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Hi Congratulation ! Brown is a great university, and Providence is a great place. If you neither like huge city with millions of people (like NYC, Boston) nor a place in the middle of nowhere (with lots of corn), you will like Providence. It's a small pretty city. House renting: For about $500/month, you can find a decent place to live. I'm living in a $450/month. included all utilities and I'm totally satisfied. (considering the fact that I stay in school most of the time =) Bicycle: There is a bicycle shop on Brook street. Very close to the campus. (3 - 5 mins walking, I guess). They sell and repair bicycles. You can also buy bicycle from Walmart (but that bicycle shop wil NOT repair bicycles from Walmart - I don't know why). Shops: There is a huge Mall Downtown. Closer, there are Whole Food and East Side Market Place down Waterman St. (15-20 mins walking). And there is trolley (bus) from the campus to that supermarket (free for Brown student).

Hi, I arrived at Brown 2 days ago and am living in the dorm. It's very hot here. 36 or 37C :cry: The room is so disappointed 8) No fan, no air conditioner, no TV, nothing :oops: :?

I have to take an ESL course start at the beginning of August. So, I guess I will be there earlier than you guys.

I think there is an advantage that when you are older with more experience, you will pretty sure of what you want to do. Therefore, you can work more effectively. Next time, try 7 schools !

Brown University - Dept of Physics. PhD

I still haven't heard back from U Texas Austin. Anyone has the same problem ??

I received a fellowship from a goverment agency. So, according to its policy, I cannot make the decision by myself. I knew about this policy after I had accepted Brown's offer and rejected the rest. The fellowship agency called me and said that "we will decide and if we don't allow you to go to Brown, and because you rejected the others, you will stay at home". So I had to email all the universities that I had just declined and said that it was my mistake declining their offers. :oops: :shock: This fellowship sucks !!! :x Now I'm waiting for the decision from fellowship boss and advisor. :?

I think it's much more easier when you change your mind before April 15th. You will need a release letter from the first university only when you want to say NO after April 15th. I read it in the paper Brown sent to me. I haven't been in this situation but I was in a kinda opposite one. I said NO then haD to reverse my reply to YES. Really stressful. :shock:

Hehe Calm down In fact, I'm nervous about the deadline too. :oops: I sent out several emails to professors of 2 universities and expect to get a RA by 15th April. 8) I myself will be very surprised if I get any :oops: Still don't know exactly where to go... :?

I'm tutoring some high school guys and gals. It keeps me busy for the rest months before taking off to the US. 8) I decided to spend summer with my parents and girl friend, since once I get to the US, it can take years to meet them again. :? (Hopefully, I can visit them annually )

I didn't have chances to visit Brown but your excited posts about it encouraged me so much. Thanx

Hi daphna and Cridamour. I've just accepted the offer from the Dept of Physics. Nice to meet you guys.

I emailed UCSD office and they said that there is a tax 10% for international students.

There are many factors that affect your choice. So I think you should decide by divide in categories: overall ranking, specific field ranking (aerospace engineering), weather and communities(cold, hot, big city or suburban, girls are hot - if you like), the money they will give you ... blah blah It's a kind of ranking of those universities in your mind. For example: In overall ranking: MIT is the best, so you gave it 4 points, Stanford (3 points), Caltech (2) and Princeton (1) - I don't know about ranking, this is just an example In your field: Stanford is the best, so 4 points ... blah blah (again I don't know about ranking) Then you will have the total scores of each university and decide according to that scores. My friend, who had to choose between Stanford, MIT, Harvard and UCB and is going to accept MIT's offer, started this and I believe it's pretty good when you have to choose among quite equal universities. P/S: Be sure that you are honest ) If the results doesn't match your favorites, then start again and multiple the categories you like or just choose what you felt in love with. Have fun

Yeah ! That is exactly what I want to ask. I will have the fellowship of $1420 per month and asking for more. But they said that this is the same amount as some other Vietnamese students provided and they are still alive. Can anybody tell me how much will it cost ??