rollwithmarx

ACCEPTED AT DAVIS
INTERVIEW AT RUTGERS
ALLTHIS NEWS CAME IN WITHIN 20 MINUTES OF EACH OTHER

FULLY FUNDED FREAKING ACCEPTANCE TO DELAWARE!!!!!
GOTTA GO TO A MEETING NOW. SO HAPPY. CAPS LOCK.!!!!!!1111ELEVEN!!!!!

sorry, we didn't realize what you meant because you didn't specify that you didn't mean the programs who do interviews for everyone. 
And I'm sorry to say this, but your posts in this and other threads come across as mean-spirited. I don't think you mean to be mean though. Tone is hard to read over the Internet. 
I just know that Linda nor myself meant to spark a reply like the one you posted. We took the info we had from you post and tried to formulate an accurate reply. There were parts of your post we understood and misunderstood. It happens, unfortunately. 
Also, as other posters have said, users in the past have applied to top programs. Every year is different. Plus, not as many people, overall, are posting in this forum this year. 
Side note: I might open a waiting/general conversation thread, too... 
 

Sigh, it never ceases to amaze me how trigger happy you all are and eager to one up another poster. First, noticed I prefaced the post with the qualifier "this early".
Second, what is it, like a handful of LRM programs who do these mandatory interviews for everyone? Interviews still won't happen for the vast majority of North American applicants, unless you are disproportionately applying to these LRM places...which i guess everyone on this board is doing. Anyone wants to take a guess as to why applicants to top programs don't post here?

For me, illness was a huge reason why I became interested in sociology, and it has shaped my research interests as well.  I have a chronic illness that is common, as it affects 1 in 10 women!! However, it is stigmatized and invisible due to its nature as a women's illness (endometriosis).  I've lived the (largely gendered) inequality of illness and was forced to drop out of high school because of this illness.  This has fueled my interest in medical sociology, and what I've learned throughout my academic pursuits has strengthened that passion.  Since my experience with illness is the root of my interest in medical sociology, and since I can show how far I've come through telling that story (that a high school drop out is getting her master's degree and is applying for PhD programs), I'm going to have to talk about illness.  
The point of posting all that was that I hope I can find that balance between including enough about myself and too much.  The good news is that I know how much to talk about my illness without being unprofessional, but writing ... hmm ... I'll need some more practice.
Also, my SOP will be more well-written than this post haha!