[Ok to skate to class as a PhD student?]

40 minutes ago, rising_star said:

Would you be willing/able to leave it in an office on campus, rather than bringing it to class? Are you able to skateboard in/through the snow in the winter?

I could leave it in an office on campus, though it might be a bit out of the way. I won't be skating in winter, but the other 8 months of the year it would be great to get to class a little faster (it is also more fun as well).

 

36 minutes ago, telkanuru said:

I understand the concern, but it would be very strange if it was at all noted.

 

Thanks for your two cents on this telkanuru!

[Ok to skate to class as a PhD student?]

I am starting my PhD in the fall, and I want to skateboard to class and to the archives... but I am worried about my professors and peers taking me seriously. Is it too unprofessional to speed up my commute by bringing my board with me?

Some potentially relevant info:

• The board is small and light, and I would be strapping it to my backpack when I wasn't using it. This means that it might be a bit conspicuous as I walk in and out of classrooms.
• I am going to be at Harvard, and I am worried that people there will be a bit more conscious of these things there than if I went to a school in California.

Am I overthinking this? Should I just walk everywhere? 

 

Any thoughts would be very much appreciated.

[HGSE 2017]

I went to HGSE several years ago. The financial aid letter comes after the admit email, and scholarship information comes after that.

[HGSE 2017]

Just got an e-mail inviting me for an interview. CIS applicant.

[HGSE 2017]

Hi @jmaroon. Would you be able to ask your friend if all of the interview invites for the PhD went out tonight? Thanks!