Jump to content

ThePastelCalico

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    54

  • Joined

  • Last visited

1 Follower

About ThePastelCalico

  • Birthday 05/17/1994

Profile Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Alabama
  • Application Season
    2018 Fall
  • Program
    Sociology

Recent Profile Visitors

1,896 profile views

ThePastelCalico's Achievements

Caffeinated

Caffeinated (3/10)

44

Reputation

  1.    tsh05 reacted to a post in a topic: Fall 2018 Acceptances/Interviews/Rejections Thread
  2.    qeta reacted to a post in a topic: Fall 2018 Acceptances/Interviews/Rejections Thread
  3. ThePastelCalico
    I looked at placement of grads, the funding structure, and the general atmosphere of the department.
  4. ThePastelCalico
    Accepted my offer from Oregon today. Good luck to everyone else.
  5.    travelmug1Q84 reacted to a post in a topic: Fall 2018 Acceptances/Interviews/Rejections Thread
  6.    travelmug1Q84 reacted to a post in a topic: Fall 2018 Acceptances/Interviews/Rejections Thread
  7.    nandoswitharando reacted to a post in a topic: Fall 2018 Acceptances/Interviews/Rejections Thread
  8.    KevinJHa reacted to a post in a topic: Fall 2018 Acceptances/Interviews/Rejections Thread
  9.    European Lumpi reacted to a post in a topic: Fall 2018 Acceptances/Interviews/Rejections Thread
  10.    iwearflowers reacted to a post in a topic: Fall 2018 Acceptances/Interviews/Rejections Thread
  11.    qeta reacted to a post in a topic: Fall 2018 Acceptances/Interviews/Rejections Thread
  12. ThePastelCalico
    Accepted off Oregon's waitlist this evening. So happy.
  13.    AnnaGG reacted to a post in a topic: Fall 2018 Acceptances/Interviews/Rejections Thread
  14. ThePastelCalico
    For anyone curious, offers are being made to folks on the waitlist at Oregon. Can confirm two offers went out today to waitlisted folks per my discussions with the DGS. Good luck to everyone still on the waitlist at their dream schools.
  15. ThePastelCalico
    Okay I don't want to be morbid or anything, but I really need help. Anyone have any advice for addressing that nagging thought in the back of your mind that tells you you aren't good enough to be a sociologist? I honestly believe right now I'm going to look back on my Wisconsin rejection and always feel that everything I do academically will have that shadow cast on it; even if it's not visible to anyone else,, it's a heavy heavy shadow. I need help, advice, or general good vibes. I don't want to feel this way, but I'm so scared of regretting my choice in attending a program like I regret going to my undergrad institution.
  16. ThePastelCalico
    I feel like this question becomes more complicated depending on the field people are entering. Sure sociology programs are known for their work on inequality, demography, and (insert other concentration of your choice), but some fields of the discipline don't enjoy as much institutional support. Environmental sociology, which is one of my primary interests, is a good example of this. There are very few top 20 programs that have an environmental speciality (Wisconsin is the only program in the top 10 that has environmental sociology as a core research area, and Arizona, Maryland, and Brown are now situated outside of the top 20) and most other programs only have a smattering of faculty that do environmental soc research. So in a field like that, it's more necessary to choose a superstar advisor that can help to overcome the lack of degree prestige that often comes with a PhD in one of those concentrations. I am probably biased, as I could enjoy the possibility of working with Tom Shriver (a well respected and renowned environmental sociologist) at a more midrange program (NCSU), and I'm still waiting to hear back from Oregon about any movements on the wait list, but some of us don't have the opportunity to choose a program that can be separated from the professors identified in their SOP. Any advice for folks like me?
  17. ThePastelCalico
    I know I asked this earlier and it seems that the thread is dying down as people contemplate their offers and what not, but if you're going into environmental soc, environmental justice, inequality, community sociology, sociology of agriculture, or rural sociology, feel free to PM me so we can connect! I wanna make sure that I can help support the folks who have supported me through these tumultuous times!
  18. ThePastelCalico
    Anyone in the thread thinking of going into environmental justice? If so I'd like to talk with you and see how you're making decisions related to your acceptances.
  19. ThePastelCalico
    Working in North Carolina on finishing up data collection for my thesis. 17 interviews down, 8 to go. Got notified I got accepted and funded at Penn State, but it's in rural sociology and not the soc & crim department proper so I'll have to do a lot of thinking.
  20. ThePastelCalico
    As if it wasn't already obvious, I got not one but two emails today from Wisconsin informing me I've been rejected. But we've been knew about that rejection!
  21. ThePastelCalico
    Story time - tonight I finally got to attend a meeting for an organization that I’ve been trying to get in with for months for my thesis. And I managed to sit next to a PhD student from UCSB who was also at the same meeting taking ethnographic notes! What a small world!
  22. ThePastelCalico
    Thank you! It’s no Brown, but it’s the whole “a great advisor can overcome a lower ranked institution” thing you know? Shriver is so great.
  23.    ThePastelCalico reacted to a post in a topic: Fall 2018 Acceptances/Interviews/Rejections Thread
  24. ThePastelCalico
    Congrats!
  25.    ThePastelCalico reacted to a post in a topic: Fall 2018 Acceptances/Interviews/Rejections Thread
  26. ThePastelCalico
    Got an email last night with an acceptance at Utah, with funding TBD.
  27. ThePastelCalico
    Updating folks since I’ve been gone for what feels like forever - still no word for me from Penn State or Utah. Hoping that I’ll advance off the Oregon waitlist but I’m excited about the prospect of NCSU because Tom Shriver offered to be my advisor, and he’s one of the greats in EJ, so that’s just really really exciting. Currently in North Carolina collecting thesis data - good vibes appreciated!
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

  I accept