<p>^ I guess I should say that the people I’ve met here are incredibly intelligent and I can have very insightful conversations with them about the material or other academic stuff, but sarcasm/satire does not hold much of an audience here since like <em>everybody</em> I meet is minoring some form of ultra-PC race or gender studies. Of course, I’ve also been told I carry myself with more of an east-coast attitude (like BerkOrBust) so that may be a factor, but still it’s just silly to me when people here act like alcohol/cuss words/eating meat/not recycling is the devil. I guess I just wasn’t expecting it, but the astounding brilliance of my professors and GSIs has more than made up for it. Actually, I’ve gotten along with my professors far better than with the students, which I don’t mind :)</p>
<p>Another plus is that for the first time in my adult life, I don’t have to work 40+ hours per week while going to school full-time. Work study is such a great program. You can work in any of the 20 (20!) libraries or countless departments for however many hours per week you think you can spare, and they pay more than most real jobs I’ve had.</p>