SocGirl2013

I think NYU has like 400. Glad I didn't apply there. I think NYC and anything within a 100 mile radius of NYC attracts the most number of applicants, unfortunately for me lol. Do you guys ever wonder about the people who don't even come to GC? There must be so, so many qualified applicants out there who we haven't the slightest idea about. Scary.

Thanks and ROFLMAO. Like I can't even. I am dying. Hahahahha. I have had those kinds of dreams before, about finals and stuff. Not about Grad School yet, but I completely understand what it must have felt like waking up that morning. hahahaha. Hahaha @Sh*it People Say. How late are your deadlines anyway if you can wait another week before completing? Did you end up applying to any of the programs we discussed? I think one of my programs sends out late Jan acceptances. Bulk is in Feb. There are few rebellious March ones.

I love it Sol! Here's one: "We will charge you insane amounts of money to spend 0 minutes reading your application should an arbitrary number such as your GRE score fail to tickle our fancy."

P.S. Dafaq, the #TruthfulStatementsOfPurpose seems to have caught on with an unexpected demographic of pseudo-philosophers. Hilarious plot twist.

I don't know if it is kind or not, but as an applicant I find it equal parts horrifying and amusing. Will have to agree with the Tweet about knowing everything I know from GradCafe (not in terms of my knowledge of sociology and primary, rather of the brutal application process itself). Nothing wrong with that. GradCafe is gold for students like me who are either international or from tiny liberal arts colleges where nobody knows the first thing about how to begin applying for a PhD program. I can proudly say, thanks to GC, I don't think I made any of the blatant blunders that are being mocked. Without GC, I certainly would have been victim to one or two. So I guess I just wanna say, whether or not I get in thanks to everyone at the Soc forum !

I am done. I submitted all my apps. I am done. Yeah. I am gonna go hibernate until March now.

I am not a senior in UG, however, I only graduated May 2013 and shortly after began the application process, so perhaps I can shed some light. The short version: you can always have a CV. It's a place to boast about anything you shine at, but also as importantly almost, a place to mention your research interests. I have an entire block of a section dedicated to this. You don't need a publication to have a CV. Have you presented any papers at your own school? At some sort of a UG research event perhaps? Even if you haven't written anything that's "publishable" by your definition, you must have done research enough to want to do it for 5 more years. What research did you do, what papers did you write? Talk about them. If you have time, go ahead and submit them somewhere. There's a "Publication Under Review" right there. Have you tutored? There is a teaching experience. Just paint the most desirable picture of yourself that you can based on what you have accomplished, rather than worry about what else you may have accomplished.

Your GRE scores are fine. But yes, I agree that there certainly wasn't enough time to retake and do significantly better. Especially in the Quant section since I definitely needed to use a whole different approach of preparation. I do have a looming suspicion, however, that my Verbal would have increased had I given it another go and not let the stess of 3 Quant sections affect my final verbal performance.

I wish I could say I was coping. I don't even remember the last time my life just completely slowed down. Every day feels like eons. I feel like if I can make it to the end of this month, I can do anything, anywhere. Ugh.

Guys, ONE application left. Just one. Feel so close. I almost don't wanna hand it in cause then I really just have to wait. Aaaaaah. I wish I had retaken the GRE. Today is a "I am not gonna get in anywhere" day. Hopefully tomorrow is the opposite. One day at a time.

Lol same here Meowth, I have 2 more apps to finish but I am acting like I am all done.

I choked on my tea and almost died. Thanks for that.

For your sake, I really, really hope you get as far away from home as possible and practise some growing up and independence. Good luck.

Here let me start Columbia, CUNY, JHU, Rutgers, UCI, BC, Stony Brook, Binghamton. Am I SOL?

Dammit, GC needs to have more down-votes to give. I ran out before I even go to the most ridiculous bits (and accidentally upvoted one of them). Jesus Christ. Stop it. Let the OP get his advice/opinion from people who genuinely wish others well and don't make every single thing in the world about themselves. Congrats to OP! Hope things work out well for you regardless of what you decide!

That sounds soooo bad, I would fight for a free retake if I were you!

I think you are way overthinking this and the chances of this being the case are slim to none. Either way, this is not worth pondering upon much, she said no and that's done - you have the recs you need, focus on your apps and good luck to you!

Hahaha I am like mbrown here. Taken residence in Grad Cafe for now lol.

I am just curious as to why we are not as amped up as the other sub-forums haha (see: literature 2014 thread lol). It's December guys. How's everybody's applications coming along? Where are people applying? As my sig says, I am still at 2/8 but hoping to bring this number to 4/8 by this weekend, and 8/8 by end of Dec (for all Jan deadlines).

^^(Not that I would want a job at an investment bank too haha, just sucess as I define it for myself - grad shcool, teaching career etc)

I think all human conflict arises from the inability/unwillingness to see other peoples' perspectives. No matter how many times we hear the importance of stepping into somebody else's shoes, in situations that evoke any negative emotion (anger, envy, humiliation, hurt of pride) it is very difficult to think logically and step over to the other side. Emotions are often the driving force in how we judge others. Personal Example: I am 23 and poor so when I see people my age have careers and the money and resoruces to do whatever they please, I want very much to think "they earned it, they deserve it, they made it" but I don't necessarily think anything at all. I feel. I feel resentment and jealousy. One of my best friends from college and I got an apartment together after graduation, she soon after got a very well paying job at a top investment bank and in the last six months or so we have drifted apart completely and I am so much less closer to her even though we live a few feet apart. I wish my emotions didn't drive me to the point that being around her made me so bitter, reminding me of everything I am not, so much so that I am hampering a very cherished friendhsip. But I simply cannot stop thinking it's all so unfair and just be happy for her (I am, but I am more sad for myself lol). In short, I think us human beings are very self-absorbed and that's the one thing I wish could change about myself, but for some crazy meta self-absorbed reason. So I cannot not be self-absored. It's a paradox.

You still didn't answer what single people things are and why you can't talk about those things with non-singles.

What are "single people things" and why can't you talk about these things with non-single people?

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