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Universite de Paris - Accepted!
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 2:30 pm
by betelgeuse1
I don't believe it! USA What happens there? I am admitted in Paris! I love USA but USA doesn't love me? WHY?
Re: Universite de Paris - Accepted!
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 3:22 pm
by blackcat007
betelgeuse1 wrote:I don't believe it! USA What happens there? I am admitted in Paris! I love USA but USA doesn't love me? WHY?
congratulations!! atleast you have some direction now.
Re: Universite de Paris - Accepted!
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 3:34 pm
by betelgeuse1
yeah, right... 3 years PhD that should be of 4 years at least... and after that no secure funding... great direction...
Re: Universite de Paris - Accepted!
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 2:54 am
by theoretical_phys
Welcome to my world. I was accepted into UCL, King's College, and University of Sussex...ALL without funding.
Europe hates me.
Re: Universite de Paris - Accepted!
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:35 am
by betelgeuse1
no no... My offer has also some funding and some housing help... it's just they pay only 3 years and it usually takes more to finish the PhD. The Idea was that after the 3 years one has to search for funding... Would be silly to stop after 3/4 of your PhD because there's no more money... Otherwise I just found some nice apartments in Paris for only 400 EUR / month ... not so bad after all...
Re: Universite de Paris - Accepted!
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:39 am
by betelgeuse1
There is also the way universities are being seen. American Universities have simply more prestige, you can find a job far easier if you get your PhD from an American university but WHO the hell heard about university of Paris Diderot??? You see, Europe is not the best option...
Re: Universite de Paris - Accepted!
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:24 pm
by Mataka
Paris is also one of those places "proud not to speak english", so it may be hard to have a good time there unless you speak french.
Re: Universite de Paris - Accepted!
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:27 pm
by noojens
Mataka wrote:Paris is also one of those places "proud not to speak english", so it may be hard to have a good time there unless you speak french.
Really? I've never found that to be the case. Most Parisians I know are at least trilingual, and everyone speaks some English. As long as you make an effort to learn some French and approach people in their native language (what a concept), people will accommodate you.
Re: Universite de Paris - Accepted!
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:59 am
by betelgeuse1
Mataka wrote:Paris is also one of those places "proud not to speak english", so it may be hard to have a good time there unless you speak french.
I know...
I've learned some French during my last year there so I hope it'll be better now. The problem is I don't know how I'll survive without my hot-dogs.
Now, seriously, I've got already some rejections from the US system and I wait for BU, Brandeis, Northeastern and Rice. I suppose Rice will reject me sooner or later and I don't know if I'll go to the others anyway. The Paris program looks pretty good...
I hope I'll see NY at least during my post-doc...
Love you America!