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window shopping

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beach wedding

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time out

[Any Indians going to DC for Fall 2010]

I am going to Dartmouth which is extremely far from DC but still on the East Coast so I thought I'd drop in on the conversation

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two-faced

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break dance

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special ability

[If Bacteria had Cybersex]

LOL

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tight budget

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one love (for the mother's pride...)

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Sesame Street

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playing games

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hog wash

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false hope

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right brain

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hall way

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stone heart

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down town

[Homesick...]

Oh no...I still have a few months to go..but I'm going to be moving countries too! And though I'm excited, I know I'm going to miss home very much *sigh* And WHY does Hanover have to be so cold?

[To summer or not to summer?]

I would have to agree with ScreamingHairyArmadillo and Gezzloume - I don't think anyone will think the worse of you for wanting to make the most of your summer. Grad school is long and gruelling; fill your days leading to it with lots of frolic

[MCB Dartmouth]

Wow, congratulations to you guys.

I am planning to apply to Dartmouth's MCB program next Fall. I am an international student from the Philippines an am a bit anxious about the acceptance rate for international students. I am hoping you guys can help me with this information later on.

Best of luck on your graduate studies.

Hey that's great news good luck with your application!

I personally think they're really open to international students (I'm from India) so I'm sure you stand a great chance!

Here's the link to the college diversity page http://www.dartmouth.edu/home/about/diversity.html

Plus I had met two professors in India once and they were both unanimous in agreeing that being international will not work against you.

Good luck to you

[Mourning Offers That You Declined]

Oh MAN thank you for posting this. The decision I made has been haunting me since the moment I made it.

I got into two distinct programs. One (USC) is an MFA in Studio Art, a strong program with a star-packed faculty and a lot of buzz. Their graduates typically get into really amazing exhibitions, galleries, museums and residencies very quickly after graduating. They gave me a ridiculously generous funding package and told me flat out that they loved my work and were eager to get me in the program. The school is close to my family, I already knew a lot of the professors through networking and visiting, and I like the campus and love the program. I feel close to the people there, and actually felt a strong emotional pull to that school from the beginning. It was a strong fit overall, and would have boded extremely well for a solid career as an exhibiting artist.

The second acceptance is for an MS in Visual Studies from MIT. A much stranger, harder-to-define program. They study not just art, but a mix of art, theory, design and architecture. Their graduates track MUCH differently after graduating: some go into private sector work, some write, some teach, and others exhibit. They tend to show in places that are not as hot, famous or glamorous as USC grads, but are more disparate and thoughtful, with a wider range of activities and venues. I felt their basic intellectual thrust (that of "creation of knowledge through art-making") fit very closely not just with my career as an artist, but my ideals as a person overall. They also gave me ridiculously good funding package (a fellowship including 100% tuition waiver plus a stipend), but the school is across the continent from everyone and everything i know. I've never been to the campus. Never even interviewed, and I don't know a single person. The acceptance and fellowship were a total shock.

It felt very much like I had to choose what kind of person I was going to be, which life I wanted to live.

I went with the latter.

Though I know now is the time to suck it up and throw myself full force into my choice, I can't help but feel .... not dissatisfied, but ... haunted. What could have been?

Hey first of all I just want to say I think you've made an amazing decision..congratulations and good luck!

Secondly though you might feel a little anxious now, when your course actually commences, and things start falling into place you'll feel a whole lot better about your decision to the extent that you'll wonder what you would have ever done had you not taken it up - it always happens that way, because all things ultimately work out for the best.

I've taken a lot of decisions following my heart and my instinct too, and they have never failed me. You're going to have such a blast in MIT

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control freak

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snail's pace

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