FinallyAccepted

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Look on the websites for research opportunities or e-mail professors about research assistant positions. Research experience is what you'll need if you're planning on getting a PhD.

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Someone got accepted to Stony Brook. Congrats. Would you PM me your POI please?

Stony Brook - Social poster. Congrats on the acceptance, do you mind PMing me your POI?

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Have you anything heard from anyone yet, doppelgänger?

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Well I don't know that you would need to apply to more "just to list more schools" on your apps. Generally, you'd only want to apply if you would realistically go to that school. If you have family constraints, then it makes sense you would be limited geographically. That being said, you might have a better chance if you spread a wider net, which is why many people do apply to a number of different schools. I applied to 11, after being rejected from all 9 last year. My area is extremely competitive, and even a good (amazing) fit may not lead to an acceptance because there are so many applicants who may have been better fits. If it doesn't happen, next year you can apply for more when your kid is graduating.

Well I don't know why they get into college necessarily, but they graduate high school because they're doing away with high expectations at some schools. In a nearby school district, students aren't given zeros. Ever. If they don't turn something in, it's 50%, and they can turn in an assignment for an unpenalized grade at any point, and the teacher still has to grade it. I wouldn't be surprised if those students pulled something like what you see in class. They get used to such ridiculous leniency, and are shocked then when the "real world" or college isn't like that. I teach AP Psych and I make it as college-like as possible. I would kick one my students' behinds if they did something like what you described. No wonder people look at us and think we're worthless. As for ridiculous things that students say, I get the "Do I have to know this for the test?" question all the time. "Nope, I'm just up here for my health talking about stuff that has no importance whatsoever." One of my favorites is when students have to be gone and when they come back and say "Did you do anything while I was gone?" "Nope, we each just rolled up into the fetal position and counted the minutes until you'd be back so we could resume learning."

That's awful. I try to lay down the hammer in high school so that you guys don't see things like this as TAs. As a secondary educator, I find this is so embarrassing and inappropriate for a student in college. Just terrible.

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That's what I'm wondering as well.

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That's what I'm saying. When I saw all those people on the Results Search posting that there had been 600 applicants to Michigan, I started trying to tally up what that would mean in terms of funds for the department. Maybe they give a special "application season stipend" to the assistant in charge of responding to oh so many "Have invites gone out?" "Am I in?" "Does my POI like me?" e-mails.

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