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  1. Certainly is a possibility! I just Iike convincing myself of worst-case scenarios . But yeah, still holding out a tiny bit of hope.
  2. Can't log in. If past years are an indication, probably means no award. But if any of you can log in, many congratulations to you!
  3. If you measure prestige in selectiveness and amount of money then NDSEG is the "better" award. NDSEG ~200 awards, ~10% admit rate (http://ndseg.asee.or...the_application), and actually, for your field (Chemistry) the admit rate looks to be more like 6% (http://ndseg.asee.or...award_selection) Tuition: Full for 3 years Stipend: $30,500+$31,000+$31,500 NSF ~2000 awards, ~15% admit rate (www.wpi.edu/academics/FS/nsf.pdf) Tuition: $12,000 tuition/yr for 3 years Stipend: $30,000/yr stipend for 3 years Obviously, it's an honor to get either, so congratulations! EDIT: This post from last year has a better-explained breakdown of the differences between the two. Bottom line: it'll depend on the funding structure of your program, your particular field of study, and your own preferences.
  4. No worries! I can't be more specific than that unfortunately, but Linda Patton from the housing office gave a useful talk about off-campus housing at one of the MIT open houses. I imagine she'd be able to answer your questions better if no one comes out of the woodwork here. Her contact info: http://studentlife.mit.edu/user/1778
  5. I think you're likely to find something at the end of May with the undergraduate population leaving town, but from what I've heard, you have even more options that open up later on (say, the end of July/beginning of August). I've also been advised against renting in places where there are high concentrations of undergrads (mostly because of noise), but I think that's a personal preference thing. We're leaning toward Eastgate as well. I actually am not very familiar with the side of the MIT campus that Westgate is on, but I imagine that most of where you'll want to go will be in Kendall Square or Central Square which makes the T a big plus. My girlfriend and I have been in New England for 4+ years now, so the cold doesn't bother us too much anymore
  6. I emailed the PI I'd been in contact with to ask about about admissions since I hadn't heard anything. He said that he didn't know either, but that it was likely I'd been "waitlisted or lower" if neither of us had heard anything by this point. I've since accepted elsewhere. The Harvard OEB admissions process is probably among the blackest of black boxes I've come across in applying and hearing back from grad schools.
  7. Hi all! Just accepted my offer yesterday and I'm pretty excited about moving to Cambridge/Somerville/Boston. I've had close friends in the Boston area for awhile now and here's my two cents about on- vs. off-campus: For off-campus housing, make sure you take into account utilities and whether the landlord will make you pay First/Last month's rent upfront. I believe that the rent listed for MIT housing includes utilities which is a big plus. While First/Last doesn't affect the overall cost of housing, upfront costs can add up quickly and limit your off-campus options depending on how much money you have available (also, furnishing a place yourself can be significant expense). Another thing to note is that the whole city basically turns over on September 1 so a lot of places won't even be listed until about a month before then. That said, there are plenty of affordable places off-campus and if you don't want dorm-style housing, it's your best bet. I've heard that MIT has a pretty good housing board that's a bit more filtered than craigslist, but you need an MIT ID of some kind to access it. Worth looking into for sure. Personally, I'm looking into on-campus grad housing but I imagine that my situation is different from most (moving with my girlfriend, so MIT family housing really is the most affordable option for the location).
  8. Ha, I totally forgot that it was midterm season. Being out of school quickly disconnects you from being aware of those sorts of things. Thanks!
  9. Hi all, I've lurked around for a few weeks now, but this is my first post! A little background: I finished my undergrad in May and am currently working as a lab assistant because I wanted some time without school. I'm now applying for a PhD at a number of programs with professors who are interested in microbial ecology. I've emailed three professors from three different programs and I haven't gotten a response (it's been a week). I don't think that my emails were particularly problematic. I basically stated my background in a couple of sentences, told them that I'm applying to their PhD program, wrote a couple of sentences saying what part of their research I was interested in, posed some related specific research questions that I had, and closed saying that I was interested in joining their lab and to contact me if they wanted to discuss this more/wanted more information from me. I didn't attach anything and I didn't say anything about my GPA, GREs, awards and honors, etc. Is it a bad sign that it's been a week without a reply? At this point, is it okay to send follow up emails asking if they received my initial email? Am I being too paranoid? The lack of initial responses has killed my enthusiasm for emailing more people and I really would like to know if it seems like I did something wrong in this initial round of emails. Thanks!
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