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Well... that was my last try, I just don't have the energy for another one. So time to find a new profession! XD Good luck, Irish!

In my head, I hear the comical trombone when I read these.

Those stats are from my last go-round. I actually have my Masters now and just haven't got around to changing my signature! I didn't get an email confirming they'd received all my stuff until January 20th, so there's a slim chance that perhaps they haven't looked at all applications yet. I'm not hopeful, however.

I applied and haven't heard anything. With the notification on the results page I'm not hopeful anymore.

Oh, SWEET! The MBTA website is way better and more comprehensive then our transit website here in DC. I can really a good idea of where things are from this. Thank you!!!

Can somebody give me a rundown on transit options to the Boston University Medical Campus? Namely: do they have a metro stop (lol, DC native) or will I be relying on buses only? If they do have a metro stop, which color is it and what neighborhoods does it run through? It is my dearest desire not to have to switch lines on my commute. Is it my imagination, or do most of the apartments in Boston have fireplaces? It seems like every Craigslist apartment I've looked at has one. I'm still hoping to live in the South End proper and just have a nice little on-foot jaunt to school every morning, but I haven't received my financial specifications yet so I'm still flailing in the dark.

I just wanted to kind of counter this with personal experience (which of course is not to discount your own experience, just to add to it). I don't know when you got assaulted, but I live right near the NY Ave station and it's starting to get gentrified over there. They've built a nice Marriott, several restaurants, and are building a Harris Teeter right by the metro. If you're going to AU or need to live on the red line, some of the row houses in the Eckington neighborhood are really affordable to rent and it's NOT NEARLY as unpleasant over there as it used to be. The worst thing that happens to me is being made fun of by high school students on my way to and from work. We also have a police watch now that has drastically cut crime. So don't automatically reject rentals just because they are in that area - they might be worth checking out.

*hugs* You and me are paddling along in the same boat, dear. I'm also feeling really low about going into huge, HUGE debt for an MA and then having to do this whole organ-grinder-monkey application dance again the year after next. I have a sick feeling in my stomach about it. But hey, at least we can go back to school!!

Finally got my Amherst rejection. They said I wasn't a good fit, which is a pile of dooky. At least I've known it was coming for a month or so. *pit of despair nonetheless *

Yes, well, "sometimes" is one thing and "twice a day, every day" is another thing entirely. I hate living in the city, was really hoping not to have to do it anymore, but hopefully with a little research I'll be able to make myself as happy as possible.

Okay, it looks like me, the boy and the cats are headed to Boston University Medical Campus. I'm coming from a not-good area of Washington, DC, so I am seriously willing to pay extra for security and niceness. I'm really tired of garbage all over the street and people mocking me as I walk to the metro. If I'm moving, I want to live somewhere that I'm going to enjoy. I've never even been to Boston, so I have NO IDEA what I'm doing beyond what the "housing" section on BU's website tells me. I'll be doing the bulk of my work at the medical campus in South End, but I'm also going to need to be on the main BU campus for a class now and again. I understand the South End is a fun place to live and is tops in the "niceness" department, but how easy is it to get from there to the main BU campus? Would a different neighborhood make it easier to commute to both? Ideally, one of the campuses would be walking distance (or a bike ride) from my apartment. I'm mainly interested in older/quieter neighborhoods and South End might possibly be too hip for me, I don't know. We don't need to live within spitting distance of bars and entertainment stuff as long as we can get there on the metro. I don't mind being near restaurants, though. XD Help me, oh wise denizens of the internet

Ha, Zygomatic, mine also says pending. :roll: Sure are pokey, aren't they?

I've been rejected from all my ph.d programs (well, three de facto.. haven't gotten the letters yet, but the accepted people have heard already). Looks like I'm off to do a masters - maybe that'll help? I really don't want the debt though. :cry:

Also, I still haven't heard a peep from Amherst, and the website still doesn't have a status change.

That would be awesome. My contact person told me that I'm going to be able to totally cobble together my own personal curriculum (thank you, lord) and take classes not just at the medical school but also in the anthropology department proper, so I'm going to need some advice on a good place to live where I'll be able to get to either campus without too much trouble. If I don't get into any doctoral programs, which is increasingly likely, I'm not going to be utterly crushed now. Only a wee bit crushed.