cougarstigers!

so many OSU-ers! ah! welcome to town. i'll be heading to upenn for the fall! ah! but, it was such a close call with berkeley that i'm still really confused, so let's talk about it later! <3! somehow, i'm getting the sense that remote apartment-hunting is not necessarily a step-down in stress/intensity from what the last couple-a months have been? congratulations, all! what a wild season. hope everything is wonderful, enlightening, and still full of great non-academic human things like kale and egg sandwiches come fall! summmmmerrrr rooooooooad tripppppp ya'all! xo!

i also loved my visit -- i've just declined, too, but i don't know if that will affect the waitlist any. michigan's a truly friendly, interdisciplinary, down-to-earth sort of a place, with a degree of public & popular engagement on the part of the english faculty -- in such stunning combination -- that i think you'd be hard-pressed to find anywhere else! 19th & 20thc. american (my field) seems to be particularly booming; and graduate students seemed friendly & happy all-around. PLUS, ann arbor really is a PLACE -- a held-in, comfortable, fairly progressive and culturally dense one. i think, if you guys are interested and can harbor the brinksmanship game of waiting, it'd be worth it! good luckkkk! hope you guys get slots!

my lease ends sept. 1st, but i'm serrrrious, guys, i'm sure they'd let us do an august split or something if one of you wants this lovely place. cats only, unfortunately (but some other folks have not-so-secret dogs!), but it's the best, best, best location i could think of! some have already PM'd, so sorry for bein' so slow -- let's talk after i make my decision, haha! but, again : 1 living room 1 bedroom french windows lovely verdigris walls crown moulding cozy big closets cathedralesque american bathroom, &c.! 295 west hubbard in victorian village, if you want to check it out on streetview! in the mighty CHARWALDE! i'm gonna miss this town! congrats to you all! xoxoxo!!!

declined at michigan & stanford a few days ago if this helps!

bump! i'd still love to hear any feedback on the visit, if anyone has anything to say! i'm worried they made you all sign a pact-of-silence! very curious!, cougars!

you guyyys make sure to eat at northstar and 2nd & high! and check out the NORTH MARKET! spruce street! i'll be working at the greener grocer there this afternoon if you want to say HI! coolest indoor/local market evvvvvz. (also seriously JENI'S SPLENDID ICE CREAM. try the absinthe + meringues or savannah buttermint. you won't regret this. unless you are a vegan. and even then prolly not!) GOOD LUCK !!!

hiiii! ah, you guys, i missed the visit. can anyone fill me in on what it was like? sounds like everyone had a really good time?!? i'd love to hear more !!! sorry to miss out on meeting everyone! <3!

ps -- is anyone else interested in american-sy things? glad this thread finally cropped up! i've been waiting! yay!

hi all! i will be heading up briefly for a visit on thursday -- glad to work this out, since i didn't think i'd be able to fit it into my schedule! i also attended michigan for two years undergrad, so have some -- albeit now dimmed! -- perspective on the life & times in ann arbor. the telluride house (www.telluride-house.org) is also an interesting resource for folks considering graduate school in ann arbor; definitely not for everyone (i couldn't do intensive live-in communities anymore, at this time in my life!) but they provide a full room & board scholarship for interested parties, with a deep committment to service, intellectual engagement and building democracy. see you sooooon!, cougars! ps -- you guys are making me feel like i'm nuts if i turn down berkeley for a colder locale! ugh: maybe i am, haha!!!

hey there, potential bus-towners! as i make up my own final decisions, i did just want to reach out again and say HEY! i have a cheap cool lovely apartment in the best neighborhood, ever -- SERIOUSLY, i wish i didn't have to move anywhere else; and am actually kind-of super-bummed to have to! -- that i'll need someone to take up in either early july or august, depending on what i find elsewhere. i'll be out of town for most of next week, but will definitely be home by sunday, march 31st, if anyone is still around; i could also try to share pictures! again: WISH I COULD STAY HERE FOREVER; and, since i know i'm so freaked out considering neighborhoods and only having craigslist as a metric for the places i'm considering moving to, please feel free to PM me for any neighboorhood suggestions, or if you have specific buildings, streets, &c., in mind! yay columbus! and welcome to all who are gonna be coming to visit!, cougars!

exxxxcited to see you all at the visiting weekend! i'll most likely attend the little reception thing on friday, then lay low for saturday, since i'm not too much into party-type socializing. but, i'll be around oakland, so if anyone wants to meet up or talk grad-school things or even OTHER things about life, haha, it'd be lovely to get coffee or take a stroll, &c.&c.! safe travels to everyone flyin' in! gee whiz i hate planes! <3! i mean I LOVE THEM AND TRUST THEM AND THEY WILL BE GOOD TO ME. haha.

just turned down my offer at u.t. austin -- so hopefully someone doing american studies-y things or popular culture will hear soon? nods, though, to fishbucket -- this shit's important, too. trying to balance keeping *myself* from being overwhelmed with too many options, being courteous to the waitlisted folks, and, of course, trying to hold on to some options, too, in light of catastrophes (i.e. the fickleness/full-changin' vision of my mind!) whew-o! ready for this blessed process to be over, folks! good luck to everyone still waiting!

hello all! just turned down my spot (sad, right?! sounds like the visits have been really incredible!) to do american studies-y things, so hopefully someone out there will be hearing the good news, and can make the visit instead! YAYYYYY!!!, cougars!

yeah hopwoods! man -- those things sure did structure my time in ann arbor as an undergraduate! what an incredibly generous program! and the hopwood room is so cozy!

HEY GUYS. are there like graduate student satisfaction surveys anyone, from folks at various programs?! i sorta wish, and i am randomly trolling googlesearch in vain ... anywhere on here that folks know about? all of this talk about admissions has been SUPER helpful; but i'm wondering if there are fora people use once they're actually in the programs?! it would be so great to hear follow-up; things folks wished they woulda known about/asked, &c.&c. !!! thanks so much!