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  1. iuhoosier

    Bloomington, IN

    Duli, Honestly, finding an apartment later in the year in Bloomington is not as bad as you might expect. A lot of the undergraduates fill up complexes that, frankly, NO ONE else in the world would want to live. As an undergraduate I found a last minute apartment in July that is exactly one mile from campus, on the bus line, and is mostly graduate students and faculty. I am positive that you can do the same :-) Papillion, To be honest, Bloomington has been known to be pretty bad job-wise for many people. Many graduates (as well as undergrad part-timers) often take up the waitressing, coffee shop, and bar jobs, even after they graduate with a degree. Personally, all of the couples I know who moved to Bloomington were duel-grad students so I don't have personal experience about finding jobs. But on-campus jobs for the school, including tons of admin positions, tend to be the best option, because many other positions are filled by the locals. My guess, though, is that networking and ruthless jobhunting may give your SO better luck that other people have had recently. I am confident that if you were to come here, your SO will LOVE Bloomington even though he won't be a student. Bloomington is such a wonderful college town with so many things to do and see even if you aren't the student yourself. Oh, and I'm from California too so moving to IU was such a big shock, but I'm staying for grad school because I absolutely love Bloomington (even if I hate everything else about the midwest, lol) and can't imagine going to any other school :-D Good luck to the both of you, Duli and Papillion! And let me know if you have more questions, I'll always try to give you a good answer!
  2. I got accepted into my first choice, and am going to say "no" to my other school. I was sent a postcard in my acceptance packet where I basically check either the yes or no box, and can choose to write a few comments to clarify a "no" response on the lines provided. Then I have to send that in by April 15. I'm going to send it in right away so that they can give my funding to someone else, but I'm not sure if the postcard itself is proper etiquette. Is that all I need to do, or should I also send an email or letter? I have no intention of changing my decision or attending this school in the near future, so it isn't as though just sending the postcard would be burning any bridges. But still... What do you think?
  3. Good luck BigCheese...I've got crossed fingers for you! Also, congrats for sticking to your guns and applying to schools that you really wanted. I applied to 2 (count 'em, T.W.O.) schools, knowing that I didn't want to go to any others and refused to settle for a "safety." Some people will go to a safety if they don't get in anywhere else, and others won't. I personally, knew that if I hadn't gotten accepted to my schools then I would have taken a year off, studied and retaken the GRE, and gotten more volunteer and job experience. So I have never, not even for undergrad, applied to safety schools. All that to say, I applaud your decision and wish you the best!
  4. iuhoosier

    Bloomington, IN

    I can't help you out in the schools department, but as for racial acceptance and diversity, Bloomington is rather unique for this area. The city, and especially the campus, are much more diverse, accepting, and liberal than the rest of the state. I have to admit I was very concerned about coming here (from California) for my undergrad, and I was pleasantly surprised. I am biracial and haven't had any problems, nor has my family when they visit (i.e. no staring at the black man, white woman, and 3 mixed kids as they shop in the mall, lol.) Bloomington is like any other town in some ways in that oftentimes people tend to hang out with people relatively the same as them, so you'll see groups of black people, white people, asian people, etc all kind of sticking together. On the other hand, you'll also find groups of people who hang out regardless of race or ethnicity. So in that way it is typical of other cities. But compared to some other places in Indiana (the typical all white, Christian, Republican Southerners) Bloomington is unique. Does that make sense? My one warning would have to be, oddly enough, about Walmart. It is on the far part of town and is usually frequented by people from some of the neighboring small towns, so you have the awkward, staring, slow-drawling, barefoot, and dare I say "hick" types running around there. It is really odd, even for the racial majority, to go there, as I've more than one person tell me they're a bit "creeped out" to go there sometimes. But that is just one place out of many available to go to in a thriving college town. I've applied for my master's and have my fingers crossed that I'll get to stay here for another two years! I think that if you were to come here, though there are inevitably less minorities than from your city of 50%, you will really enjoy this "breath of fresh air" town in what can sometimes feel like a really stifling area of the country. As they like to say here, Indiana is a Southern state at heart... just set in the North. P.S. I hope I don't upset anybody with what I've written, this is just what I have observed. I love this city, and am totally accepting of all its people, even the overall-wearing country folk in Walmart :-D
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