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  1. :o( I'm saying extra prayers for Bloomington, then. But surely you'll get into one of them!!!!
  2. "Service to others is the rent we pay for our time on this planet" - Tony Curtis.

  3. "Who is the editor to whom this poem is dedicated?" Seriously? So long, 700....

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    2. Medievalmaniac

      Medievalmaniac

      Well, to be fair, in most anthologies this is not a footnote. But there are some anthologies that don't include this information, and a lot of professors who won't teach this poem to undergrads.

    3. Medievalmaniac

      Medievalmaniac

      My complaint is that the practice test was so misleading as regards the structure and format of questions and subject matter coverage. We should have spent all that time sleeping instead of studying the recommended materials, for all the good it did us.

    4. diehtc0ke

      diehtc0ke

      Completely agreed. There's really no reason why most of the actual tests floating about are from the 80s. I'm wondering why they keep this test so shrouded in mystery when so many programs don't put much stock in it's importance. At least that ordeal's over, right?

  4. @kroms: Good Luck! I hope you get a fantastic score!!

    1. Argonaute

      Argonaute

      Thanks! Unfortunately, I didn't fare well in the verbal section.

  5. 640, English subject test - that will do, yes?

  6. ahhh, I'm sorry about UVA. :o( I know you expected it, but it still sucks. Hang in there! We'll both go to grad school next year and be the English Department Old Hags. :o)

  7. Am I REALLY going to go another weekend with NOTHING? Really? This is so tragic. I mean, not end-of-the-world tragic, but definitely cry-into-your-bourbon tragic. Le Sigh.

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    2. Zouzax

      Zouzax

      same for me! ive decided to take control of my life again and stop waiting around for emails

    3. Langoustine
    4. newms

      newms

      :( Hang in there.
  8. And don't count yourself out until you are holding a rejection in your hand. HANG IN THERE!!!

  9. And imagine being me....my status has not changed since 12/9/09...what did they do, lose my application?! :oO Am I the only one whose status didn't change? ACK.

  10. Anyone else not receiving responses to emails checking on completion of application submissions?

    1. eklavya

      eklavya

      one gradsec took 2 weeks to reply to my email, and literally, this is all she wrote: 'Okay'

      i was like WTF!? what do you call that?

    2. Medievalmaniac

      Medievalmaniac

      Last year, responses were much prompter...I'm hoping against hope that doesn't mean even MORE applications this year... *gulp*.

  11. Awww, I'm so sorry to hear of your Yale news. :o( But still, don't give up hope! UVA hasn't weighed in at all yet. Hang in there!!

  12. Back to the ol' routine: stress, obsess, study...stress, obsess, study...stress, obsess, study: GRE Subject test in October!

  13. Can I just snap a photograph of my bookshelves as my statement of purpose???

    1. yoshimoshi

      yoshimoshi

      innovative idea!

  14. Can we create a separate results forum for the flamers to post away on? It's soooo annoying, (and also vaguely creepy), to be forced to read through their "results" to get to the real ones!

    1. Zouzax

      Zouzax

      agreed! so sick of it

    2. wanderlust07

      wanderlust07

      It's like Lord of the Flies out there...I find it dismally depressing.

  15. case it doesn't work out funding wise at Catholic. I'm hopeful, though. I'd really love to work there.

  16. Catholic is in Washington, D.C., and is a member of the consortium, so essentially via admit there, I've gotten in at George Mason, George Washington, American, U of Maryland, Gallaudet, and whatever the other one up there is - can take classes at all/any to count towards my degree if I end up there. Logistics may be a problem, so still hoping for UNC or UVA...but thrilled, nonetheless. :o)

  17. Completely over January. Can we just skip today and move on to the next month already?

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    2. wanderlust07

      wanderlust07

      But today is payday!

    3. MoJingly

      MoJingly

      Oh ok, just making sure ;)

    4. Langoustine

      Langoustine

      Yes! Helloooooooo February!

  18. Congratulations - saw your status update- you've heard good news, then? :o)

  19. congratulations! You've had a great application year. I saw you do postcolonial theory - are you a Cohen fan?

  20. Dear Adcomms: "Pick me! Choose me! Love me!" - thank you.

  21. Dear Schools: It's Valentine's Day...how about showing me a little love, here?

  22. Did you hear anything yet from UVA? I got my rejection this morning. :o( Oh, well.

  23. Finally getting excited about my statement of purpose! FINALLY! This is draft 8...

  24. FULLY FUNDED!!!!!!! Teaching assistantship and possibly a fellowship to top it off!

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    2. Ransom

      Ransom

      How did you find out? Did they contact you, or did you contact them?

    3. Argonaute

      Argonaute

      Congratulations! Cheers! :)

    4. Medievalmaniac

      Medievalmaniac

      Ransom - the English director of graduate studies emailed me to tell me and then they sent a letter from the department and another from the graduate school. (I'm sorry, I just noticed your question!!)

  25. Good luck on the GRE Subject test! I know you are taking it really soon. I hope you totally ace it!!! Go 750!!

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