ThisGuyRiteHere

I remember reading about you in the previous threads...Hopefully this year is the year.

You should do the interview. Good luck!

Thank you also. means alot to me

Thanks i really appreciate it.

Congrats to all the admits today...Today is easily one of the best days of my life. Thinking about how low and depressed I was at work last yr, compared to now...Im glad i stuck it through and didnt do anything foolish...And I met the VP last week...and the 49ers are in the super bowl...Gotta just stick with it. I am sure my ancestors like Fredrick Douglas & Harriet Tubman would be proud of me today. My advice is go through the back channels (around the office folk if you have already spoken to the admission directors of the department), and keep your email open 24/7.

You better work the back channels and contact admission directors and go around the office people...

P.S - I have a 3.2 GPA - Econ major- with a substandard GRE score. If i can do it, you all can.

IN AT KENTUCKY. IM BOUT TO SHOUT IN CLASS AND DO A PRAISE DANCE.

And the WashU interview

Congrats to Iowa

I am beginning to think Monday and Friday may be the hot days of the week for news.

Since I am interested in political economy, this why I am taking econometrics, mathematical econ and will probably take a grad Micro/Macro sequence or more econometrics...gotta be flexible these days

I was SOOO close to applying to Pitt...Political Econ program looked SO appealing...but with my GRE/GPA, I just could not justify an application sadly..Good luck tho

Oh and congrats to PSU acceptance

If its so bad out there...why not share their wisdom with us and let us know instead of making fun of us. I mean really if there is asymmetric information, we should be informed before we make life changing decisions. Ill tell you one thing my dad told me (a blue collar guy - Im the first in my fam to go/try to go to graduate school).."Once you get out here, a job is a job. You work 9-5, you come home, eat and go to sleep and get ready to do that all over again." That is what scares me. I did that last year. That's the only reason why I have not withdrawn my own applications. I mean even assuming the worst and we all end up on the Post-Doc circuit (I think I would rather be a post-doc than an adjunct)...I would rather know when I die I spent 5 years doing something I loved and studying something i was passionate about for free (or atleast less than 30k-Most im willing to pay)...That most people can say they have never done or wish they have. Its tough out there and I know the Shit Boomers are f*ing every one up by not retiring, but im young, (under 25) i can afford to take risks now, so why not? As I write this, I am currently waiting out side the school gates waiting for the white smoke to come out to let me know they have made a decision

And with that folks, the work day is done on the east coast.

hahahaha now thats funny

Get Tenure or Die Tryin' lol

Congrats to the recent OSU posting also!

Congrats to the NEW Madison admit

PSJR makes me laugh so much

Congrats to UIUC

Congrats to the new Ohio State acceptance also..

Congrats to all the Madison folk...im sure we will be seeing some postings in the next few days.

Bug the admissions folks lol...thats how I found out the committee was meeting