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@whitmanifesto I just sent you a Facebook request!

@whitmanifesto Yes! I think I'll try to make a trip in August to do some apartment hunting

I officially accepted the offer to attend Northwestern! We should have a Chicagoland meetup

They do but no one really uses it, so I wouldn't rely on it. @TooExcited&Nervous You're probably already aware of this but you will not find housing near NYU that is affordable, unless you're independently wealthy. One tip I do have is to keep in mind the train lines that go to NYU and look in the areas of Brooklyn, Queens, upper Manhattan, and the Bronx that are serviced by those lines. The N/Q/R/W, 4/5/6, A/C/E, and B/D/F/M are the main lines you wanna be looking at (these will get you to either 14th St-Union Square, 8th St-NYU, Astor Place, or West 4th St, which are all walkable to NYU). (Like @gallimimus mentioned, avoid the L.)

I will warn you, NYU/Columbia/New School may sound sexy, but cost of living in New York City is astronomical. It sounds like you're calculating how much extra you'll need to cover tuition, but I would add another $30,000/yr to live extremely modestly. (That's how much my first full-time job paid and I was living paycheck-to-paycheck with no savings and unsustainable levels of credit card debt to make it work before I was finally promoted.)

It looks like Columbia has a credit union you can look into: http://lcu.usalliance.org/

@Yaris Thanks for the tips!

@whitmanifesto @surprise_quiche @sriracha18 which one of you wrote this though? lol Northwestern University Communication Sciences, PhD (F18) Rejected via E-mail on 21 Mar 2018 A 21 Mar 2018 "We regret to inform you..." Looks into the camera like in the office. Music from the curb your enthusiasm meme plays.

I was accepted to a great PhD program and am excited about going. However, I'd like to request a deferral for one year for various reasons: (1) I would like more time to save up extra money and pay off more of my undergrad loans, (2) for family reasons, my partner wouldn't be able to move with me until next year at the earliest, and (3) my job is going to be undergoing a big transition that I/my institutional knowledge would be pretty central to. Of course, I could handle all of these things now (work really hard at saving up in the short term, loans would go into deferment while I'm in school, do LDR for a year, train a replacement, etc.), but having an extra year to get my affairs in order would really be beneficial for me to be in the best frame of mind before starting school. The university does allow one year deferrals on a case-by-case basis, although ultimately it's the department's decision whether to allow it or not. I guess I'm afraid that (1) requesting a deferral will make me look bad to the department, and (2) that my reasons are not particularly compelling or life changing ones. What are your thoughts? Also would be helpful if anyone had advice on how to frame these points when requesting.

I will very likely be moving to Chicago to attend Northwestern and am trying to get a sense of the livability/commute from various neighborhoods. I know Rogers Park is a popular one (we even had current students take us on a walking tour), but I'm kinda eyeing places off the express Purple stops. As a queer Asian American I'm especially curious about the area around Belmont (due to its proximity to Boystown) and Wilson (due to its proximity to "New Chinatown"/Little Saigon). Is it likely to find a room to rent out (not a 1br or studio) in either of those areas for ~$700/mo, and does anyone have experience with/advice about the commute to NU from there during peak or off-peak hours? Also, any advice for places to look for rooms other than Craigslist and Facebook groups?

Has anyone been successful at negotiating for either a higher stipend or relocating costs (or both!) when they only had one offer? I work full-time now and going back to school would be a hit to my income, which of course I knew when I applied, but hoping to use that to negotiate even though I don't have other offers. (FWIW, the relocation costs are higher priority for me than higher stipend.)

@rising_star my bad!

I was accepted to a program that I'm very excited about and is my only prospect for this year. However, my SO is unable to move with me at this time, and we're unsure about the future. Has anyone successfully maintained and LDR while in grad school and can give advice? I don't want to say my decision to accept or not is 100% dependent on whether we can make it work, but at the same time it's not something I can just not think about either, y'know?

I'm officially in at NU! I have to talk with my SO before I can make the decision, however :\

I got my last two rejections yesterday, meaning NU is officially my only remaining prospect! I'm confident about how my interviews went, but we'll see

Got the USC and NYU rejections yesterday, which officially means my only prospect at this point is NU. Looks like I'm probably headed to Chicago!

@E-P I'm no stranger to dicey people on public transpo, so that's fine for me! If I get in and decide to go, I'm definitely considering looking around the express Purple stops (particularly Wilson and Belmont, so I'm not too far from Evanston) because it's important for me to have easy access to the city. I prefer to schedule my day as close to a 9-5 schedule as possible so the rush hour express service would be ideal.

@whitmanifesto I think he's more central to MTS as he's not listed in the RPC faculty IIRC (I was just confused when I was applying about what the difference was). Similarly, I don't think he's taught any courses at the grad level in the last couple of years, although he does have undergrad courses listed that I'm sure are important to the dept. NU definitely values him though because, based on some insider knowledge, it sounds like he's been able to negotiate better pay using multiple job offers (including from NYU!). I think his work is pretty reliant on the local Chicago scene which is why he's chosen to stay. That said, I should say that he isn't the only one working in that area (cultural studies, pop culture, media production), but the MTS student population seems to represent more of the other focal areas (health comm, media technology, child development) which probably explains why they don't work with him that much. (And I'm hoping that the fact that I'm vying for a less well-represented focal area in the dept will work in my favor!) My research interests are about media representation of women of color and trans/GNC ppl (particularly Asian/Americans) in pop culture. Trying not to go too into detail to give away who I'm talking about but I'm sure you could probably piece this together...

@E-P Just getting a chance to unwind now that I'm back home! I feel really good about the program as a whole, but have a lot to consider about my place in it, I think. I applied to work with a particular faculty member there, whose research agenda admittedly doesn't seem to mesh with most of the other things going on in the department from what I could tell. Multiple current students I talked to kinda seemed like they didn't get why he's in the department either. So I'll definitely want to talk with him and his current student more in depth if I get an offer to get a better sense! Unfortunately I didn't get a whole lot of time to see the city, but I did enjoy what I saw of Rogers Park and Boystown! And did not enjoy the transfer from the red to the purple, even at 8:30pm on a Saturday night.

I got an email from NYU GSAS while I was at my NU email, except it was dated 3/5 and there was no decision posted! According to results search, this was widespread across multiple departments there. Get it together NYU! In other news, am having a blast here in Chicagoland!

Got an email from NYU while I was interviewing at Northwestern...except it was dated 3/5, and when I logged in, there was no decision. Apparently this was a widespread problem! Well, at least now I know when to expect my rejection...

@Addison Kennedy There were a few accepts in USC ASE back in January.

If you had a good rapport with your interviewer, which it sounds like you did, it's worth reaching out to them to see if they're able to give you feedback or even advice on your next round. (Many schools have official policies against giving out feedback but individual faculty may be willing.) However, in many cases it is likely that you weren't a weak candidate so much as there were others who were simply better, or otherwise more preferable for whatever reason.

If it's someone's title, it means their faculty line is funded by an endowment from someone named Vanier. If it doesn't specify whether it's an interview weekend or an admitted students weekend, it usually means it's an opportunity for prospective students to learn more about the program before applying.

Northwestern (MTS): Interview - notified 1/26, scheduled for 3/1-3/4 Cornell (Communication): Rejected, 2/2 NYU (MCC): Rejected, 2/21