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manduke

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  1. Hooray! My magic 8 ball prediction turned out correct. I did indeed receive an acceptance, with full funding and a stipend, in a location that works great for my wife and me. I now believe magic 8 ball predictions are irrefutably accurate. The results of this study cannot be denied.
  2. Ha ha. Just whistling in the dark a bit. Results have started to come out of my top school today, and the suspense is driving crazy.
  3. I hear that anyone accepted to Yale AND Harvard actually gets sent to Yarvard, a school midway between the two of them that specializes in pirate academics. Yar! Careful what you wish for!
  4. Maybe the 8 ball doesn't foretell future events; maybe it causes them to happen. Maybe each time you received a different answer, the future was forced to change to fit the 8 ball's latest prediction. Maybe originally you were not going to get in, but now the 8 ball has altered future events. If you get in now, you'll know why. Magic! In related news, all this waiting has left me with too much time and a meandering mind.
  5. Thanks for sharing. This was an interesting read.
  6. I am resorting to shaking magic 8 balls, reading about the higgs, and pondering the mysterious connections between the two.
  7. Admit it. You've asked a magic 8 ball what your chances are. I have. Please post here what you asked your magic 8 ball and what the response was. When you find out later what happens, post or add the result through an edit so we can study magic 8 ball accuracy. Here is a link to an online one: http://www.indra.com/cgi-bin/spikes-8-ball I'll go first. Q:"Will anyone accept me with full funding?" A: "Without a doubt." It's silly, but I actually feel better.
  8. Thanks, jmu. I ended up going with a one paragraph update to the graduate secretary. I also said there was no need to reply and she could share the update or not as she felt appropriate.
  9. I applied to 3, but given my location constraints, that's really all I could do. Still, seeing the posts by individuals who applied to 3 or more times as many schools as I did makes me concerned. But what the hay, I only finished the application to 1 undergrad school, and I got into that one, so maybe this will all work out.
  10. Hmmm... I was actually considering emailing the head of the department I most want to go to, but I'm not so sure now after reading this thread. I wasn't going to ask for a status check and was instead going to supply new information about something that just happened that might improve my chances. Really I just wanted them to think about me again. I had already contacted a faculty member for information before applying though. Maybe it's just better if I sit tight and wait. I applied early December before the December deadline, but this department does not seem to start contacting people until the end of February. The wait is killing me!
  11. A master's in English is really a master's in literature, not grammar (although grammar is important). I have a BA in English, and never once did we discuss grammar in class in college. We did that in high school. Maybe buying a high school textbook on grammar would help.
  12. I went to fsu (different program) and had a good experience.
  13. I'm for the most part hiding that I'm applying until I have some good news to share.
  14. I just received a letter that one of mine is incomplete. Weirdly, I am taking that as a sign that I interest them, since they took the time to notify me instead of throwing my application in the shredder. Positive thinking makes life easier!
  15. I've lost 7 pounds in the last 2 weeks. Only 60 more to go!
  16. I've gone through law school and worked as an attorney, only to realize after a few years that it wasn't for me. You can never know for sure that you will like what you're doing until you're actually doing it. If it turns out you don't, well, you can still switch gears. It just takes a little more effort because of the inertia of the career path you've been on. If you don't like the program, you'll be able to figure out the best way forward with a little soul searching, some extra effort, and a willingness to bear the transition costs (money, time). And even dead end career paths or programs can still improve your resume and set you apart from other job candidates or applicants for other programs if you use that background to your advantage.
  17. Speaking as a husband, we're overrated. You'd be better off finding a wife. That's what I did!
  18. I applied to 3, but one is a "safe" school. Because I don't like being safe, I turned in some of my materials late there, so now I might be rejected from my safe school too.... I'm smart!
  19. I am both certain I will be accepted and certain I will be rejected at all of my schools. That about sums up where I'm at, at the moment.
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