damequixote

My thoughts exactly.

I bet it's a fellowship nom. I'm sure there'll be more to come

Asleepawake, I just finished watching Heathers. If you had a fan club, I would totally join it.

I suppose you're right. At least I appreciate that you too think this is a hard decision and not a clearly defined one that I'm totally mucking up. Thanks

I was recently accepted at one of my top choices (and a top 20 school for my program) --funding is very low, but the program is very strong. I assumed, then, that I'd just be going there! Until.... I got offered a doctoral fellowship at a school that ranks maybe 110 for my program. I know rankings aren't the be all and end all, but what's the smarter choice here? Any suggestions?

Hah, that'd be me. I'm a rhet/comp person and the email directed me to the website for an official letter I can't access. Maybe tomorrow morning? P.S. Your avatar is amazing.

Aw, well thanks anyway!!

Do you know if this is for comp lit or English at large? I applied to UofM's English and Education program and I'm so super nervous!

I think more offers from UofI are coming. This looks like an early notification / fellowship offer.

Just got it an hour ago.

Ah, of course! I got a little too excited there. (Also, congrats mostlytoasty! and thanks everybody!). I'm in rhetoric and composition and got an email from the Director or Grad studies. Details on funding and official offer to come soon.

WOOOOOOTTTTT!!!! I'm in at UW Madison!!!! This is my first acceptance and I really can't contain my happiness. I have no idea how I will resist the urge to cancel my classes and go on with my day! :):):):)

Actually, I think lots of disagreement occurs here and on gradcafe at large. In fact, lots of truly cordial disagreements have occurred on the really fun, commonly-studied-thinkers-you-hate thread (that you created). I can only speak for myself when I say that the reason I've downvoted some of thestages's recent posts and often the only reason I downvote or object to a post is the presence of unnecessary rudeness &/ hurtfulness. I think there's a very big difference between academic debate and picking on someone's coping mechanism and psychological support system, a system of which I suspect many of us take advantage. We can create a thread about the virtues of paid professions or the usefulness of psychology at large if you like and debate those, downvote free. Put simply:: There's a reason gradcafe is the only forum I engage with: I just plain don't like it when people are mean for no good reason. There were many nicer ways thestage could have raised his/her argument. S/he chose to be insulting = Downvote.

night light

Sure! PM me!

Hey buddy, My advice is to push through, get by, and focus on your advertising applications for next year. Taking the semester off will only prolong your suffering and leaving your program will definitely raise some employer/adcom eyebrows IMHO; get it over with, get the degree you've been working for, and then get another one. I hope someone with experience in your area, though, can speak to the degree redundancy question as I have no clue.

Hey, I'm super bored and have an hour or so to kill. If anyone's around, I'd be happy to look over an SOP or two. )

Send me a P.M.! I'd be happy to help!

day job

If this is true, let me just say to University of Michigan: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate. / So long as this applicant can breathe, or eyes can see, / I shall be waiting patiently for a response from thee.

If rhet/comp people can play too, I'm betting Michigan State's Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures on..... the 18th.

Breakfast club

You can check if Michigan received your transcripts, though, by logging into Wolverine access.

I mean, it's probably asleepawake!

Often, an effective, memorable ending refers back to the introduction of your SOP (theme/style/rythm, etc.) and points to the future.