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Rookie Blue (tv show, in case you haven't heard of it and were wondering)

Thanks, BFB! I agree with most of this except I don't think age has anything to do with it, but rather preparation. There are some undergraduate programs that are very good at introducing students to academia (while I was applying I was curious and looked at their undergraduate program requirements and was fairly impressed). However, if you didn't attend one of these schools, I feel like there is less room for error in your application, so you need to do things like get an MA, write a perfect SoP, etc.

What type of things do people look for while conducting an interview for admission?

Congrats to the UIUC admit (cautiously_optimistic I presume?)!!!!!!!!!!

chocolate cake

cold beverage

Nobody but Prof. B. knows. This is the first year for this to occur.

Doesn't stop me from refreshing the results page.

movie industry

hot food

and so begins my non-stop checking of gradcafe.

MSU acceptance up

bird seed

open door

2 1/2 weeks : 3 4 weeks : 7 6 weeks : 12

I am currently googling "how to answer the phone if you think your POI is calling." Being an introvert is just terrible and it becomes worse under stress/anxiety/insecurity. *You think he/she is calling because you've memorized area codes. Edit: This is actually fairly pathetic on my part because I do work in an industry that requires daily interaction with strangers and I do talk a lot.

are you a heavy-weight, light-weight, or something in-between when it comes to alcohol tolerance?

great talker

mercurial emotions

I think a quote from Grey's Anatomy sums it up the best: "pick me, choose me, love me" - Meredith Grey Probably should have ended my statement of purpose with that.

raw meat

children cry

far ahead

got game

dead fly