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I've recently been accepted to do a PhD in French and am going out for a visit March 2 and 3. Anyone else coming?

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Thanks for the advice, but in the end I had my academic adviser and several professors urging me not to go, saying that the school wasn't the best fit for me (and this is coming from two who went there themselves). I was told I should limit my visits to my 2-3 top choices and that I would be wasting my and everyone else's time by visiting a school there's no way I would attend. I called the department coordinator and emailed the DGS this morning. They were very understanding and the DGS even thanked me for my honesty and wished me the best for my career. What a relief...

Thanks for the advice threaduntangler, long_time_lurker! The more I think about it, the more I prefer the idea of being able to live by myself in one of the boroughs than crowding up with two or three roommates so I can afford to live in Manhattan. I'll probably still see what I can find in that area, but knowing the city is so accessible eases my mind a bit about other areas. What are some of your favorite neighborhoods? As a language person, I like the idea of being somewhere with an international vibe. Any suggestions?

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Hey guys. I just found out I was accepted at NYU and I'm starting to look at housing options, preferably in Manhattan. I should be fully funded with a stipend, but it will probably be somewhere around 23k-25k. I just wanted to get some opinions as to whether that's liveable if I want to live in the area around NYU (East/West Village, Union Square, SoHo, Chelsea, Gramercy). If not, what are the best alternative options?

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I was invited several weeks ago to come out for a visit by one of the programs I applied to, but since then I have been accepted to several other programs that I am much more interested in. The thing is, the visit is next weekend and the department already bought my plane ticket, reserved a hotel, etc. I don't really want to go as I'll have to miss two days of class and will have a ton of work to catch up on, plus I've been invited to visit three other schools and there's no way I can keep up the pace of traveling cross-country every other weekend. Would it be completely tactless for me to cancel at this point? I feel bad about backing out, but I don't want to lead them on either especially since I really have no intention of going to their school...

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Oui, je suis trop contente pour Berkeley ! Pour l'instant c'est mon préféré parmi les programmes où je suis prise. Mais j'attends les autres réponses avant de prendre une décision. C'est surtout Yale qui me tue à ce moment...

(T'inquiètes pour les accents, on se comprend sans ! J'ai changé les paramètres sur mon clavier pour le rendre "international" et ça permet de faire des accents plus facilement...) Trop bien pour UVA ! Félicitations ! J'ai failli poser ma candidature là-bas, c'est une très bonne école. Et merci pour tes félicitations. Je n'ai pas encore choisi. J'attends toujours des réponses des autres écoles, puis je fais des visites à Emory et UPenn en février et Berkeley en mars. Mais j'ai trop peur pour les entretiens !

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Alors, quoi de neuf ? Des résultats ? Matt, t'as eu des nouvelles de UPenn ? Le forum des français me semble un peu mort...

Thanks for the link, Sparky. That was really helpful. Do you know what department she was visiting with?

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I found the blog, but nothing specific to a WashU visit. Guess I'll just have to wait and see for myself!