Nomadic Thoughts: The First Impression

Saturday, May 21, 2005

The First Impression

I'm flying out of ~~Raleigh~~ Charlotte tomorrow morning to visit South Florida and take care of some pre-Fall business. I need to stop by the financial aid office, of course, and get some things situated. I learned early on that of all the stuff that's involved in getting ready for graduate school, pretty much all of it depends on being able to get it paid for. I haven't been offered anything from the Anthro Department yet, but I'm hoping for an assistantship. Maybe teach or something? So far what I have are some general government grants and a work study grant. Who knows, maybe I'll be serving mashed potatoes at the cafeteria.

Another important little detail I need to check out while I'm down there is a place to live. I'm considering living on campus in graduate housing for the first semester if possible. Since I've never been to Tampa in my life, I know nothing about the layout of the city or what the good and bad sections of town are. So, if the grad housing seems decent then I might end up there. But I really am spoiled having lived in my own off-campus apartment for the past two years.

Also have a meeting with one of the profs to talk about classes and such. Nothing formal but will hopefully give a good idea of what to expect. I have already talked about my schedule with my advisor and it's pretty straightforward. A couple of classes on how to be a graduate student, some archaeology-based stats, and a handful of other anthro courses plus the big internship/research project.

I'll try to post if I'm around a computer but otherwise I'll be back Friday with all the latest. Can anyone say "excited"?

Posted by Will at May 21, 2005 09:22 AM in Graduate School