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It is more common to walk than to bike, though there are bikers. And no, transit pass isn't included in the student fees, but there is a special transit pass you can purchase at a student discount/rate. In the year that I lived there, it rained a lot less than I had expected; I walked to Uni everyday and it took about 30 minutes, and there was only one day that I was completely soaked on arrival. Other times when it rains it's usually mild. It is definitely very cloudy all the time, and pretty windy. I lived in a furnished flat, and it is very common. Landlords and landladies know that Edinburgh is an international city and there are lots of international students, so many of the flats come furnished with furniture like beds, tables, couches, and even kitchen utensils. It was very convenient, though of course the downside is the possibility that you get some rubbish furniture (my bed had some weird stain on it), but it's not like it's out of the ordinary; lots of people rent out furnished flats. Like any other city, if you can start looking for housing early you should. I personally lived in Univeristy housing and didn't like it so decided to move out; took me about 3 or 4 days to find a flat, so it's definitely doable last minute. I actually pretty much only hung out with fellow students from my program, my flatmates, and some folks I met while playing intramural basketball. But there are tons of clubs you can get into: I was part of the international student society and the Edinburgh Hillwalking Club. Hope that helps!

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Thanks for the feedback! That was helpful!

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Hi all, So I have one article that a former dissertation adviser had helped me get published. I am in the middle of submitting a work done in that program for publication in a different journal, and this one is asking me to provide names and contact information of peer reviewers in a supplemental file during the submission process. It states that these reviewers will be invited at the editor's discretion. My understanding was that peer reviewers were selected by editor/journal from a pool of predetermined peers. Can anyone shed light on this? Do they want me to provide a list of my own potential peer reviewers whom I think will review it well? I imagine this has to be blind the entire way through, meaning that if I do supply someone's name, I shouldn't let that reviewer know that it was me who suggested them, or that it's my work they are reviewing. Any input would be helpful.

Yeah, I've thought about it too. I suppose it depends on whether you're comfortable knowing that you weren't the top priority for the program. There are a variety of factors that I will consider when ultimately making my decision, I think, and in the end I don't know if I'll be too bothered by it. There is the possibility, after all, that there may be a few people in the world smarter than me

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Thanks for the kind wishes, mrpbn7! I wish the same for you as well! I just received the e-mail. I've been waitlisted as well. I've got another offer so I have options, but Hoover's one of the top folks to work under in my research area.

I applied to Boulder too. I have not heard back, so I may also have been one of those waitlisted. I applied to the program that mrpbn7 did, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC). There is a program just called Communication I think, but they are separate and I was initially confused as well when applying. Out of curiosity, mrpbn7, what are your research interests? Mine are media and religion and I'm interested in working with Stewart Hoover.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. I have also just finished Animal Man Vol. 1 by Grant Morrison, and hope to pick up volumes 2 and 3 soon. also, I find it funny that many of us bother to italicize or quote book titles. such graduate students...