The School/Uni Thread

[unknown]

Michigan has good beer

jus' sayin

 

[Zephyrus]

That fact was confirmed by my visit there in October.

 

[Einherjar86]

If you do decide to apply to Buffalo, there's a chance you and I might end up at one of two universities together (Buffalo or Michigan).

 

[Zephyrus]

If we end up at Buffalo, we can be roomies ^_^

Or perhaps I can rent a room at one of my uncles' houses.

 

[Einherjar86]

I'll have to check with the girlfriend.

I'm officially done with applications today. I had to overnight a couple things, but I'm just relieved. I applied to:

University at Buffalo
Boston University
University of Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
University of Michigan
Yale
Harvard

The last two are pretty unrealistic. I figured if I'm going to get rejected, I'd rather have it be from a good school than a bad one. That, and career options are better if you attend a good school.

 

[Zephyrus]

Good luck, Pat!

I have decided that for my fifth school I am applying to Emory for their PhD. program in Ancient History. My professor at UMaine has strong connections there. I only have two more apps to submit by the middle of January, and I'm already almost done with both.

 

[Einherjar86]

Thanks Jeremy; good luck to you too!

 

[Death Aflame]

I graduated in June from my post-grad program in Publishing. I interned over the summer at an ebook distributor/aggregator that represents many independent Canadian book publishers. They hired me on contract in September and I am just finishing up my fourth month as a "Digital Services Coordinator". Basically I run the DAM (Digital Asset Management System) and help publishers get their ebooks to market (retail, agency, library).

It's an interesting entry-level role, a lot of hand-holding with publishers to get them up and running on the DAM and to understand the ins and outs of digital publishing, but I like it. I only have a couple months left on my contract, but I am not sure if I want to stay beyond that (if they offer that to me) or if I should move on to another position. Kobo, the big Canadian ebook reader, has its offices not too far from where I live, I'm sure I could get in there. We'll see.

 

[King Richard]

How are you guys going to afford going to those schools especially when they're out of state?

 

[Zephyrus]

How are you guys going to afford going to those schools especially when they're out of state?

I'm applying to two PhD programs, and if I get in they'll fully fund me. The other three are MA programs and I have a good shot at assistantships, especially since I'll have had college-level teaching experience for a year.

 

[The Emptier]

Cyth what are you studying?

I go to school pretty close to Bowling Green, heard it's great.

 

[The Ozzman]

Bowling Green

Man, I would totally drive the three hours to hang with you if you went there.

 

[Einherjar86]

How are you guys going to afford going to those schools especially when they're out of state?

Same as Cyth and Zeph; PhD programs in English usually offer funding for the first three years, and then have you teach for the university the rest of your time there.

 

[SkeletonWitch]

Finished my Masters in finance last July. I've been chilling for a handful of months now. Getting employed soon in a bank, and will be going into the hell of academics again. Will be taking CFA courses, as well as a couple of online classes with Stanford uni.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Chris - If you go to U of I at Champaign I'd drive every few weeks to chill and discuss Tolkien mythology.

 

[unknown]

Cyth: if you get into UCSD, lemme know, and we'll grab a beer sometime!

 

[rms]

Has anyone gone to school at UNH? Think that's where i'm headed after i'm out

 

[King Richard]

I finally had my orientation today and registered for classes. I'm taking five this semester, would have been six but apparently you have to take a placement test for chemistry that I wasn't aware of (?!). I met with one of the Motorsports Engineering professors and we bullshitted for at least two hours about cars. I showed him a bunch of pictures of my car and he had a genuine look of amazement when I showed him what my brother and I did to it and specifically said, "Richard, I think you're going to do quite well in this field." Omega ego boost honestly.

Here's to becoming a full-time student.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Finished my Masters in finance last July. I've been chilling for a handful of months now. Getting employed soon in a bank, and will be going into the hell of academics again. Will be taking CFA courses, as well as a couple of online classes with Stanford uni.

You should hop into my political and economic history thread and school the fuck out of everyone

 

[The Ozzman]

CFA is tough. Have fun with that shit!