Grad school

[gfish]

I just officially accepted UBC's offer.

So, yeah, it's really happening. I'm going to grad school. In Vancouver. To study robotics. For lack of any other words: ZOMG.

Comments

[rollick.livejournal.com]

That is, indeed, some ZOMG-worthy news. Is it weird that I have a vague "oh, they're moving, I'll miss them" sense, even though we've only met once? Hopefully you'll be keeping us updated here.

Will it be hard giving up the Burrow, or are you ready to move on? And how long is this grad program?

[vixyish.livejournal.com]

It'll probably be harder for me to give up the Burrow than Fishy. I'm pretty sure he's tired of hitting his head on the basement ceiling. ;)

[gfish.livejournal.com]

I've been itching for a change for a while now. I've lived in Seattle for 11 years, and I'm starting to feel very provincial, having lived in the same state my entire life. BC is still adjacent, but I think it scores extra for being a different country. :)

That said, moving out of the Burrow is going to be a huge pain, if only because of the 1500 pounds of printing press in the basement. (I'll be posting more details about my insane summer moving plans later, but they include a canoe and being functionally homeless for 2 months.) There is no way I'm going to have the same kind of shop space in Vancouver.

The way UBC arranges things is that you first get a Masters, which is 2 years. (This seems to be the standard at Canadian universities, as compared to the US where you often end up directly in the PhD program.) I'm interested in continuing on for a PhD, which is another 4-lol years, but I don't have to make that decision anytime soon.