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bdon19

Member Since 02 Aug 2011
Offline Last Active May 15 2013 10:03 PM

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About Me

If you really wanted to know/if they even really matter:

UG Major: English Lit, Minor: Gender Studies
GPA: 3.75-ish/about 3.8 in major
GRE (revised): Verbal: 167, Math: 155, AW: 5.5
GRE subject test: 660 (87th%)

Primary subfield: novel theory/history of the novel; 18th-century literature

Applying to M.A./Ph.D. programs in English Lit:
Brown, Duke, Cornell, Indiana, Princeton, Rutgers, U Michigan, UNC-Chapel Hill, UT-Austin, U Toronto
M.A. Program:
U Connecticut
PM me if you want to know anything else or just want to chat! I'm very friendly (I'd like to think)!

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Birthday December 19
Gender
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Location
IL/WI
Interests
history of the novel/novel theory
New formalism
Mikhail Bakhtin
Hélène Cixous
18th-century lit (esp. novels)
D.H. Lawrence
Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and Branwell Brontë
Anaïs Nin
Oxford commas
Fighting people who love Jane Austen, Harold Bloom, and Ian Watt
Program
English Lit - M.A./Ph.D.

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bdon19

It's official--I'm going to UNC next year! Yay! :)

Apr 06 2012 02:08 AM

snes
yay, congrats!
Apr 06 2012 04:50 AM
newms
Congrats!

Apr 06 2012 04:36 PM

bdon19

Well, I just turned down my first Ph.D. offer. Sounds crazy to say that...

Apr 02 2012 08:39 PM

bdon19

So, so close to committing...I can feel this process slowly dwindling to a close, and it is a fabulous feeling.

Mar 28 2012 06:02 AM

amandab
It really is a great feeling! I hope you make the one that is best for you!
Mar 28 2012 05:01 PM

bdon19

I have fallen in love...with a program. With the program, the people, the campus, the town. Everything about this place is just perfect.

Mar 17 2012 01:52 PM

cokohlik
:D! Yay!!
Mar 17 2012 03:37 PM
antecedent
You have some great admits, bdon! I'm so curious which one it is :) Have fun!
Mar 17 2012 04:24 PM
Timshel
Are you talking about Chapel Hill? I know that's where you were leaning. I was just there on Tuesday. We should have met up!
Mar 18 2012 06:49 AM

bdon19

Super excited for my two visits over spring break!

Mar 14 2012 08:01 PM

bdon19

Conferences are so weird. Fun, but so so weird.

Mar 05 2012 02:30 AM

DualCitizenIR
I totally agree. Before I ever went to one, I thought it would be a huge circular room like the UN or something where everyone made speeches... Then I found the odd academic creation called the conference.
Mar 05 2012 04:11 AM
TripWillis
I've been to two; one was totally and completely the weirdest thing ever and the other was absolutely enthralling. Guess those are the two polar options.
Mar 05 2012 07:14 PM
eco_env
I've been to 2 of the same conference (2 different years). seemed pretty ordinary to me.
Mar 05 2012 11:21 PM