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yeah, commuting to providence from boston would take a while b/c you have to get to the train station, take the train (50 mins?), get to brown from there (it's on the other side of town- not walkable- not sure about the bus system- but biking would take about 20 mins i think). so you're looking at at least 1 1/2 hours each way. you could try it though. some people live in between. but those little towns sort of blow. i would try living in providence for the first year and see what you want to do from there, if i were you.

if you look under 'city guide,' i posted something on providence under "Providence, RI"- last page. let me know if you want more juice. my schools: Indiana U NYU CUNY Columbia UPenn Temple Emory (women's studies) UTexas WUSTL UCLA (women's studies) Berkeley UWashington any word on any of these?

crap. i just wrote a long hilarious post about providence and deleted it by accident. here's the short version: providence has only two decent coffeeshops, both of which close at some ridiculously early hour (like 5). the edge cafe on wayland and something that has to do with the devil or hell downtown. during my 7 month stint in providence, there was a drive-by in front of my house (i wasn't in the ghetto), the pizza place below my apt was robbed at gunpoint twice, and there were several club shootings. it seems harmless with all the round-faced people, etc., but it's not. if you are a lesbian, bring your own woman. the girls there are absolutely unsightly. if you are hideous yourself, please disregard. autumn is gorgeous- wholesome prospective activities include apple-picking, playing in the leaves, and having sex on the capital building's lawn. "downtown" is oh... three blocks big. there's nothing to do. NOTHING. once it gets cold. the people are either 1) hicky and nice, or 2) unbearably snobby. don't be surprised if you go into starbucks one day and a man dressed in pressed courdoroy pants and a tweed jacket with elbow patches on it glares up at you from his brand-new copy of harry potter translated into latin (no joke) when you arrive. if you are bringing a significant other with you to school, warn her/him that she/he might never find a job apart from filing if she/he didn't graduate from brown or harvard. wear full body armor if you go to the Brown gym. not only will this protect you from the germs that have been festering there for nigh on 200 years, you will also be well-clad should you decide to join the fencing team that practices on the basketball court. hilarious. go to some ivy-league sporting events. the marching bands, with their bagpipes and violins, will have you in stitches, as will the pansies playing the game (exception: women's hockey). well, i've got to do some work or i'll have a long road ahead should i not get accepted into grad school (knock on wood).

Hey, I'm waiting too, checking the results on this site every few hours even though I know we won't hear anything till the end of Jan/beg of February at the earliest. Crap. I've also applied at NYU and UPenn. I have a couple of friends in Providence if you end up at Brown, though I don't necessarily recommend Providence as a place to spend 5+ years. Anyway, you can get an idea of when people were notified last year if you go to this url: http://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/index ... &DT=A&PL=A It's last year's grad cafe results. Good luck! Nice to know other people are wigging out a little too. I'm beginning to consider consulting a fortune-teller.