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Thanks! I waas looking at Logan square because of its proximity to the blue line. One can get to UIC by bus from Pilsen and Bridgeport. How would one go about getting a rental agent? What do they ask for (money)?

I've seen these prices on Craig's list in Bridgeport, Pilsen and Logan Square. Some in Pilsen and LS were steps away from the CTA. To be honest, I've found the prices in Chicago very reasonable.

Thank you both for the info.

Thanks. I've heard conflicting things abut Bridgeport: some say its unsafe; some say its great. I tend not to want to listen to the negative feedback since I come from a neighbourhood that people often protray negatively but that is quite safe and a great place to live. Are there better/worse areas of Bridgeport? Is it walkable? Is pIlsen generally more expensive than Bridgeport?

I will most likely be going with my girlfriend and night life isn't all that important to us. I'm thinking of proximity to Chicago's downtown, close to museums, cafes, restaurants, grocery stores, etc. Walkability is my priority, I guess, as well as being able to commute to UIC in 10-15 minutes or less. I prefer urban density.

What are the best areas if one is going to UIC? How is Bridgeport? I've also found apartments on craig'list that are well under 800$ in the chicago area, even 2 bedroom apartments in the 600$ range or 700+ square foot one bedrooms also in that price range.

Hi everyone, My girlfriend is finishing up her MLIS degree from McGill (specializing in Archival Studies) and I was wondering what the job prospects are for her in the United States, generally, and in Chicago more specifically. I just got into a school in Chicago and was wondering how feasible it would be for her to find employment there. Thanks!

yeah... most of the Canadian schools I applied to only get back in mid-March

A result has been posted from SUNY Albany, although from the comments it seems that the timing is unusual.

Does anyone know if Canadian schools are slower than American schools in processing applications? I know that some Canadian schools told me not to expect any news until March, and this seemed a little late.

I sincerely suggest that you do the interviews and at least get a confirmed decision. Many people regret not doing their PhD and I think that it will be much more difficult to try and get back into graduate school later on. I do not think that financial woes should discourage you from attending graduate school; living on a graduate stipend is really not that bad.

That's quite odd, I would contact your awards office. I have been contacted by SSHRC today to confirm the receipt of my application for the Doctoral Award as well as the application number.

Thanks. I was leaning that way as well, but etiquette in academia is not always obvious.

I was wondering when you ought to tell you referees about the results of your applications. Should you notify them of every decision as soon as they come in? Is it better to wait until you've heard from every school? Many thanks.

If you are applying in the same field as your major, then I doubt the overall GPA will hinder your application. It may affect your chances of securing entrance fellowships, etc., outside the department, but I do not think it will hinder your chances of securing admission. Add to this that your better grades come from upper division courses; you should not have much to worry about. I think you are a competitive applicant.

Just checked, their deadline was Dec 15th. They also say that they "start working on applications right away", they weren't kidding.

Maybe they had an earlier deadline? I did not apply either.

In addition to American Schools I applied to McGill, UofT, Calgary and UBC. Best of luck to everyone.

In philosophy (which is still generally, but not universally, considered a humanities) both the verbal and the quantitative score are given equal weight. It is not unusual in philosophy to see very high quantitative score, so a lower quant score would disadvantage you. However, I wanted to add, that these scores are interpreted differently depending what particular field you specialize in. In analytic philosophy in general and logic, philosophy of mathematics, philof social sciences, general philof science, experimental philosophy etc., in particular, the quantitative score would be a more significant factor than it would be in continental philosophy. In fact, I imagine that in many fields in analytic philosophy the quantitative score would be more important than the verbal score. In history, I also imagine that a historian of science or mathematics would need a high quantitative score not to raise any suspicion. So I would not say that the humanities do not care about the math component. In fact, someone specializing in logic within a philosophy department would have to show much more mathematical aptitude than nearly every social science (safe for economics where pure math skills are also important). Check this out: philosophy tends to outperfom most social sciences in quantitative and I think this makes sense given the demand for mathematical aptitude in analytic philosophy.

Be sure about this. There are clauses for qualifying relatives (usually) if they are living with the person in question and dependent on them. I would go through your sister's health plan in detail and ask about this.

That's a great list. Best of luck!

I think this is fine. You genuinely want to send a thank you email, rather than asking whether you are obliged to do so. In this respect you are sincerely thanking the person. I am also quite nervous about etiquette and never know what is appropriate but mostly, when expressing thanks, the worry you probably have is that you come off 'brown-nosy'. There is no way to control the manner in which a professor interprets small things like this and there is no point, I think, in trying to control it. If you felt you should say thank you, then do it. I express my thanks for pretty much any small mundane thing but that's the way I was brought up.

Then she should have acces to some subsidized health insurance from the university; couldn't she simply add you as a dependant? (I'm not sure about this nor about the costs of doing so).

2/13 I'm not optimistic.

I tend to always send a thank you email, even for mundane things. Do you mean that you wish to send the professor a more elegant email than just the two words "thank you"?