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I can be reached on aol IM at blusilv. I'm pretty familiar with the school if anyone wants to chat.
Hi BK,Bucky Katt said:piano player here (although currently i do not own a piano). i am also matriculating at GW this fall. not a gunner. met FreddyDPT and had drinks with Brickhouse out here in Cali. looking forward to meeting the rest of you. i will be in DC by august 1st. who wants to explore the city and the local pubs?
go GW class of 2008!!!
BK
RachMD2B said:Uh oh, what are the "issues" with the claridge house? Do I want to know?
gschl1234 said:My husband and I just got back from DC searching for houseing. Just out of curiosity, is anyone planning on living in northern virginia (Falls Church, Vienna)?
There is a truth to that I think. I don't know about the rest of you guys who live in Claridge House but there is, for the life of me, one woman who works there that I cannot understand for the life of me when she speaks. I'm not mocking or anything like that at all but I honestly have to strain to understand her. She's fairly nice, though. Funny thing is, I will come in the building 3-4 times throughout her shift and she'll ask me EVERY TIME whether I live there or not!
Eugene
Hi IDpharm, I pm'd you with our story. It was kind of long so when I got done typing, I just sent it to you rather than clogging up this thread but yes, finding a good affordable place isn't easy!IDPHARM said:Hello, my wife and I were in Northern VA in June and we were shocked at the real estate. We put an offer on a condo in Falls Church for 250K and there were 14 other contracts...needless to say that the price escalated to 275K. Too rich for us. We ended up signing a lease on an apartment in Alexandria, within minutes of the Van Dorn Metro stop off the Blue line. We have a 2 year old and my wife liked Alexandria. How did your housing search go? See you at orientation.
gschl1234 said:My husband and I just got back from DC searching for houseing. Just out of curiosity, is anyone planning on living in northern virginia (Falls Church, Vienna)?
Hi Bucky,Bucky Katt said:my boyriend and i will live 1 mi from the Ballston metro stop in northern VA. we ended up renting a large 2-bd condo. from talking to the upper classmen, my impression is that a fair number of students live in VA, off the orange and blue lines. it's cheaper and luckily the public transportation makes it easy to get around. pm me if you have any questions.
we should think of a catchy name for that music band of ours
Bucky
GWMD2B said:Hey, all!
A couple of us are planning on meeting up tomorrow, Thursday, outside Ross Hall at ~7P.M. Figured it would be a nice chance to all meet, grab a drink or bite to eat, before hunkering down this summer to read "The Spirit Catches You"
Hope to see you all there!
neoncandle said:How can you guys afford to go to GW? I am applying for the class of 2009 and that is probably the thing I am most worried about. How were the financial aid packages?
Well, you could take out both the subsidized Stafford (8500) and unsubsidized Stafford (30,000) loans and that almost covers tuition. You'll be short a little over 1000, I think. If you have savings or your family can help, you can cover the rest of your living expenses without taking out more loans. Otherwise, you'll have to take out a variable interest private loan which maxes out at around 19,000 (as I recall). No matter what, the unsubsidized loan is a good bet because it's a "free" loan in that you aren't responsible for the interest that builds up while you're in school. The unsubsidized Stafford isn't as good since you're responsible for all the interest but you do get a fixed rate.neoncandle said:How can you guys afford to go to GW? I am applying for the class of 2009 and that is probably the thing I am most worried about. How were the financial aid packages?