What do you guys think? I know that’s a pretty weird place overall, do you think it’s still worth doing? Do any of you have experience there?
to be clear, I’m open to it, I put it as my third place because I felt putting it there would increase my chances of being picked, and clearly that worked lol
I am 24 and have lived in South Florida just about my whole life. There are many things I hate about Miami, many of them things I see talked about here a lot, but there are certain recurring subjects on this sub that baffle my mind.
I pretty much never encounter these OF models, scammers, or petty influencers you all seem to be driven up the wall by. Sure, I know they exist, some may be friends of friends of friends, but they are damn easy to avoid. Is everyone on this sub Clavicular's neighbor in Brickell or something? I have tons of great friends here, and I meet great people all the time. People into music, art, film, people in the medical field, people from all over the world. I can count on one hand the amount of scamming OF model types that I have encountered here.
As I get ready to go to grad school out of state (and I am very excited/hopeful to live somewhere new), one of the things I know I'll miss about Miami is how obviously shallow many people are. They make themselves ridiculously easy to avoid, and make the cool people easy to spot.
So, I applied for and interviewed with BEDA back in March. I didn't think I'd get it because 1. My interview went pretty poorly in my view and 2. with all the other aux programs shuttering, BEDA would have stiff competition so I probably wouldn't get it.
With the months of April and May going by with no word from them, I really thought that was it. Then NALCAP all of a sudden opened, and my hope was back. I applied just hours after the call went out, which is a reversal of what I did last year. (my rec letter came in just two days before the call closed.)
Then, this morning, I get an email that I was selected for BEDA! This is great, but it presents a problem. I think I want NALCAP (assuming I am accepted) more because it seems BEDA is more expensive and demands more, but honestly, as I have no experience with any of this, I'd appreciate some feedback.
If you were in my position, what would you do?