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I am moving from NM to CO, not too far, but at least an 8 hr drive. I live in a 3 bedroom house and will be moving into the same. I have a lot of nice furniture, a lot of which my mother brought over from England, so I don't want get rid of it. That means I will be renting the largest truck possible, 26' and towing one of my cars (which is fine cause it wouldn't be able to make the trip anyways) and my husband will be driving the our truck (probably also loaded with stuff). I found penske to be significantly cheaper. They give a huge discount for AAA, big enough that if you don't have AAA and buy it you would still be saving money.

I am starting my MS program this Fall, taking 3 courses and a seminar. That puts me 5 credits short of the maximum and the tuition difference is only about $50 to add a class. Would it be crazy to throw in an undergrad course, not at all aligned with my program, just for fun/self improvement? I'd really like to take Brewery Science and Tech (they visit the local micro brews as part of their lab and brew their own beer, I've always wanted to give it a try), it's of course already full, but I'd like to be added to the wiatlist. There are also a few other courses that I'd also be interested in taking if I can't get off the waitlist for the brew class. Anyone have any experience with taking extra courses? Or is this a bad idea?

I have a 13" HP. I like the small size for carrying around and I do not find the screen to small. It has really great sound which I think is more important than screen size for watching videos on it.

17% Applied to 7 programs Accepted: 1 (top choice!!!) Rejected: 4 Heard nothing from: 2 My ego would have like to get accepted to more (all really), but I am in my top choice, so I guess that's all that matters.

Or just other common sense ideas that may have been forgotten, especially by those of us who've been out of school for some time... Such as: turning your cell phone off or silent, not on vibrate (it can be really loud, especially if on a hard surface).

During my undergrad I was the shy quiet student in the back and did not make very many connections. I luckily made a couple good ones with professors who remembered me enough after 4 years to write my LORs. This time around I want to make more connections and be one of the students who puts themselves out there more. When speaking with various professors many mentioned some of their students and their work. I could notice the prof speaking with different levels of enthusiasm for different students. I want to be one of the students that profs will know something about and speak with enthusiasm about, As a high school teacher I find the students who ask questions during class and stop by to ask for help now and then before school are the students that get an extra gold star in my book regardless of if they have good or poor grades. I think for high school kids it's something to see them put in the extra effort. I make great connections with these kids and would be able to remember them and write great recommendations for them in the future, while the silent kid in the back with a 105% may not ring a bell for me the following year. I definitely plan to follow my students example and ask questions in class as well as stop by for office hours with questions. Does anyone have other suggestions a still somewhat shy awkward student can push themselves to do in grad school?

Maybe you're onto something. Could it be that the grad application process is really a huge social experiment? Or maybe it's run by the pharmaceutical companies to get a boost in sales for stress and anxiety meds. Your definitely not the only one going through this right now. If you scroll through the site a bit you'll see a lot of similar situations and some that recently ended in great news. There are also many programs this year that will be sending out their final decisions in mid May.

I have looked at a few universities where the different department pages look significantly different, even the banner they use to link back to the university's official page. Some departments have great pages (usually computer sci), while others are awful. I think most universities do as you said above, but there's definitely a few out there where it must be left up to each department to work on their web page. I found the uni pages where each department page was very different were the ones with the poorest quality pages, at least for the departments I was interested in.

I had a friend move in with me for a summer after I'd been living alone for sometime. She left a massive mess when she left, and I couldn't be happier to clean it up, ALONE! I am an only child and did not realize quite how much I value my space and quiet. I personally would pay significantly more to be able to live alone (and did until getting married). I've found my friends who had a lot of siblings growing up have done better and really enjoyed having roommates.

I let my supervisor know as soon as I got my letter of acceptance in mid March, and let her know that I'd be finishing the school year, but not coming back. I definitely did not have anything to worry about as far as being asked to leave sooner. It's nearly impossible to find someone who can teach high school physics, chem and Math. It is especially hard to find good science teachers in NM where anyone with a degree in science has to be crazy to teach HS when they could make 2 to 4 times as much in the labs (I am overcoming my temporary laps in judgement ). I really didn't think I'd get into grad school on my first try so I pushed getting an AP physics program for next year, I hope all the early warning I gave will give them enough time to find someone who can teach that.

I know I was shocked by how poorly designed may of the school web sites and/or department pages are. I think I spent more time trying to navigate some of the sites to find basic information than I spent on my application. One school I looked into didn't have any contact info for the department listed anywhere and the dates for application submission were for 2010.

Congratulations!!

Well at least I know they're being put to good use!

I haven't heard anything from three schools which is fine since I am already in my top choice. I agree with the poster above, I don't think it would hurt to give them a call, at least then you will know if it's still worth thinking about still or if it is time to say your good byes and head to KY

I too have already accepted a school, but would really like to hear back from THREE schools that I've heard nothing from. I feel like with all the time, effort, and money I put into applying that they could at least acknowledge my application, even if it's with a rejection letter. I noticed in your signature that you too are overcoming a terrible undrad gpa, I kind of wonder if the schools I haven't heard from just took a look at my ugpa and tossed my application aside.... into one of those circular filing cabinet

I have until May 22nd and I am just barely dragging myself through each day. My only motivation would be students, I don't want them to get a poor education because their teacher is too excited about her own. It's been hard staying focused ever since I started the application process especially since I do not plan to ever teach again. I have the moving van scheduled to pick up on the 23rd and hope to be in my new town by the 25th of May. I have my pay checks spread out through the year so I will still get paid through mid August, I may take some part time work to get a little more cash, or possibly take one of the two online courses offered over the summer. For now, I am counting down every day left.

I think it is appropriate to discuss personal characteristics, just try to not make it a list of what you know everyone wants and highlight how your personal characteristics make you more fit for the position. I think with that and talking about your past experience and course work you will have an plenty to make a good letter of intent; it really shouldn't be too long or wordy. Sorry I have no suggestions for wording, hopefully someone else has some good ideas there. I know I too could use some help with that

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My students and I made a chain out of paper for each school day left and rip one off at the end of every day, 27 more to go. It's a nice way to visualize it. I sometimes feel like I am one of the seniors with serious senioritis. I had my last evaluation yesterday, my students were in the middle of a lab doing their work and of course my admin walks in right as one of my students asked me what I am doing with my Ass (donkey) since I'll be moving. I definitely have the same attitude "what are you going to do? fire me?", I didn't even bother trying to make it clear that the student was talking about my donkey, I just let myself have a moment to snicker to myself.

For those employed folk who know you'll be headed off to school in fall, what are you doing to help drag yourself to work every day now that you know you have bigger brighter things ahead in your future? Especially those of you with a current job that is not at all aligned with what you'll be going to school for. I teach high school and am going back to school to make a complete career change. Teaching has been fun and a good experience, but it's not for me and I do not intend to go back to it again. Once accepted to my top pick, I've been painstakingly dragging my self to work everyday thereafter (I've unfortunately used up all my days off). I think the worst of it is dealing with all the work space politic BS and endless meetings that I am just not willing to jump through hoops for anymore. I suppose I can't complain too much, I only have until May 22nd when my work ends and the whole summer off before starting in the fall. The one thing that's helping me continue to put the effort in is the thought that I do not want my current students to find themselves in a college Chem or Physics class and be the dumb kid in the back of the class picking their nose because they never learned how to balance an equation or what that funny upside down "y" character stands for in high school. So while I am visualizing my students picking their nose in a college class that some of you may be TA'ing, what are you doing to make it through the day/week/months?

Last year I was a teacher in a large high school that constantly had new security guards (quite a turnover rate), countless times I was told I was tardy, yelled at to get back to class, asked to see a hall pass, and once one would not let me in the building before school even after I showed him my teacher ID card! Eventually one of my students vouched for me, not sure how that's better than my ID, and he let me in.

I received a similar email that I was recommended to the graduate school. It took about a week and a half before I received my official acceptance from the school. Congratulations! This sounds like very good news for you

I have a couple friends doing online tutoring at http://www.tutor.com/apply . They usually always have math and science tutoring openings, other areas open up now and then too

Undergrad in chemistry and will be starting MS in health physics, not too far of a leap I suppose

I'll be taking out around 40K - 50K (assuming I will not get any funding, there's still hope, but not for my first sem.) by the end of my 2 yr MS program. I am ok with this because the equity I have in my home will completely pay off loans once I sell. However, there's the chance I may hold onto the home after graduation which will still work out since I know that in my field there are many job prospects that will put me in a great place to pay off the loan in a reasonable amount of time (plus I'd have rent $ from renting out the house). I agree with the poster above that you should think about your possible job prospects and starting salaries when you finish school as well as worst case scenarios. I think of 18k as about the price of a nice car, but your interest rate is probably higher, so you could probably get by paying that off regardless of your job out of school especially if you already have a car payed off or take the bus. You may also want to consider the possibility that you will not get funding for the second year (I am assuming you're in a 2yr program) and that would put your debt closer to 40K once you're out of school. That is a lot more debt and a lot more money you'll be paying off for the interest. If that is a possibility than I would suggest really considering/planning how you will be able to pay that off before you're at the point that your payments are just paying the interest.