Comments | redscarfboy: The few, the proud, the hipsters.

redscarfboy

The few, the proud, the hipsters.

Sep 23, 2004 13:37

I really don’t get it. Someone needs to clue me in, because apparently, there’s something everyone else knows that I don’t: why would you sacrifice so much to live in New York City ( Read more... )

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letnja_kisha September 23 2004, 18:02:27 UTC

I think with such undergrad credentials you should definitely expect not only to get into the best schools, but also to receive good funding for a PhD. The crucial thing is to have good recommendation letters and have an idea about your research.

And why do you want to stay in New York if you don't like it? You can live anywhere you want to and not move after a year.

redscarfboy September 24 2004, 10:37:45 UTC

Thanks ( ... )

venaja September 23 2004, 21:44:07 UTC

I know of exactly zero grad students who went unfunded. My father, who is an academic and a professor, always took it for granted that a grad student would get funding (scholarships, fellowships, TAs, RAs, there is a shitload of help out there). Sounds like Steve was just using you to take out his own frustration at not "cutting it".

redscarfboy September 24 2004, 10:38:48 UTC

That was what I thought about funding too. Thanks.

jecono September 24 2004, 04:02:32 UTC

How weird to think a place can make you cool. And how stupid under these conditions. The others already said what I meant to say, get out of there and find yourself a nice place with nice people!

redscarfboy September 24 2004, 10:39:03 UTC

But where?

jecono September 27 2004, 01:13:31 UTC

Okay, maybe that was stupid of me to say. What I meant was that to me it looks like the other people that commented on this entry seem to know more of American universities beziehungsweise the American educational system than I do. I cannot be of any help there. All I can do is offer some comfort and say what I would do. I know that doesn't really help you. I'm sorry I cannot tell you where to go...

symptom September 24 2004, 04:25:05 UTC

i don't get it either. move to london, we'll get visas. :)

redscarfboy September 24 2004, 10:14:04 UTC

If you could find me a job that would sponsor a visa and a place to live, I would consider it.

thoughts from your sister (whose livejournal is a fiction project) karacake September 24 2004, 08:45:26 UTC

How silly to think that everyone in such a huge city is here because they want to be cool! And to say that no one in it is nice! Everyone is responding to your (Chris's) current (variable) emotional state. It's nice that everyone is supportive, but do they know the limits of your experience? Do YOU know the limits of your experience? Can well-informed decisions really be made after being in a place for 10 days, when you've hardly explored it? Your feelings seem to be based on a) your past hard experiences, which you don't want to recur and b) cursory impressions of a place that didn't live up to unrealistic fantasies right away (see previous locked entry). Have patience. Get out of the city if you have to. But be prepared: life is tough no matter where you live. When your parents don't support you, you might not like what you have to do to support yourself. You know that everyone here in the city (who happen to be kind-hearted and not terribly cool, by the way) wants you to be happy. I'll be sad if you leave, but if it feels like the ( ... )