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chupacabra

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  1. Semi-finalist for Japanese! Just got the email about 20 minutes ago! Good luck to you all! Feeling super grateful right now!
  2. Turns out it wasn't sent in. I'm incredibly baffled, defeated, and upset, because this professor encouraged me to apply in the first place and I'd been consistent in giving reminders. I got in contact with someone from CLS; they were very helpful and encouraged me to see to it that the LOR gets submitted, but said there are no guarantees the LOR will be read since it is late. CLS reads incomplete applications, which is ostensibly a small ray of hope for me... but I truly don't know what the future holds. We will see! In the meantime, I'm simply going to accept what has happened and try not to feel so down about it.
  3. Applied for Japanese and was excited, but am now currently low-key freaking out because I'm not actually sure if my professors submitted their letters of recommendation... I thought I was all set and had reminded them, but now I'm going through my application and the first referee's status only has "notification sent" as the most recent update. The other says "opened." What the heeeeck.
  4. Made it to my top grad school/program of choice, I'm in my third month of my very first semester, and I have no friends despite my program's very small size. We all know each other, but a combination of my introverted nature and odd cohort dynamics have left me on the outskirts of bonding as other students grow closer; I'm questioning if I can find genuine friends here now. I'm trying to be friendly and interact positively, but so far have yet to see any payoff. I had no idea it would be so difficult to find friends when we're all ostensibly here for the same reason; I don't think I've ever had this much trouble before, and it makes me long to move back to cities where I've made real and abiding friendships. There are maybe three or so "ringleaders" to whom most of my colleagues flock. Cliques have formed. The atmosphere is somewhat petty and secretive. The three ringleaders take part in exclusive group texts that about a third of my cohort regularly participates in -- during one of our required courses this is especially apparent, when looking around the table one sees people making eye contact and then texting, smirking at one another over their laptops as they hold a hilarious private conversation about something or other (while the professor lectures). This is constant. I am not part of this ongoing group conversation. I'm torn between feeling sad and left out, and feeling somewhat nonplussed that so many of my colleagues aren't paying full attention in class/are participating in what is kind of immature behavior. Mostly, I'm disappointed: I didn't think it would feel so impossible to forge a connection.
  5. Wonderful dose of reality - the ups and the downs. I'm so happy for you and, echoing the comment above mine, would love to read more. Thank you for sharing with such sincerity!
  6. My plan is that I'd move to LA to be closer to family; and once there, I'd apply to the Peace Corps! This would be great for bolstering relevant experience for my intended diplomacy/international relations graduate plans, but it would be a pretty big jump for me and feels surreal to think about.
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