jmason86 wrote:yeah... she applied to berkeley for planetary.. me for physics. I was not expecting to get this far at all through the rejections. My pgre is way too low to get accepted there but I have 2 years of research in solar physics with stanford and I've collaborated with people at UCB so they might be fighting for me..
jmason86 wrote:That's probably true. Phil Scherrer is the one who hired meI applied to Stanford last year too and didn't get in then either, even though Phil was on the committee. Didn't get in again this year, but he wasn't on the committee this year because of the launch of SDO.
I'm just trying to come up with a reason why I wasn't in the first wave of rejection at Berkeley.
Are you still planning on doing solar research?
jmason86 wrote:I'm just trying to come up with a reason why I wasn't in the first wave of rejection at Berkeley.
jmason86 wrote:@Helio. SDO Launched in Feb. There were definitely a crap load of reschedules.. but it is finally up. Data should start becoming usable in a few months.
@mobytish. It's probably between CU Boulder and UW Seattle for me. I might get into Montana State and Boston University.. but I think I'd rather live in Boulder or Seattle than those places.
nathan12343 wrote:jmason86 wrote:@Helio. SDO Launched in Feb. There were definitely a crap load of reschedules.. but it is finally up. Data should start becoming usable in a few months.
@mobytish. It's probably between CU Boulder and UW Seattle for me. I might get into Montana State and Boston University.. but I think I'd rather live in Boulder or Seattle than those places.
I think I know you - is your name James by any chance?
Boulder is a pretty awesome city and CU and associated labs have a ton of solar research happening not to mention many other options in stellar physics research. Check out CASA and LASP when you go on your visit.
nathan12343 wrote:Yup, I used to work down the hall from him. I post here since I like answering questions and giving advice to people that don't have resources for this sort of thing at their school. There are a surprising number of misconceptions and easily answerable questions out there - I think of it as community service.
Also, for anyone that happens to read this - poeple on admissions committees DO read this forum.
jmason86 wrote:@Helio. SDO Launched in Feb. There were definitely a crap load of reschedules.. but it is finally up. Data should start becoming usable in a few months.
@mobytish. It's probably between CU Boulder and UW Seattle for me. I might get into Montana State and Boston University.. but I think I'd rather live in Boulder or Seattle than those places.
Engage wrote: beautiful sb and good funding. does anyone know any grad students there and specifically how they feel about the program?
matonski wrote: not till April 10.
Engage wrote:cant beat beautiful sb and good funding
bibimbop wrote:Engage wrote:cant beat beautiful sb and good funding
were you guaranteed good funding? UC schools seem like a bit of a gamble right now, in terms of money
AO wrote:UW Madison, it's official like a referee with a whistle. The first years showed us a quality time at the visit weekend and every prof I met with was really enthusiastic about their research, one even offered me a summer RA.
-J
mdrake wrote:Just this past weekend, I accepted my offer to U Texas Austin. Anyone else going there in the fall? I'm really excited to start!
geshi wrote:I actually accepted a while ago (10 days or so), but I'm going to Ohio State next year.
peglegjeff wrote:mdrake wrote:Just this past weekend, I accepted my offer to U Texas Austin. Anyone else going there in the fall? I'm really excited to start!
I'll be there also! Made it official last week. I'm pumped to start up this fall-and equally pumped to be finished with undergrad!
mdrake wrote:Know much about UT?
mobytish wrote:Well, I'm not going there, but I went there for their School of Ed Masters program and my husband went there for a Masters in Biology. We both had problems with the schools. For me, it was that they treated us like little kids incapable of making responsible decisions or of being trusted. In his program, it was the low caliber of some of the teaching. However, once he got a handle on how much he needed to study, that was good. There's a lot of different research going on there and, in his program at least, the labs were pretty excited to get students.
mobytish wrote:Oh, and PS, I'd look for a place to live ASAP because the good ones fill up fast. Oakland is right outside of the university, but it's a little slummy. Shadyside is a little bit more expensive, but the neighborhood is great and there's a lot within walking distance. If you're fine with driving, there are also a lot more options. I'm not sure how familiar you are with the Pittsburgh area, but feel free to ask me questions (I lived in Oakland for three years).
Jsolins wrote:Hi bhavin, I think that I am going to accept an offer from U Pitt as well. It looks like we are both interested in the same general area (Theoretical Cosmology). When visiting the university a couple of weeks ago all of the professors in the area seemed very helpful
bhavin wrote:Well, I'm an international student from India, so I'm not familiar at all with Pittsburgh or for that matter any area in the US. I've been looking at craigslist listings for apartments in oakland and shadyside but I don't know if I want to rent a place without looking at the actual property. So I'm confused if I should rent a place while here in India or if I should initially stay with one of the older graduate students (they've offered to host me for a while) for a week or so, till I find a place to live.![]()
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