Indiana University

[kechemukwa]

Anyone else moving to Bloomington soon?

[raymondnorth]

Hey kechemukwa, I'll be visiting Bloomington at the end of the month.  I'm committed to Indiana for Hispanic Linguistics, but may be deferring for a year if awarded a Fulbright assistantship.  How about you?  

[kechemukwa]

Hey. I'm committed for Ecology and Evolution, but I deferred to work in Germany for another year.  I'll be visiting Bloomington in July.

[RicardoBello]

Hello guys, I was admitted to the Master of Public Affairs. I will move to B-town in August.

[raymondnorth]

Small world.

 

@kechemukwa - Saw your name pop up yesterday on the board I most frequently check.  Sorry to see you didn't get the Fulbright, but it looks like you've got a pretty good setup for now anyway.  Where in Germany are you?  

 

@RicardoBello - Are you living in Bogotá now?  I applied for a Fulbright English teaching assistantship in Colombia, which is where I'll be next year if I'm accepted.

Edited April 3, 2014 by raymondnorth

[RicardoBello]

@raymondnorth Yes, I am living in Bogotá until August. I am pretty sure you will enjoy my country!

[hannah3]

I'm going! MM Early Music Vocal Performance. I'm coming from University of Chicago. Have any of you started looking at apartments yet? There seems to be a huge price range...

 

Hannah M

UChicago '13

[kechemukwa]

@raymondnorth I'm in Jena right now. It's a pretty nice set-up. I'm looking forward to going back to school next year though.

 

@hannah3 I haven't started looking at apartments yet. I figured a year and a half was a bit too far in advance...

[hannah3]

@kechemukwa   As a warning, I called around, and almost all the 1bds are gone. Apparently Bloomington students are super proactive about apartment getting....>.> But you have a whole 'nother year

[kechemukwa]

Thanks for the tip hannah3. Looks like I'll be starting early. I have a feeling that apartment hunting from overseas is going to be tricky...

[Etownenviro]

Looking at that oncourse/onestart thing with the "looking for housing" section so many of them still are for this summer or are posts from undergrads. I wish I wasn't so far away so I could just visit ans find somewhere in person...

[guinevere29]

I'm a first year graduate student at IU and I'm moving out of my 1 bedroom apartment next year. I don't think the landlord has found someone for next year yet...just throwing that out b/c I saw someone posted they were having trouble finding a place!

[raymondnorth]

Hey all, I was just in Bloomington this past Sunday through yesterday, and it was absolutely gorgeous weather for a first visit.  I also received notice Monday evening that I was not awarded the Fulbright grant I was waiting for, so I am now officially and eagerly enrolled at IU for this Fall.  

 

@RicardoBello - We will have to meet up sometime in Bloomington - if I can't go to Colombia, then I'll know at least one Colombian in Indiana.

 

@guinevere29 - Thanks for the heads up!  I sent you a PM because I am currently (as of about 36 hours ago) looking frantically for 1br places.

[Porshyen]

Hey everyone! 

 

I accepted the offer of admission for IU for this coming fall. I still am not 100% I will be attending this upcoming year, though, as I am trying to secure funding. It's nice to meet you all. I do hope that I will be able to find an apartment, though….

 

My program is Russian and East European Studies. 

[AwkwardPants]

Finding a place to live in Bloomington can be a challenge. Nearly all the leases run August-August, and the prime time for apartment hunting starts in February or March. After you move into a place, many landlords will ask you to decide whether you will re-sign for another year by January. For grad-student-friendly housing, make sure you check out the Graduate and Professional Student Organization Housing Resources. Specifically, I recommend looking at the housing board. There is a pretty diverse array of landlords represented there, everything from the big property management companies to the small-time landlords with only a few properties. My former landlord Maria Mastalerz has an ad up right now (416 E 2nd St), and I totally recommend her. The building is well-maintained and has (free!) on-site laundry and off-street parking. It's within walking distance of campus too. I think this board might be the only place she advertises, which explains why her tenants are mostly graduate/law students and why the building is so quiet. You could also go the route of renting a two-bedroom and then using the GPSO board and/or Craigslist to find a roommate. I did this when I first moved to Bloomington, and ending up choosing a roommate from several respondents. It worked out pretty well.

Edited May 28, 2014 by AwkwardPants

[kechemukwa]

So, last week I visited Bloomington and was super impressed by the campus (it's gorgeous) and the current grad students, not to mention how awesome my soon-to-be advisor is. I was surprised to see that the grad students in my lab all live in houses, either alone or with their significant other. It's a super affordable town. Needless to say, I'm looking forward to moving out there next year.

[jamesa8]

I am considering applying for Indiana University Bloomington Online Data Science M.S. program. What do you think? Is it worth it ? How good of a school is this ? I have done research on the school but the whole online part makes me concerned.