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I have generalized anxiety disorder, so everything makes me anxious. But talking to my advisor and channeling my anxious energy into preparing for a new (unfurnished) apartment has been helping.

My desire to not have children is largely medical. I'm naturally underweight, and just fear my body won't handle those stresses. I tried taking HBC for the first time this year and being 21, it shouldn't have been a problem. But my legs would ache (not sure if it was from the massive amounts of walking I do, but I guess I felt paranoid about clotting) and I had the weirdest sorts of anxiety filled dreams when I was taking HBC so I stopped. I say largely because there's other reasons I don't want children - money, I only like children in small doses... I have a big extended family, which I love, but they also often insinuate I'll "change my mind" and have kids, and I've told them more than once, medically I just don't think I can handle it. At 35ish I'm sure people will push more because I'll be running out of "time" but my hope is to ease my family into accepting it with time. My mother and both my grandmothers all got married by 21/22, and I think all of them had their first kid by age 25. Me, I'm going for my PhD, will probably have a doctorate before I'm 30, so I'm aiming for them to realize I'm just "doing something else" instead of having kids since I don't want them. However I could see myself considering adoption but right now that's at least ten years off.

No offense, but getting a kitten if you have ZERO cat experience and not much time is terrible advice. Like any baby, kittens need lots of attention and care. You are much better served by getting an adult cat. Don't get a kitten. My friends work in rescue and fostering and kittens take a lot of work. Kittens are needy and want attention and some shelters insist upon adopting kittens in pairs because they NEED company and socialization. I strongly recommend adopting an adult cat. Two will keep each other entertained, especially if you look or ask for a "bonded pair" of cats who keep each other plenty of company. If you never want two, or think this is too much, look for one cat, or a cat who wants to live in a single cat household. They need food, water, attention, and love - cats aren't houseplants - but you can ask shelters for independent cats, cats who aren't highly needy, but perhaps older and calmer. Ask for a calm, independent, adult cat. Also if cats are kept indoors all their live they A.) live longer and B.) don't tend to be as needy about missing the outside.

I transpose numbers, but I have dsycalculia and math is something I hate because of it. I think however, adult onset ADD is not unheard of, so it might be worth checking into?

I got responses from the few places I emailed, but I think I would have been nervous/put off with a lack of a reply. Good to know I was wrong.

See you there. (I'll send you a PM. )

My herschel has three outside pockets, and a lined/cushioned laptop slot in the main compartment. Mine is the "Pop Quiz" style, but looks like the Heritage and the Little America bags also have laptop slots.

I'm with the people who are afraid of killing their shoulders. That's why I stuck with the Cambridge satchel (long thick strap, stiff leather body meaning I can't over carry on a single shoulder). I like a good bag, but I find when I carry bigger bags with more flexible bodies, I overload my shoulder and/or snap the straps. Great for other people who can handle it, but I guess I'm not made of the same stuff. Anyone looking into rolling laptop bags? The best of both worlds: a load off your shoulders, and classier than a backpack. I've seen many a professor (and my own grandmother when she taught at community college) invest in these.

I own two Cambridge Satchel company bags. I bought them off modcloth, but there are more options on the company's website. I bought one four years ago (the brown one), and saved up for the larger 15'' Oxblood this year. Both fit a 13'' macbook, but the 15'' bag fits more stuff - my planner, a paperback textbook, wallet, keys, phone, etc. I also have a Herschel backpack I bought on sale when I need to carry way more than that. But personally, I've gotten loads of compliments on the satchels, and there's nothing quite like good quality leather bags.

Even in the humanities, you will often find that at the academic level, many scholars' thesis statements are the question they are going to be exploring/asking/investigating and then many will hedge to say what they will conclude from asking that question, but the general concept is still -> idea -> evidence/examples/theories/other scholars' thoughts/your argument -> concluding point derived from the aforementioned things. I had a seminar professor be a stickler about identifying the thesis in every single article she required, so I would highlight it and the conclusions and they're not always the same thing. You might introduce your statement right away, or you might pose an open question which you intend to answer. The difference of course, is the interpretations and analysis are going to differ from Hard Science quant/qual data, giving English or the humanities more freedom to identify their conclusion up front. Still, in any field the method of reaching that conclusion is important and well, it's a conclusion. You have to put the reasons why you came to something before what you came to, even if you do identify where you are headed early on.

A very important criteria -- my current campus has six coffee places on campus (three are starbucks) and then 4 more off campus. Having some kind of coffee place nearby was a must!

Congrats! I thought for sure you'd choose Williams.

Thanks actually! The German for reading http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~rfburger/language/German%20for%20Reading/ file is fantastic. And people should know about it.

I actually saw that thread (printed it out for a friend wanting to apply for fall 2015 in religious studies), but I figured there was a value in a thread for people who may not necessarily need to read biblical Akkadian. But there's a variety of other languages I would have liked to seen as well, Japanese, Korean, Classical Chinese, Hindi, Italian, Russian, etc. I hope this isn't too redundant, because a few languages I would expect in Art History (Italian) aren't even listed over there.

It's Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec. L'Abandon (Les deux amies). So no, not at all. I chose someone I don't study.* Just thought the exhaustion looked nice. *not that I study Studio Ghibli either.

Yes and no. Again, OP is clearly a troll (or a bored 14 year old from deviantart) but I do have a current research project on Japanese manga in my Uni's East Asian print collection (some of them are 1960's Batman comics in Japanese, but I'm not there yet). Most of my work is turn of the century right now, but we also have a substantive WII collection, which includes Nazi flag pieces in a board game, Photos of Nazis in Japan, and a poster of Hitler. (Even if I could post the images, I only have thumbnails of the pieces I'm not working on directly, so you'll have to believe me.) I'm quite fond of comics, cartoons, and visual rhetoric/material cultures when I get the chance, but again, OP clearly has no idea who is actually doing this work, or where their research can be found. I've also been lucky in that when I was asked to be a part of this project and select my "theme" my Professor was thrilled I said: "Japanese (pre) Manga, here, here, and here." *Yet to be explored in Art History. It is explored, though, like I pointed out, there's an entire Doctoral program in Japan dedicated to Manga studies. Anime, however, is a film art medium. I also have some great sources if anyone needs anything on Japanese prints and Manga but I kind of doubt it, haha. Still, people study European prints and political cartoons, there's no reason not to study them outside of western Europe.

Chicago doesn't have a Masters in Art History. Do you mean their MAPH program or do you mean the Chicago PhD vs. UT Austin's PhD? Or are we comparing MAPH vs a UT Austin direct to PhD?

I have a friend who accepted a Clarendon offer for an MA in history.

Okay this was an amusing thread until you brought up rape scenes as part of a joke. :/ Really not appropriate.

I had emailed a POI Boston who rather *bluntly* stated they weren't taking PhD students and that I should apply elsewhere. I took the advice to heart and didn't bother applying, so I guess I was less surprised when folks weren't funded as well at Boston as they thought they might be. Of course, I thought Tulane's MA stipend was part of the package, but they initially put me on a waitlist for that money. I ended up passing on it. I think Delaware's only guaranteed full MA funding is Winterthur? fwiw the PhD program seems fine, I spoke w/ someone who already had their MA and they were given the three years that is expected if you have an MA, and I got the full five, since I don't have my MA. This could be a give or take kind of thing. If you'd applied to Winterthur, I would be surprised. They very specifically called out Chicago on this, which does imply that not all of the MA students are Art Historians to begin with, or at all. Narrow sample size for that kind of opinion, but then, I'm sure some of the MA students in my current Grad classes hate having an undergrad hanging around. (The PhD students are friends, however, so I don't worry about this too much.) Different programs probably do great with a mix of people.

Also PSSSTTT guys: Even though this is totally a joke, c'mon the only real option here is to go to Japan and get your PhD in Manga Studies from the School of Manga at Kyoto Seika University, so you have access to the University’s International Manga Research Center and the Kyoto International Manga Museum. You'd be studying with Jaqueline Berndt. Duh. Also you'll want to join this mailing list to chat with the guy who does research in Otaku studies. This tickles my funny bone, so: Miryam Sas @ Berkeley Ian Condry @ MIT Patricia Chu @ Albany Steven T Brown @ Oregon Kaichiro Morikawa @ Meiji University Yuriko Furuhata @ McGill Thomas Lamarre @ McGill Susan Napier @ Tufts Sharalyn Orbaugh @ U of BC

Honestly I don't know anything about Post-bacc programs, so I couldn't help. But it's a potential option if you're not interested in applying abroad which doesn't often have financial aid for int'l students.

Would love to see dictionary recommendations and translation guides for various languages beyond French for Reading and German for Reading. Especially less common languages. Thought we could share our knowledge. ETA For some reason my Chrome was acting up but I recently ordered these for Mandarin Chinese: Introduction to Chinese-English Translation: Key Concepts and Techniques (Chinese Edition) [Paperback] Zinan Ye (Author), Lynette X. Shi (Contributor) Dictionary of Cutlture and Archaelogy: English-Chinese-Chinese-English [Hardcover] A Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Culture (English and Chinese Edition) [Paperback] Si Ma De School (Author) An English-Chinese & Chinese-English Dictionary of Art (English and Chinese Edition) [Hardcover] He You (Author)

You could just go with Post-bacc programs for a year...

I can start a thread in Art History but I really doubt my dictionaries will help you. They're in Chinese...haha.