US citizens (and never were), one was Korean the other Samoan. One doctor went to U Minnesota the other went to U Colorado

Pretty well, I am up to about $1000 by selling junk from around my apartment on facebook. I had figured I would be throwing most of this stuff in the garbage... who knew how enticing a $5 price tag is. I'm essentially charging people to really slowly clean my apartment.

If you go to a school with a strong union TAships can pay really well too. I think a 50% TAship is about $2,050/mo at UCSD. On the other hand if you go to a school with no union (like the one I am graduating from next week) you can make nearly nothing. My girlfriend is the instructor of record for two classes per semester and she makes about $900/mo.

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Honestly, SHORE was a huge factor in my decision between UCLA and UCSD. It is worth something like $20,000 a year to me.

Congratulations on your offer of admission to graduate study at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). We hope you will choose to enroll here. We are pleased to announce, as an outstanding incoming graduate student with a strong nomination by your department, you have been selected for the Graduate Division Student Housing Opportunity for Recruitment Enhancement Program (SHORE). This program guarantees you on-campus housing atMesa Residential Apartments (Mesa), One Miramar Street (OMS) Rita Atkinson Residences (RAR),or Single Graduate Apartments (SGA) for Fall 2015, continuing through normative time to degree plus one year. Note: On-campus housing is for current UC graduate students only. You can move in as a single student, a committed or married couple, or a family. The rent for a: Single Student: approximately $468.00-606.00 per month. You would be sharing a two-bedroom apartment with one roommate at Mesa, OMS or Rita.. You would be sharing a four-bedroom apartment with three roomates at SGA. Students with Couple or Family Status: approximately $990.00-1212.00 per month. You and your spouse/partner qualify for a two-bedroom apartment at Mesa, OMS or Rita. An equivalent off-campus arrangement may cost as much as twice these amounts! There are a limited number of housing slots available through this program. The number of students who desire on-campus housing far exceeds the number of units available, which makes SHORE a valuable offer. Please visit our SHORE website at SHORE Housing and read the information thoroughly before deciding to accept or decline the housing program. The website explains the program and addresses the most frequently asked questions. If you wish to accept the SHORE offer, you must complete the following steps within seven (7) days of receipt of this offer: Logon to your GradApply account and complete the online SHORE Decision/Information Form Submit a housing application at http://hds.ucsd.edu/arch/gradhousing.html. Send a $100 deposit to the address below within ten (10) days of your submission of the "Decision/Information Form." Deposits should be sent as a check or money order in US funds and should be made out to "UC Regents"

SHORE is guaranteed housing through one's department. The deposit has to do with SHORE. I'm fairly certain the window to get SHORE has now passed. Student Housing Opportunity for Recruitment Enhancement program, it was something gained through negotiation.

Interesting. I sent in my check close to a month ago and I haven't gotten an email yet. I'll have to inquire.

You got an email about the check you mailed in an envelope? Where did the email go to? Your ucsd.edu email or the one you used on your app?

My girlfriend is applying for administrative jobs within the university system in California. She has an MA in English and 5+ years in (varied) administrative positions within a university. As an outsider she is having extreme difficulty. If you specifically want to work in administration the MSed may be the better choice, especially if you are planning to apply to a university that you are not currently employed at.

I'm pretty sure my school quit archiving the physical copies a few decades ago. They are all archived on proquest now.

I can now confirm that there is no notification about the deposit. I sent mine in weeks ago and I have heard nothing. So I don't think you have anything to worry about. Also, a million thanks for the advice about the email account. Mine is now up and running.

For future people seeking out Nahuatl instruction remember that any title VI institution can grant you summer flas. You don't have to attend their university to get FLAS (in the summer) from them. Also Yale offers scholarships if you do not have FLAS. I was awarded a $2,000 scholarship for the summer.

Depends on the field and the fit, keep in mind that Wisconsin is ranked higher than Yale in several fields. But, Ivy League prestige probably goes along way when you are up against the hiring committee. In my subfield Yale and Wisconsin are #2 and #3. Also keep in mind that Wisconsin's university system is being eviscerated by Scott Walker.

The answer is yes. But it may depend on your university.

With a 50% employment position through at least some American universities 6 credits a semester is full time. 9 is full time with no employment. 6 courses (5+1 seminar) is 18 credits? I would think that kind of workload would result in Cs and Ds, which will probably result in being kicked out of the program. If you can do it, more power to you. I'm sure someone in a CS Masters program can chime in on the feasability of 18 credits in one semester. Personally, I'm enrolling in 3 field related courses and a language course and I'm weary that the language course will pile on too much work. I am someone who bounced between 15 and 19 semester credits throughout the latter part of my undergrad with a 4.0. Remember that the quality of work expectations will be significantly higher in your graduate courses when compared to your undergrad. Also, congrats on your admission, enjoy your program and enjoy being in Boulder/Denver. It is a great place.

Fantastic news!

For sure, that is partly why I asked the question. Of course I am not including articles, non-book based readings, or research in my book total, but I'm sure 6 courses is still nothing compared to what 2-3 grad school courses will be like. 70 books per course is wicked though, in my senior/grad combined courses when we read 6 books a semester the PhD/MA students only read 18. They only take 2 courses a semester so it worked out to about the same number of books 18x2 or 6x6.

Since then I have read: Thinking the Unthinkable by Charles Lemert Colfax Massacre by Leeanna Keith Barry Commoner by Egan Down to Earth by Ted Steinberg Do (not) feed the bears by Wondrak Beil And about half of Social Theory (5th ed) by Charles Lemert (selections, not straight through lol) Currently I am reading a few books about the Civil War and a few other books about the gold rushes impact on Natives of the Great Plains.... I can't wait to get into some books that are more focused on my actual interest.

And when doing this you find yourself capable of writing coursework papers on said books? This is a completely foreign tactic to me. I have been reading ~70 books a year (70/2 semesters) cover to cover throughout my undergrad.

I'm mostly interested in reading in one's native language. I read agonizingly slow in Spanish by comparison.

Recently, I have been wondering if I read slowly, quickly, or averagely when compared with others pursuing advanced education. I think I read particularly slow as course readings are often agonizing (depending on topic of course). I'm finishing a 250 page work of historical scholarship in about 7-8 hours. I think that on a pretty good day I read about 35 pages per hour (~500 words per page). I think I read closer to 20pp/hr when I'm sidetracked or tired. I'm particularly interested in books that you have read for the purpose of using the book as source material. Have you ever clocked the speed at which you read academic material? If so, please share.

I tried to ask for one program, they didn't reply at all. I think it just depends on the department/school and if whoever you contact is feeling helpful.