Annoying Question #2:
One of the comments a lot of my Mud Phud friends have made is that they thought there were schools that might have knocked them out of the running because they assumed that they (the applicant) would not accept that location due to coming from a "desirable" state.
I really could care less about location. You all may think that cant be true .but my life says otherwise. Im pretty basic in my needs these days.
So, any tips for how to let the admissions folks know that I really DONT care about location? I grew up in a tiny rural town with not even a general store, lived in Africa for two years under a dictator and a coup détat/concomitant death. Lived in the Southern US, the west, the northeast I have very little family anywhere, what exists is spread across the US ..Pretty much anywhere (location) is AOK with me (as long as there is fast internet, good libraries, and I can make my own cafe and take my dog for walks someplace a little isolated, Im fine).
My residency is California, and I fear some schools may take one whiff of that and think I am a Californian (I was born there, but NOT in the California people think of .CA is great, but not necessary for my happiness). Some of MY top ranked schools are in uncool places (that Ive been to and like) and I dont want them to turn me down sight unseen. Suggestions? Put this in an essay somewhere? Will they gather flexibility from my histoire?
One of the comments a lot of my Mud Phud friends have made is that they thought there were schools that might have knocked them out of the running because they assumed that they (the applicant) would not accept that location due to coming from a "desirable" state.
I really could care less about location. You all may think that cant be true .but my life says otherwise. Im pretty basic in my needs these days.
So, any tips for how to let the admissions folks know that I really DONT care about location? I grew up in a tiny rural town with not even a general store, lived in Africa for two years under a dictator and a coup détat/concomitant death. Lived in the Southern US, the west, the northeast I have very little family anywhere, what exists is spread across the US ..Pretty much anywhere (location) is AOK with me (as long as there is fast internet, good libraries, and I can make my own cafe and take my dog for walks someplace a little isolated, Im fine).
My residency is California, and I fear some schools may take one whiff of that and think I am a Californian (I was born there, but NOT in the California people think of .CA is great, but not necessary for my happiness). Some of MY top ranked schools are in uncool places (that Ive been to and like) and I dont want them to turn me down sight unseen. Suggestions? Put this in an essay somewhere? Will they gather flexibility from my histoire?
