6 am.
News: we could be looking at yet another general election in Canadian politics.
Obama v.s. Hilary. My iconoclastic Hellenism prof pointed out that Ms. Clinton cried when she lost Iowa. He said this made him very nervous to think that she might be our next leader of the USA with her finger on the trigger of some of the world's greatest nuclear warheads. I dunno, if she's already crying over Iowa...
A building is closed on campus due to possible terrorist threat. i think this is the 3rd time this year in this city that i've personally come across sth has been completely disrupted because of a bomb/shooting threat. I had a happy childhood. but the news of my teen years were marked by teen shootings (Columbine, etc.) 9/11, the war on Iraq. this would cross over into my now, university years and i can't believe just how serious these things have become, and yet it has.
yesterday i got email replies from advisors from two universities inviting me to contact supervisors and/or apply. so i did. i think i've contacted i dunno, 20 supervisors and advisors over email, likely more. Get a variety of different and interesting responses, that can surprisingly tell you plenty about their personality and work ethics. and then sometimes not. one of my work supervisors personally knew one of the profs i'd contacted, he warned very gravely, that "he's very, very aggressive...[insert stories here]...are you sure you want me to send a letter of rec to him?"
thoughts on applying to grad according to country: USA wants the GRE and offers mostly PhDs, Canada's picky about marks and wants experience, Australia is less keen on marks more on work ex but has less funding for internationals, would have to pay living expenses etc. Hadn't really contacted anyone in the UK, but know they offer funding welcoming internationals. this morning I get a very finely written email reply from a prof, the most finely written i'd gotten but also very warm. unfortunately, it's the same story as Australia. there's space but no funding.
Obama v.s. Hilary. My iconoclastic Hellenism prof pointed out that Ms. Clinton cried when she lost Iowa. He said this made him very nervous to think that she might be our next leader of the USA with her finger on the trigger of some of the world's greatest nuclear warheads. I dunno, if she's already crying over Iowa...
A building is closed on campus due to possible terrorist threat. i think this is the 3rd time this year in this city that i've personally come across sth has been completely disrupted because of a bomb/shooting threat. I had a happy childhood. but the news of my teen years were marked by teen shootings (Columbine, etc.) 9/11, the war on Iraq. this would cross over into my now, university years and i can't believe just how serious these things have become, and yet it has.
yesterday i got email replies from advisors from two universities inviting me to contact supervisors and/or apply. so i did. i think i've contacted i dunno, 20 supervisors and advisors over email, likely more. Get a variety of different and interesting responses, that can surprisingly tell you plenty about their personality and work ethics. and then sometimes not. one of my work supervisors personally knew one of the profs i'd contacted, he warned very gravely, that "he's very, very aggressive...[insert stories here]...are you sure you want me to send a letter of rec to him?"
thoughts on applying to grad according to country: USA wants the GRE and offers mostly PhDs, Canada's picky about marks and wants experience, Australia is less keen on marks more on work ex but has less funding for internationals, would have to pay living expenses etc. Hadn't really contacted anyone in the UK, but know they offer funding welcoming internationals. this morning I get a very finely written email reply from a prof, the most finely written i'd gotten but also very warm. unfortunately, it's the same story as Australia. there's space but no funding.