Even better!

[icepixie]

OMG!

I appear to be awash with good news today and this week. The English MA program director at Boston College just gave me a call and said they'd accepted me into the program. Woot!

Apparently they won't have their funding worked out until the beginning of next month, so no promises there, which is unfortunate; however, he thought it was likely that I would get funding, so cross your fingers for me, eh?

Squeeee!

(...Karma is going to do something HORRIBLE to me soon, isn't it?)

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[vbrooksutk.livejournal.com]

I haven't been on LJ in a while, so I had to catch up -- congrats!!! If you ever need Knoxvegas advice, I'm your girl. And one of my good friends just moved to Boston as well... it's a mere 3 hour drive from where I live in Connecticut. :)

[icepixie]

Thanks!

My dad and I are actually taking a day trip to Knoxville next Friday. I'm not seeing anyone at the school (it's Good Friday, so probably no one will be there, but I have the day off), but we thought we'd just look around, see what the campus is like, check out nearby areas to see where I might like to live if I don't end up in campus housing, just generally get a feel for the place. (Also, I have practically no experience driving on interstates, and my dad's insisting that change, so.) Did you live off-campus ever? Are there particular areas that grad students tend to like? I'll probably have a car, but if I could walk to and from campus, that would be awesome. (The English department is located in McClung Tower, although that may just be offices...dunno how they assign classroom space over there.)

[vbrooksutk.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have loads of advice but I'm actually at work. I'll send you a long response tomorrow.

Long story short, I know some good off-campus housing... and no classes are in McClung. Yours will probably be in HSS, which is the humanities building next to McClung. (Unfortunately, all classes get scattered across campus haphazardly.)

[vbrooksutk.livejournal.com]

Let me talk to a friend who's still at UT to get the 411 on very-near-campus housing. Things have changed a lot in ~two years.

But Woodmeade South and Crossing Point are very close to UT with regularly-running bus service. To visit those, go down cumberland avenue (the main street) towards downtown, and take a right onto henley street. go across that bridge and turn left immediately after burger king. Northwood is on your right (I lived there) and Crossing Point is on your left. I also lived in Sterling University Heights, which also has regularly-running bus service... the directions are a little more confusing to get there but Mapquest Knotty Pine Way.

Some grad students lived in the upperclassman apartment-style dorm (Andy Holt Apts) but I wouldn't suggest it.

What I would suggest? a meal plan. The dining services program is fabulous.

[icepixie]

*writes down directions* Thank you! That's most helpful. I like the idea of bus service, too. Do you know if those are pretty much inhabited entirely by students, or is it a mixture of students and other people? (I'm basically hoping not to live somewhere that's party central on weekends. Did that in junior year; hope never to repeat the experience.)

What I would suggest? a meal plan. The dining services program is fabulous.

Hmmm. The lazy part of me likes that idea, but I'm thinking doing my own food would be cheaper, maybe? I didn't realize there were universities out there who would let you on the meal plan without living on campus, though, so that's pretty awesome.

[icepixie]

(Unfortunately, all classes get scattered across campus haphazardly.)

Well, I can walk. Probably. :) Good to know there's a building they'll likely be in...I'd prefer to live near that, rather than totally across campus, if I can. Although to be honest, being near the library might be a better way to go, given my obsession with research.