hemingways_abs

I agree: you need to look inward. Obviously, no one here can comment on your chances, so looking here for affirmation is generally a bad idea. Additionally, your application is what it is. It's already in. No point in second-guessing it now. And you might also want to drop the "I did it all with three kids" mantra before you get to grad school. It gets really old.

Because I've lurked here for a while and some of us are tired of compliment-fishing posts. And also? It was a very honest appraisal of this person's application. Writing samples, statements of purpose, and, to a much lesser (but still crucial) extent, numbers are going to make or break this applicant--not TA positions, poetry, conferences, awards, or Hellenic speaking ability. All of that stuff is so ridiculously irrelevant to this process, and it's clear that the poster just needed to read the advice posts from last fall and years past before making such an embarrassing grab for affirmation.

My stats: 4.0 cumulative, 700V/abysmal math, 710 subject, Um, okay multiple TA positions, irrelevant--no one cares about your ability to "TA," especially not as an undergrad multiple poetry publications, For PhD in English programs, no one cares three articles under review for publication, But not accepted? Ouch. and I won every writing award at my undergraduate university. No one will look closely at your CV to even know. I've also already presented at a conference, Whoopee. So has everyone else. where my paper was selected as Best Critical Paper out of two dozen universities presenting. Oh, was this an undergrad conference? Then it didn't matter. I'm fluent in French and speak passable Hellenic. ??? Yet, I am still unsure that I'll be accepted anywhere. Looking at the acceptances coming in on this website is terrifying. I'm sure you'll get in somewhere.