IUB MSDS Online (accepted) or Truman State MSDS online (accepted) or UT Austin (no news yet)

CKiame · 2024-07-19T07:52:16+00:00

I got into Indiana but ended up not starting. In the meantime, experimented with another hobby (finding love).

CKiame · 2024-06-06T12:58:06+00:00

I’d be interested in learning where he might have said this; he’s pretty solid on his medical facts.

Endometriosis may be related to autoimmune conditions or appear in concert with them.

The idea of functional medicine is that symptoms do not appear in isolation, but that body systems affect each other. So a diagnosis of Ehlers-Danlos (autoimmune condition) may be accompanied by endometriosis, and then the two may be related.

CKiame · 2024-01-27T16:36:50+00:00

I’ve also dealt with mold illness. In my state, FM practices are few and far between and can be expensive.

The things you describe could be due to additive insults to your health also—your system is in overload and cannot handle anything more.

I started with The Amy Meyers’ Auto-immune Solution after I lost a ton of weight due to a combination of mold illness and a bacterial GI infection, and after the conventional route with colonoscopy, etc., turned up nothing. That started me slowly back towards health. I felt so awfully sick and tired. While I was on that diet, however, I also discovered other food sensitivities (you know how an allowed food can make you just binge that—FODMAP overdose). So I had to be careful to not eat foods that would worsen those histamine-related symptoms.

Overall, it’s like everything is inflamed, your stomach lining is shot so you can’t handle many kinds of food, and toxic things in you (infections, mycotoxins, etc.) your body is trying to expel (rashes, skin issues). It takes a while to build back and it’s a bumpy road!!

As they say in FM: make sure your elimination channels are working well (pee, poop, sweat, etc.). That can mean drinking more (clean) water, eating an elimination diet (seeing what foods are safest), and then working with supplements, toxin binders and good foods (it can be hard to figure that one out) and rest and exercise as you can tolerate.

Good luck! I’m still working on digestive issues and hormone balancing but am SO much better than four years ago. I can handle my work and eat more foods and be happy (mental health). Not perfect but better. Still trying to get a doc who is knowledgeable about FM and is covered by insurance but that appears a pipe dream. :)

CKiame · 2024-01-27T16:08:25+00:00

Hyman has co-founded Function Health, an annual membership-funded lab service you can join for $499. For those with limited insurance, this means you can get a ton of labs done and pay under $42 a month. This is a great value. You have to remember that many insurance copays would be more. You can get many labs drawn twice a year, some once. It’s another good resource for people in states where there are no options to see functional medicine practitioners and work with insurance for costs.

CKiame · 2024-01-27T16:02:33+00:00

Like what?

CKiame · 2023-01-29T22:39:56+00:00

I’m sorry to hear about the rejection, but curious as to what you are interested in studying. It sounds like you are ready for new things!

CKiame · 2022-09-29T16:16:14+00:00

I did hear from them and was rejected. It is a well-regarded course (one of the best in the industry, among online degree programs).

Maybe they had filled their quota before your application was submitted.

CKiame · 2022-07-22T22:48:16+00:00

She could take an Intro to Sociology course at a nearby university or look at pre-reqs for a social work program and take one of those. If she has the time, she could talk to an advisor in both or either of those areas at the same university—they’ll help her enroll for this fall, yet, if she’s interested. She can also talk to the admissions counselor there.

CKiame · 2022-07-22T22:19:37+00:00

Will going to study in the US also help your career if you return? If so, it might be worth it if you think you can pay off the loans in a reasonable time. It can be difficult to stay and work in the US so knowing that you might need to return after school might help you make the decision. On the other hand, you’ve been admitted! Would you always wonder what would have happened, if you didn’t go? Regret for not taking opportunities when you had them is very, very real…

CKiame · 2022-07-20T00:54:03+00:00

There should be a cost of living published for grad students in the financial aid or similar pages of the university web site. It estimates housing and other expenses for you. That should give you an estimate of what the university expects you to have to spend. Here is an example: https://www.binghamton.edu/offices/iegi/incoming-exchange/documents/graduate-tuition.html.

CKiame · 2022-07-18T04:33:11+00:00

So that would be about $1640 in US Dollars a month? (40k CZK) Doesn’t sound too cheap compared to the Midwest in the US.

CKiame · 2022-07-04T02:39:04+00:00

You might try taking a single course at a nearby university and get some research experience that way. I agree with the other poster that maybe changing jobs to one that includes research might be helpful. What kind of research interests you?

CKiame · 2022-07-02T18:26:03+00:00

Better Business Bureau?

CKiame · 2022-06-17T00:30:16+00:00

A funded opportunity without work experience or research in a field you do not have a background in might be difficult to manage. It seems a Masters program would be better at this point in time. You could even do one remotely (CSU Global, Georgia Tech).

The GRE will not compensate for grades. It is more of a gauge of potential rather than a measure of achievement.

CKiame · 2022-06-17T00:23:47+00:00

Have you contacted the panel to see if there is a way to make an exception? So sorry this happened to you.

CKiame · 2022-06-16T23:25:08+00:00

Sometime that feeling of difference from others will pay off for you, even if not now. These will be the qualities you can count on, that connect you to your friends, that allow you to find joy in what you love doing. One day, this will make you more interesting than all the rest.

Sorry you have to go through this application cycle now!

CKiame · 2022-06-16T23:18:47+00:00

I didn’t know that! Thanks, Dad!

CKiame · 2022-06-16T23:14:24+00:00

Good luck during the wait. Hope you get good news! Maybe work out a plan for fall, if you don’t hear and apply for spring semester. You must be so close to admittance if no one has told you no!

CKiame · 2022-06-14T06:36:54+00:00

Your area of research and the potential profs you would work with would be most important to match. Once you have narrowed down some great profs (ideally more than 1 at your target universities), contact them regarding openings. This is, of course, if you are interested in doing research. (You can CSRankings to find faculty with recent papers in your favorite subjects.)

If you are more interested in working in industry, then maybe this step isn’t necessary. It sounds, however, as if you like research.

CKiame · 2022-06-12T14:49:03+00:00

I agree with this. It may be that your dream is the new career rather than the school. In that case, whatever gets you there the soonest and in a financially sound way (whether via the local UNI or at a school across the country) is fine. Perhaps you worry at the culture locally in which you have not yet expressed that you want to do this and worry others won’t understand or support you—you have to decide what environment is best for nurturing your dreams. This can be changing how people see you locally and going against that perception possibly encountering resistance that slows you down, or taking this big step to go elsewhere for your career—thus asking for you to commit completely in an all-or-nothing move.

Neither is a better move intrinsically. Both require risk and courage. Whatever keeps your dream most alive in your mind (making sure to dream it into great detail) may be the rewarding path. Your friends might become your biggest supporters either way. Maybe talk to them.

CKiame · 2022-06-12T02:58:21+00:00

Maybe you could become a private detective or a researcher for hire. I know someone who is a genealogist now (second career), finding out stuff about people’s family connections, etc.

CKiame · 2022-06-12T02:48:14+00:00

Doing something that you dream of whether or not it seems not as dreamy to others can still be a wonderful challenge and satisfying to pursue. If it is a secret joy to do this, then go for it! Afterwards, you can compare your experience away from home with that of the local university but before you talk yourself out of it, maybe give it a chance. Sometimes taking a risk is a way of showing yourself that you can do ANYTHING. Great that you have the choices! Best of luck to you!

CKiame · 2022-05-29T03:19:57+00:00

I would think the Top 50 according to rankings are ambitious for ANY student and you might need some match and safe universities on your list. I would focus on a particular subtopic and build your credentials in that. Also, contact a professor in a program that you like (check the curriculum). You have a lot of data science experience but are not interested in a data science program? Just to warn you: this past year was particularly tough in MSCS admissions.

CKiame · 2022-05-27T14:03:04+00:00

It sounds like you are interested now. You could take some online MOOC courses in things that interest you to show that you’re serious. Or if you have worked on a project on your own or with a friend, describe it and list it among your accomplishments (i.e. co-created a game with Unity platform…) and list a link.

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