newyorker: Madison

CilBeach FanaticAmelia Island, FL1,491 postsJoined Dec 26, '04View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Mar 30, '06 · 5:06 AM379

Lots of luck--there should be teaching assistantships or research assistantships to help pay for this. And Austin is a terrific place to live (a whole lot warmer than Madison, where I went to grad school!!

Newyorker
In the fall, our son will be doing this grad school program--in Madison.
Professional French Masters
Coming from Colorado, he loves snowboarding etc, but has never been through a Wisconsin snow season. I think it might be a bit different from Denver's open winters.
He is hoping, once he finishes, for a job in a bit warmer location. ;-)

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newyorkernewyorkerBeach LoverLos Angeles, CA147 postsJoined Jul 18, '05View profile MessageBeach Lover

Mar 30, '06 · 4:30 PM#2

Cil:
I sent you a PM re Madison--congrats to him--its a very competitive graduate school in a beautiful, albeit really cold, location.

RudyjohnRudyjohnSoWal InsiderChicago Area7,736 postsJoined Feb 10, '05View profile MessageSoWal Insider

Mar 30, '06 · 4:47 PM#3

Isn't Madison a big party town? :shock:

newyorkernewyorkerBeach LoverLos Angeles, CA147 postsJoined Jul 18, '05View profile MessageBeach Lover

Mar 30, '06 · 7:49 PM#4

For undergrads, yes....for grad students--its nose to the grindstone (and lots of warm long underwear).
Actually, its a very community-oriented place with lots of very smart people. But my loving husband, born and brought up in Boston, found it a bit much. Nonetheless, we spent 10 years there , and both our kids were born there (before we moved to Birmingham, which we still miss badly).

RudyjohnRudyjohnSoWal InsiderChicago Area7,736 postsJoined Feb 10, '05View profile MessageSoWal Insider

Mar 30, '06 · 8:43 PM#5

Oh I'm sure it's nose to the grindstone. But I've always heard from everybody here in the Chicago area what a HUGE party town Madison is! The 2 just always seem to go together.

Cil

CilBeach FanaticAmelia Island, FL1,491 postsJoined Dec 26, '04View profile MessageBeach FanaticAuthor

Mar 31, '06 · 5:15 AM#6

Oh I'm sure it's nose to the grindstone. But I've always heard from everybody here in the Chicago area what a HUGE party town Madison is! The 2 just always seem to go together.

Newyorker, thanks for the PM.
Yes, we've heard about what a party town Madison is, but after four years of undergrad partying in Ft Collins and Boulder, and further opportunities in France, I think the kid is over the worst of that kind of stuff.
His program is very intensive and he wants/needs to do well.
I am going to order some thermals for him! ;-)