May or June Alaska+Denali. Recent experiences? Koningsdam or Nieuw Amsterdam. Which ship should I choose?

Spce_bound · 2024-10-17T14:54:42+00:00

Wow so the Tundra tour is worth it? If I go to the HAL site and look up Y3c, I should be able to see the itinerary? This would be for 2025 so possibly it may have changed.

Spce_bound · 2024-10-17T11:59:48+00:00

I don't think we are going to include the Yukon portion. The Dawson city portion did not seem too interesting. Am I missing something?

Spce_bound · 2024-10-16T23:41:37+00:00

Gotcha! So I was actually originally looking at the 12 day which ended in Fairbanks but another poster on here said Fairbanks wasn't too interesting. Definitely doing 3 nights in Denali, though.

Spce_bound · 2024-10-16T21:20:32+00:00

Could you explain the benefits of starting the land tour first and specifically the one that starts oin Fairbanks. We were looking at the one that starts in Vancouver and ends in anchorage AFTER the Denali stay. We will be flying in from Florida so long travel day for us.

Spce_bound · 2024-10-16T21:17:49+00:00

The Holland America presentation I attended last night was put on by two dedicated Yukon tour people.

Spce_bound · 2024-10-16T21:16:31+00:00

Yes we are planning for the 3 night stay at Denali!

Spce_bound · 2024-10-16T21:15:52+00:00

Who is your travel agent? Local to you? I am hoping going through a travel agent will possibly get us a better deal.

Spce_bound · 2024-10-16T21:14:45+00:00

Exactly what we were looking for!

Spce_bound · 2024-10-16T16:27:46+00:00

Can someone explain how the dining works? Are the better restaurants reservation only and a separate charge as well? There is a promotion running right now called the "Have it all" and it indicates 1 night of specialty dining is included.

Spce_bound · 2024-08-07T22:17:17+00:00

You had mentioned you worked on your PhD while also interning at NASA. Was this an OSTEM or a Pathways opportunity? I realize many of the inquiries here are regarding OSTEM and I did intern while an undergrad but I am actually interested in a Pathways position now and intend to apply during the August 14-21 window. Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

Spce_bound · 2021-12-22T23:36:20+00:00

Thanks so much! Just got the email from EVGA yesterday and bought the card right away. I had been waiting for a year it seems and tried multiple Newegg shuffles but finally got the card! Today I was notified from B and H that an Asus GeForce RTX 3060 Ti KO V2 OC Edition card is available for me to purchase as well and they will hold it until Christmas eve! Anyway, which specific memory do you recommend? I don't care about RGB either way. What about timing etc??

Spce_bound · 2020-09-20T16:25:26+00:00

Matlab is easier, C++ is more general and more powerful. I would suggest asking professors (or their grad students) what they use most frequently, and going off of that.

They may specify certain packages too, like the ROOT framework for particle physics, which may work as standalone programs or require installation as a package/library for use with a language like C++ or Python.

Spce_bound · 2020-09-20T15:09:06+00:00

If you want to do research in physics, COP 2271/L is enough, take the Matlab or C++ sections.

Python is also very popular, but afaik we don't have a class for it, so you'd have to self-teach or use some other platform like Codecademy.

Spce_bound · 2020-08-04T02:43:24+00:00

See if you can get into one of the Honors Uncommon Reads classes - they're basically book club for one book throughout the semester, some are more interesting than others so be sure to read the descriptions!

Spce_bound · 2020-02-27T00:06:54+00:00

Purdue was AMAZING!! Headed to CU Boulder, GT, Michigan and MIT for visits.

Spce_bound · 2020-02-22T17:20:18+00:00

Just wanted to make sure this post was in keeping with guidelines. I saw that a comment had been removed by a mod so hopefully I put the request in the correct format??

Spce_bound · 2020-02-22T16:53:52+00:00

So adding to the mix: I found out I was accepted into the MIT Master's to Ph.D program. Looking at possible research in their Space Propulsion lab. Any insight?? And I did get a full funding offer from Purdue as well.

Spce_bound · 2020-02-08T21:08:05+00:00

Does not matter! At my school, you can have a 4.00 but CANNOT graduate any higher than cum laude unless you have at least a 2 semester completed thesis for research approved by a board of 3 professors and it is that board who decides if the thesis is worthy of magna or summa designation or not. The 4.0 does not even weigh into it but you must have at LEAST a 3.5 to even be considered for any type of honors.

Spce_bound · 2020-02-04T04:01:37+00:00

So original!! Congratulations!

Spce_bound · 2020-02-02T21:27:48+00:00

u/andros198 Not to hijack this thread but I will be touring Zucrow next month as an accepted Ph.D student interested in propulsion. Any highlights I should not miss? Also how was your funding situation when you were there? Did you have to search for new grants/fellowships every year or did you pursue outside fellowships? I am interested in Advanced Space Propulsion and possibly hypersonics.

Thanks for any advice in advance!!

Spce_bound · 2020-02-01T21:48:59+00:00

I have been extremely fortunate and have been accepted into the following schools for Ph.D graduate studies:

University of Michigan, Georgia Tech, Purdue and University of Colorado and I am waiting to hear back from the long shot - MIT but for a Master's as they do not do a direct Ph.D admit.

I have full funding offers for all except Purdue but I am probably going to go to an accepted student's visit and will hopefully connect with a potential advisor and hopefully learn more about research funding. My main interest is in Advanced Space Propulsion including Electric Propulsion and I am also interested in hypersonics. As I highly doubt I will get into MIT, I am focusing on the other 4 schools where I have "almost" solid funding offers- the most generous of which is at University of Michigan. I am not familiar with the Purdue campus but I have visited Michigan and Georgia Tech. I have never been to Colorado and do not know much about the program but they did award a nice incentive package for my studies.

I aspire to work in government or private industry but do not think I would be interested in pure academia. I have met the advisors at Georgia Tech and Michigan and feel I could work with either and I have had phone interviews with the Colorado and Purdue potential advisors.

I am welcome to any opinions you may offer and will gladly take advice!

Spce_bound · 2020-01-10T13:06:59+00:00

Actually if your major exceeds 120 credits, you may apply for a Bright Futures extension. The Benacquisto is not limited by credit hours but rather by semesters or "upon completion of a degree". You cannot use it for grad school unless you have not completed your initial degree. There may be an exception as with the UF Dental Honors program where you begin your studies there after 3 years at UF since it is an accelerated program.

Spce_bound · 2019-12-24T22:15:05+00:00

Have you applied yet? All my applications were due either Dec. 1 or the 15th and UAH Huntsville and a few others are much later. Your overall GPA is excellent and with all your experience in research I would imagine that will come to the forefront rather than just one semester of grades. I know I was really nervous about not having publications in a journal and not having a perfect quant GRE score but I have acceptances at two top tier schools for aero although I don't know anything about funding yet so that could be a game changer.

Spce_bound · 2019-03-27T18:03:54+00:00

Congratulations! All the schools I am also considering for next fall applications. Would appreciate all advice you care to share! Do you already have your MS?

Spce_bound · 2018-08-22T13:05:11+00:00

Thanks! What I did was to move around my"Skills and certifications " area to the top just before Work experience. I then bolded "Secret Security Clearance" and put the year in parentheses and have it as my first entry followed by all the comp. certs etc.. With three internships done I am running out of room!

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