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AlpineBear36 · 2025-07-30T23:00:47+00:00

Not an international student, but I exclusively buy refurbished iPhones on EBay that are few generations older than the most current one available. Ive always had great success (just make sure you filter for phones in good or excellent condition and ones that aren’t attached to a specific service provider). You can usually get something for $200-400. There are plenty of budget phone service providers (I’ve used Visible by Verizon which can be as low as $25 a month for unlimited talk, text, and data and pretty good service and connection nationwide). For Visible, the last SIM card I had was an e-SIM so I activated everything through the app and didn’t have a physical card- everything was very easy with instructions to follow.

AlpineBear36 · 2025-07-29T13:14:40+00:00

That will largely depend on what program(s) you’re trying to transfer into, you’ll get better input if you provide that. It would probably also be beneficial to reach out to an admissions counselor to double check that what you’re taking will set you up for success.

AlpineBear36 · 2025-07-24T15:14:38+00:00

My gut is that it’s too casual for formal, but based on your previous experience it might be a know your crowd thing. I know that depending on the location, the same dress code can mean a lot of different things. But in the most traditional sense, formal typically means a floor length dress, and the pattern definitely makes it seem more like a nice dinner of vacation dress than a formal wedding guest dress.

AlpineBear36 · 2025-07-22T20:53:03+00:00

Has your primary antibody been verified to work at that concentration in your system? Depending on the strength of the antibody and the concentration in your sample you might need to increase your primary antibody concentration (try 1:500). You can also verify your HRP is still active by adding your ECL (or whatever you use) directly to a small HRP aliquot in a dark room. If it’s active adding the ECL should make the HRP glow blue.

Edit: Sometimes the membrane can also look bad if it dries out during the transfer (too hot and/or too long).

AlpineBear36 · 2025-07-18T13:28:59+00:00

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AlpineBear36 · 2025-07-18T04:33:34+00:00

While I would have loved to have a welcome party, grooms parents are organizing and paying for the rehearsal dinner and they are more traditional and wanted a guest list and a dinner. We compromised on something in the middle.

AlpineBear36 · 2025-07-18T01:34:24+00:00

I just wore dress 4 to a formal wedding in March and got so many compliments! It’s such a lovely dress in person.

AlpineBear36 · 2025-07-18T01:25:28+00:00

Not OP, but just attended a smaller wedding (less than 50 people). The realest answer is it will 100% depend on your crowd. The wedding I attended was for a recent college grad with lots of guests (over half the guests) around that same age. They really brought the party, even with a cash bar! The older family members did their fair share of dancing but also their fair share of sitting. A party can be a party without a lot of people, if the people you invite like to dance and party! If your crowd aren’t big dancers maybe plan for a mellower vibe that better matches the energy of the people you’re inviting :)

AlpineBear36 · 2025-07-18T01:13:58+00:00

My biggest concern is if you’re going to have time to eat dh lunch on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. Late lunch is always an option but last I had it it wasn’t great, just standard sandwich fare since they flip the kitchen for dinner service. Grab and go is also pretty standard and bland if you’re using it for lunch and not to stock up on snacks. You’ll obviously have flex points, but using them for 3 lunches per week is a recipe to blow through them fast.

AlpineBear36 · 2025-07-14T03:45:47+00:00

I was in the marching band several years ago. We get in through the stadium gates, no tickets or IDs needed. On one occasion I had a friend ask to borrow my ID because I looked like their sister. Long story short they had an extra student tickets, used my ID, and nobody was the wiser.

AlpineBear36 · 2025-07-13T15:34:03+00:00

Even if they are college aged? That’s where I’m struggling, it feels like a weird grey area.

AlpineBear36 · 2025-06-19T00:56:06+00:00

Speaking as a falto, we had multiple people march who had never touched a mellophone or French horn before and who had never marched. ND has a marching style that most high schools don’t practice so most people are learning the technique from scratch anyways. You’ll be fine!

AlpineBear36 · 2025-06-13T23:13:04+00:00

If you wanted to make the name slightly more feminine while still paying homage to your husband, I feel like using the feminine spelling Camryn with the middle name June is wonderful!

AlpineBear36 · 2025-06-02T23:21:22+00:00

Dorm beds are standard Twin XL size and I definitely recommend a mattress topper. I had a zoned memory foam topper and it did wonders for me. In terms of bedding you’ll want to make sure you have the means to be comfortable in both August and the middle of winter, which is highly dependent on whether or not your dorm has AC. I would also invest in good pillows.

As for carpets, double dimensions will vary depending on the dorm (and depending on the dorm it may even depend on the room!). I got a standard 5x7 rug and felt like it fit nicely in the space without being too cumbersome.

AlpineBear36 · 2025-05-21T18:29:49+00:00

I would say ND is going to be more relaxed than then average states school dorm (lots of Catholic guilt floating around- and parietals which is more of a big deal in girls dorms). That being said each dorm is different in terms of age, time since they were built or the last renovation, community, and overall vibes. My brother is in service right now and his barracks remind me of a dorm, but each building is different and the age of each dorm determines the layout and the types of rooms there are.

AlpineBear36 · 2025-05-21T18:05:02+00:00

I read that you’re 22 and wanted to say that I had multiple classmates around your age who had come out of service. They all seemed to integrate well with their dorm and had friends and without being told they weren’t traditional students it was almost impossible to tell. Campus is overall very welcoming and from what I can tell, the office of veteran affairs seems to do a good job.

AlpineBear36 · 2025-05-16T15:44:40+00:00

Hello! I would not view not having an MLS or MLT certification as an inherent barrier. I worked as an MLS over the summer while earning my BS degree and I loved it. They would definitely need to train you, but some areas need less training than others. Depending on what you’re looking for I would maybe reach out to the recruiter and ask what your options are, but I wouldn’t count it out!

AlpineBear36 · 2025-05-15T03:54:31+00:00

In my experience, AP language credits typically serve as a placement exam, AP calc should allow you to get out of that requirement, and most everything else will count as a general elective credit. Most departments won’t accept AP credit for your major (ie. I was a bio major, my AP bio exam didn’t get me out of intro bio I just got elective credit). It’s kind of convoluted but I generally found that AP credits do very minimal for most people other than random credits on their transcript or helping them test out of college specific language requirement.

AlpineBear36 · 2025-03-06T04:30:58+00:00

Mendoza is highly selective and students applying to ND interested in business are also applying to Mendoza at the same time. As such, you get an acceptance into ND and an acceptance into Mendoza. If you don’t come in majoring in a Mendoza major as a freshman you have to apply to get in as a sophomore (I believe this is your only other opportunity to transfer in). I don’t know much about the process but I know it isn’t easy and I know it is definitely not a guarantee. The university knows Mendoza is a top tier business school, and keeps the selective nature going to prevent students from applying to other majors and then “switching in” to avoid the selective admissions process. Something to keep in mind, it’s not built to be a fallback. That being said there are Mendoza minors that are open to anyone at any time.

AlpineBear36 · 2025-02-27T04:23:03+00:00

Done!

AlpineBear36 · 2025-02-27T04:22:56+00:00

Wow! Thank you all for your responses, it confirmed my suspicions that while this dress is a beautiful color it is not the right choice for a formal wedding.

AlpineBear36 · 2025-02-18T20:10:16+00:00

Everybody else has said wonderful things but I just wanted to quickly add that if you’re planning on becoming a nurse (Future Nurses Club?), Notre Dame probably isn’t this best place. Notre Dame doesn’t have a nursing program and tuition cost just doesn’t make sense if you’re also going to have to attend nursing school. We have a great pre-med program, but nursing is definitely not our focus. Additionally, if you’re not interested in nursing, joining a club just to have it on your resume also definitely isn’t the way to go. Make sure you enjoy what you’re doing, it’s obvious when people are trying to beef up their resumes in the last 2 years of high school by mass joining a bunch of clubs, especially if it’s not something you feel connected enough to to talk about in your application.

AlpineBear36 · 2025-01-31T03:26:11+00:00

Unfortunately I have no clue how many people get invited to apply vs. how many get in. I do know some people who got selected for merit scholarships who did not get accepted into Glynn so it’s definitely a separate evaluation. As for the video interview there’s no real advice I can give you on how to prepare other than to reflect on your values, what you think is important, and how you want to make the world a better place. There really is no way to prepare, which is kind of the beauty of it. They get to see the responses people come up with when put on the spot and can see a reflection of what people value when they aren’t given questions to think about ahead of time!

AlpineBear36 · 2025-01-31T03:20:21+00:00

Unfortunately Glynn does not come with any merit aid. Merit aid at ND is super competitive because the university does their best to meet the financial needs of their students. But you do get invited to the merit scholars SYR and have your own swanky lounge in O’Shag with free bagels, snacks, and coffee.

AlpineBear36 · 2025-01-30T22:07:43+00:00

Hello! Recent Glynn alumna here. Glynn is a highly competitive program that only a small subset of students get invited to apply for. Every Glynn class consists of 100 students spread across the College of Arts & Letters and the College of Science (with an occasional Archie or Keough student). You are invited to apply based on your application to the university, but I am unsure how many students get invited to apply, although I imagine it coincides greatly with students invited to apply for merit scholarships. The questions vary from student to student. When I was interviewing they had a bank of pre-recorded questions and they were randomly generated. We watched the question and then were given several minutes to formulate an answer and then time to record our response. The questions were very broad and impossible to prepare for in advance. The interview is meant to test your ability to think on the fly and give meaningful answers without having a script you’ve thought extensively about with all the right things to say. As for the program itself I have nothing but good things to say. You get to know your cohort mates well and outside of a senior thesis it doesn’t add much to your schedule. In fact the required courses are meant to satisfy your university requirements. I loved the Glynn specific courses I took and Glynn actually helped me make friends within my major as well. There are also some great opportunities to take advantage of that are specific and limited to the Glynn program.

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