8in2009 Posted February 27, 2009 Posted February 27, 2009 Anyone else accepted at Brandeis this year?
8in2009 Posted February 28, 2009 Author Posted February 28, 2009 I'm very much looking forward to visiting. Are you planning to visit?
royalt3240 Posted February 28, 2009 Posted February 28, 2009 I already have, for my interview! It was my first visit to the Boston area and I fell in love with the school.. very excited.
decaf_08 Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 Yep, but Brandeis is not funding a visit weekend for the chemistry department this year. Have they funded visits in the past?
lauraeli Posted March 10, 2009 Posted March 10, 2009 I've just been accepted to Brandeis... not positive if I'll go. I'm waiting to hear back from 3 more schools- all of which I'd attend before Brandeis (unless I get some killer funding, which is doubtful, Brandeis has no money). All the rest of my schools are reach schools, though, so I think there is a good chance I'll end up attending. It'll be for the brand new MA in Global Studies. I went to Brandeis for undergrad (East Asian Studies and French Language and Literature), and loved the school. Even if i get rejected by my other schools, I won't be disappointed to go back. If anyone has questions about general Brandeisian life/life in Waltham, let me know... Edit: Got some funding and an assistantship! still haven't heard back from the other schools, but this'll be a hard deal to refuse!
Sinope Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 ::waves:: I'll be at the visit day this Monday, if anyone else plans to be there.
sparkle456 Posted March 17, 2009 Posted March 17, 2009 Hi! I was accepted and will more than likely attend! Any word of other orientation dates?
8in2009 Posted March 17, 2009 Author Posted March 17, 2009 Look here: http://www.brandeis.edu/gsas/accepted/Open_House.html Also, this site is helpful too: http://www.brandeis.edu/gsas/accepted/
mentalyoga Posted March 21, 2009 Posted March 21, 2009 I'm giving my official word to Brandeis on Monday. Looks like I'll be there in the fall! I'm stoked.
Joel418 Posted March 21, 2009 Posted March 21, 2009 Hi there guys! I've been accepted to Brandeis (with full funding...woot woot!). I'm going to be visiting on April 7th, though honestly I do believe there would have to be a healthy dose of kicks in the crotch from Brandeis representatives for me not to accept their offer. The professor I would be studying with is a great match (and he's one of the biggest names in the field), the funding package is really great (I will try to negotiate a strong health-care package since we will be trying to start a family while I'm there), and their program is one of the best in the country for professional placement. You know what excites me the most about having cleared the hurdle of acceptance to a PhD program? The prospect of never having my ability or value evaluated through a standardized test EVER AGAIN!!!!!! HOORAYYYYYYYYYY!!!
8in2009 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Posted March 21, 2009 Hi there guys! I've been accepted to Brandeis (with full funding...woot woot!). I'm going to be visiting on April 7th, though honestly I do believe there would have to be a healthy dose of kicks in the crotch from Brandeis representatives for me not to accept their offer. The professor I would be studying with is a great match (and he's one of the biggest names in the field), the funding package is really great (I will try to negotiate a strong health-care package since we will be trying to start a family while I'm there), and their program is one of the best in the country for professional placement. You know what excites me the most about having cleared the hurdle of acceptance to a PhD program? The prospect of never having my ability or value evaluated through a standardized test EVER AGAIN!!!!!! HOORAYYYYYYYYYY!!! Congratulations. :-) At least in my case, health care was included in the scholarship/stipend package. Just for me, but the rates for my wife are pretty reasonable.
Joel418 Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 Thanks! Are any of you in the humanities, just out of curiosity? (Not that I don't have much love for the sciences!)
mentalyoga Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 I'm going into the English PhD program (and I respect the sciences too...I'm just awful at them!).
mentalyoga Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Just got off the phone with a professor at Brandeis, and if a bit awkward (though, I can't imagine how these might otherwise go), I'm definitely planning to enroll in the program. Anyone know how realistic a $20k stipend is for living in the area? It sounds good to me, but I've never lived entirely on my own and certainly not in a "big" city, so perhaps I'm being a bit naive. Oh, and I'm planning on visiting during the grad fair in the last week of April--anyone else going to be there around that time? *edit* I should clarify to say that I mean awkward in the sense that there wasn't much to say just yet--I didn't have anything of note to mention beyond how excited I was, and the professor outlined my funding package.
royalt3240 Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 If you live in Waltham, perhaps with a roommate, your stipend should be more than manageable! Living in Boston with the commute + living expenses will get very pricey. If anyone wants to have a gradcafe meetup in the fall, Im in!
mentalyoga Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 If you live in Waltham, perhaps with a roommate, your stipend should be more than manageable! Living in Boston with the commute + living expenses will get very pricey. If anyone wants to have a gradcafe meetup in the fall, Im in! I'd be in, too! And thanks for the info-I wasn't really planning to live in the city anyhow (unless a good opportunity arises), so if Waltham is more affordable and convenient, that'll be my route. Anyone have an idea when I should begin apartment hunting? And when do people typically move up before beginning a program? As this all becomes more 'real,' I only feel increasingly excited about it!
royalt3240 Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Most people I've talked to move in early August and I know a few people that have found roommates through livejournal.com and Craig's list... there is also a Brandeis classifieds website with a lot of options as well but I think a log-in is required to review them.
8in2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Author Posted March 23, 2009 Most people I've talked to move in early August and I know a few people that have found roommates through livejournal.com and Craig's list... there is also a Brandeis classifieds website with a lot of options as well but I think a log-in is required to review them. A log-in is required to get into the Brandeis classifieds, but you can get one even without a Brandeis e-mail. http://my.brandeis.edu/
8in2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Author Posted March 23, 2009 Most people I've talked to move in early August and I know a few people that have found roommates through livejournal.com and Craig's list... there is also a Brandeis classifieds website with a lot of options as well but I think a log-in is required to review them. Thankfully my parents live nearby, so I'm probably going to move in June then live with them till I find an apartment. It will be more expensive to be unemployed in Waltham for a couple months, but it seems like the best shot we have to get decent and less-than-frightfully expensive housing.
royalt3240 Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 A log-in is required to get into the Brandeis classifieds, but you can get one even without a Brandeis e-mail. http://my.brandeis.edu/ Nice, thank you.
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