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I Was Never Really In Anyway

Posted by MissMoneyJenny in MissMoneyJenny's Blog, 07 May 2013 · 1,359 views

Anyone who has seen my most recent post on the forum knows that I did not meet what I thought my conditional acceptance average requirement was. After speaking with someone on admissions and going over my acceptance again at 3am I realized I was never going to go to City University. For some reason I had placed the idea that the B+ was only for fourth yea...

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Criteria that Constitutes Happiness

Posted by annieca in Two Masters, an Archive and Tea, 13 April 2013 · 1,253 views

When I was deciding between Maryland and IUPUI, I was weighing the lesser amount of debt versus connections. Or at least, I thought I was. But then someone told me this:Pick the place that will make you the happiest, but remember that you always have the right to change your mind about what criteria constitute happiness. I love that quote. It told me that...

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All Topsy Turvy

Posted by 1Q84 in Right Now I'm A-Roaming, 12 April 2013 · 1,876 views

So, a lot has changed since I last posted. I received two offers in quick succession and now I'm currently in LA and have visited both schools and talked to the graduate advisers.What a whirlwind!I came to LA intent on attending the public school because I thought that their tuition waiver would be the most beneficial and I had heard better things about t...

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Visit Day - What I Look Out For

Posted by St Andrews Lynx in St Andrews Lynx's Blog, 12 March 2013 · 2,685 views

By this stage I figure I'm something of an expert at visiting potential grad schools. As mentioned in my earlier posts, I looked around a number of American universities when I was over in the States last summer (before the applications were even created). I visited several UK universities for formal interview days and informal introductions. Last weekend...

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Now that the Dust has Settled...

Posted by viggosloof28 in A Future Historian's Journey to PhD, 01 March 2013 · 3,445 views

Back again after a fairly long absence! :)And gentlefolk, it's finally March. I know for my discipline (history), programs are probably about half-way done returning decisions. I personally applied to ten schools and actually heard from the last of them on Monday. I'm extremely relieved to be done with the waiting game, and am extremely happy with how...

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Like Watching Sausage Being Made

Posted by TheFez in TheFez's Blog, 16 February 2013 · 4,034 views

This week I got a peek behind the curtain at the application review process and it's not pretty. As they say "a little like watching sausage being made".At a social function I overheard some discussion about the PhD applications under review (in another department at another school on another planet with no specifics about any individuals, I swear).Using...

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Playing Hard-to-Get (by accident!)

Posted by Amerz in Amerz's Blog, 08 February 2013 · 2,996 views

I unintentionally found out how to get schools to respond to your application much sooner. I noted in most of my applications that I would be backpacking and only available by email, and possibly Skype (internet connection permitting), after February. To be fair, at the time I thought this was true. I just ended up pushing my trip back until later because...

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And now we wait

Posted by psychdork in Psychdork's Blog, 06 February 2013 · 1,809 views

I realize it's been some time since my last post, but there really wasn't anything exciting to write about until recently.So now I'm in that never-ending waiting period. Every day I find myself staring at my phone, demanding the email notification light to start blinking. And then it does, and I think, "wow, it really worked!". Until I read the email, whi...

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What If??

Posted by obiwanitakenobi in 20/20 Hindsight, 15 December 2012 · 2,405 views

I bet that right now, there are about a million "What if??" questions running through every one of our brains... But the scariest one is "What if I don't get in?"I'll speak for myself-- that seems to be all I can think about lately. A couple of days ago, I made myself write out a Plan B (which started off seriously: "look int...

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T-minus 12 days.

Posted by Fell4Ever in Asian Studies Masters, 03 August 2012 · 869 views

This might just be my last blog post here on The Grad Cafe, and it is an exciting turn of events. How I went from a 'decaf' lurker to a Master's Student is certainly a trek I will not soon forget. I still wake up some days just wondering how I got into such a great program when everyone just seemed to out-qualify me, but there are those days w...

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Where has my summer gone...getting ready for it all to start

Posted by orst11 in A Senseless Game, 22 July 2012 · 550 views

So less than a month until the big move.

I'm both excited yet freaking out at times. This whole process is about to finally end and a new journey will start and hopefully it ends as well as this one.

Anyways, as many obstacles it seems like a person confronts with this whole process they must not forget the journey isn't over until you are really...

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August 20: The Journey Begins

Posted by Medievalmaniac in The Alchemist's Path, 19 June 2012 · 698 views

OK, I lied. I actually start TA orientation on August 6.FINALLY!What a long, strange journey this has been. First, the application season-that-wasn't. Then, the application season that ended in a fully-funded offer from a perfect-fit school. Followed almost immediately by the cancer diagnosis. Followed by the year of chemo and radiation. Followed...

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Moving in 64 days.

Posted by cokohlik in Around the Block Again, 18 May 2012 · 484 views

moving

In 64 days, I'll be driving cross-country with my parents to Delaware. My dad offered generously to drive our truck, which will also be towing our car. I last did a move like this when I was a kid, so I was too naive to know that I should worry about things like accidents, the car breaking down, thieves breaking into the storage portion, running out o...

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Not looking to be a good season ...

Posted by Kitkat in The Rocking Blog, 05 April 2012 · 913 views

So at this point, I am looking at three rejections, and still two unknowns. Out of those two unknowns, I am thinking that one is a definite rejection, and the other one I think is not looking that great either. Not necessarily impossible, in my cynical mind, but unlikely, mainly do to the fact that they take so few people.But at this point it looks like I...

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A Moment of Levity and Lessons Learned

Posted by mallorn in Jumping into the Fray, 21 March 2012 · 985 views

Just finished a hilarious interview, and I really mean hilarious. When I first got the email from the POI of a school that I was already accepted to but had no funding yet, asking to chat, of course I was excited, who wouldn't be? So I immediately went off and prepared for the interview by reading the POIs personal webpage.... only to discover that he...

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Well now I've gone and made it all awkward

Posted by LLajax in Click My Heels Three Times and Get In, 26 February 2012 · 588 views

So it was recently my mother's birthday. Like a good little offspring, I sent her a card and called her. My younger sibling, rebrobate that he is, forgot (or chose not to?), despite reminders from me and our dad. Alas. Now he's gone incommunicado and the current parental theory is that he's avoiding contact because he'd have to awkwardly a...

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Roller Coaster

Posted by aberrant in Blog of Abnormally Aberrant, 22 February 2012 · 560 views

Had an emotional roller coaster ride this week. Earlier in the week I went to visit a school at NY. While they spell out everything about how great the school is, the city and everything, it became an unachievable illusion as I received a rejection letter from that school. I have to be honest that I didn't see it coming, as I personally felt that most...

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On mood, emotion, and playing the waiting game

Posted by gellert in To the Lighthouse, 20 January 2012 · 853 views

So, like a good little nerd, I've mapped it out:My happiness is on the y-axis, ascending from 0 (none) to 100 (most).The time of day is on the x.-- And the waiting game is a perfect quadratic equation.I wake up and check my email, and when I see that I still have not heard from graduate schools, I start off my day at (0, 0). Never mind that, surely,...

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Just over a year in, some reflections

Posted by appmatharmy in NY or KY, 05 January 2012 · 730 views

I thought I would add some thoughts now that I have one semester left for my masters degree (hopefully two of them). 1. I am way dumber than I thought I was smart. Previous entries list my undergrad stats if you're interested. I have worked harder in the last sixteen months than I ever have, and have probably just begun to discover what I don'...

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Back for an entry

Posted by Tall Chai Latte in Tall Chai Latte's blog, 20 November 2011 · 402 views

Hello GradCafe,In this somewhat chilly afternoon, I am trying to produce some progress before I head home for thanksgiving. I haven't visited this site (and the blog) for a while, it's a good time to take a moment and write something.After my journey with numerous rotations (let's say, more than 3, to remain anonymous on the internet), I settl...

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