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As Jacob O'Rourke's thread in the high school section reminds me, it's that time of year again where people start to hear back from transfer applications, grad school apps, job offers, landlords, etc. and make plans to go places. Here is a thread in which current college players or members of the college quizbowl community can post where they'll be next. Please post only if you have something definite to share, though that includes things besides "I am going to x and such school for [Degree]"; more general notes on moving to a new metropolitan area as a non-student/non-player/employee interested in continuing to staff or do outreach, etc.

I guess I'll start by saying that I decided not to go back to school next year, which maybe dispels some rumors that were floating about.

I will be pursuing a one-year Master of Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology. I'd like to play quizbowl during that time.

I am actually leaving academia and will be back in the West Michigan area.

I'll be working in management consulting in the DC area. I plan on playing whatever I'm allowed to, time permitting of course.

I will be relocating to New York City this summer where I will continue my long-standing policy of being old and showing up at open tournaments. I may occasionally be available to moderate things in NYC and immediate environs.

I will continue being a hanger on who contributes nothing to the community, but, for the moment, from metro Atlanta instead of Connecticut.

In the fall, I will be starting a one-year medical laboratory science program on the North Shore of Chicago, and do not intend to return to Georgia. I look forward to witnessing Illinois high school quizbowl firsthand.

Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant wrote:In the fall, I will be starting a one-year medical laboratory science program on the North Shore of Chicago, and do not intend to return to Georgia. I look forward to witnessing Illinois high school quizbowl firsthand.

Continuing the Georgia to Illinois exodus--I'm starting a PhD in Chemical Engineering at Northwestern University in the Fall. I will likely be open to staff tournaments--whether or not I play is pretty up in the air, though.

I'm starting a 3-year JD program at the University of Toronto this fall and plan to continue playing quizbowl.

I will begin my retirement. How long I remain retired is anyone's guess, however I know very few people who are willing to bet on the "forever" option so there's that. I probably qualify as an old person now. I will probably still play every chance I get, staff things, and continue to find my way onto good teams at side events. I hope to help edit the occasional college tournament as time permits.

I'm going to Minnesota for a two-year MS in Statistics. I'd love to continue staffing, especially (but maybe not exclusively?) at collegiate tournaments. The only situation in which I can see myself playing is if there's a spot on a DI NAQT team that would otherwise go unfilled--I'm done with learning stuff specifically for quizbowl.

Not sure how pertinent this is, but I will be abroad in Lebanon in the fall. I'll make my glorious return to quizbowl 2017.

Not sure how pertinent this is either, but I'll be at Oxford in the autumn, and back at Chicago in 2017.

I'll be attending the University of Oklahoma next year, pursuing an MA in Applied Linguistics. I plan on playing still, but plan to TD and staff tournaments more often than I have been able to recently.

serasuna wrote:Not sure how pertinent this is either, but I'll be at Oxford in the autumn.

Hey, me too! British people: I wouldn't mind attending a few practices or staffing a tournament, if Americans are allowed to do such things in your country.

vengefulsweatermensch wrote:

serasuna wrote:Not sure how pertinent this is either, but I'll be at Oxford in the autumn.

Hey, me too! British people: I wouldn't mind attending a few practices or staffing a tournament, if Americans are allowed to do such things in your country.

The Cantabs are literally freaking out at the news in this thread so far.

Short-beaked echidna wrote:

vengefulsweatermensch wrote:

serasuna wrote:Not sure how pertinent this is either, but I'll be at Oxford in the autumn.

Hey, me too! British people: I wouldn't mind attending a few practices or staffing a tournament, if Americans are allowed to do such things in your country.

The Cantabs are literally freaking out at the news in this thread so far.

It would help you more if they came in the spring, though.

I will be attending Michigan Tech in the fall to start an MS in Mathematical Sciences. I do wish to remain involved in quiz bowl while at MTU.

I don't suppose anyone knows of anyone heading to the Pacific Northwest...

CaseyB wrote:I will be attending Michigan Tech in the fall to start an MS in Mathematical Sciences. I do wish to remain involved in quiz bowl while at MTU.

That's Awesome! Michigan Tech always struck me as a good place for a quiz bowl team in spite of relative geographic isolation. Hopefully you'll have good luck. In undergrad, my Cosmology professor (whose had just finished his role as "Head of Theoretical Astrophysics" at Fermilab) said to the class about Michigan Tech students after giving a talk there, "Man, those kids are nerdy."

For what extremely little it's worth, I'll be at Central Connecticut State for another semester in the Fall, meaning I'll play stuff held at Yale if I can and hopefully staff some tournaments if I ever get a weekend off from work.

I'm continuing my second master's at UF starting this fall, where I'll probably play a few tournaments here and there.

Habitat_Against_Humanity wrote:

CaseyB wrote:I will be attending Michigan Tech in the fall to start an MS in Mathematical Sciences. I do wish to remain involved in quiz bowl while at MTU.

That's Awesome! Michigan Tech always struck me as a good place for a quiz bowl team in spite of relative geographic isolation. Hopefully you'll have good luck. In undergrad, my Cosmology professor (whose had just finished his role as "Head of Theoretical Astrophysics" at Fermilab) said to the class about Michigan Tech students after giving a talk there, "Man, those kids are nerdy."

Glad to see that you want to play there! I've been in contact with their team (and Northern) about strengthening the quizbowl community between the two peninsulas so let me know if you'd want to be involved in that.

As for me, I'm graduating from Michigan and I'm almost positive (I know this isn't definite I'm sorry) that I'll be attending Wayne State University in Detroit for a Masters before applying for medical school. Planning to continue staffing things for sure. Only way this would change is the small chance I end up doing my Masters at Boston University but I won't know for a while.

I'm not going anywhere, but I will be starting to scale back my involvement in quizbowl in 2016-17, including the near-certainty that I will be at neither college national (though I hope to be back staffing at least one in future years).

Cody wrote:I'm not going anywhere, but I will be starting to scale back my involvement in quizbowl in 2016-17, including the near-certainty that I will be at neither college national (though I hope to be back staffing at least one in future years).

I'm in a very similar position, since I'm starting my teaching career. I'm planning to stay a presence in the community to some extent, but I suspect my major tournament editing and directing days are over (I'm hoping to remain a day-of logistics person for things like NSC and ACF Nats, pending my school schedule cooperating, but I'm no longer able to take on long-term projects). I will stay an NAQT subject editor in the topics relevant to my work and a friendly neighborhood board moderator as far into the foreseeable future as those groups will have me, though, and I'll staff Richmond-area events whenever I don't have a competing school obligation.

I'm moving to Queen's University to pursue a MA in Economics and a JD (combined program). I still intend to play tournaments.

I'll be mostly in Minnesota from the beginning of June until the end of September, and I'm interested in playing open events in the upper midwest during this time.

CaseyB wrote:I will be attending Michigan Tech in the fall to start an MS in Mathematical Sciences. I do wish to remain involved in quiz bowl while at MTU.

That's great news--the Tech team is comprised of very nice folks. They (and the equally-fine people from Lawrence University) came to Marquette a few weeks ago for what I'm assuming is the first-ever Upper Peninsula collegiate quiz bowl tournament. I'm sure they'll be glad to have you!

CaseyB wrote:I will be attending Michigan Tech in the fall to start an MS in Mathematical Sciences. I do wish to remain involved in quiz bowl while at MTU.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED to next year's Twin Cities-area tournaments.

Mike Bentley wrote:I don't suppose anyone knows of anyone heading to the Pacific Northwest...

I'm going to UVic this fall for a music degree. I don't have plans to start a team, but I wouldn't mind going to Seattle once in a while.

Lightly Seared on the Reality Grill wrote:

Mike Bentley wrote:I don't suppose anyone knows of anyone heading to the Pacific Northwest...

I'm going to UVic this fall for a music degree. I don't have plans to start a team, but I wouldn't mind going to Seattle once in a while.

Awesome.

I'm joining the American exodus to Oxford in the fall, and I'll be staying for the rest of the year too. #shoethetabs?

Kouign Amann wrote:I'm joining the American exodus to Oxford in the fall, and I'll be staying for the rest of the year too. #shoethetabs?

We're going to be in Boston for a year, starting in a couple weeks. I might be able to help staff some events in the area, or I might extend my "don't show up to anything" streak.

After that, perhaps we'll finally live in a city not named for a classic rock band.

-Seth

I'll be starting a PhD at OSU; will probably enter at least a few years of greatly scaled-back activity, but I'm hoping to still show up to stuff.

setht wrote:We're going to be in Boston for a year, starting in a couple weeks. I might be able to help staff some events in the area, or I might extend my "don't show up to anything" streak.

After that, perhaps we'll finally live in a city not named for a classic rock band.

-Seth

dibs

(Seth and co. welcoming, of course)

Conversations at HSNCT and NSC alerted me that a Facebook status, changing my signature here, and word of mouth haven't been enough to spread the news. Sorry about that.

This fall I'll be returning to the University of Michigan to start an MS in Information (MSI) through their School of Information. It's a two-year program. I'll continue playing and staffing tournaments. More importantly, I'll coach up the A team on a certain pop culture topic that doomed them in this year's ICT final.

Mike Bentley wrote:I don't suppose anyone knows of anyone heading to the Pacific Northwest...

I suppose I should actually announce that I'm working in Seattle for the near future. I'll be around and *may* want to take a class or two.

I'm starting a 5-year PhD at UConn this fall, so I'll be around the New England area for the foreseeable future and can staff tournaments. I may or may not play a few things outside of field season if time allows.

I'll be starting my MAcc at the University of Oklahoma, and will probably babysit the B-team.

I'm living in Denver, CO at least until September 8, and likely until Election Day. I almost certainly won't have time to staff or play anything unless it's on a Sunday (not that Colorado is a bastion of quizbowl anyway).

I will begin attending The George Washington University Law School in a few weeks. I do not plan to play anything, with the possible exception of opens, but I will be happy to staff any tournaments in the Washington, DC area that need the help.

I'm moving to Chicago soon, I'll be available to staff things and play open events.

Steeve Ho You Fat wrote:I will continue being a hanger on who contributes nothing to the community, but, for the moment, from metro Atlanta instead of Connecticut.

Just kidding, I'll be doing so from cloudy and cold Stamford Connecticut instead.

Me, when I dreamed a dream in time gone by wrote:I'm going to Minnesota for a two-year MS in Statistics. I'd love to continue staffing, especially (but maybe not exclusively?) at collegiate tournaments. The only situation in which I can see myself playing is if there's a spot on a DI NAQT team that would otherwise go unfilled--I'm done with learning stuff specifically for quizbowl.

I'm leaving Minnesota after this semester for curricular reasons. I'll be going to DePaul University in Chicago January 2017-June 2018 for my MS in Predictive Analytics, which is a more applied/computational program. I'm pretty heartbroken to leave UMN/Minneapolis-area quizbowl(ers) and want to remain active staffing (and possibly crashing practices?) around Chicago, although I reserve the right to go to an easy tournament at UMN before I graduate.

Aaron's Rod wrote:I'm leaving Minnesota after this semester for curricular reasons. I'll be going to DePaul University in Chicago January 2017-June 2018 for my MS in Predictive Analytics, which is a more applied/computational program. I'm pretty heartbroken to leave UMN/Minneapolis-area quizbowl(ers) and want to remain active staffing (and possibly crashing practices?) around Chicago, although I reserve the right to go to an easy tournament at UMN before I graduate.

Aaron's Rod wrote:

Me, when I dreamed a dream in time gone by wrote:I'm going to Minnesota for a two-year MS in Statistics. I'd love to continue staffing, especially (but maybe not exclusively?) at collegiate tournaments. The only situation in which I can see myself playing is if there's a spot on a DI NAQT team that would otherwise go unfilled--I'm done with learning stuff specifically for quizbowl.

I'm leaving Minnesota after this semester for curricular reasons. I'll be going to DePaul University in Chicago January 2017-June 2018 for my MS in Predictive Analytics, which is a more applied/computational program. I'm pretty heartbroken to leave UMN/Minneapolis-area quizbowl(ers) and want to remain active staffing (and possibly crashing practices?) around Chicago, although I reserve the right to go to an easy tournament at UMN before I graduate.

Sad day, indeed! But I'm glad you'll be in a better program for you.