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Leavinmyheartinsf

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  1. For the second year in a row, I did not even win HM from Ford. Last year, some thought that everyone who did not receive the award got HM, because it seemed that everyone on this board had. Well, I can tell you that is not true, unless I am the only one. :x Great job to everyone who did get it. I am trying not to let this destroy all of my hope, as I am still in limbo for NSF.
  2. I had to call to ask a school and the answer was that it was "in the works". I am frustrated. I need that money. But I will not hesitate to contact them again. If they promised reimbursement, I don't see a problem with making sure I get it.
  3. I am not looking for apartments. I will bite the bullet and live in Odum. Coming from CA, I think it is the best choice. Finding housing is tough, and I don't want to get into a bad lease. Also, I kind of miss the convenience of living on campus.
  4. Irvine isn't that hot. You'll just see the sun every now and then, unlike in Pensylvania!
  5. I didn't want to deal with all of this stuff you guys are talking about, so I am loading up my Neon and headng from california to North Carolina with whatever will fit. I am going to live on campus for my first semester so that I can scope the place out. I did not want the stress of moving 3000 miles, leaving my boyfriend and my family and a job that I love, trying to meet new people, finding a church, adjusting to Grad School, blah, blah blah, so everything that I don't need is staying here for now. Grad student housiing may suck, but the convenience was well worth the trade-off for me.
  6. Going to UNC-Chapel for Sociology PhD. My dream school! I am wearing my Carolina Blue sweatshirt still!
  7. Uggh! I didn't get it either. I am coming straight out of undergrad, so my chances were slim, but I had a letter from someone super famous. Hopefully, she'll write one for me next year, too.
  8. I burst into tears when I send on the email tellling my advisor at Penn State that I would not be coming. Turning down Notre Dame was just as hard, but I know that UNC is the right place for me.
  9. I am planning to read, throw away everything that I will not be taking with me to school, and spend time with everyone that I will miss desperately when I am gone. Then in mid July, I am loading up the Neon and driving across country with my boyfriend, who I hope to enjoy and not leave in a small town along the way. We are planning to see the sights and take at least a week to drive from San Jose to Chapel Hill. I am a huge country fan so we will be visiting Nashville for a bit. And BF wants to go to... Dollywood. I wish I was joking. Has anyone been there? I am hoping that someone has and it sucks so we won't have to waste time in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Also, does anyone know any good trip planning websites? I haven't really found any and this is kind of a once in a lifetime trip, so I don't want to miss anything.
  10. One of my coworkers and I were talking about this very thing last week. He said that he just stopped feeling like an imposter in the radio business last year, after more than 30 years. I thought that I felt like an imposter because I am not a traditional student, because I have had a difficult past because of horrible decisions as a young adult, and because I have had 2 undergrad careers, one as a complete loser, one as one of the best students my department has seen in recent years. It seems like something that EVERYONE goes through! Yea! I am not as screwed as I thought i was. Someone told me at the beginning of this that they would not accept me if they didn't think that I could be successful. I got in to 5/10 schools and upon further investigation, I would have been miserable at the 5 that I didn't get in to. These committee folks know what they are doing! So, the top 5 program that picked me out of my state university thinks I can make it, and I believe them... most of the time!
  11. I am wondering the same thing about looking for a fill in radio DJ job. I really want to do it because I love it, not for the money, but I think it's the same situation, plus, being a fill-in has a way of becoming much much more. Hmmm
  12. Hear, hear! All those visits do me no good if I don't graduate. I finally made a decidion so that I could get back to work!
  13. Well, it's finally sinking in. After a long, arduous battle with myself I went out today and bought Carolina sweatshirt, the final commitment to my grad school of choice. It was surprisingly easy, but expensive to do in San Jose, CA. Will anyone be joing me this fall?
  14. Argh! I called this morning and the answer was "probably by the end of this week". Now I have to make a decision about where to go without that bit of info.
  15. Ok, I admit a flair for the dramatic, but it is a tough decision none the less, as I am sure others in my position will agree. I have informed the schools that I know I will not be attending. Believe me, I would like to decide this very soon as the sleepless nights are getting to me.
  16. Notre Dame, Penn State and Carolina. I am sure I won't go to ND, but it is a toss up between PSU and UNC.
  17. I visited both schools and did not like Madison AT ALL! It seems like there is very little to do there but drink, which I don't and it was more expensive to live there than I hoped. Plus it's fricken cold, but I have lived in CA my whole life. i am currently trying to decide between Chapel Hill and State College, PA, so good luck with this one. Personally, if my choices were between Wisconsin and UNC, I would be headed for UNC.
  18. I think I might be giving you guys a clue as to just how nuts i am. I should do just fine in academia. I just got back from visit that I knew i was going to hate, and I fell madly in love with that school. Now it is between there and the #5 school. I am tempted to send my reply now so that I may get some sleep between now and April 15th, but that would be too easy.
  19. Alright people. #49 just responded with an enormous offer and #5 is not budging on theirs. Please remind me that money isn't everything, even at 30 years old!
  20. OK, I think the torment is over. I can see myself at the top 5, I can imagine my life there, and I will not need a UV lamp in my living room to ward off depression. You have all helped tremendously with shutting up the voices in my head. Thank you.
  21. Hmmmm, Nothern CA doesn't have swimmable water at its beaches most of the year, particularly near Stanford where the closest would be half Moon Bay. Our beaches are pretty foggy and you see a lot of wetsuits. Santa cruz is probably best around July- August, but it is still COLD!
  22. Well, I want an academic job in CA. Today. I fully recognize that this could change, and that this may not be possible, btu I want to maximize my chances of doing so. I know that the job market sucks. I know that California is in a budget crisis; I work for the CSU system. But I have a goal, and I need to do what is best to acheive the goal, no matter how unrealistic it seems to others. You gave me excellent advice, and I will take it.
  23. It's not REALLY the ranking that I am concerned with, it is the overall reputation of the program and my odds of being able to come back to my life here in San Jose.
  24. I know it is silly. Something (money?) is telling me to go to the #49. I got tuition and and a stipend at the top 5 as well, but not as much. To complicate matters, next weekend, I am visiting another great school, out in the middle of NOWHERE but with a SUPER famous sociologist as my mentor. Problem is he is the ONLY person there I want to work with. This is much worse than I ever dreamed it would be. I am not complaining; I have excellent choices, but my need to second guess myself at every turn is making me CRAZY!
  25. I am considering UNC. Does anyone know anything about living in Odum village on campus? I am coming from the other side of the country and I am really freaked out about having to look for an apartment and having to furnish it.
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