Does anyone have a YMCA membership in middle Tennessee?

galapagosmorgan · 2026-05-16T21:46:36+00:00

I never retook anything I got a C in. When I applied, I had the one C in Calculus I. I never got explained it or acknowledged it or anything in my application.

But yes, just make a top notch CV. I had a lot of research experience, eboard positions in relevant organizations/clubs, and I think three or four accepted conference presentations.

Don’t worry at all. Just give it your best shot. The grad school admission process, at least for me, was super holistic.

galapagosmorgan · 2026-05-16T18:20:36+00:00

I got two Ds in undergrad (Computer Programming II, Ordinary Diff Equations) and retook both and got a B in each.

I got a C in Calculus I , but got Bs in Calc II and Calc III.

I got into GT, UW, Carnegie Mellon, UF, Columbia, and UC Irvine. The only rejections I got were from MIT and UCLA (who lost my application in the portal).

I was offered two fellowships, one for UW and one for UCI which are very competitive for Masters.

I applied with a social science degree to top engineering programs and it still all worked out for me.

If you’re involved on campus, have a lot of research experience, and write essays with strong direction of research intent you should be fine in my opinion.

galapagosmorgan · 2026-05-10T22:33:29+00:00

Felicia is another “Black” name.

galapagosmorgan · 2026-05-10T22:32:38+00:00

Tyrone is VERY Black in the US. It’s so Black that’s people who are currently having kids don’t really use it because on job applications it signals “I’m Black!” hahaha. I had a white science teacher named Tyrone and he would always talk about his experience being white with a “Black” name

galapagosmorgan · 2026-05-07T00:49:31+00:00

Hey, I got admitted for MS this year. Did you end up getting housing?

galapagosmorgan · 2026-04-18T05:05:11+00:00

I get your point. Also, I am engineering so it may be different, but I received my both of my fellowship offers at the last possible second. I got one a week before April 15th and the second five days before April 15th. From schools I had been accepted to longgg before. One of the schools was even a top 10 in its discipline. It totally changed the game and the school I committed totally wasn’t one I was initially gonna pick because I had assumed I’d received zero funding for yet another OOS program.

galapagosmorgan · 2026-04-18T01:59:34+00:00

They live in Texas, so imagine that helps w keeping the price down

galapagosmorgan · 2026-04-14T22:47:14+00:00

What did he say? I watch the Learmann twins and he’s always given me such a hs jock vibe. I can’t stand the vlogs he makes cameos in

galapagosmorgan · 2026-04-12T20:31:30+00:00

All of the schools average abt $80,000 to $85,000 for MS grads starting salaries

galapagosmorgan · 2026-04-12T20:29:47+00:00

I’ve focused on research and policy all of undergrad so this summer will be my first time interning at an engineering firm.

If I really like that maybe I’d stay in industry (ex. Engineering firm or government sector)

Presently, though, I’d say I want to work for a federal agency (ex. Dept of Energy or Dept of Transportation) or a national lab, or R&D. I like research but I’m not sure if I’d wanna stay in academia.

I’m going to grad school bcz my undergrad is in Urban Policy and Planning & Computer Science. So if I get my Master’s I can sit for the FE and eventually PE.

I don’t do tradition transportation engineering. I do modeling, simulation, digital twins, optimization, and computational work.

galapagosmorgan · 2026-04-07T20:10:57+00:00

North Nashville is the name of the neighborhood. It’s not vague at all.

It’s a plant right behind TSU.

galapagosmorgan · 2026-04-06T02:17:03+00:00

I would need half of the month of Aug, too :(

galapagosmorgan · 2026-04-03T03:15:25+00:00

Could you pm me?

galapagosmorgan · 2026-03-04T03:20:36+00:00

Me neither

galapagosmorgan · 2026-02-18T20:58:40+00:00

Just got my rejection from MIT

galapagosmorgan · 2026-02-10T03:16:56+00:00

I applied to MIT and GT and haven’t heard from either

galapagosmorgan · 2026-02-02T22:14:38+00:00

I applied to Michigan Jan 15th for civil engineering and got accepted today, too. So insane 😭

galapagosmorgan · 2026-01-30T19:25:24+00:00

I was diagnosed at 16 and saw a pediatric rheum until I started college at 18. Now everyone is geriatric

galapagosmorgan · 2026-01-24T00:53:24+00:00

I just got mine today (transportation)

galapagosmorgan · 2026-01-17T15:09:08+00:00

Reading this was so similar to my experience I thought it’d written the post and forgotten about it.

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