[it's now or never for grad school]

I think now or never is highly over-rated... and if you want to do the grad school thing, you should keep at it for as long as it takes.

But then I'm 48 and just finishing up my MA and about to start my Phd this fall.

Whoever told you it was now or never was wrong... there are lots of people far older than you are in grad school and we have a lot to offer.

Hear, hear :!:

[it's now or never for grad school]

i'm nearing 30 and was given the advice that if i don't get accepted for fall 2009, i shouldn't try for fall 2010, i should just try to find work and start creating a career path.

Bad advice. Too much of that out there...

I'm 38 and have been accepted by 2 PhD programs so far. Keep reaching for what *you* want to do.

It's *never* too late. I cannot stress that enough.

[Challenging the Grad Cafe: The Six Word Memoir]

Experiment. Works? Thesis. No? Start over.

**My current situation at the moment.

Pseudocode just for kicks:

start_over = true;

while(start_over) {

   while ((good_data = read(experiment, data, sizeof(data)) > 0) {

      write(thesis, good_data);

      start_over = false;

   }

}

graduate_with_MS();

:mrgreen:

[SUNY Stony Brook]

Just received the original hard copy of the fellowship offer in the mail today.

[NYU Computer Science ? Are they still alive?]

They're alive! Just got their rejection email, but I'm happy anyway.

[Stony brook admits]

I've received an email notification of a fellowship + either a TA, GA, or RA.

I don't know which one of the three I'll be receiving...so still waiting on this as well.

[SUNY Stony Brook]

When did you get notification of fellowship? With the acceptance mail or the next one with funding offer? ( I'm still waiting on the next one )

I received the email notification of the fellowship on March 18.

It came after my acceptance email which I received on March 10.

[NYU Computer Science ? Are they still alive?]

Sent an email to gsas.admissions@nyu.edu a couple of days ago and still no response.

I've heard tales of their financial woes, plus they were one of the institutional Madoff victims:

http://www.hedgeco.net/news/12/2008/nyu ... bacle.html

My bet is that they'll have a much smaller pool of admits with assistantships/fellowships/scholarships and extend offers to those who can afford to pay their steep tuition with no assistantships (which I most certainly can't). A rejection from them is no matter.

SUNY Stony Brook is my top choice (and where I'm headed) and a much better choice for Research.

Just my 2c.

[SUNY Stony Brook]

I've also been accepted. Received an acceptance email over a week ago and was notified of a Fellowship.

Still waiting for the official (postal) letter in the mail.

[Official Television thread]

Has anyone mentioned Numb3rs :?:

Addicted:

Numb3rs (love Charlie Epps!)

CSI: New York

Law and Order: SVU

Criminal Minds

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

[Number of Cats in your Household]

I'm thinking about getting a Schr

[Number of Cats in your Household]

Zero cats at the moment, but I'm determined to get one as soon as I move into my new digs in NY for the Fall.