I'm reasonably settled in Madison now, as much as I can be in a temporary place with all of my stuff still in the storage unit thing. I'm not yet ready to write a coherent post about my life here so far, but I wanted to give some brief thoughts about school so far. So here are some of the pros and cons of being back in school.
Pro: Free food (yay for new school year events!)
Con: Going out to eat every other night when there isn't free food is hard on the bank account
Pro: Being at a Big 10 school with lots of people and lots of girls
Con: Being stuck in the engineering building most of the time with the standard proportion of girls
Pro: Learning about fun things like molecular dynamics simulation and DNA transcription
Con: Waking up early and getting no afternoon nap
Pro: Meeting some of the most influential researchers in chemical engineering
Con: Trying to convince one of them that they want to be my PhD advisor
Extra Con: Reading dozens of their papers and grant proposals to know what they are studying
Pro: Really good cheese
Con: Really bad beer (sure, there are microbreweries, but all everyone wants is Miller Light and PBR!)
Pro: Lakes
Con: No mountains
Pro: Incredibly advanced labs with every toy one could ever want and more...
Con: In an extremely old building that reminds me of my old middle school
Pro: More bike lanes and bikers...
Con: But still nearly getting hit more often than in Denver
Pro: Friendly students all around campus...
Con: Who you will probably never meet again
Pro: Slowly becoming an expert in my field...
Con: Over the next 5.5 years.
New post this weekend, I hope.
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