Agradatudent

Ironically I am in the US, but I'm in Pennsylvania, which has some of the strictest Alcohol laws I've seen on the East Coast. No alcohol (even cooking wines) in grocery stores. Beer cannot be sold in the same store as liquor and wine. So there's beer stores and then there's "wine and spirits." It's annoying.

I'm curious if the cost of dry erase markers and a white board is really less to than the cost of 99 cent paper pads and penils... Anyone do a detailed analysis on this? I ask because I like to do alot of written problems and I'm not sure the best way to go about it...

On the one hand, a mounted dry erase board would be great practice for writing on a chalk board. On the other... you have to stand to do your work.

I'm curious if the cost of dry erase markers and a white board is really less to than the cost of 99 cent paper pads and penils... Anyone do a detailed analysis on this? I ask because I like to do alot of written problems and I'm not sure the best way to go about it...

On the one hand, a mounted dry erase board would be great practice for writing on a chalk board. On the other... you have to stand to do your work.

Because you've written a whole response colored with the idea that I'm from Towson and therefore look down on my opinion, I'm not going to be bothered to try to defend myself too much over this. A few words however are needed: No, I'm not from Towson, I've spent alot of time working in the city, and I don't need your opinion on how the city is. What you think of as beautiful is clearly the opposite of what I do. When you say "soulless architecture," it really throws out red flags about your own tastes and biases. Obviously being a History PhD you'd appreciate more historic buildings, but they're not for everyone, and to many people it doesn't speak to us the way it does to you and we'd prefer them out.

I am not going to be as assumptive as you are, but you seem oversensitive on the whole race issue-- being so quick to go to "racist" when other people would just call it prudent. Obviously you have not lived in an area where you are told repeatedly by people in authority to be alert at all times. In College Park, for example, where I live, we are sent crime reports by e-mail. In my four years living here, only once has there been a report of a strong arm robbery carried out by a white person. Is it racist of me to shed light on this fact? I don't think so. So when this is realized as the norm, what wrong is there in being prudent? Are you saying I should be oblivious to the environment I'm in at the risk of being politically incorrect? There's a fundamental difference there. At JHU, it had been reinforced to the grad students that the area was dangerous by the school, and so they responded prudently. Obviously I'm sure if they saw "someone in the streets" wearing scrubs they wouldn't be afraid to look at them regardless of their race, but because of the warnings of the department, they decided to be careful. It is not a race issue as it is an area issue-- it just so happens that many people living in that area may be of a certain race. If Baltimore didn't proudly wear the Murder Capital of the USA in recent memory, maybe this would not be an issue. However, they advised against looking at anyone in the streets (which you took to be a racist term), while several poor looking white people were there as well (I double checked this). So really, if anything they're classist.

Maybe it comes from growing up in the Baltimore area, but I hate the place. It lacks everything exciting about a major city like New York, but it has all the crime and then some. Not to mention it being one of the ugliest cities overall I've ever been to. Besides the two nice sections, the city is disgusting. The crime is rough and the residents are frightening. Luckily, John's Hopkins is really making an effort to making their campus safer by literally buying up the slums around campus and bulldozing them. Apparently the city is upset with them for doing this, but JHU is the largest employer in Balitmore, and as a city with a terrible economy, it can't do much about it.

My girlfriend interviewed for Hopkins Genetics and Bio programs and was told by graduate students driving her through the city "not to make eye contact" with anyone on the streets or they will "approach the car." Wonderful, right?

Is Anyone else thinking the math gre score is made up? I can't tell if you're fishing for compliments or what but having 10 points off from the highest score combined with saying you don't think you're smart enough is suspect

In the United States we have something called the "zip code rule" for this situation.

In the United States we have something called the "zip code rule" for this situation.

You should go lower. Way lower.

Don't assume real analysis will go well!

Don't assume real analysis will go well!

I agree with others. Do not buy a set theory book and expect to learn anything out of it. If I were you, I'd look for an "introduction to mathematical proofs" book or a Schaum's outline on set theory. Otherwise, there won't be worked examples.

To them every day is a bad lecture day, don't worry yourself over it.

What Grad School gif sites does everyone frequent? I know for bio there's http://whatshouldwecallgradschool.tumblr.com and for math there's http://forthenotworkingmathematician.tumblr.com/ and for later year grad students theres http://researchinprogress.tumblr.com .
 
What do you guys like?

What Grad School gif sites does everyone frequent? I know for bio there's http://whatshouldwecallgradschool.tumblr.com and for math there's http://forthenotworkingmathematician.tumblr.com/ and for later year grad students theres http://researchinprogress.tumblr.com .
 
What do you guys like?

Because you've written a whole response colored with the idea that I'm from Towson and therefore look down on my opinion, I'm not going to be bothered to try to defend myself too much over this. A few words however are needed: No, I'm not from Towson, I've spent alot of time working in the city, and I don't need your opinion on how the city is. What you think of as beautiful is clearly the opposite of what I do. When you say "soulless architecture," it really throws out red flags about your own tastes and biases. Obviously being a History PhD you'd appreciate more historic buildings, but they're not for everyone, and to many people it doesn't speak to us the way it does to you and we'd prefer them out.

I am not going to be as assumptive as you are, but you seem oversensitive on the whole race issue-- being so quick to go to "racist" when other people would just call it prudent. Obviously you have not lived in an area where you are told repeatedly by people in authority to be alert at all times. In College Park, for example, where I live, we are sent crime reports by e-mail. In my four years living here, only once has there been a report of a strong arm robbery carried out by a white person. Is it racist of me to shed light on this fact? I don't think so. So when this is realized as the norm, what wrong is there in being prudent? Are you saying I should be oblivious to the environment I'm in at the risk of being politically incorrect? There's a fundamental difference there. At JHU, it had been reinforced to the grad students that the area was dangerous by the school, and so they responded prudently. Obviously I'm sure if they saw "someone in the streets" wearing scrubs they wouldn't be afraid to look at them regardless of their race, but because of the warnings of the department, they decided to be careful. It is not a race issue as it is an area issue-- it just so happens that many people living in that area may be of a certain race. If Baltimore didn't proudly wear the Murder Capital of the USA in recent memory, maybe this would not be an issue. However, they advised against looking at anyone in the streets (which you took to be a racist term), while several poor looking white people were there as well (I double checked this). So really, if anything they're classist.

Maybe it comes from growing up in the Baltimore area, but I hate the place. It lacks everything exciting about a major city like New York, but it has all the crime and then some. Not to mention it being one of the ugliest cities overall I've ever been to. Besides the two nice sections, the city is disgusting. The crime is rough and the residents are frightening. Luckily, John's Hopkins is really making an effort to making their campus safer by literally buying up the slums around campus and bulldozing them. Apparently the city is upset with them for doing this, but JHU is the largest employer in Balitmore, and as a city with a terrible economy, it can't do much about it.

My girlfriend interviewed for Hopkins Genetics and Bio programs and was told by graduate students driving her through the city "not to make eye contact" with anyone on the streets or they will "approach the car." Wonderful, right?

What Grad School gif sites does everyone frequent? I know for bio there's http://whatshouldwecallgradschool.tumblr.com and for math there's http://forthenotworkingmathematician.tumblr.com/ and for later year grad students theres http://researchinprogress.tumblr.com .
 
What do you guys like?

aww i bet you look cute with your widdle backy pack on

In the United States we have something called the "zip code rule" for this situation.

In the United States we have something called the "zip code rule" for this situation.

In the United States we have something called the "zip code rule" for this situation.

Because you've written a whole response colored with the idea that I'm from Towson and therefore look down on my opinion, I'm not going to be bothered to try to defend myself too much over this. A few words however are needed: No, I'm not from Towson, I've spent alot of time working in the city, and I don't need your opinion on how the city is. What you think of as beautiful is clearly the opposite of what I do. When you say "soulless architecture," it really throws out red flags about your own tastes and biases. Obviously being a History PhD you'd appreciate more historic buildings, but they're not for everyone, and to many people it doesn't speak to us the way it does to you and we'd prefer them out.

I am not going to be as assumptive as you are, but you seem oversensitive on the whole race issue-- being so quick to go to "racist" when other people would just call it prudent. Obviously you have not lived in an area where you are told repeatedly by people in authority to be alert at all times. In College Park, for example, where I live, we are sent crime reports by e-mail. In my four years living here, only once has there been a report of a strong arm robbery carried out by a white person. Is it racist of me to shed light on this fact? I don't think so. So when this is realized as the norm, what wrong is there in being prudent? Are you saying I should be oblivious to the environment I'm in at the risk of being politically incorrect? There's a fundamental difference there. At JHU, it had been reinforced to the grad students that the area was dangerous by the school, and so they responded prudently. Obviously I'm sure if they saw "someone in the streets" wearing scrubs they wouldn't be afraid to look at them regardless of their race, but because of the warnings of the department, they decided to be careful. It is not a race issue as it is an area issue-- it just so happens that many people living in that area may be of a certain race. If Baltimore didn't proudly wear the Murder Capital of the USA in recent memory, maybe this would not be an issue. However, they advised against looking at anyone in the streets (which you took to be a racist term), while several poor looking white people were there as well (I double checked this). So really, if anything they're classist.

That is the total opposite of all the feedback you were given.

I never said everyone was faking it, but I would not be surprised if more than we thought were. Maybe not even serious changes, but nudges here and there that just make the application that much better. People lie. They just do..