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Just to clear a few things up, there's a difference between a peaceful campus and a dilapidated run down campus. Yes it's pretty quiet especially on weekend in fact it's a ghost town, but it's the worst looking campus I have seen out of maybe 100 or so. The campus was designed about 60 years ago (part of it by a prison architect) or so and it shows. there's no money spent on general upkeep or landscaping and it's incredibly drab. when it rains, mud runs rampant and renders much of the campus unwalkable. Not being a jerk but if you found it inspiring, you need to visit some more campuses. The university of phoenix online campus looks much better, smaller but better. About rent, a lot of these guys are international students so unless you get a car you can forget about off campus housing because the campus is isolated and there's nothing around for miles. Also I'm not sure if craiglist is the solution. On campus, you're looking at 700 at least and off campus it's probably more. There are very few apartments off campus in general. Long island housing is very expensive especially towards the port jefferson direction and food prices are also very steep. the reputation of the program is sadly out of their control. it's best subject is pure math by far and still many serious math students have never heard of it or think of it as being on the fringe of top 30 or worse. that's due to a combination of their location and overall reputation. Usually you want to find a program with good personal fit but with stony brook, I'd have to say tread carefully if you have other funded offers. It looks pretty obscure even if you look for work in nyc where it's saturated with ivys and other international brand names. only redeeming factor is you can hop on the train and be in new york city in 2.5 hours, which is what 80% of the school does every weekend to escape their misery. there's about 100 other complains easily but i don't want to rent if anyone else has other funded choices other than stony brook, seriously visit before you decide. all the domestic students i know there are miserable. The international ones sadly don't know any better. Don't think of all this as an attack but just a friendly suggestion.

how come this entire subforum is applied lol, where's the ever so prevalent algebraic geometry cohort.

there's nothing unethical about it, it's your life. professors would write you rec letters as long as you do well in your classes.

I really don't wanna bring my car you think it would a good idea to get something in the east or south side of campus? i see some listings for meadow park which seems to have a bus to campus every 20 minutes. the south seems much more expensive.

I haven't seen that website, thx a lot! Btw did you guys get reimbursement for visiting IU. math has no open house and dgs told me they only have enough money for 2 night hotel stay but can't cover airfare as of right now. hmm...

yes that's true all I'm saying is you will meet a lot of clueless headhunters and employers along the way but if you stick to academia, that's less likely. forget this, my main point is really how much that campus sucks... it is abysmal.

sounds good, how south of the campus were you. what do you mean the experience was not what you expected? good or bad? congrats kathiza

worst campus ever literally looks like a landfill in some parts, most depressing environment, rated #1 unhappiest school by princeton review, make sure you visit before you decide just my 2 cents also rent is way more than 500, around 700 to 1100 depending on availability. and i'm just gonna put this out there, no one outside of long island has even heard of it so be prepared to be met with a lot of skepticism from employers

Great school but avoid La jolla, really expensive and isolated.

hey bumblebee where do most grad students live and I've heard prices range anywhere from 300 to 700 depending on whether you have roommates or not. any statistics? would you say overall 16k is doable in bloomington? Thanks!

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I'm going to Indiana because great campus and strong all around in topology geoemetry and ergodic theory. everyone else share please! also why you chose the school and what you plan on studying

sounds wonderful!

good luck! if you do plan on visiting, try late march to early april when it's most beautiful, that's what the DGS told me.

No I haven't but I've been flickring and my friend did his undergrad there. I also love music and this school is just perfect...I've lived in a city on the east coast my whole life and I'm really sick of it, especially these freezing winters and sweltering summers. Bumblebee you know if there's good live music in the downtown area? this is pic of the math building i found looks sweet no ^^

phd in math. anyone else going to IUB? it looks ridiculously gorgeous