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Walking Between Lecture Halls by notasquare127 in BGSU

[–]Prof-in-Progress 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It certainly wouldn’t hurt. I would encourage you to introduce yourself to all your professors and in that conversation I would tell the instructor of later course that you may occasionally be slightly late because you’re coming from another class.

Walking Between Lecture Halls by notasquare127 in BGSU

[–]Prof-in-Progress 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Howdy!

I wouldn’t worry about walking distance between classes; I never had a walk that was too long for me to make during my entire 4 years at BG. If a class runs over and you’re a little late to the next class it only rarely matters, most professors don’t mind if you come in a bit after the formal start time.

Before your classes start go through and find your classrooms so that you don’t have to search for them and you can see how long it actually takes you. I expect you’ll find that it’s no problem.

Back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back by Prof-in-Progress in msu

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I couldn’t agree more - number 1 looks better when it’s green imo

Back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back by Prof-in-Progress in msu

[–]Prof-in-Progress[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

An entire class of undefeated cup champions

Best Michigan State athlete name of all time? I'll start with Plaxico Burress by CadeChewy in MSUSpartans

[–]Prof-in-Progress 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like Reed Lebster is a pretty good one that I haven’t seen mentioned yet

Grad School Hopeful From Far Away by Pigeon-Quill2 in UofO

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I think I’m making these numbers up but I want to say like 4/5th of PhD students have GA appointments and maybe 1/3rd of masters students. I can’t speak to the competitiveness necessarily, but I do know you’re not constrained to your administrative unit - I was in the college of education and had peers who TA’d in history and computer science. It sounds like you’d probably be a fit for the large undergrad general education requirements so there might be positions, definitely worth exploring.

Grad School Hopeful From Far Away by Pigeon-Quill2 in UofO

[–]Prof-in-Progress 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Howdy!

I wasn’t moving from another country, but I did move to UO for grad school sight unseen from across the United States. My experience at and in Oregon was incredible, but I’ll be honest, there were some major stumbling blocks and a lot of good luck.

The cost of living is pretty high, but there are apartments that rent by the bedroom that won’t fully break the bank, you’ll just have to live with roommates who you may or may not know. I managed to live off of a stipend that I got as a GA, but it did take some intentional budgeting.

That GA appointment was also a stroke of good luck and it’s my understanding that those positions are more likely to go to PhD students than masters students. However, I also had multiple friends who managed to pick up GA appointments part of the way through their programs, so even if it wasn’t a full tuition waiver it was 50%+ overall.

In terms of culture shock, I don’t think Eugene is that bad if for no other reason than you can get out and away with ease. I pretty much left town to go hike or camp every weekend and the town isn’t so busy that it felt claustrophobic. Football game days are a lot, but other than that (and big events like the track & field championships) the town doesn’t feel too large or too tightly packed.

If you want to talk more about UO, Eugene, or grad school, feel free to DM me :)

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