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also I think it's really funny that anyone would come to a forum full of people who literally want to make/are making their livelihood analyzing words, and so generally have unusually good eyes for details, and expect no one to notice. You maybe could get away with this in some other field of PhDs, but probably not here.
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The Graduate School Ponzi Scheme
goldfinch1880 replied to VirtualMessage's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
glad we could resurrect this oozing flesh wound one last time before everyone goes home -
Thanks, Caroline! I have two offers in-hand from great programs, but I'm waitlisted at UT. At this point I'm not planning to take it even if I get it, but do you feel like sharing more about why you and others are wavering? at any rate I think UT had the last visiting days of most programs so maybe everyone can begin to finalize choices by this weekend and they can trickle down to other waitlists.
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Waiting to Exhale (the wait list thread)
goldfinch1880 replied to 1Q84's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
when one of my mentors was going through this process about 12 years ago he said he received a call the morning of April 15th and they told him they could hold the spot for 3 hours----so sometimes it really can come down to that. Essentially---operate now as if all of your waitlists are acceptances and pick between all of your acceptances, because you may not have time once the trigger is pulled. -
Waiting to Exhale (the wait list thread)
goldfinch1880 replied to 1Q84's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
I've read through several years' worth of forums and I have to say this year's GC group has been one of the most supportive I've ever seen. Really helps this process for me at least! -
Waiting to Exhale (the wait list thread)
goldfinch1880 replied to 1Q84's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
at least we can know it'll all be over in 18 short days! this is the worst. -
Waiting to Exhale (the wait list thread)
goldfinch1880 replied to 1Q84's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
I think it would make more sense if acceptances for people with no waitlists had a deadline of April 1, which would give 2 weeks for everything to filter down before the waitlisters had to commit by the 15th. Once everyone has all of the information (and supposedly people have had almost all of the information about programs for the better part of a year at least, otherwise they wouldn't have applied to the program and been able to target their SOP), there's really very little reason to wait 'til the last minute to commit. -
Waiting to Exhale (the wait list thread)
goldfinch1880 replied to 1Q84's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
I honestly don't understand why people who aren't on waitlists haven't made final decisions yet. (I'm not saying that to complain---I genuinely don't know what the hold-up is.) The only reason I can't make a decision is because I'm on 2 waitlists---I feel so bad keeping my acceptances hanging. If I had all of my acceptances and rejections in hand, I would decide immediately for everyone's sake. I know some schools had their visiting weekends last weekend---maybe that's why? do we know of any others yet to happen? At that point maybe people can make up their minds.... My husband is trying to look for a teaching job in 3 different areas of the country at once because we don't know where we're going to be. :/ -
The Graduate School Ponzi Scheme
goldfinch1880 replied to VirtualMessage's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
kurayamino and greenmt....would you mind if I PMd you each individually? -
Fall 2015 Acceptances (!)
goldfinch1880 replied to hreaðemus's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
So let it be written -
Fall 2015 Acceptances (!)
goldfinch1880 replied to hreaðemus's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
this dialogue confirms my theory that any online conversation can always plausibly turn into a discussion about James Franco. -
Fall 2015 Acceptances (!)
goldfinch1880 replied to hreaðemus's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
this says everything I'm feeling.