thebeard

I've lived in Columbia for four years now and I've loved it. It's a small city that can get boring, but I've always managed to find stuff to do. Ragtag Cinema is great, especially since they moved into a new building. They have a bar there which is a good place to hangout. The Blue Fugue is a good place for local music. The Blue Note is a bigger concert venue that gets a lot of good national acts. Shakespeare's Pizza is my favorite place for pizza (it's a bit expensive, but I think it's worth it.). They are also my favorite place to go drink. I also like Flatbranch for food and beer. Great food and they brew there own beer. I've rented apartments from both REMI and Hinshaw. I would avoid REMI at all costs. They were terrible, the apartment was terrible and almost everyone I know who rents from them has issues. I've rented from Hinshaw twice and I have had no problems with them. My current apartment is nice and they have been helpful if anything goes wrong. But defiantly go see apartments because Columbia landlords are somewhat notorious for a variety of reasons. Rent in Columbia is very cheap. I've lived on East Campus and liked it; It can get loud because of the Undergrads. Westcampus is where I currently live. It's nicer than the east side and still close to campus.

I'm just about to send off the last of my applications (thankfully) but I'm not looking forward to the wait. I've applied to a fairly large number of schools and I think that there is a little variability as far as selectivity goes (all are still tough to get into though). My list is Alabama, Arkansas, ASU, Idaho, Iowa, LSU, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, WashU, Emerson, and Texas State. Is anyone out there in the same boat? Just wondering. Also, any current MFA students? Right now I'm freaking out about the idea that I might not get into any of the schools I've applied. I'm confident in my writing (mostly) and every workshop I've had I think my work has been looked pretty highly on, but I still worry that this is just a big crap shoot. And I don't know what I'll do if I get rejected from everywhere.