Fort Collins, Colorado
Well, in about a year my wife is going to apply to a phD program at Colorado State University. I will be applying for jobs in Denver in the quantitative financial world (financial mathematics with an emphasis on statistics). I'm trying to convince her to focus on veterinary parasitology. She really has her heart set on teaching college. I think she would have a pretty good quality batch of students if she was able to teach vet school classes as professional school programs are highly selective (and Colorado State's vet school is ESPECIALLY).
I'm enrolled in the second section of mathematical statistics, applied probability, and linear regression. If I can survive the second section of math stats, it's all downhill from here (except of course for the comprehensive exams). I escaped the first section of math stats with a B. I was pretty scared I was going to end up with below a 3.0 for my first semester of graduate school, but I squeaked by with a 3.22. Mississippi State has good professors but not many of them in the statistics department. We interviewed a candidate this week, but he was sub-par (to be extremely generous). In short, all is going well, and I am ready to start applying for jobs about a year from now.
The real heart of this post is the good news: Fort Collins, Colorado. That's the town we have in our cross-hairs. It is the home of Colorado State University, an intimidatingly awesome grocery store selection, and, of course, multiple breweries. Every summer (which I must add, the summers there are far superior to those of Mississippi with respect to climate) they have a beer festival where all of the Colorado microbrewers (and there are quite a few of them) all come together to share their beers with the good people of Colorado. So basically, if you enjoy gourmet micro-brew beers like I do, it's a wonderful place to be. Fort Collins is about 57 miles from Denver, which is where I will most likely work. I know it sounds like a bitch of a commute, but with the good old Rocky mountains to the west of you, at least it's a scenic commute (unlike the drive from Columbus to Starkville). There are complaints of heavy traffic and lots of snow in the winter time for those who commute on I-25, but seriously, living in the bible belt is probably infinitely worse.
Goodbye forever Mississippi.......in a year and a half anyway.....
I'm enrolled in the second section of mathematical statistics, applied probability, and linear regression. If I can survive the second section of math stats, it's all downhill from here (except of course for the comprehensive exams). I escaped the first section of math stats with a B. I was pretty scared I was going to end up with below a 3.0 for my first semester of graduate school, but I squeaked by with a 3.22. Mississippi State has good professors but not many of them in the statistics department. We interviewed a candidate this week, but he was sub-par (to be extremely generous). In short, all is going well, and I am ready to start applying for jobs about a year from now.
The real heart of this post is the good news: Fort Collins, Colorado. That's the town we have in our cross-hairs. It is the home of Colorado State University, an intimidatingly awesome grocery store selection, and, of course, multiple breweries. Every summer (which I must add, the summers there are far superior to those of Mississippi with respect to climate) they have a beer festival where all of the Colorado microbrewers (and there are quite a few of them) all come together to share their beers with the good people of Colorado. So basically, if you enjoy gourmet micro-brew beers like I do, it's a wonderful place to be. Fort Collins is about 57 miles from Denver, which is where I will most likely work. I know it sounds like a bitch of a commute, but with the good old Rocky mountains to the west of you, at least it's a scenic commute (unlike the drive from Columbus to Starkville). There are complaints of heavy traffic and lots of snow in the winter time for those who commute on I-25, but seriously, living in the bible belt is probably infinitely worse.
Goodbye forever Mississippi.......in a year and a half anyway.....