ahalliday

This will be the 6th year that I've lived on my own in London. Renting is a pain in the butt in this city and is a process that can only really be learned with time. I would stay away from Richmond St. in general, yes. It's busy no matter how close or far away you are from the main Richmond Row. The reason is that downtown London has all the nightlife and the streets are usually busy all the way up toward campus. The volume dies down slightly as you get more between campus and downtown, but it amps right back up once you hit campus entrance off Richmond. Richmond gates entrance and the surrounding area is known as the "student ghetto" STAY AWAY FROM HERE. These buildings are sometimes in poor condition and are nearly always populated by undergrads (hence the name). Near Masonville Mall on Richmond is a good area as far as Richmond St. is concerned, but you have a fire station nearby which means emergency vehicle traffic is not uncommon. It's not ubber frequent and you adapt to it if you're living there. I've lived at two different locations on Richmond, which is why I know the street pretty well. My experience East of Adelaide was exactly what the rumors said. It seemed all right when I moved into it, but would NEVER do it again. My landlord was completely negligent and there was constantly police showing up and domestic violence occurring in the open. Noisy neighbors, etc. If I could provide any advice to avoid undergrads and the sketchy areas it would be that it may be worth spending a little more money and taking a little more time to get to campus.

I'm going to UWO in the fall for their I/O Psych program. Very excited!

I was just formally accepted off the wait-list about 2 or 3 weeks ago. I'm really excited to get started in the fall and am wondering if anyone else on this website has been recently accepted into the I/O Psychology program at UWO. It would be great to meet some of the people we will be working / learning with for the following few years. If we get enough people on here we should all meet sometime before classes start. I recently graduated from UWO from their undergrad honors psychology program so I can answer any questions about the city and campus and school in general to the best of my knowledge and ability. It would also be nice to get some veterans of the program as well. Hope to see some traffic on here. Lets begin with this, if you have been accepted and will be attending this fall, post an alias or first name, research interests, a brief introduction and what you are most excited about (or anxious about) the upcoming fall, program, or campus in general, I'll go first: Aaron I/O Psych Research interests: Resilience, Personality, Burnout, Termination, & Employee Selection Other Research Interests: Social Interaction and Relationships in General, Childhood Maltreatment, Trauma, Sexology, Psychology Involving Pets, Environmental & Genetic Predictors to Adult Outcomes (+/-), Sociology & Anthropology (inequality, justice, and cultural differences mainly). As I mentioned, I completed my undergrad at UWO. I am somewhat of a geek. Outside of school I enjoy playing the guitar, watching movies (I have a thing for the horror genre), bike riding, rollerblading, camping, and playing dungeons and dragons. I have a wonderful 2 year old Siberian Husky named Loki who is incredibly well behaved and affectionate. I am most excited about learning skills directly applicable to my future career. Your turn!