Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Hey, guys! I'm transferring!

Financial reasons.  If you want to belabor me about leaving Rice, please do it privately - I shall direct you to a table showing the cost of tuition at Rice vs. that at UT-Austin.  Then I can point you in the direction of ARWU's international rankings, which places UT higher than Rice in every field I care about (overall, natural sciences, and computer science).  Then I can say "nyah-nyah" and show you the variety of courses offered, and the erratic hours they're scheduled at (which will suit me EXCEPTIONALLY well).

And if you STILL aren't convinced, I can show you the Physics department's T-shirt.

... That's pretty much the definition of a Pajj.  At any rate!

Logistics:

  • In order to graduate from UT with a degree in any Natural Sciences division, I need to obtain 60 hours in-residence.  
  • Checked with the transfer credit people in Austin, and I'll enter UT with about 90 credit hours (which will cover basically all the CORE classes, and most lower division sciences).  Ironically?  Some of the courses I took at Rice don't apply to UT (good job, Earth Science and Sociology), but ALL of the ones I took in high school and at HCC do. 
  • Since I need more hours to graduate than credits for a computational physics degree, I'm getting at least one other degree (in Computer Sciences).  Jeremy and Paul corrupted me;  blame them.
  • Also applying for:
    • the Turing Scholars program (computer sciences); 
    • the Dean of Natural Sciences honors program (for physics);
    • and ridiculous quantities of scholarships, though I should be able to get loans for tuition.
  • $16,560 per semester vs. $4,100.  Doesn't get more real than that, guys :-\

At any rate?  I still love you.  And I *shall* miss you.  Also?  

HOLY CRAP I BE MOVIN TO AUSTIN BETCHES 
(If I iz accepted, but pretty sure that'll happen.  Top 10% rule.)


<3s and stars,
Pajj