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  1. Sam, I posted in the main thread. I got an email back from the graduate coordinator, Amy Gershon, today, about assistantships... she made it sound like there weren't many, but the official email that's supposed to come at the end of the month might be more comprehensive. What other schools' funding info are you waiting on?
  2. Hey y'all, I have a conundrum I'm hoping you can weigh in on. I got into both UBC and UCLA. I'm in California, so I could pay the in-state tuition for UCLA (think the sticker price is around $17,000, I don't have the actual number on me!). I'd be an international student at UBC, on the other hand, but the international tuition there is $9,700CAD (with the exchange rate, that brings it down to about $8,700USD, so.... half of what I'd pay at UCLA.) I was waiting to hear back on any sort of UCLA funding, and emailed the graduate coordinator in a panic. I just heard back from her on TAships and research opportunities, it basically says "if you want a TAship, pursue it with another department. Research opportunities are rare, but some MLIS students can work on grant with [list of professors]." Does anyone have insight into other UCLA funding opportunities? I don't think I can bet a full $17,000 in tuition for a research opportunity that might not even be there. UCLA is closer to home and it's definitely where my family would prefer I go, haha. UBC is gorgeous, and I feel confident I'd succeed there- especially having spoken to one professor already and applied hoping to join their Design for People program. UCLA can't be beat for internship opportunities, but I intend to work more on open access issues than take advantage of the specific film and media opportunities it offers.... the list goes on. Opinions?
  3. Congratulations on your acceptances, met221! Looks like you're facing the best kind of decision- tough, but you win either way. I'm echoing cartof above (hello, slightly northern neighbor! I'm from SD!). LA is a superb city. Its size works for it in many ways. It's old and new at the same time. You can visit a vintage bowling alley in Highland Park and eat breakfast tacos at the brand-new place next door to it. It's diverse- in geography, people, media, thought, and food. And some of the neighborhoods are very tight-knit and self-contained; you'll find a lot of community. I have a friend living in Long Beach now who still drives up to Pasadena to go to his old temple, for example. I hope you hear about funding soon, and good luck making the decision
  4. Hey all! I'm joining this thread a little late. Been a while since I checked the threads (I made a 2021 cycle thread back in the fall when applying but then got, well, caught up in the swing of applying.) I applied to UCLA as well and got in, so I might be seeing you all in the fall! All of their internship locations look incredible (particularly for archives, media archives, and film- what better school for that?) I didn't get the "provisional financial award" email though- I might've just missed it, and I have cleared my email since then. I know they're supposed to send out financial info by the end of the month- has anyone gotten an official email from them yet?
  5. Hello @shelved and @cartof! It's nice to see a couple more applicants. I've seen it said on the Reddit forums (I'm following r/librarians and r/libraryscience pretty religiously these days, because the panic is starting to set in!) that that's exactly what the "extra" space in the applications is for- to explain anomalies in one's transcript. I'm sure the work history will trump it! Where do you work?
  6. I was in Metadata til September 2017, started in CARS Feb 2018. Love the peeps in DLDP
  7. No kidding, I am a UCSD grad too! Graduated from Revelle in 2017 also working @ Geisel! Super cool you want to work in the LA public system. I hear really good things about it (and also recently read The Library Book by Susan Orlean, which was wild but full of community-oriented librarians and interesting history about LAPL).
  8. Woo, I am not the only one! You give me hope, nitwhit. I honestly didn't plan on library school- though I currently work as a library assistant- and I feel like my timing is strange. I decided to apply in the middle of the pandemic mainly because of how my job expanded and had a greater impact as a result of the pandemic, but every time I think about it, I think to myself, "Wow, good timing!" How are you feeling about this year's apps? And are you also a fellow CA native?
  9. Anyone here hoping for Fall 2021 intake? I figured I'd start the conversation off (hope I'm not the only one, lol!) I'm applying to Dalhousie, UBC, and UCLA!
  10. Another frequent lurker here, looking at a shut-out. Thanks, OP, for making this thread, and thank you to everyone else for all of the advice on dealing with the disappointment. I think I'm going to have to significantly rethink how I looked at what school I applied to this year. (Like @jrockford27 in their first app cycle, I spent a lot of time thinking that I should go to a top 10 school, mainly because I'm terrified of the job market.) This thread is absolutely invaluable! I wonder if it would be a good idea to go volunteer for an organization that has shaped my interests? I'm interested in feminist literature, among other things, and I'm a Vagina Monologues alum. I recently contacted one of the partner orgs the Monologues works with here in SD, since I've finally got the time to do it after months of writing and submitting- and worrying! @bfat, does volunteer work like this usually fit into the adcomm's idea of "real-world praxis"?
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