cjbennett94

Got back from a visit to Lawrence a week ago. The town and campus were quite nice. I do have a couple of questions though: I'm from Central TX and have spent the last 2 years in West TX. Ie, I've lived in either humid heat or dry heat most of my life, and I can count on my right hand how many times I've seen snow. Does Lawrence get miserably cold (for extended periods of time) in the winter? It seemed like the neighborhoods around campus had a lot of students. Are these mostly undergrads, grads, or a mix? I'm not the "I need perfect silence" type, but I'd also like to avoid living next to a party every weekend. Some people mentioned that the fishing/hiking around Clinton lake was good. I also read something about the Kansas River being open for paddling now. (As I understand, it's not like TX where all navigable waterways are public) I'm an avid kayaker and backpacker, so if I can bring my gear with me and actually use it, I'd pretty much be sold. ~Craig

An interesting perspective on TAMU: I got a call from a POI mid January. We talked about my experiences, GPA and GRE (both very good) and research interests. We talked for over a half hour and had a very positive talk. He was going to recommend me for admission w/ funding, and told me to expect a call from the dept. head within the week. That was 3 months ago. I never heard from him again, and received not so much as an email from the dept. head. I ended up getting a great offer from a different school, so I'm not to down about it, but it was just plain weird how I got radio silence after hearing how excited and positive he was. On that note, I'm a Texas resident, but all my offerers are from out of state schools. Outside of TAMU, I haven't even got a blip from UT, U of H, Rice, etc. With the situation at the state capitol, I almost wonder if schools are gun-shy about taking on a lot of students. I've seen some on the results forum but less than previous year