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    caffeinatedK reacted to Pythia in Washington, DC and Maryland suburbs   
    I can't speak from the perspective of a grad student at Georgetown but I can speak from an undergrad perspective. I got my degree from a different DC university, but I took classes at Georgetown and commuted a lot. Even in areas of DC that are less expensive and not as swanky, I'd say $1400-1500 is about the average starting price for a studio/1 bedroom, especially in areas closer to GU.
    My friend lives in Glover Park in a $1500 apartment with 1 bedroom and a small den (big enough for a roommate) and I don't think she pays for all of the utilities. It is a quiet neighborhood with young professionals and some families, and (if I remember correctly) it's a 15 minute walk from Georgetown. There are buses that stop in the neighborhood, but the metro is a bit far. From what I've seen, generally apartments further from a metro stop tend to be slightly cheaper than others, but anyway, you could always check out this neighborhood and the neighborhoods in that section of DC.
    Another consideration is Virginia. A lot of 20- and 30-somethings live there. Pricing is not vastly different from DC but some places are less expensive. Plenty of students at GW and GU commute from NoVA and I know there is a free Georgetown University shuttle from the main campus to Virginia (I believe it's somewhere in Rosslyn).
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    caffeinatedK reacted to Eigen in Any ideas on "how" to get accepted after interviewing?   
    Really, there's no way to know for sure. A lot depends on how you rank relative to the other students interested in joining the lab. 
    A PI could be looking for research productivity (past), or be looking at how you frame your potential for productive research with them. They might have someone with a particular skill set that they would like to have in the lab- and they may or may not know this when they interview you. It might be about personality, or a perceived similarity of working style. 
    Honestly, don't overthink it. Once you get to the interview stage, a lot of it is a toss-up. Most PIs are in the position of having 2-6 students all of whom they think would be a good fit for their group, and having to pick one. What they end up going with isn't something you can do a lot to control, or really anything about your credentials.
    That said, usually (imo) it's not going to be something obvious in your CV (i.e., number of publications) that decides a PI post-interview. That's what they use to decide who they want to interview. It's going to be how you can talk about your research, and how it feels like you'll fit into the group, both personally and professionally. 
    Be cordial, be enthusiastic, and overall be yourself. Nothing makes someone less certain of you than a feeling that you're not being honest, and it makes them worry that they're not choosing based on the "real" person. Don't try to be what you think the person interviewing you wants. 
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    caffeinatedK reacted to fuzzylogician in mistake on CV   
    I wouldn't email each POI separately. Find the most reasonable coordinator type person in each department (probably the dept admin) and write them. They'll be able to tell you who to contact, in case it's not them. 
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    caffeinatedK reacted to fuzzylogician in mistake on CV   
    It's not a big deal. You might ask to replace your old CV with an updated one because you found an error in the old version, but $3000 isn't that much of a difference when we're talking about these kinds of amounts. The thing I *would* make sure is clear and accurate is that if you worked on a project but were not the PI or otherwise the person who got the grant, it should be clear that the funding came from someone else. Misrepresenting someone else's grant as your own would be a much bigger issue than miscalculating the conversion rate. 
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