Hello from NW Illinois!

Hi everyone! My name is Joey and I am from Northwest Illinois. Soon to be relocating to central Illinois for medical school. I was introduced to the WDW Radio Show about a year ago, and have been hooked ever since.

I was raised on classic Disney movies like Snow White, Mary Poppins, and The Jungle book; but I absolutely love the new movies and shows too. I have visited the parks almost every other year since I was born, although now that I am older I tend to go multiple times a year. I also love vinylmations and am an avid collector/trader. I also enjoy pins, but I do not trade them very often. In addition to Disney, I am an avid runner and reader.

Ultimately I hope to leave Illinois after med. school and get a residency in Florida. Then eventually live in the Orlando area, and fulfill my lifelong dream of being able to go to WDW anytime I want! I am super excited to finally be an active member of the forums. Hopefully one day I'll meet some of you at a WDW meet of the month!

Welcome.

Welcome! Being in Med school you will need to visit your happy place more often, good luck!

Will you be an Illini?

Haha, I will indeed be an Illini. Or I suppose I should say I will once again be one. I did my undergrad work at U of I in Chicago, my masters in Urbana-Champaign, and am now going back to Urbana for med school. Are you an alum? By the way Gabe, I love the quote about friends and family! :lol:

WDW Daddy: Thanks for the welcome!

Welcome!

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Haha, I will indeed be an Illini. Or I suppose I should say I will once again be one. I did my undergrad work at U of I in Chicago, my masters in Urbana-Champaign, and am now going back to Urbana for med school. Are you an alum? By the way Gabe, I love the quote about friends and family! :lol:

WDW Daddy: Thanks for the welcome!

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My husband is an Illini, my DD is currently doing her undergrad at Urbana-Champaign, I am Auggie. Oy, I would not want to add up your tuition bills.

Thanks. I tell that to myself all the time as I cope with my aging parents, but I recently forgot my motto and ran onto a plane to Disney World instead. :mickeykid

You would actually be kind of surprised. For my masters I had a full tuition waiver and a stipend for being a grad assistant. I went to community college also, and only did my last two years of undergrad at UIC. So I am going into medical school without debt. Afterwards I will have plenty of debt, however. At least going to my state school will minimize it.

I can definitely relate somewhat on aging family. My grandparents both passed away in the past year, and that had been a struggle for quite awhile; taking care of them and just dealing with all the difficulties that come along with aging.

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You would actually be kind of surprised. For my masters I had a full tuition waiver and a stipend for being a grad assistant. I went to community college also, and only did my last two years of undergrad at UIC. So I am going into medical school without debt. Afterwards I will have plenty of debt, however. At least going to my state school will minimize it.

I can definitely relate somewhat on aging family. My grandparents both passed away in the past year, and that had been a struggle for quite awhile; taking care of them and just dealing with all the difficulties that come along with aging.

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Hmmm....someday we will have discuss that Masters tuition wavier, grad assistant thingy. Currently the $30,000.00 a year minus a few scholarships is kill'n us/her. Money is tight at UoI now and she doesn't play football or basketball, lol.

I was in the library school, and happened to have a recreational interest in Russian and Eastern European languages. So I received an assistantship to be a cataloger in the Slavic Library there. It was a nice deal, especially since I only had to work 10-15 hours a week.

I know similar things exist in every department, but most other fields you would be a TA and most likely run a lab and/or lecture portion of a class. I am sure that stuff is very competitive though. Had I not gotten my assistantship I would not have gone to grad school. There are many reasons, but money was definitely a big one. I was there in 2008-2009, which was when the budget started to really be watched closely, and I know it is even more strict now. Hopefully she will find something!

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I was in the library school, and happened to have a recreational interest in Russian and Eastern European languages. So I received an assistantship to be a cataloger in the Slavic Library there. It was a nice deal, especially since I only had to work 10-15 hours a week.

I know similar things exist in every department, but most other fields you would be a TA and most likely run a lab and/or lecture portion of a class. I am sure that stuff is very competitive though. Had I not gotten my assistantship I would not have gone to grad school. There are many reasons, but money was definitely a big one. I was there in 2008-2009, which was when the budget started to really be watched closely, and I know it is even more strict now. Hopefully she will find something!

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Oh wow. She did a course in Slavic her Freshman year but well after that. She had a very odd, kinda creapity instructor.

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Oh wow. She did a course in Slavic her Freshman year but well after that. She had a very odd, kinda creapity instructor.

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I cannot say I am too surprised. I audited a few classes in Urbana-Champaign in an attempt to keep up my Russian knowledge, but I found the department there to be a bit lackluster. The department in Chicago was awesome though. Very welcoming and not creepy. Learning Russian was one of the most random and best decisions I ever made. I actually received Fulbright money and studied abroad there, all expenses paid, one summer. Plus it got me my assistantship. I guess you just never know when those seemingly trivial skills will come in handy. :-D

IH i'm nicholas. i'm 12 i know right. my mom is an Illini too.:)

Thanks for stopping by to say hi Nicholas!

Welcome !!!!!

Hello and welcome Joey!