On this day when some feel it is necessary to celebrate something people are supposed to do, I am thinking of going to grad school and finish this time. Finally all of my parental units have died and I have money to pay for grad school. That sounds more bitter than I intended it to sound.
I have lived where the teams are either too expensive (U of I for people not associated with the university is/was outrageously expensive) or there has been no team for too long. I want to do laps with others who want to do laps. I don't want to do laps where people don't complain about me swimming in there way as the piddle (my father's favorite word) down the lane doing something that looks like a *** stroke.
Here are the choices. I want to hear opinions -both good and bad.
Indianapolis (have friends)
Cleveland (as a kid a big Indians fan)
Phoenix (Did everyone see that they increased both their football & baseball budget? How does Ms. Love justify that?)
Northridge, CA (quaint)
San Francisco, Ca (looks like it might be more fun than it really is)
Portland, OR (Seattle-want-to-be)
Kansas City, MO ()
Denver, CO (Good friend lives there)
(The statements are from some one else not me)
The furthest west I've ever been is Iowa City, Topeka, San Antonio. I've lived in a small towns (Galesburg, IL the center of the universe and home of the Ferris Wheel), university/intellectual towns (Champaign/Urbana & Topeka, when Menninger was still there) and center cities with lots of suburbs. (DC, St. Louis, Houston). I've never lived in a suburb.
I think of the list only Northridge, CA is a suburb. I think Kansas City, MO is considered central city. To do this I am also thinking of buying a car. I'm 50 & never had one. I've been to Indy, Cleveland (it really has become a beautiful city), and Kansas City, MO (not the center of the universe as LDSers think).
Any response will be most welcomed.
Thanks a bill,
Craig
Hi -
Sounds like you're narrowing things down. Cleveland IMO is not so bad; it has institutions, lakes, terrain, and a ball club. In any case, buried in books you won't notice much about the city itself.
The GRE review courses may be helpful, especially ones that provide practice test situations.
Your statement - preparation and goals -- is extremely important.
Idle thought drifting: international relations?
Good luck!
Here is an update.
First UT does have a nonprofit management program. It is deeply buried in the LBJ school. The tuition is for out-of-state students is over $17,500 per term. That makes it one of the most expensive state universities in the nation. One year would probably be over $50,000. That is if I can live while barely eating and not pay for any of my asthma drug while living in a very small cardboard box down by the river. it seems to me that out-of-state students are not thinking when they go there. Out-of-state grad students are actually paying for one or two in-state undergrad students.
Top choice seems to be UCLA, 2nd IUPUI, the top ranked but still concerned Indy being so conservative is really an issue. The third choice would be ASU, it is connected to a really innovative research center. Third choice is San Francisco State University. It is surprising cheap making the city affordable. Fourth choice is probably either Cleveland State or Case Western. Both are so much alike I wonder how they manage to stay individual entities. When I told a friend this he said back to me, "Yeah but then you are still in Cleveland." Then on of the CSU schools in the LA area. George Washington would be next, back when the renamed the Er in the old hospital for President Reagan many of the ER doctors believed that it should have been renamed for me one of the most frequent flyers of the 1980s. Then followed by Rutgers then finishing the list is U of Delaware. George, I have a cousin who lives in Vancouver. I have only met her one time. She is in her 70s. Canada isn't really a choice.
More updates to come. I am beginning to worry about GRE. i haven't taken a multiple choice test since I was a freshman in college and the first GRE I took.
