<p>I’m going to counter that and say don’t use UTrucking.</p>
<p>Far more expensive than it’s worth (convenience included). If you absolutely have to store your stuff, find an offsite location- they’re half the cost (and rent the wecar for an hour if you need transportation to it).
Even much cheaper if you split a storage unit with a group of friends.</p>
<p>limabeans: I appreciate the input. I’ve decided that I’ll apply to transfer in spring 2011. Yes I’ve heard from a lot of people spring transfer is not the best option in terms of making a smooth transition socially, but I’ll be a sophomore next year and I really want to study abroad my junior year. I figure making the move in the spring of sophomore year will give me a semester to adjust to the new school before studying abroad. Of course if I don’t get in in the spring I’ll definitely try again next fall. </p>
<p>Can someone answer my other question?
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<p>noob…or anyone else you has been accepted into WashU…what is your background?</p>
<p>Such as act score, high school gpa, community servive, certification…</p>
<p>batdol: The econ department was decent until this past semester, when they lost four top professors (including a nobel laureate). They’re cutting costs and replacing them with recently graduated PhDs for a couple semesters that they can pay next to nothing.</p>
<p>marcdvl: have you seen much cost-cutting elsewhere on campus? It’s hard for anyone, institutions or individuals, to be cutting costs because of this recession. We forget what once the way of doing business and get used to easier times very easily. But, has WashU cut many staff or professors in the past year?</p>
<p>Because of tenure, most professors are staying put. It was an unfortunate loss for the economics department that four of their most well known professors all decided to move on/retire at the same time. This then led to an easy cost cut. Don’t get me wrong, there are still several fantastic professors…it’s just the entire department seems to have its quality cut down as a whole.</p>
<p>In short…while the economy has led to hiring freezes, this is quite different than having established professors leaving and being replaced by a recent graduate. One example is a PhD graduate from this past semester is teaching a 400 level class this upcoming semester because the previous professor with 20+ years retired. Will students get the same out of this class than in years past…probably not.</p>
<p>Just my 2 cents. They are actively hiring so things could be completely different this time next year.</p>
<p>Plus losing a nobel laureate (Professor North who is retiring after this semester) seems to be a big deal…while impressive this issue isn’t of much concern to me.</p>
<p>@ nooob (or anyone else who knows the answer)</p>
<p>Could you please elaborate on the University Scholars Program in Medicine? I am also looking into premed and I got an information packet on this program, and I just wanted to know some of the details (how many students are accepted, how hard it is to get in, etc.) because I will definitely fill out the application for this. thanks.</p>
<p>While you should definitely fill out the USP application (what’s the worst that happens, they say no?), just know that it is unbelievably competitive.</p>
<p>Something like only 5 people get accepted every year.</p>
<p>only 5? dang, all right then. thanks!</p>
<p>i’m not gonna post my background info because i don’t think it’s that important. yes, i had 2100+ SAT scores, but i definitely had a few B’s in high school, and the generic community service. </p>
<p>as for the university scholars program, it is unbelievably hard to get into. 5 ppl/year sounds about right, i really wouldn’t bet on it unless you were already an extremely strong candidate, but it’s definitely a great opportunity.</p>