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  1. For those of you who PM'd me your mailing address, I hit a snag with the iron-on stuff, but they are in the mail now. I still have some copies if anyone else wants. see pic below
  2. I actually have a little bit of an issue with them too. I had to argue with a professor about this for my sample. I agree that for certain types of paper it can interrupt the flow. But in terms of helping the reader divide up the information for easier reading, I think it can help with organization. As for the actual paper being better, my professor argued that the section headers help you to define sections of your argument so you don't get lost on tangents. I think all of these points are 'valid' which is why I ended up going with section headers even though I don't feel like that type of person.
  3. I really appreciate you guys who are willing to share your websites, good and especially the "bad" writing samples with us. It helps us think about all the things we could have done better. And I think we can all use this, even if we get in to where we want. It's still good to know. And you're brave for doing this.
  4. That was really decent of you. I'm out of upvotes so I'll smiley you -->
  5. Yeah, I'm curious what makes every top school accept the same person... maybe they pimped themselves... I'm really bad at that.
  6. You get into everything, what are you so surprised about?
  7. I don't know why everything is making my laugh right now.. and why do we only get like 3 upvotes a day or something...
  8. ROFL I'm out of upvotes... like findley would ever edit his work of perfection
  9. When I can't think of anything else to do... I post a stupid picture to the stupid thread.
  10. Okay, so I feel like the biggest dork right now because I went and did this today... But on the plus side, I did something more than just check my email over and over. I have copies, PM me your mailing address if you want them and I will send...
  11. Don't forget though, some of the reason visits might be dropping is because people who have been accepted to what they think is their best offer have no more terror driving them to this sight for sympathies... If there are less people on this site (and yours) for that reason, then I think that's a good thing and I'm happy for them... I mean, once I get all my news, I won't have much reason to be here either. Unless I've ended up growing so fond of you dorks by that time that I have to come back and say 'hey, my fellow dorklings'.
  12. ROFL, so sorry I'm out of upvotes. Damn. And this takes it to a whole teenage romance level...
  13. I would mail them out for free dude. for free
  14. Okay, update: I just talked to someone who can make us some iron-on patches for free. They offered glow in the dark patches, but I was like, 'that's a little too much, I think...'
  15. damn, out of upvotes
  16. Maybe I'll have some made and send them out. I need to think about this.
  17. I just was thinking. We should make badges or buttons that say 'I remember dfindley' and wear them to conferences so we can recognize each other and say 'hey, sup?'. Update: Have someone who will make iron-on patches for us for free. Considering also suggestion of 'my metaphysics are awesome'.
  18. I don't know why you guys get so down on yourselves before the deadlines. There's nothing wrong with keeping up hope. Wait till you get rejected by every school before you start talking like this. It's not like hoping for another week or two is going to break your brains. I mean, you have all of us obnoxious morons here to keep you company. Even if holding out hope turned out to be wrong in the end, you'll have a much better time of it these next 2 weeks or so.
  19. I ran into some people from the SCA tonight... "society for creative anachronism" -you know, like a ren fair, but more permanent. Anywho, giving crap to this old hippy guy dressed like a spanish pirate for about ten minutes really let some of my stress out. I highly recommend it. Super fun.
  20. I guess I'll share: 1) Don't wait until the last second. 2) Let someone look at your writing samples before sending them out 3) Don't finish your writing samples at the last second and then send them out without having someone look at them 4)
  21. It's odd. We seem to be a very arrogant, and yet extremely pessimistic people. I wonder that we don't combust.
  22. Dude, I am so sorry. If you makes you feel better I'm watching cheesy TV shows in Chinese.
  23. Thanks I needed a laugh.
  24. I'm guessing that, because of some of the other things that have gone on in this forum, people are looking for reasons to downvote you. I wouldn't have downvoted that particular post, but I understand if there's a sort of vibe following you around because some of the other stuff you've said/reacted to. Not that their reactions are good behavior either. Maybe they just want to use up their downvotes.
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