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Quikthoreau

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  1. I applied to mostly Spanish programs. Our only shared application is to Pitt, but I've heard from 5/9 I applied to. I have an old classmate that heard back from Chicago, though
  2. Be careful not to ingest the babies, then you'd be Cronus
  3. I.am.with.you.on.this. x100 I'm in the middle of attempting the same. PM me anytime if you need a solidarity boost.
  4. Horb has a great point about the debt question. To piggyback on a couple of the other sentiments shared on this thread, you could look into other options for your gap year. I did AmeriCorps during the time between my BA and MA, and it was a great experience. I learned to live on a budget, gained some cool connections and experience in the non-profit field, and paid down a sizable portion of my student loans through the educational grant. There really are plenty of benefits to taking a vacation from academia by getting a 9-5.
  5. Not a grad phone interview anectdote, but one from undergrad. I remember being so nervous at an interview with a Princeton alum that I said flambé instead of Flaubert. My only advice to you from this is not to confuse your culinary arts with your literary ones
  6. I haven't heard anything from Pitt yet either.
  7. despejado, I saw some time back you were considering applying to the Villanova MA. I finished my MA there in Hispanic Studies last year, and while not the same thing, I'm available if you want to chat about the programs, etc.. I was shut out from PhDs my first go as an undergrad but this second try after the MA has yielded a few acceptances so far. Outside of USCD's Lit program I haven't been accepted to any other programs that are relevant to this thread, unfortunately.
  8. Best of luck!! You definitely deserve it in my book, if only for your username referencing Kafka on the Shore.
  9. This. For one, learning to cope with rejection will come in handy in the future, especially in this field. But beyond that, if you have to find another option, do so. You know that if after the dust settles you wish to go for round two with the PhD applications you have about a year to kill before you are accepted and start classes. Take that year to try out a new field, work a crappy (or awesome) job and pay down student loans, or simple cultivate some kind of skill. You may just find your calling or feel even more resolved when telling your friends and family that you'd like to dedicate yourself to literature as opposed to becoming a lawyer. Seriously though, it's not a bad thing to step back from academia every once in a while.
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