shellybe

sorry, may be too late to actually help. i've been here at notre dame since may and i haven't felt uncomfortable at all. i am not catholic and i'm not christian. but i'm not anti-religion, more open-religion. i think religion can be a great thing, too bad some people distort it into something ugly and hateful. i've seen the basilica and the grotto on campus here and i think it's very interesting. and a crucifix in every class room! like i said, no one has made me feel uncomfortable about my religious views. and i think only a couple of the people in my cohort are catholic. i think it's a good idea to visit and see how comfortable you are. Best of luck

my dog's not quite that bad. he tries to climb onto the driver's lap but only once and then we tell him no and he stops. but he does climb back and forth from the front to the back and really irritates the passenger, which was me half of the time. and after 6 hours in the uhaul i suddenly decided that if the airbag deployed, my dog would be decapitated so i wouldn't let him sit on my lap any more and he was so sad. better sad than headless, i say.

my pup has been very stressed out lately from packing and moving. poor guy doesn't know what's going on. then he was really confused when we took him into the new apartment with all of our old stuff. he was sniffing all around wondering how that happened. i guess he likes it ok, but he hated the 7 hour car ride. as did I.

I have to find a job to pay bills until I get my first stipend check in August or September. I have a great job now so I'm sad that I have to quit to move to the city my grad program is in and get a most likely crappy job. I hope I don't end up working at Mcdonalds but that's a definite possibility. i have 3 years experience in fast food, so it's not so bad really. definitely better than walmart--i used to work there too. I'm also going to try to do lots of reading so I feel more comfortable about not majoring in what I'll be studying. I don't want to behind everyone else in my cohort right off the bat.

doesn't everyone feel like people like to start silly arguments in forums just for fun? things that they would never argue about for real...? oh well, it's all to keep us entertained when we should be working...

wow you are making me nervous. i haven't done anything like that. sounds like you will be very successful! good luck!

i think it really depends on you. what kind of job you want when you're done, how much you love cities/dislike college towns, whether you can live on limited monitary means, etc. just think seriously about your priorities. what is most important to you? good luck and congrats on getting in.

thanks. too bad i didn't get to go to that visit day, but i'm sure i'll go visit soon. it was driving me crazy so i looked it up and this is from http://www.nd.edu/%7Euhs/html/insure_bill.html "Health Insurance for undergraduates is encouraged but not mandated; however, graduate students must be covered by a health insurance plan" that's ok. like i said, i should get insurance anyway. congrats on your almost decision! i'm confident that i will be happy there and that you will be too if you do accept.

that sucks! have you emailed notre dame? or any of the others? you should try to get the guest above to hurry up and reject his offer from ND so you'll have a chance. :wink: just kidding, guest, i know it's an impossible decision to make! at least april 15th is right around the corner, people will have to decide and you should get definite answers within the next couple of weeks. i know that doesn't help you get any work done either!

sorry guest, no advice for your questions. it will be a hard choice...good luck in making your decision! i do wonder when you found out that notre dame was covering your health insurance? was it in the letter from the dept or from the grad school? i'm not sure if mine will be covered but it wasn't in those letters, so i'm guessing not. also, have you gotten any other info from ND? i'm wondering who my advisor will be and everything. so nervous and excited! thanks and congrats on getting into so many good programs!.

i went to south bend and got an apartment saved. that's one relief. it's small but not too expensive. about 2 miles from campus. close to walmart (ICK). it's less than $550/month for a one bedroom with a washer and dryer and pet rent included, they pay gas, trash, and water, we pay electric, $100 deposit, $30 application fee, $150 pet deposit, if you're curious. i'm sure you'll all be looking within the next few months. now i need a job for the summer! i walked around the campus and that was exciting. walked by the building i'll be working in, the library, the main building, went to the bookstore, grabbed some brochures and their newspaper. (one of the brochures talked about the golden dome, that it's regilded about once every 20 years and the last time it cost about a quarter million dollars! wow.) i didn't have too much time, but it was nice to see everything. i didn't get to see much of the city, like restaurants, parks, businesses or anything. i did start getting familiar with the streets though. i can find my way around a little bit. i also got a city paper. in the news? smoking ban in the works. i'll be moving in less than 5 weeks! wow!

are you kidding? arby's is too expensive. more like ramen for us...maybe mcdonalds or wendy's if we're lucky.

Sorry again Yin. I hope your partner can get a job asap! are you still considering staying at ohio state for another year to take more grad classes and gain another major? my fiance also doesn't have a job in south bend and he's moving up there in 10 days! some good news: we got an apartment up there this weekend. i'll be moving up there in 5 weeks and i also don't have a job up there for the summer. i think i will run out of money (and max out my credit card) right about the time i would get a check from a new job if i start the day i get there... i'm going to have to get another credit card just to make it through the summer but i'm lucky that i'll be good after the summer. i'm sure i can get a crappy job pretty quick, but not quick enough! i always feel bad accepting a job knowing i'll quit in 3 months and if you tell them, they won't hire you. i did get the chance to walk around the notre dame campus for about half an hour so that was really exciting. i can't wait to visit the dept, hopefully in may!

well, at least it's cheap! relative to others schools and what i was expecting anyway. thanks!

thanks, good advice!

actually clover ridge allows pets but they are high! according the their website $750 for a 1 br! i guess that's typical for apts so close to campus?

hello. yeah, you're going to have to make taht decision for yourself. it depends what your relationship with your bf is like and if you would be able to get funding after the first 2 years at syracuse. i don't know much about brown either, but is there anyone there with your research interests? good luck, i know it's a hard decision to make!

thanks, gradgirl. oh, i hate when there aren't sidewalks! but i'm used to that here. you might know this since your brother goes there: how much is the campus parking permit for a year? and is it hard to find a good spot? i can't wait to visit this weekend...i hope i like the place... thanks!

just a funny note. my undergrad dorm has 24-hour visitation, but opposite sex people aren't allowed to "sleep" overnight in your room. so if a resident assistant seriously wanted to bust you on having an opposite sex person stay the night, you could just say, "we were awake". so silly, but a resident assistant would never care about that, so it isn't a serious rule. i hope that's the case w/ these nd conduct rules....eeeek

KHR, are you still out there? I would love to be able to walk or bike to campus. are there any apartments in that area just east of campus or just south of campus? i hope you know what i mean...the few blocks south of argos and the few blocks west of ironwood? could they really enforce those premarital sex rules? you guys are scaring me. i'm not really scared of getting in trouble, i'll be married, but scared to be somewhere where that's a serious rule. well, i'm going to south bend sunday and monday to apartment search, so i'll let everyone know what it's like when i get back! hopefully, i can find something good. my fiance is moving there in less than 3 weeks! i have a lot of phone numbers and a few meetings to look at apartments, so i could list some of them here to save everyone the work. good luck to everyone and congrats!

that's awesome! congrats. i'm getting 15k+tuition covered in sociology. the phd programs i applied to ranged from 11k to 17k.

hello! i just got accepted to notre dame!!!!! we have a dog, and the 2 apt places you mentioned say no dogs! how rude. anyway, i would love to live near campus, and my dept is on the north side of campus, so near there would be great. i talked to riverside north, have you heard of that? if so is it near campus? they allow dogs. do many students bike/walk to work/school? is there good public transportation? I do have a car but i'm not sure about parking, it seems crazy! when i visit, do i need a parking pass? thanks so much!

Congrats on UMST too. It's so cool to finally have some good news! I can't wait to go visit! I'm going crazy wondering where i'll live and who i'll work with next year and everything! it's great tho! definitely the voodoo did not hurt!!!!!!!!!!

I'm trying: http://photos-102.facebook.com/n13/90/4 ... 2_5027.jpg ok, i only got the link to work...? help me please. :? thanks that's ok, if you open the link, that's my pup! isn't he adorable? We think he was dumped in the woods and he somehow made it to my parents house. my fiance and i adopted him. he was a little unhealthy and had worms, so his growth was a little stunted, but we took him to the vet, got his shots and he's growing now! whatever you do, don't buy at a pet store, otherwise you might be supporting puppy mills. we were going to go to a shelter in may but we were lucky to find such a great pet! (and he was lucky he found my mom's house). but now we do have the stress of moving him and finding an apartment that takes dogs, and it seems he'll be a large dog. good luck everyone!

Hi. My future husband and our dog will be tagging along wherever I go to graduate school. I'm also wanting a PhD, but I've only been offered admission to a terminal masters program. So that means we'll move in a couple of months (for the MA) and move again in a couple of years (for the PhD) and then move again a couple of years after that (for a job). I am worried that this is going to be a huge stress on our relationship. My husband will have to find new jobs all the time and won't be able to settle down. It's really bad because he wants to start a retail business, but he'll have to wait until we've moved for the last time to do that...but what if I want to move to a different school after a few years of working...? I'm also worried about finding an affordable apartment that accepts 40 pound dogs. We don't have any kids, but I thought I might want to have one within the next few years, but since we got our dog, I've changed my mind. what a huge responsibility!