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bgt28

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  • Birthday 08/16/1991

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    Ithaca, NY
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    2015 Fall
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    English MA at NYU

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  1. Alright guys, I guess I failed miserably with that last post. My goal was of course not to sound like I'm seeping with naïveté, but rather with a genuine desire to move beyond these discussions until at least one year in. I'm not sure about anybody else's position, but I'm tired of reading about rankings and the job market and I've not even started grad school yet.
  2. This may be a completely useless addition, but I'm going to go ahead and make it anyway. I've often been accused of being an idealist for pursuing graduate school and academic work in general, but here are my points: 1) I feel that our particular cohorts will enter the job market at a unique moment, relatively speaking. A lot of the big wigs are going to retire when we're ready to apply for TT jobs. 2) We all knew the harsh environment we were committing to prior to admission/application. I often don't like participating in the "what if" and "why" forums, not only because they're touchy, but because so many of us haven't started grad school yet, and I think we deserve to experience things firsthand and develop our own reservoir of opinions, regrets, and complaints. Ultimately, speaking for myself of course, I don't mind entering the job market at an impossibly competitive juncture, and here's why. My parents already remind me that I'm signing up for a life of penury and mediocrity, vis-a-vis capitalist norms, obviously. They tell me daily I should find something to do that will guarantee bread on the table tomorrow. I can do that right now, but I'd rather be forced to settle for that with a PhD in hand. I know this sounds like a bs neoliberal "bootstraps" kind of comment, but it's the farthest thing from a derisive "stop complaining" post. I'm just trying to develop a perspective and a lot of time that's really hard with the dialogues that circulate in academia that are really very upsetting.
  3. Hi! Just wanted to see if I could get people to coalesce around deep and heartfelt congratulations, MA/PhD planning/funding issues specific to people who are pursuing an MA, course selection, actually enjoying the program, and reapplication for the Fall 2017 cycle. How are you all doing? Looking forward to meeting (more of) my people. À bientôt, Aron
  4. Moment of truth guys...meeting my prof for coffee and breaking the news that this cycle was brutal...ahhhhhhhh lmfao I hate this part
  5. I've been weaning myself off GC for a bit, so I've not been as active lately, but I have been perusing the forums and I'm surprised/amused/shocked to note that the app season brings out the best in some and the worst in others. How are you doing at the moment? What are your coping strategies to deal with the many consequences/synchronicities of the season, i.e. making a decision to attend a school, relationship issues, graduation, children, temporary unemployment, illness, etc.? I'm interested in sharing these things because I firmly believe our strength is in our numbers; many of us have either committed or will soon commit to a program, and many of the same challenges (and many different ones) await us on the other side.
  6. I don't mean to sound like an ass, but I think the tempo needs to be kicked down a notch. We JUST got into grad schools. JUST now.
  7. I just accepted my admissions offer for the NYU MA in English. I'm beginning to get excited about it. I talked to Professor Fleming yesterday about not being able to make the Open House, and she offered me MA student contacts to discuss the ins and outs of the program; it's a great fit so far, and it's super flexible. I was surprised to learn this is the most substantial MA funding they've ever offered English students. I'll take it. Future colleagues, maybe?
  8. Rejected from Yale. This concludes my app season. NYU here I come. Sad, but now the wound licking is final at last.
  9. I'm so sorry! At the very least, it's over. Finally it's over.
  10. SAME. I honestly think it was a troll, only because it's such perfect wording to send everyone into a panic attack
  11. What's up with Yale on the results page? This is kinda scary...
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