Yeah, everybody at my school who completed the paperwork in time got stipends regardless of whether their internship was paid or not, with the amount depending on where you were interning, but those of us staying in New York only got $250, which is enough to cover subway fare for the summer, basically. Work study…

I’m in public health, and while we have to do a practicum (pretty sure all MPH candidates have to do one regardless of the school they go to), it can be paid. However, my school kept telling us to not expect to get paid, and most of the partnerships they had were with organizations that were more likely to only have…

A similar thing happened with my grandmother, but for her it was college that she never got to finish. Even though she was smart enough to skip ahead two grades when she was still in high school. Pretty sure her younger brothers got to finish college though. =/

I’m also very short (4'10"), so clearly Kit Harrington is the perfect size for me and we are meant to be. Yeah, that’s totally how it works. =P

Ooh, that sounds cool! And you’ll kill the GRE, I’m sure! I’m in a Master of Public Health program, about to go into my 2nd and last year of the program! I’m focusing on Sociomedical Sciences (basically looking at how social factors affect health and access to healthcare) and then also focusing on sexual and…

Aww man, it’s past 5 on the West Coast now, but what are you studying? I’m also in school currently.

Yay!!! I will post here and Twitter to make sure as many people as possible are in the loop!

Russ & Daughters in the Lower East Side! Gothamist informed me of its existence toward the end of last week, and i’ve been craving it ever since.

Also @DAMitsDevon

My weekend plans are so up in the air, but I know a few of my friends also have no plans, so we can hopefully organize some drinking/museum going/other things this weekend. Also, maybe I’ll finally get my hands on a babka ice cream sandwich since I didn’t accomplish that goal last week.

I’m also on #twinja, same name as my one on here!

Yeah, my dad and other male family members are super into using Uber, and don’t really understand the discomfort I have with using it unless I have another passenger with me. Last September for instance, I was babysitting my cousins in their hotel room in NYC while my aunt and uncle were seeing Hamilton, and they got…

It depends on the place. Some people will rent out an empty room/basement in the house/apartment while also still living there, while others will rent out the entire property either because they only have it to rent out and make some money or they want to make some money while they’re traveling by letting someone stay…

I went to school in Texas (Rice), but we were a school full 0f nerds, so people rarely made a huge effort to decorate their rooms, except for the dude who made his look like a log cabin. Mostly people put their decorating efforts into creating decorations for parties that allowed them to show of their…

This is a big part of why I felt uncomfortable participating in the Ice Bucket Challenge a few years ago, even though it did end up being effective. And is also generally why I suck at fundraising, even for causes I believe in and hope that they’ll just be happy with my private (and small, tbh, because I’m a grad…

Right?! I used to work for a DV shelter, and we would tell people who called our hotline to get a restraining IF they thought it would effectively keep their abuser away from them, but that if it was likely that a restraining order would be more likely to make the abuser angry enough to be violent even if it means…

If that was in NYC, I would be like, “Where in this trash city is this subway stop, because I want to go there!” It definitely looks way nicer than most of our subway station, tbh.

I’ve never been married, but i have experience using a few different dating sites/apps and have talked to friends who also use them and I will say that liking someone and never initiating a conversation is an unfortunately common occurrence. So if there’s someone who really catches your eye, you may have to force…

Had some beer and wine earlier! I didn’t actually cook today, but i’m going to get some groceries delivered tomorrow morning and i’m going to try out a copycat recipe for the zuppa Toscana soup from Olive Garden (I know, I know, but it tastes good!) in my crockpot, so I can go have adventures during the day (most…

I was finally able to get into one of the Planned Parenthood NYC Activist Council trainings, and it was super awesome and now I can be a sex ed advocate and a clinic escort, among other things, and i’m super excited! Also, I went to the happy hour that they had after the training and actually had some really awesome…