Holden_Caulfield

Hi Tvn, Thanks for your input :) Actually, good profs can make tenth of papers per year (if they have 20-30 people research groups :^) ). For example, my co-worker and co-drinker has published about 13 papers in high impact journals (i.f. = 3-6) during his PhD ;) Good luck to you also :tup:

oh, I just occasionaly found this thread here :) So nice of Erin to put it there :D Notacolour, Scheng75, thanks a lot for your comments! Yes, I think we will like NC! I like it already, since I've been there and my gf will like it a little bit latter :D Scheng75, I'm very pleased, that you found our story interesting. Yep, I think we are very lucky people :) Actually we have 3 cases that could be considered as an overlaps: USC (+ me for UCLA also which is close) UNC Purdue (but I did not get funding there) Good luck to all of you! :tup:

Congrats! I know CS professor in my school (which, however far far away from top), who has PhD in CS from U of Kentucky. She gets her professor position right after PhD. I assume, that's not bad school at all. I hope it helps :)

Hi a student, Great result! :)

My fiancee is going to UNC Econ.

Yep :)

Dear Folks, My fiancee is done with her application process. The statistics is the following: Rejects: UC Irvine UMich UCLA UMD Cornell Accepts: UIUC (with aid: 1st year fellowship + TA, RA for the rest) Purdue (with aid: TA) UNC (with aid: TA) USC (with aid: TA) UWisconsin (no aid) I think, she did pretty good job. Thank you for your help and comments! :tup:

Hm, UCLA, UNC, and UMD also public, but they were much more generous :) Or IN is so poor state?

No, it is alright. Welcome to the club :)

Just got a letter from prof in Purdue. Accepted, but no funding. Extremely rare case in my field (chemistry). :hmm:

Update: In 5 (got to UCLA (ta) and Purdue (no funding) ) Out 4 Pending 1

Wow, you overestimate me :blush: Thanks a lot:)

Well, it seems that I will be first to mentionon my favorite writer: Herman Hesse - "Siddhartha", "SteppenWolf", "The Glass Bead Game" and many many more (I've read almost everything) from this bright Nobel author :) Also, I found very interesting books for beginners in Zen philosophy like this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0452264960/104-9024610-4181518?v=glance&n=283155 Very helpful thoughts for everyday life! Almost forget - off course, Salinger :tup: Good luck.

Hi Astral Glow, Thanks a lot :)

No, your spouse CANNOT work legaly on F2 visa under any circumstences (not even on campus). Yes, J2 for her is much better. Good luck.

My Dear Friends! Could somebody send me via PM the ranking of U of Virginia in Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering ? I have paper version of US News (Hey, copyright lovers - I paid them money ;)), but it does have only top 10 :( Thank you in advance. Sincerely, Holden.

Congrats, Auburnph! See PM ;)

:D I know this language ;) UCSB is way better than USC :) Check this out - it might be helpful: http://www.studentsreview.com/

I do ;) Yes, Bubba is right - there are very few of us, but I think we cooperate a lot :)

This is a good point. :sleepy: I have the same story with 2 of my schools.

Thanks Bubba and Cridamour. Bubba, sorry that I cannot join your in UCLA :( Wish you all the best there :tup: Cridamour, sorry that you cannot join us in UNC :( but I think you are right about people. Brown is amazing choice [clap]

That's great idea. I was also thinking about this. But, if there is any top 10 restriction - I'm most likely out. I don't think this is a good idea to prohibit somebody from joining. The organization is the major problem, as almost everybody said. Regardrs, Holden.

Uh, that's sad to hear :( Do you have some decision pendings? I'll cross my fingers for you. Don't loose your courage - academia is sometime tough, but very nice place to be:) Good luck!

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Thanks! How are your things going?