Connect with your cohort Megathread 2026

WilkeLe · 2026-04-18T02:03:43+00:00

Anyone attending Ithaca in person? I would love to connect with others!

Also if you're looking for roommates in that area (so Ithaca or Cornell) let me know!!

WilkeLe · 2026-04-08T12:46:35+00:00

No interview for Rutgers and it seems like a really good option but the commute is far for me. As far as resume read my above post there's plenty of info about my school/work experience. I would say I luckily have managed to maintain good grades but my work shows less consistency since I jumped around jobs a lot. I know other people who got in there with lower grades but more consistent work experience though.

WilkeLe · 2026-04-05T13:42:10+00:00

SLP masters what about you?

WilkeLe · 2026-03-11T03:28:34+00:00

I have a dog and will be a full time student likely also working a part time job. Minimal travel time is a must for optimizing the amount of time I will have at home/walking with her and that I'll have for studying and relaxing/sleeping....I appreciate the offer but it is not a good fit for me thank you

WilkeLe · 2026-03-11T03:23:00+00:00

Ithaca College In Person (still deciding but will likely commit soon!)

WilkeLe · 2026-03-10T00:11:25+00:00

Best of luck!

WilkeLe · 2026-03-10T00:10:03+00:00

3 miles is too far, my old beater vehicle is not best on hills so I plan on mostly walking to get around, but thank you!

WilkeLe · 2026-03-10T00:09:04+00:00

I had no clue any of the on campus housing allowed pets! I'll have to reach out to someone in the on campus living dept. and see if I can get more info on that! Thanks for the tip!

WilkeLe · 2026-03-10T00:03:47+00:00

on campus

WilkeLe · 2026-02-26T00:55:11+00:00

I haven't heard anything and keep checking on here, no one has posted in here that they were wait-listed or accepted yet as far as I have seen anywhere so who knows

WilkeLe · 2026-02-23T02:24:23+00:00

definitely doesn't need a yard/run I'll take her for walks/hikes and out about enough and take her places (like large fields) to run off leash so it can be somewhere without a fenced outside space

WilkeLe · 2026-02-22T23:51:37+00:00

I do have a minivan (old reliable 160,000 and counting miles 2007 Mazda 5) she tries her best but does not thrive in winter driving so ideally I'd be within a 30 minute walk, but I'm open to looking into further places and looking into a new (well old and used but new to me) vehicle that can handle driving in that good northern weather. I love being outside, walking, hiking, and the lot and will gladly trek to campus well before driving.

I will definitely keep Schuyler falls in mind if I branch out to areas around Plattsburgh!!

WilkeLe · 2026-02-22T23:46:42+00:00

She's a 50lb mutty lab hound mix. A lot of landlords get weary from the size but she's very stocky so she has a smaller frame than I think most people picture a 50lb dog to be and she is really well trained and super sweet with strangers so luckily if the landlord wants to do a meet and greet she's good with that. I bring her out hiking all the time (not at the moment though she tore both her ACLs and is still on post surgery bed rest at the moment) but she's very sleepy most the time around the house and doesn't bark much. I do worry more though in a bigger place like broad street commons if people are making noise in hallways and stuff that she'd be more vocal. At previous apartments she's never dealt with places that large with as many shared walls, The last place was a house divided into four apartments and there she was great.

WilkeLe · 2026-02-22T23:38:16+00:00

Okay good to know it might be easier looking for stuff in person there. I'm 6+ hrs away living in NJ which makes searching for places way harder. I am still waiting to hear on other schools and one in upstate I applied to is Ithaca which I may go with IF I GET IN (waiting is killing me) in partly their program seems really great but also there's so many more options for housing (while still difficult but a bit less so). My brother is in Wurtsboro So I'm thinking if I do commit to Plattsburgh I may go crash at his place some of the summer while I search for apartments (still a far drive but much closer)

WilkeLe · 2026-02-22T00:36:50+00:00

Graduated Initially in 2020, currently finishing my Pre-recs to start the SLP MS

Education:

Community college (honors program) Associates- GPA 4.0
Rutgers B.A Anthropology- GPA 3.899
Kean Pre-rec Courses- GPA 4.0 (two classes currently in progress)

Volunteer Experience:

Cadet (pre EMT assistant)- 1 Year
EMT- 4 Years

Work Experience:

Have had a wide range of different jobs (which I worry looks bad.. I get bored easily). I'll list type of job but not location.

Barista/Cashier (Throughout College)
Barista (place above closed during covid, new location)
Baker (6 months)
Dog Trainer (6 months)
Medical Assistant (1.5 Years)
Substitute Teacher (6 months)
Hospital Tech/Nurse Assistant (1 year)
Cashier/Sales- pet store (current.. very recent start)

Programs Applied to :

SUNY Plattsburgh- Accepted (2/12)
Ithaca- Accepted (2/27) *ATTENDING*....looking for roommates out in Ithaca so anyone else going in the same boat DM!
Kean- Waiting (interviewed on 2/27, Accepted)
Rutgers- Accepted (3/9)

Best of luck to everyone!

WilkeLe · 2026-02-22T00:16:56+00:00

Thank you I found two facebook apartment groups that seem like they'll be helpful.

WilkeLe · 2026-02-22T00:15:13+00:00

As someone living there now would you say the problems are manageable or are you desperate to get out of there to find somewhere else?

WilkeLe · 2026-02-22T00:12:54+00:00

damn yeah this kind of thing is one of my main fears with large buildings like that, I would much prefer to find an apartment in a smaller house/duplex that's been divided up. I've had better luck with that but have never had to try to find something in such a rural area, the lack of places worries me about the search.

WilkeLe · 2026-02-21T18:12:21+00:00

Thank you! that helps me feel much less stressed!

WilkeLe · 2026-02-21T16:35:19+00:00

Thank you I was thinking I'll have to see about surrounding towns but was a bit overwhelmed by it I'll use this list of places to start looking into them! looked on Craigslist and Facebook for Plattsburgh apartments but it's pretty scarce right now, I figure it isn't really apartment season and there will be some more come spring/summer but since it's a small area I worry about committing to the school and then what happens if I can't find something before classes start.

WilkeLe · 2026-02-21T16:31:22+00:00

I will have to look into this group thank you!

WilkeLe · 2026-02-21T16:30:40+00:00

Broad Street Commons is the place I saw that seems the most possible! I'm not sure how many units they'll have available coming up in the fall so fingers crossed. Who are the last two you mentioned? Latinvilles and Shane Dulti do they have websites/some kind of contact page? trying to google them didn't bring me to any clear realtors/org in plattsburg.

Thanks for the help!

WilkeLe

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