UW-Madison Accepted Students 2015

[bindlestiff]

Hey, I know I've PM'd a few people on here about UW-Madison, but I figured having our own thread would be helpful.

If you've been accepted (or waitlisted) at Madison:

• Did you attend the open house this Saturday, March 14th? If not, have you visited Madison? UW? Goodnight Hall?

• Where are you from and where did you do your undergrad? 

• Is UW-Madison your first choice and/or are you definitely accepting? 

• What are the factors influencing your choice?

• If you've decided to go, what are your housing plans?

 

I'll go first.

• I went to the open house this weekend and was really impressed. Loved the city, the campus, and the program.

• I'm from Kansas and am about to graduate from KU.

• I was accepted to KU's program, which is really good and much cheaper for me, but I have fallen pretty hard for UW-Madison. I think it would be better for me to go somewhere else for grad school. I definitely think I'd benefit a lot more in every way (except financially) than if I stayed here at KU.

• I toured this place called The French House, but I think I'd like to live somewhere less undergrad-ish, and possibly room with another person or other people in the program.

[bindlestiff]

Feeling pretty lonely over here... come on guys! Nobody else is even thinking about going to UW-Madison?

[gingembre]

Hello!

 

I am from Wisconsin and did my undergrad at UW-Madison (French major). Currently, I am taking classes at Madison in communication sciences and disorders (so I could apply to grad programs). I’ve had a great experience doing my post-bacc here and that was why I applied to the grad program.

 

I attended the open house and that basically reinforced my desire to go to Madison - I felt it was a low-key, warm atmosphere; yet with a definite emphasis on learning and becoming a well-trained SLP. At this point I am fairly certain I will accept.

 

Regarding living situation - it’s tough. I’m looking for a studio or one bedroom and it’s slim pickings - sorry to cause worry! I’m a bit persnickety though and I want to live close enough to campus to be able to walk to class. However, I found the apartment I have at the beginning of last July (and it’s been fine, good location, rent not outrageous), so there will definitely be places available. I guess I was expecting more options with starting my search in March, but that has not been the case. 

 

(The French House - great place, although I can see why you might want to go a different route being in grad school. Their food is excellent; I took a class there as an undergrad - 1 credit and you ate lunch and spoke French - best “class” ever! I would definitely recommend trying them for lunch or dinner.)

[bindlestiff]

Hi, thanks for responding!

I regret not making time to talk to the other students at the open house - I had so many questions for the grad students that I didn't really end up meeting any of my potential cohort.

 

In the time since I made this thread I've decided to live in the French House after all! I'm just committing for the first semester so that I can reevaluate and figure something else out if I need to. It's a great way to keep/improve my French - I'd really like to get back to my level of proficiency from when I studied abroad. Do you know anyone who has lived there? 

 

Should we make a Facebook group? Apparently you need two people so that there's at least one member other than the creator/admin (makes sense). I'm really excited to start meeting everyone! I wonder if we'll end up with any guys, since there weren't any at the open house. 

[Kay.]

I will most likely be attending- let's start a facebook group!

[bindlestiff]

Facebook group is a go!

"UW-Madison SLP Class of 2017"

www.facebook.com/groups/UWMadisonSLP17

Feel free to join even if you haven't made a final decision yet

[KateSLP]

Hi, everyone!

 

My name is Kate and I am definitely coming to Wisconsin-Madison in the fall! I am joining the Facebook page now! Can't wait to meet everyone!

 

Let me know if you are looking for a roommate! I'm really neat, active, and like to wake up early. I'm from Cincinnati and go to Ohio State so I don't know much about Madison.