The Pedanticist

Yes...those people...

Hey glad to have you on here! I very much hope that you get in off of the waitlist...it would be cool to have a whole bunch of gradcafe peeps there.

Thanks and congrats to both of you! I look forward to meeting both of you as well!

Thanks everyone! Yep, the fellowship guarantees at least one year off from teaching duties.

I got accepted at USC with full fellowship (30 per year!). They invited me to the recruitment weekend Feb. 27/28. And I got rejected at...Colorado. Crazy.

Congrats!

It is also worth pointing out to your students that they have chosen or are required to be there for 3 hours (or how ever long) per week and it's a lot more enjoyable if they try to get something out of it. This has always helped, especially with the returning students I teach.

It would be frustrating if they were nit-picky. I hope that they loosen up a bit for you! Unless, that is, you're trying to pull a Harvard shocker experiment or the like.

What? I've never had trouble with it before. However, they did make me put in a bit in one of my surveys about creationism and evolution that the survey maybe emotionally disturbing. lol. Yes, I believe we all feel a bit cheeky at this time. That being said we wouldn't be very good academics if we didn't go into critical cultural studies at every chance. Yes, but everyone knows this and treats us accordingly with looks of sympathy. Random unrelated question: Anyone else had to deal with racism while they taught a class? Being of Jewish ethnicity I've had to deal with it quite a few times in my classes. Last semester one of the girls in my class insisted on handing me racist pictures at the end of class. It was an odd class...

They might. There are a lot of schools that don't know what the funding situation will look like next year. It's a possibility.

Congrats!

Yeah, but the first line starts "We are pleased to..." and then finishes send out messages about decisions. What a horrible first line to put on there!

It is terrifying. Thankfully they will be gone soon.

I've checked the website a couple of times throughout the weekend and haven't seen anything. I also haven't heard anything from Wisconsin, which makes me think they might just not have sent out the earliest rejections yet. Oh, well. On the more humorous side of life...I bought 1500 beanie babies this past week and it looks like I'm going to turn them for a 500% profit. (I'm a part-time picker.)

Congrats! I really like the UNM campus. There are also some nice eateries right near there. Plus you can now present at southwest PCA every year without any housing fees!

Congrats!

Where all have you been accepted? I saw that you had 4 acceptances in your signature. Congrats!

I saw those too. However, it's got to be a good sign if you haven't gotten one. The interesting bit is that the application site says that they will be making decisions in late February! So I assume it must still be somewhat early, right?

Congrats!

Having training in other (related fields) can be a huge positive so focus on that.

Sweet! And Congrats! Who do you want to work with there?

That makes it a lot nicer. On a side note is anyone else on couchsurfing.org? I've found that it is a nice and free alternative to staying at hotels while I'm at conferences (and possibly visits).

Congrats! Do they cover expenses?

I got an acceptance at UT-Austin in Comm Studies (it's a phil of rhetoric track). It's one of the top 3ish programs in Comm Studies, so it was kind of exciting. (I was planning on applying within two fields this year). The program has a number of philosophers turned rhetoricians--they are especially focused on pragmatic philosophy. I pitched in my ps that I wanted to work on the entire "rhetoric as epistemic" idea and apparently it worked. I'm still waiting on funding information. So it appears that I probably won't be going to a philosophy program for my Ph.D. If any of you get in in Phil at UT-Austin shoot me a message!

It might have to do with whether people talked with POI's before applying or met them at NCA. I know I had moderately long conversation with one of my POI's last semester, so maybe an interview wouldn't be a high priority? Just a hopeful guess.