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  1. nhyn

    EAPSI 2014

    Yup dont see it. Maybe reviews for people who got the grant haven't been updated.
  2. nhyn

    EAPSI 2014

    Maybe I haven't received mine yet as I couldn't find the reviews on fast lane...
  3. nhyn

    EAPSI 2014

    does anyone get in around noon and want to meet up for lunch?
  4. nhyn

    EAPSI 2014

    Yay! It's booked! The agent was so nice. I'll get there at noon on Thursday. Let me know if anyone's up for lunch then. I'll check back in here when the day draws close
  5. nhyn

    EAPSI 2014

    yup waiting here as well. Did all 200 of us call at the same time? That'd be funny...
  6. nhyn

    EAPSI 2014

    woohoo got the email! let's start planning soon on meeting up
  7. nhyn

    EAPSI 2014

    yeah I know it will come eventually but the lack of contact still makes me anxious :| hopefully it will come at the end of this week.
  8. nhyn

    EAPSI 2014

    (I love Okinawa!!) I think the consensus (from talking to people who were in EAPSI in past year) is that tentative offer = 99.999999999999999999999999999% official, barring...natural disaster or freak accidents. But yes, my host researcher already booked me accommodation. I've been treating it as official so it doesn't feel as weird
  9. nhyn

    EAPSI 2014

    I think last year people received information about tickets and schedule around March 15th. I'm anxiously waiting for that as well!
  10. nhyn

    NSF EAPSI 2013

    If there are still fellows from 2013 hanging around, I have a question for you guys: did you find it feasible to travel to other labs in your host country within the program dates? Did you spread it out or did you travel to those labs at the end of the program? I'm assuming you can't really travel to other labs just for the weekends (who would go in??), so am trying to think of how to arrange these visits. Also, did you extend your stay to travel for non-research purposes? If so, can you tell me more about the arrangements with NSF? The handbook has the vaguest details about this so I wanted to ask those who had direct experiences! Thanks!
  11. nhyn

    EAPSI 2014

    to the people who are going to japan: anyone going to Kyoto?
  12. nhyn

    EAPSI 2014

    feel like this is redundant but I also just got a tentative offer from japan!
  13. Wow, there are 8 pages on this...(and yes I am going to add to this lengthy and going-no-where discussion because obviously, OP and everyone else have vastly different views on...well, everything. But, some really good discussions about grad school and life came out of it!) - Just want to agree with everyone here that in grad school (and I've been at 3 schools, working/being a student, with each school having a very different culture from the others) is either single or is in a serious relationship that has started before grad school. Most people who are serious about grad school have found themselves unable to make time for dating (work and actual social life with friends take up the entire life), and even those who make an effort to date have found it difficult because their social circles, esp. if they're in a new city, consist mostly of grad school friends, and everyone knows it's a bad idea to date co-workers/fellow grad students. - I do know a girl who has been on many dates from online dating websites. She's a few years older than you. She wants to have a lot of kids so it makes sense, I guess, to hurry and speed up the process before it becomes too late to have a lot of kids. But i can tell you that she is not happy - she puts too much emphasis on finding the right guy that she gets really depressed sometimes, despite all the great things going on in her life (great research, great lab, great city, etc.). If you go to grad school and your focus is elsewhere, I can tell you now that you won't be entirely happy. If you want to date - like many posters here have said - you can do that anywhere. Better to do it at a place less stressful than grad school, to be honest. Bottom line is, I understand where you came from. People want different things. You want a husband, and kids. Some of us don't. And we shouldn't be convincing you to want otherwise. It's great that you think by going to grad school you're going to kill two birds with one stone: get a degree, and find a husband. I think what people have been trying to tell you is, your goal is all good and all, but it's also unrealistic. Go to school because you want to, and hopefully you'll get a partner while you're there, but maybe it's unhealthy to stress out over whether you will or will not find a partner while at school. P.S.: to those who are trying to convince OP that there is much more outside of romantic relationships: I think it's futile. After doing the same for certain friends, I've come to accept that people want what they want, and there's no way you can convince them to think differently. The best we could do is maybe to help them not make terrible mistakes in the process of getting them what they want.
  14. nhyn

    EAPSI 2014

    Hi all - I couldn't make it to the webminar, was there anything important that I should take note of? Thanks!
  15. nhyn

    EAPSI 2014

    I finally was able to find a few things through google cache as well, but was not able to find the application guide, so this is very helpful. Thanks!
  16. hi all - thanks to the government shutdown, who knows if we even have NSF East Asian Pacific Institute 2014 to apply to? But, assuming that the government gets its act together, and that we can still apply, does anyone have information from previous years and if so would you be so kind as to send it to me? All the websites are down and I've been trying hard to look for google cached version but I'm still missing pieces here and there. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
  17. Several faculty members already made their offer to the 1st choice; one in Cognitive is waiting on a grant so can't do anything till then (and he already informed the applicants).
  18. My situation is a bit weirder. My advisor got a very good offer at another school in the same area quite late into the year, so while waiting for them to build the lab he had me start at the old institution anyway, so I know some people in the old program, but now am thrown into a completely new environment again, when my cohort already has time to get to know each other. I feel lost, but at the same time too tired to do the whole "taking initiative" swan song and dance again. Reading people's opinions here surprised me a little bit - I'm in a long term relationship, and it never occurs to me that we (ppl in long-term relationship) would appear distant because we're busy with our partner. If anything, I try even harder to reach out lol because it's just so easy for me to tell myself to go home and hang out with my boyfriend (which I thoroughly enjoy; more than partners, we're each other's best friend), instead of getting to know new people and broaden my horizon I'm also not a naturally outgoing person and can be quiet if I don't feel like there's anything interesting to talk about; so yeah....It feels a bit better to know that it takes time, and it does seem to me that even at this age (over 20s), you can't force friendship. I tried to be friendly with some lab members, but we didn't click, and I ended up being better friends with someone not from the same lab. Sometimes you just have to let it happen, I guess.
  19. You don't have to leave the country and apply for another F1. If you don't have to/don't want to go home, you can still stay in the US in the summer (there's a grace period after your F1 ends, so technically you can still stay here), and your new school can issue your new I20 right when your old I20 expires. You transfer your SEVIS record from the old to the new school. You DO NOT have to apply for another F1 - if you leave the US and re-enter, you have to apply for an entry visa to enter the country (your F1 visa is worht 4 years, but the visa that they give you every time you go in and out of the country lasts for 1 year, and you should have an M visa - multiple entry, so I assume that one-year visa has already expired) the same thing you had to do during undergrad years. You should not leave and enter with different I20s because they might detain you just to clarify (they won't stop you from entering), so if you're wary of that just make sure you leave and enter with your new school's I20. Source: undergrad + grad school International Office's people
  20. ...it's only been 2 days. Relax. If you dont hear back in a week or two, email her again. She might be away, busy, or forgot to reply, simple as that.
  21. I feel you - same here granted, I only applied to 5 places, and really limited my choices. I saw it coming, no - I HAD it coming for shooting myself in the foot and not applying to profs/schools who i thought were great fit but were too far away from where I wanted to be. That's what I kept telling myself to kinda mask the disappointment that I only had one acceptance to a mid-ranked (rank in my own list, that is) place. It's ok to feel underwhelmed. I think it's also because you've been waiting for this moment for too long, you've built it up in your mind too much (who doesn't? I did!), so when it actually came, it felt less than expected. Do you like this program though? I do like the program that I got in (otherwise I wouldn't have applied), and although I might not be as excited to go here as I would elsewhere, I am still excited. As long as you know that you like the program you got in, I think you're in good shape
  22. nhyn

    Brandeis

    I see - no wonder. It's so weird though because I've had to look for places near Cambridge before and it wasn't that hard to find September postings around April. Of course there are a LOT more of them in May and June, but still... I think you do want to keep track of postings from now if you're looking at Porter Square as it's a busy area and I'm sure (I have seen them) there are already postings for September. Anyway, I compromised and 1/paid an agent 2/chose a place w/o laundry on site (figured it's not that big of a deal to walk a few minutes for laundry). Found a good place near Waltham Common...I would have LOVED to live near Porter Sq. but we're 2 people and it's hard to find a place with decent space and affordable rent for 2 people there
  23. ...ask the international student office at your school of choice? there will be a transfer-out form from your undergrad and transfer--in form from your phd school.
  24. GRE scores won't help you much, to be honest. I got great (~1500) scores but was rejected from many schools [/shrugs]. Also, the only thing you can do now (if you're applying in a year) is write a really good statement of purpose and make sure your recs are good. It's not an understatement to say I have been preparing for grad school since my 2nd year: internships, research assistant jobs, bonding with professors, etc. Everything I did in undergrad (that was related to my field) was to prepare for grad school, so no, you can't really "prepare" anymore if you only have a few months left Just try your best and if you have prepared in the past few years, then believe in yourself and that your efforts will pay off.
  25. remember you only really need a bed (or in my boyfriend's case, NOTHING o_O he doesn't care for bed and when we studied abroad in Japan while I complained about sleeping on the floor he LOVED it...) and a table (which can be both desk/dining table ). So you only really need 2 things first, and those are easy to get off craigslist or at a store. You will have to shell out for delivery, if you don't have a car. But other than that, I think you can just accumulate them over the first few months, no big deal. We bought our own furniture when we moved in the summer - well it's actually a mix of picking up stuff from his family's and buying. It took about 2 months (doing it intermittently of course, we took it slow) to assemble all the furniture pieces, but we got, tv stand, table and chairs for the porch, bed, office desk, dining table, etc. and we semi-built our own closet (basically turned the entertainment center in the apartment into a wardrobe/closet LOL) - and I'm sure you don't need that much if you live alone.
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