Compiling links

[feuervogel]

http://www.uic.edu/gcat/LAGER.shtml#d (too expensive)

http://www.gsstudies.uga.edu/programs/german-MA.html (I know a lot of people in Atlanta now)

http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/dllc/GERM/MA (Columbia isn't *that* far...)

https://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/germanic/GraduatePrograms/Overview.php (I know people in Austin now, as long as they don't move away soon)

https://sllc.umd.edu/german/graduate/maprogram (I know a LOT of people here, and they state up front that people NOT going into academe are welcome; shit, son, living inside the Beltway is expensive)

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[corneredangel.livejournal.com]

shit, son, living inside the Beltway is expensive)

But Greenbelt or thereabouts, or even up more up towards Laurel and Columbia and such, is fairly reasonable as long as you have a car.

[feuervogel]

Yeah, but how much does parking in College Park/on campus cost? UNC is absurd, so I can only assume UMCP is ludicrous. The CP Metro station isn't exactly close to campus (according to GMaps), either. Then factor in time, gas money, Metro fares (at peak times)... is it saving anything at that point? (I don't know, honestly. I suppose I could ask my sister, who lived outside the Beltway for a while, then in DC close enough to walk to work, and now is back in Maryland and commuting to Dupont Circle again.)

Hmm, it's actually not that bad for commuter students, but it's a lottery system? Or first come first served, probably.

Augh flail.

[corneredangel.livejournal.com]

For all that's worth, from the College Park station to campus is a brisk 15-minute walk - but there are *plenty* of buses. I mean, if you seriously look around, I think you can find a studio or even just a room in College Park itself. And on top of that, yeah, if you just want a practical MA, not the first years of a German Lit PhD program, Maryland really is the best place, so maybe this really is one of those times where you have to spend money to buy happiness.

[feuervogel]

Right, buses. They don't show up on GMaps! I think I saw something about a campus shuttle on the parking & transportation page, even, which would probably help.

There's an apartment complex that caters to grad students near the SW edge of campus, and studios were $985 a month, 1BRs $1099. Though I can't imagine it's easy to *get* an apartment anywhere near campus. These people have other complexes, too, so.

I'm definitely predisposed for a practical degree. One of the students there right now is an MA student with an interest in teaching and second language acquisition, so...

[corneredangel.livejournal.com]

My experience with *anything* UMD is ten and more years old at this point, But the 104 bus runs from the station to the middle of campus literally EVERY FIVE MINUTES - http://www.transportation.umd.edu/schedules.html

And as far as apartments, etc., you've been to the DC suburbs - and all due respect, Prince George's Co. isn't nearly as upscale as Montgomery. So there are more than plenty of complexes and towers and single apartments and just people renting basements and such. Bottom line is, getting a place to live is like the least difficult thing about all of this. Especially if you basically approach it as a job that you're commuting to, just, instead of living in the suburbs, and going downtown, you're doing it the other way around.

[feuervogel]

Yeah. Though my sister lived in people's basements, and I have to say I'm not terribly keen on that experience. Her last place was nifty, had a turret window and all, but the electric fixtures were lacking. She melted the plug to a lamp because it was plugged in to the same outlet as a space heater. O_o

This is all 2 years off, if at all, but I like getting all the information I can in advance. Yay planning.