DBear

Crunch time

Man down

Super duper!

Storm trooper

Holy shit

Cow dung

Jail bird

Shark bait

@stereopticons there was actually a thread on this in the lor forum and it felt like I was the only one this happened to. Someone was talking about how unethical it was @PhDorBUST you should have a look, since you obviously don't have enough to worry about

@PhDorBUST yep, I had one person ask the same thing of me but ended up asking someone else... In hindsight, shoulda gone with that prof.. maybe he wouldn't have been late

Cess pool. Sorry if that's one word

@crugs, Ladies, just turned 36 and happy that I don't have to worry about whether or not my plans for a phd work with my husband's career goals, kids' schedules etc. That said, if Mr.Right comes along, I'll be more than happy to let him tag along *if* I get in anywhere. Venting: it's 3;24 and I'm not sleepy argh. This whole application thing has really messed up my sleep cycle

High tide

High beam @stereopticons :(:(:(

Turn signal @stereopticons stop describing my life

I point blank just said Hi Please note the deadlines are coming up (insert neatly organized table) Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy schedule. >> Didn't have the heart to say YO deadline is yesterday!! You're late! Hey, but my strategy obviously isn't working....

@eternalwait the violent image of mountains colliding seems like an analogy for this icky application process we need to cross to find our new lives! @stereopticons Gah! Kindred spirits for sure! I sooo hope I can pick your brain for Philly tips - better yet of we both end up at Penn! Did they tell you during the interview that the next step would be invites? Maybe not hearing back from them is normal? I really hope I'm so hoping I won't need to go through interviews. I'm deathly afraid that it'll be glaringly obvious that I'm from a different field and I won't even know what the equivalent of "epi" for my field. Let me join you in the "I'm so not qualified zone"

Walking Dead

lol lol lol lol lol thank you! That just killed a couple of stress cells! Gaaaaah is right abt the LOR writer!! The one who's causing me trouble is also my most important LOR. He's the only one of my LOR writers who's known me since undergrad and since I have a big gap in my academic career doing completely non-academic work that has absolutely nothing to do with research or what I want to do for my phd, I really need him to say "y'all, it's not completely random she's wanting to do a phd, trust me" I've sent him all the reminders on a daily basis and texted him almost daily leading up to the first set of deadlines. On the day of the deadline, he finally texted back saying he'd do it that night (that was nearly a week ago) so I left it for a couple of days and texted him twice today saying it's been a week... He said he'd do it tonight. It's currently 1 am here in the boonies outside Seoul and he still hasn't uploaded any! He even wrote me a lor a few months ago for a fellowship and I've been doing everything I can to make it easy for him, just like you... Only thing left in my bag of tricks is to call him, crying and not hang up til he uploads the letters. Please don't let it come to that..... Gaaah!

hehe, this made me giggle because constantly checking my application is one of those things I seem to have no control over. It's like a nervous tick. In my defense one of my LOR writers has yet to upload his letter so I actually do need to check at least once a day to send reminders etc.

candy cane @PhDorBUST lol You're here too! what's a ghost pepper, btw?

OMG - I thought that was just me - there are times I'm like "Schools are gonna be fighting over me" then immediately (almost), that's followed by "Even I wouldn't want me " I'm also switching fields so there's that added anxiety of not being sure what committees in the field I'm applying for are actually interested in seeing in a SOP. I also have more work experience than academic experience so I'm afraid people are going to take that to mean I'm not passionate about research/ grad school. On the flip side, when I'm in the "I'm the best candidate that ever applied for grad school" mood, I feel like all that is going to make me more interesting and stand out... so.. yeah.. This whole process feels like I'm dissecting my whole life and my existence on earth @stereopticons Ooh.. Philly!! that's where I want to wind up most of all (applied to U Penn and Temple) Let's hope I'll need to ask you for tips on navigating the city. All I know about Philly right now is the them song from Fresh Prince of Bell Air, the movie Philadelphia, Boys II Men, cream cheese and cheese steaks.. oh and there's that bell.. think it's famous even though it's got a crack in it..... Welcome @eternalwait - your name says it all.. lol @LadyScientist - I so know what you mean about feeling 'strange' about hearing about people hearing back. I was initially freaking out when people started talking about interviews, not because I haven't been offered one yet - but because I had never even considered that I might need to take an interview. All the people I know who went through this process are English dept people and no one ever said anything about an interview and now I'm applying for Communication studies and I don't even know what the norm is. I scoured this whole forum looking for any indication on what the norm is when it comes to interviews.. so yeah.. completely freaking out.. hahah

The interview already happened?! I'm not even going to do the whole "Im sure you did great, don't worry" thing (though my gut tells me this is true) because Oh gawd, I'd be replaying it over and over in my head..!!