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whateverneveram3n

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  1. You know, for 60 to 80 bucks, you'd think that would at least buy some common courtesy. Too bad application fees don't work like tips at a restaurant. Who wants to bet we wouldn't be seeing nearly as many of these stupid mistakes?
  2. me: same school, but applied math. also at wit's end. I called the program last week and they said they were planning to send out second round notifications this week. now I'm wondering if that meant sending out both "yes" and "no"s, and they haven't sent out anything yet, or they were just sending out "yes"s and I am either rejected or left getting moldy on the hail-mary waitlist. here's hoping this turns out well for both of us...
  3. Well, I would start by having a drink. I'm also stressing out waiting to hear from a school, so, I feel your pain. I've been averaging about 5 hrs of sleep a night for the past month. Hopefully we both get some good news...and can return to normal, healthy sleep habits.
  4. I'd call and ask what's up, just to be sure. Who knows.
  5. On the one hand, I sort of feel like, "screw these schools keeping everybody waiting; if you're forced to put a deposit down somewhere just to make sure you are going SOMEwhere for grad school in the fall, and then have to dump said deposit later, so be it." On the other hand, and I think more importantly; by putting a deposit down someplace, and then not matriculating at that school, you've just effectively taken away a spot for another applicant that may've actually gone there, but who instead got rejected off the waitlist since the spot was taken.
  6. Hear, hear! Having made my own dumb up-and-move life adventure, I can vouch for the comfort that comes from knowing that you're living your life the way you chose it...for better or for worse. I'd rather be saying "well, this kind of sucks, but I got myself into this", instead of "well, this sucks, I really shouldn't've listened to so-and-so". Plus, the flip side of a bad decision is a good learning experience. :wink:
  7. Wow; that's depressing. :| I'm sorry to hear about that.
  8. 1. I'm not super familiar w/ the graduate housing. 2. You'll have to do some searching to find a place downtown that will allow a dog--there aren't many places that will. If you live even a bit away from the downtown area, though, your chances improve. There is a nice little dog park in the South End somewhere...I forget what it's called. It's over by Kilburn St, I think. But you'll have to live farther away from downtown than the park to find a good dog-friendly place, I think. 3. If I go back to Burlington this fall, this is definitely how I'm doing it...my ideal spot would be out on the southernmost island. 4. I actually went five years in Vermont never going downhill skiing. I do cross-country ski, though, and there are plenty of places to do that, too. As far as downhill, often some of the slopes will offer discount season passes to UVM students. 5. Can't speak from experience, second-hand or otherwise, but I can't imagine you'd have a problem finding a place to stable a horse outside of town somewhere. Probably be at least a 15-20 minute drive, but I'd wager you could find something. 6. Traffic can be a pain, parking is ok. 7. Hey, what happened to seven? =) 8. Ooo, now you're talking. Radio Bean is a must check-out...quirky cafe by day, small bar by night. Near that is New World Tortilla, with burritos as big as your forearm for like, $6...they also opened a second location in the new student center. New Moon Cafe is good study-type place, with salads, sandwiches, quiches, and all sort of coffee drinks and smoothies. If it's still there, Pacific Rim is a great little spot to get good Asian food (read: actually tasty and not uber greasy) for pretty reasonable prices. Also, the Klinger's sandwich kiosk on Church St sells sandwiches for half-price after 3 (or sometime around 3...I forget exactly)...it's not something they actively advertise, but just ask. I was so proud of myself for finding that out. =) You can also find a good quick lunch at City Market; it's a pretty hopping place around dinner times. Sunday brunch at the Indian restaurant on Winooski is a good deal too. (As you can see, most of my suggestions revolve around not spending too much money...) But, if you are looking to splurge on a nice weekend dinner out, my favs were the two Thai places: Parima and Tantra. Note that Parima sometimes has live bands on the weekends, so can be loud depending on when you go; Tantra doesn't. And the best part is, all these places are easily walkable from campus. (yey for walkability!)
  9. I'm yet another Northeast native who's going to agree with the "you'll probably have better luck in the northeast" sentiment. It is, after all, home to the two states that currently recognize same-sex marriages. While that doesn't necessarily mean you'll encounter the same tolerance that LGBT/etc people and issues enjoy in that region, it does mean you'll probably encounter more tolerance compared to the other parts of the country where they aren't even tolerant of LGBT issues. I went to college in Vermont, and would suggest checking out Burlington (where the Univ. of VT is). (Even despite the fact that the big news there right now is: the governor is hollering about how he's going to veto the same-sex marriage bill that's currently in the state legislature...thing is, it's probably going to pass through both the senate and house with 2/3+ majority, so his veto threat is hopefully meaningless.) UVM offers a degree in math education, but I don't know about programs in the history of education. Vermont, but particularly Burlington, is a pretty "anything goes" kind of place, very tolerant. Although I suppose I never really heard much about polyamorous relationships there, I can't imagine people would think that's too much "weirder" than anything else one already encounters there. On the down-side, it is small as far as cities go, so you may find better support trying a bigger city--where you'll probably have more success networking with other people observing lifestyles similar to yours. Anyhow, I wish you the best of luck! =)
  10. I hear you...that was me last year (well, 0 for 4, but still). And, there's a non-zero chance that will be me again this year. Sorry it sucks so bad. =(
  11. Yeah, I called my last program a couple days ago to see if there was any news on when we'd get decisions and pretty much got the same answer. In any case, if any of you out there are sitting on an acceptance to my last program, and you know you're not going there, would you kindly notify them of such? =) Edit: I cut out all the whiny bits. =)
  12. despite stomach, called but then, just a recording oh, that's right, spring break
  13. haha...an empathetic, light punch in the arm to you, too, dude.
  14. Yeah I definitely just about threw up today as I dialed the number for my last program, to see if I could get some answer on whether or not I should still be holding out hope at this point. I was so uncharacteristically nervous that I had to write down what I was going to say when the coordinator picked up the phone. But guess who picked up the phone. The answering machine. Yep...turns out their office is closed today and tomorrow for spring break. GAAAAHHHH! I suppose the good news is that my lunch therefore stayed down.
  15. Only because it's where I got my bachelor's, and academic types tend to frown upon you getting your grad degree from the same place you got your undergrad...at least in the math/sciences. Superficial, I know, but if I want to get a job in academia someday, I figured I'd just have to play the game. :| But I think they'd frown upon me not getting a grad degree at all more.
  16. Uh, well, the last decade or so of my life where I self-labeled as a scientist-to-be. Although that was more of a "what I was meant to do" identity rather than a "scholastic achievement" identity...as evidenced by my transcripts, and really, the weak point of my applications. So I guess maybe I didn't place enough of my identity wrapped up in putting attractive numbers on a piece of paper. I don't believe that "things work out the way they were supposed to". I'm going to take the cold sci-dork bent on this one and put forth the claim that the universe is random and purposeless. Some people just end up with the short end of the stick, period. Life isn't fair. While I don't subscribe to the "there's a reason for everything" philosophy, I do believe that "there is something to be learned everywhere". So, are across-the-board rejections the end of the world? Of course not. There are interesting things to be done everywhere. But is it the end of life as I know it? Well, yeah, kinda.
  17. Yeah, well I may be going back there myself if I get rejected from my last program. Stupid admissions process.
  18. well, here's my $0.02, although it would be cool to see what somebody else might have to say, too. 1: Not very often. My senior year we got two solid days off from school, which supposedly hadn't happened for a few decades. One snow day per winter is about average. 2: About 10-15 minutes, not bad; you can make it faster if you book it. It should be noted that the campus is on top of a big hill , but you get used to it pretty quick. I would make the walk every day, but there is a free municipal shuttle that does loops up and down College St., if you hate the cold or sprain your ankle or what-have-you. You can also catch a town bus up Main St. or Pearl St. 3: The fitness center is pretty decent; not humongous but also not so small that you end up competing for equipment use all the time. (Burlington is full of health conscious people, so you will be in good company.) The new campus center was just finished when I left a year ago, so is pretty swanky, obviously. The library is...well, a pretty average library. The first floor can be noisy, but it's well-known that the quiet kids (like me...) would go up and study on the second, or even quieter, third floor. There's also a small science library in the science building--which is a reliably quiet place to study, albeit a small space--and supposedly there's also a medical library over by the hospital, I think? (Never been there.) 4: Burlington is a pretty young town--so not really a place that totally shuts down at 12am...but it's not a total all-night place, either. I'd say it's more like a shuts down at 1 or 2am kind of place, later on the weekends/in the summer. 5: I wouldn't live north of Pearl St.; the "North End" can be a fun part of town, but it's not the best place to go wandering around too much too late at night, by yourself anyway. I lived in the northern-y reaches of the "South End" during my time there, and I always felt pretty safe walking home from the library after late-night study sessions. It's also a bit quieter on that end of town (south of Main St., around S. Union St. and westward/towards the lake), rather than up north or in the middle.
  19. Yeah, honest to god the the only thing keeping me from jumping in front of some traffic right now is the fact that a life in industry is at least the financially advantageous path.
  20. Yep, about the drinking part. My closest recommender thought I would be getting in at least somewhere--and so did I, for that matter. Luckily said recommender has said I should apply back to the school I came from, as their deadline is apr. 1, but at this point I'm so down-trodden I am considering just giving up on academia altogether. It is at least nice to know that people that actually know me and my work think I am qualified enough for their own program, I spose. But if I decide to give up on it all because of all the rejections to date, what does that matter? same here. got no fight left. just want to hear from my last school and move on.
  21. st. patrick's day is just a merciful excuse for all my drinking
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