cogneuroforfun

If its that close, just go. There's no reason to cancel now. If it wasn't for another couple weeks, then maybe think about canceling.

At my undergrad, people bring their babies with them. A grad student I work with took 3 or 4 weeks off when she had her baby, then starting bringing her daughter to school with her and adjusting her schedule as she needed. This worked easier because she had completed all but two of her classes, but the professors of those courses were very accomodating. Keep in mind she was also TAing this whole time, while living on a sub-$15k stipend (in addition to her husband's income, though). Obviously I don't know your circumstances, and bringing in younger infants/toddlers is easier, but you should be able to work something out. I know a couple universities I'm looking at have daycare for their students, which I can't imagine costs anything near $1100 a month. But the best thing to do is email the director of graduate studies of your program, explain your situation, and I'm sure they'll help you. Good luck, and just know that plenty of people have kids in grad school and make it work.

I heard back from my post-interviews top two: I'm in at Duke and Yale! Now, what possible criteria could I use to distinguish them? They were both fantastic when I visited, so I know I'm going to regret my choice (temporarily) either way, thinking of what might have been. I'm ecstatic though, of course!

If anyone who moved to New Haven in the past couple years sees this, how did it compare to your expectations? Yale definitely advertised the cultural and other activities, and when I visited I was very pleasantly surprised with New Haven itself. But I was wondering if anyone currently there could add anything? There's always NYC to go to if you get really bored, I suppose!

I'm primarily interested in working with Russ Poldrack and Craig Fox, but I'm also curious about Bernard Balleine's lab. Do you happen to know if there is anyone doing anything related to decision making with monkey electrophysiology at UCLA? In my time looking through the website and reading papers in the field, I don't think I've seen anyone, unfortunately, as I'm hoping to do some monkey work too (as if taking classes and doing fMRI isn't enough workload already, hah ).

I'm doing decision making neuroscience / neuroeconomics stuff. I was really hoping to hear from Stanford too, but oh well. Are you set on California? The weather is amazing, but I'm a little worried about figuring out how to afford it on a grad school stipend.

Oh yeah, the programs! I edited them into my original post. For Carnegie Mellon, I was hoping to have my home department be social/decision science and do the CNBC neuro program. I am hoping to work with Loewenstein and a couple of the behavioral economists and psychologists. I actually got an interview to Pitt's neuroscience program, but it wasn't the best fit and the pre-interview phone call I got from a faculty member let me know they thought so too, so I ended up declining it as politely as possible :oops: So I haven't seen Pittsburgh yet, but I am hoping to hear good news from CMU. Tucson is indeed quite warm, but it is a little cooler (temperature) than Phoenix, which is nice. Its been a great place to live and go to school! Pittsburgh looks like it is getting to be a pretty cool place to live: cheap but with a good city vibe. Congrats on Yale czarrar! I actually had to arrange a different visit to Duke, as it conflicted with Yale's neuro interview. But I'm excited to see Duke, it looks like an amazing place to study.

Hey, good to see a fellow cognitive neuroscience applicant. I'm visiting NYU (neural science), Duke (cog neuro), Yale (neuroscince BBS), UPenn (psychology), and UCLA (psychology). No word from Caltech (social science), Stanford (psychology), or Carnegie-Mellon (social & decision science). Rejection from Princeton (neuroscience). All in all, I feel pretty lucky and happy! I am actually an undergrad at Arizona, so if you have any questions feel free to message me. The undergrad psychology program has been great, and all the grad students I know seem quite happy to be here. What type of research do you work on?

Ten. They're all competitive and I'm in a competitive field. Professors and advisors recommended 9-12, so it worked out. Thankfully my dad could help me pay for some of the application expenses, plus I have a scholarship, otherwise I don't know how I could have done it. At least he knows I'll be providing for him in his old age soon enough

Is it at all feasible/cheaper to live in northeastern Newark and go to school at NYU? What kind of public transit commute time and cost would I be looking at? I'm coming from the southwest, so NYC is going to be completely foreign to me, and I'm not sure I could handle being in Manhattan/Brooklyn full-time until I got more situated, nevermind figuring out how to afford it. What kind of somewhat cheaper commuter living locations could I start looking at?

Thank you very much for that gadhelyn. That's exactly the kind of thing I've been looking for, as Duke is my top choice and I'm off to an interview there soon! My main question is about transportation and housing. If I lived around Morrisville / the 540 and 70 icon on the map, what kind of drive am I looking at to get to Duke during rush hour or slightly off rush hour? Is it at all feasible to use public transit to take that route every day? How bad would the traffic be from northern Cary to Duke? It looks like much of that trip would be on smaller highways/streets, so is that going to be pretty obnoxious to do twice a day? It looks like probably Morrisville would be a great area (both from my own research and your recommendations), but I don't want to do too ridiculous of a commute. Are there many town houses / condos in this area? I don't really want to do an apartment in grad school, but I don't think I'll have the finances necessary for a house for a couple years.