Deadinthewater

I applied to UF's MA program. They are still listing my transcripts (which were sent along with my writing sample, personal statement, etc) as unreceived. I might give them a call this week...

Except for the wrong "its." But we all make typos.

Mine says "not reviewed." Though I must add that I am a little worried about this app—I sent my GRE scores about 3 weeks after the deadline, once I realized that I initially sent them to Buffalo College. So, I may not be the best person to compare against.

Ahh, very chill.

My LORs are also listed individually, but as a whole are "not received."

Exactly.

So, for example, it seems that Buffalo sent out most of their acceptances around the same day last year. If we didn't hear from Buffalo on Friday, does that mean there's a pretty solid chance we just didn't get in?

Right now I am reading those short stories by Sherman Alexie, I read the first three pages of the Sot Weed Factor (does that mean I am reading it?), and I am through the first section of The Political Unconscious. Nice.

I have read Mrs. Dalloway, but for some reason everyone at my institution would mention every one of Virginia Woolf's texts as if I (and everyone) had already been through all of them. I always feel a little ashamed when people talk about Woolf. I am more ashamed of the books that I have read but seriously do not remember a thing about (The Great Gatsby, twice. Crime and Punishment, twice. Most Russian novels, now that I think about it. Everything I read in high school: The Scarlet Letter, The Iliad, Huckleyberry Finn, etc. Wow. This is depressing. Where has my life gone, unremembered?). Or the mind-boggling number of books that I have read through the halfway point, but never finished.

There is a lot of injustice in this world.s

Is everyone on gradcafe drunk right now?

What is "top poster?" You posted the most, or you posted the best?

I am not very fond of most authors I read. Will this be a problem for me as I pursue my PhD? Or is it a strength? Check box, yes or no.

My freshman year of college I made out with a girl from MIT who said she bumped into Junot Diaz and found him to be absolutely delightful. The girl I made out with now tnkers with unmanned predator drones, professionally. So what does she know?

It's a shame we're not applying to any of the same places

I have a physical recommendation letter from a professor that was meant for a school that I ended up not applying to. So now I just have it, sitting here in my room. I stare at this envelope almost constantly, dreaming about what is inside. Does it say I am the smartest human being ever? Quite possibly. I have made a little shrine for the letter, right next to my bookshelf. I visit this shrine at least twice a day: when I wake up and before I go to sleep. It strengthens me. If I get into my dream school, I will immediately tear this letter open and read it. If I get rejected everywhere, I will burn it....

I was making a joke because it says "defiantly" instead of "definitely."

You will defiantly contact proflorax? Like, in spite of the "rules?"

Let's play a game: talk about me.

From LSU's website: "At this time, we are unable to provide funding for students admitted to the MA program only. However, highly qualified students applying for the MA program may receive an offer for a place in the PhD program with funding. (Our PhD program permits students to enter with just a BA.) Students recruited into the PhD program with just a BA are free to leave with the MA, if they choose." Edit: It seems that other areas of their website indicate they do in fact fund MA's. I guess I don't know anything anymore.

Hear Hear!

How heavily does AW weigh alongside verbal? I scored 169 V but only 3.5 AW...

Thanks for the input, everybody.

I know this sounds superficial, but I think it might be relevant: Do you think I should change my less-than-professional Facebook profile picture? If (by the grace of god) I become a candidate for a program, are they going to be looking at my Facebook? Does the Columbia adcom have tiny cameras installed in my room at this very moment?