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University of Massachussets at Amherst has a Catalan program

BeatrizBear. I got an email from them last week saying that they needed my international transcripts, but it turns out that they weren't needed. Nothing about having a complete file yet though

How are you guys dealing with the wait? I'm spending time trying to forget about some small mistakes that are on my application. I learned my lessons about re-reading what has already been submitted and won't be doing that again? I think it's awesome that everyone has been so helpful on here about interviews and program questions. I haven't posted in a while, but I just wanted to say thanks I am working on preparing some answers for interview questions for my MA, have any ideas what kind of questions I can expect (or what you guys were asked)? My Spanish is a little rusty because I've spent almost two years exclusively studying Portuguese and I use it more frequently than english at this point... I know I can still speak Spanish relatively easily because I took two classes last semester, but I speak portuñol when I'm nervous so I want to prepare! Good luck to all! Let's hope these weeks fly by!

I feel your pain. All we can do is wait. I refuse to read my applications anymore after submitting them.... Keep us posted on interviews/contacts/acceptances! Hopefully interviews come around quickly Good luck!

thanks for the advice. I gave my recommenders a little coffee mug and some brownies last week, along with a very heartfelt thank you note. She has been in the middle of hiring a new professor and she is the department chair, so I think pointing out her mistake may have been the straw that broke the camel's back. I just hope that she still supports my application if my grad programs call her.

Sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place, but I am new to the forums. I basically need advice on a situation that I have been having with one of my recommenders. I have two fantastic recommenders that turned in my letters in October (all three have had the information since then), but unfortunately one of my LOR writers stopped responding to all of my emails. She turned in one letter prior to the first deadline and then for two weeks make an appointment with me to go to her office and pick up a hard copy... unfortunately she was never there when she scheduled our meetings. I got called for early interviews, but no school is willing to interview until the file is complete. Long story short, one of my other recommenders contacted her yesterday and she got everything turned in. Now the bad part: I was in the car and my sisters were trying to read the letter through the envelope, and they saw that the recommender wrote the COMPLETELY wrong name in bold (which is why it could be seen through the envelope). She uses my nickname generally, but after four years of being her student, she invented a long version of my name that isn't anywhere close to my original. I emailed the recommender that spoke to her and he said to not worry and that the univerisities won't see it as "my fault" and to not contact her. Unfortunately, I could not keep quiet about it and emailed her, verrrry respectfully and asked her if there is anything that could be done...she responded with "I am happy to withdraw your letters if that's what you prefer." Has anyone else been in a situation where a good recommendation letter has gone bad? Do you think that her mistake will impact my application? And now that she is blatantly frustrated with me, any advice on what to do?