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skgarcia

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  1. I'd love teaching experience and would devour an opportunity like that in a moment, but if I were offered an unfunded MA at a school I dreamt of attending, I'd take the opportunity regardless. If my parents don't mind paying for it, what do I have to lose, essentially? Remember, these situations are hypothetical; I haven't been accepted to any program yet. I wasn't aware very many MA students received funding, however. I'd be interested in hearing more as well.
  2. I don't think they were purposefully trying to be hurtful, I just know their response was directed towards me and it was hurtful when I read it. I do want to be a competitive PhD applicant in the future, and I feel Chicago's MAPH program is a great stepping stone to that goal. Like you said, desp, I'll do whatever I need to do in order to get there. I'm only somewhat different from the norm in that my parents are capable of supporting me and I'm an only child. We aren't rich, but they're willing to do anything they can to help.
  3. "Several houses" is quite an exaggeration. Several houses.. where? Mississippi? A trailor park? MAPH is somewhere around 50-60k, before taxes, if I'm remembering correctly. That won't buy you much of a house in any state. Even if you multiplied that times four, to include cost of living, it wouldn't buy more than one home. Why use such comparisons hurtfully? You're obviously stretching the truth--why? Don't judge or belittle what other people want to spend their money on.
  4. I find your response somewhat hurtful? No one should judge what the best use of a person's time is other than that person. Students who have parents capable of paying their tuition can look at a large variety of programs without anything holding them back--if money were an issue, why would their parents offer to pay for it? If their parents are willing, and capable of, paying whatever amount for whatever degree, why bash them? I may be incorrect for feeling this way, but I'm interpreting your response quite hurtfully. In your opinion, I should stay home and pay myself to do nothing rather than attend a program I'm highly interested in because it's an unfunded MA?
  5. Tweed, I did not fill out the section inquiring as to my other applications. In my opinion, filling that out would only possibly harm you; if they want to admit you, leaving this field blank won't deter them. However, filling this out with information regarding your applications at much higher-level programs could possibly deter them from offering you funding. I did, however, mention honestly that my parents will be paying for my graduate school. This is a portion of the application I felt could only be win/win for me--win for the college by making money, and win for me by the acceptance.
  6. Hi everyone I've only applied to University of Chicago (MAPH - Humanities MA) and University of Illinois at Chicago (English MA). Seems like there's a much smaller amount of MA'ers on these forums in comparison to PhD applicants. I kind of rose a stink in the GRE section of this forum; I scored a whopping 130 on my Quant section of the GRE. If I get accepted to either school I'd be surprised. 3.78 GPA, 160V, 6.0 writing. Good luck to all
  7. Thanks everyone for your responses. I'm definitely prepared for, and expecting, a rejection from University of Chicago. I applied to other schools I feel more hopeful about, but this school would've been my dream acceptence. As far as the importance of test scores.. I do adamantly believe I am much more intelligent, creative, and capable of research/abstract reasoning than my test scores give me credit for. I'm a strong visual-spatial learner, and generally, visual-spatial learners have a harder time with memorization (vocabulary) and mathematics computation, but are especially skilled at the "whole picture," identifying the underlying purpose, and understanding abstract concepts. I can only hope my letters and writing sample shine.
  8. Please do, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'll try to find it myself. Thanks, both of you, for your time.
  9. Why would I troll about this? I'm fairly sure I have a learning disability, didn't study for it, and admittedly didn't try very hard on the math section. It really was this bad.
  10. Thanks for your reply. I guess I got excited thinking perhaps they liked the rest of my application enough to reach out to me for an opportunity to submit my statement of purpose. I didn't think such generosity happened very often in graduate school admissions
  11. One of my hopeful schools' graduate coordinator e-mailed me personally yesterday and told me my statement of purpose was missing (I know, so fail) and asked if I was still going to submit it. I don't know how I missed that, but I immediately uploaded it and thanked him. The application deadline has long since passed. Is this a good sign? I know it wasn't an automated e-mail. What do you guys think?
  12. What a nasty person you are. I know how to add and subtract. I just feel sorry for people who are so elitist, and unhappy, as you are. Your attitude will find you nothing but money in life. I hope you feel better now that you've power tripped. Congrats! You're good at math AND English! You must be of superior genetics.
  13. Thanks for your reply. So you think I should go ahead and still apply? I don't care about funding.
  14. Do you guys think there's a chance they'll interpret my 130 as me not even attempting to try? What does that say about me?! "Woah, this girl is very intelligent, and she didn't even answer the math section! No dedication! Carelessness!"
  15. Thanks everyone! So a 130 means I literally got 0/40 correct? Wow. I knew I bombed the math sections, but I didn't feel THAT terrible while I was taking it. When my scores popped up on my screen that day I practically jumped out of my skin to scramble around and get that 130 off the screen. I cried in my car for an hour and all the way to my apartment. I just can't do math, I never have. My parents are paying for my MA; the general gist I'm getting here is it will only affect funding purposes? I've already e-mailed one of the admissions committee members at U of Chicago and had a detailed conversation with him. He said "the Quantitative scores are even more varied and of no value to a humanities or English program" -- I want to say he meant "they are of no value WITHIN REASON" ... I don't think he knew we were talking 130 low. This is U of Chicago.. I just have this sickened feeling I've shot myself in the foot. I took his "don't worry about math" literally, and spent my days studying for verbal. However, like I said, a 130 wasn't as low as I was expecting either.. What should I say in these e-mails several of you have suggested I send? "Hey, I am retarded at math, but still want in your humanities program. DON'T LOOK AT MY QUANT SCORE PLZPPLZLZLZL" ??? Ahh, so stressed out and upset. Fuck.
  16. I just got my scores for the GRE back. 160 verbal, 130 quant. 6 writing. I'm pretty sure I have a learning disability re: math, but no doctor's note or any prescriptions to indicate so. I am applying for a MA (not PhD) in English/Humanities at UIC and U of Chicago. Is my math score going to exclude me from these programs? 3.78 undergrad GPA, 3 strong letters. I just want to know if I'll be wasting the app fee.
  17. Also, is the quant part of the GRE really as worthless to MAPH as they say it is? I contacted the dean and he said they really don't care about quant at all. I am practically retarded at math (not really, but my math skills pale in comparison to my reading/vocabulary) and need to know how much time to spend studying it before my test. I kinda want to completely devote myself to vocabulary and really shoot for the stars in that department and neglect my quantitative studies. I'm just really bad at math; I'm afraid my math score may be really, really bad if I don't study for it. However, my time is severely limited.. what to do, what to do? What if my verbal is outstanding, over 90th percentile, but my quant is sub 50th percentile?
  18. Thanks for your reply. How long was your statement of purpose/what was the general gist of it? What was your GRE score?
  19. X-posted from main application forum! Hope that is okay. Hi there, I don't want to hear anything about the "cash cow" aspect of this program. My parents will be funding me completely if I get accepted. I do want to know if you guys think I have a fighting chance in hell of getting in? I'm applying for the English literature M.A.P.H. I haven't taken the GRE yet, and it's scheduled for next week. Given my stats, what GRE would you guys like to see if I wanted to get accepted? B.A. in English, concentration literature, history minor, finished my undergrad in 3 years, 21 years old at graduation 3.5 cumulative undergrad GPA, cum laude honors (I'm scared my cum is too low? Algebra and Spanish KILLED my GPA) 3.79 English content GPA 3.96 history content GPA Three letters of recommendation from PhD holders and published authors in the English literature field/professors from my undergraduate studies If anyone got into M.A.P.H. -- what were your stats? Thank you so much 8)
  20. Hi there, I don't want to hear anything about the "cash cow" aspect of this program. My parents will be funding me completely if I get accepted. I do want to know if you guys think I have a fighting chance in hell of getting in? I'm applying for the English literature M.A.P.H. I haven't taken the GRE yet, and it's scheduled for next week. Given my stats, what GRE would you guys like to see if I wanted to get accepted? B.A. in English, concentration literature, history minor, finished my undergrad in 3 years, 21 years old at graduation 3.5 cumulative undergrad GPA, cum laude honors (I'm scared my cum is too low? Algebra and Spanish KILLED my GPA) 3.79 English content GPA 3.96 history content GPA Three letters of recommendation from PhD holders and published authors in the English literature field/professors from my undergraduate studies If anyone got into M.A.P.H. -- what were your stats? Thank you so much 8)
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