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Thanks mcsokrates. What areas should I avoid looking at if I don't want to live around undergrads? Where do grad students tend to live? My biggest concern is that if we don't live close to campus we'll end up feeling isolated. Do you think that's a risk? Thanks!

My boyfriend are getting ready to move to Michigan. I'm in the PIBS program, and I'd like to matriculate in July so that I can get an early lab rotation in. I'll be making a trip to Ann Arbor to look at apartments soon, but we're both still really unsure how to go about it. In Boston (where I am currently living) you usually get a realtor who shows you apartments that fit your profile (of course this means they can charge you extra for a realtor fee) and that's pretty much the only way to do it. I get the feeling that it's a much more independent process in AA. Am I right? The other concern that my boyfriend has is that if we live too far from campus, we'll miss out on all the socializing. I'm planning on bringing my car, so commuting from further out wouldn't be a problem for me. The thing is, boyfriend only has experience living in cities (San Diego, LA, Boston etc.) where it can take an hour to travel less than a mile and the thought of taking a car out for anything other than heavy grocery shopping is exhuasting. I grew up in a more rural area, and I never felt like getting in the car and driving for ten minutes was much of a hinderance to my social life. Distances just seem different when you get into a town with a "small" vibe, I think. What do those of you living in Ann Arbor think? Do any of you live far from campus (not within reasonable walking distance)? Do you regret it? Do you feel like you miss out on socializing with your classmates? Should we aim for something close to campus for that first year, and then maybe consider moving outward where it's cheaper? I know how convenient it is to live close to the lab (and that's just as a tech, I imagine it's even more appreciable for a grad student) and while I'd love to have that, I think an affordable apartment that we like is more important. I really have no idea, and I've had no luck convincing him of the difference between smaller cities and big cities, especially since I don't really know what Ann Arbor will be like. Any guidance or information you can give will be great! Thanks

I interviewed with the MGCD track at Yale a couple of weeks ago. I've seen a couple of posts about acceptances in the results, but only a couple. The other tracks are also showing up minimally. In the past, this is the week when they usually get decisions out. Does anybody know what's going on? I'm having nightmares of training grants run past their expirations dates, lost funding etc. etc. I really REALLY loved the program at Yale, and not just because it's Yale. There were two professors that I interviewed with that I KNOW I'd want to rotate with, and I'm sure I can find about 20 more. Plus their Physics and Engineering Biology program is super sexy. To me anyway. Has anyone else gotten up the nerve to call them yet? I'm getting close. And yes, I'm aware that I am totally and completely insane. But aren't we all at this point? To some extent?