Yanaka

Yay!!! So cool, congrats! I'm working my way to Villanova, too

@KingNikolai1 my dad is the same. I'm the monstrous "liberal" (more of a socialist I think, but okay--) going to the communist, American-hating school that is the Sorbonne ahahaha. Brain washers they are, even! I do also get insulted once in a while for wanting to be that educated, he feels very threatened by it! Only reinforces my plans, Sir

@gyeum I'd love to know about the program once you've started, I'm curious as of what the work load is, the atmosphere etc. The "holy triangle" of Ivies got me really intrigued!

Not directly a campus visit and not a promise of admission or anything (I haven't even applied yet), but has anyone joined in a virtual Q&A session?

@Wyatt's Terps @positivitize @orphic_mel528 You three are beautiful creatures gifted from the gods.

Hahahaha that's the definition of irony

I wish I knew the exact reasons why I didn't get in anywhere! It's a bit of an ego-challenge but it helps for the future.

Thanks for the input. It's kind of what I thought, and needed confirmation Another question to everybody: do you know what is the WGS M.A. at University of Louisville, Kentucky, deadline?

Congrats everybody on the latest acceptances!

Hey there!! I was wondering about WGS M.A.'s--do you think Ph.D. programs would feel comfortable hiring me with a non-literary MA? Do you think I'd feel competent enough in a literary program with a WGS grad degree? Does it vary upon departments and their respective curriculum, or is that degree generally not very literature-oriented? Thanks!

Fake deadlines work well when you have poor memory and get confused between fake and correct dates

I haven't replied again because everybody said what I am going to say, but I'll chime in again anyway, because I don't want you to think that my not coming back to you means that I disapprove Usually I'm the "don't follow your SO" kind of gal because I made that mistake when I was a little younger and I regret it (well the first time, because I stayed in France with them instead of going to the US like I should have done!!--the second time I moved to Paris as a consequence and that was of course a brilliant idea!). But I've learned with time that a boyfriend or a girlfriend or a special friend can be a true support system, and that it's only natural that you wouldn't want to let go of it. My best friend has depression and anxiety too, and it's gotten way better since he's met the right guy who's patient and calm and comprehensive. I don't know if they'll stay together for ever, but I fully approve his intentions to go to Canada with him, were his bf to act on his plan to move back to Toronto next year (I don't approve the mariage idea, though -_-). All this to say: if you have two great options (and if people are advising you to stay flexible in your research), if you're sure you won't regret either choice and if your partner is a true support system and not off and on and he's also very mean as much as he can be supportive, then don't feel guilty for choosing option B, NYC! I think it's social pressure that makes us believe that following or staying "for" our partner is rash and stupid, but society also pressures us into feeling guilty when we're single, feeling sad when we're single etc. Movies usually depict those decisions are thoughtless and disapproved of and crazy, instead of reasoned decisions that are not only made out of wuv and stupid wuv addiction, but because we can actually need to be with that person. Why compromise a good thing because of unjustified principles? You're not 18! Sorry for the rant Since you have anxiety, I'm guessing you feel pressured and guilty enough as it is. No worries, go where you can be happy. After all, that should be the goal in life: to be happy and comfortable

Herschel sent another bag for "free". Hopefully, you can work something out too!

That happened to me when I had a backpack delivered to my dad's, someone stole it from his doorstep (and the delivery guy shouldn't have left it there). But it's not even half as bad as not having a book you need for a class. I hope you'll find a solution

I see the Trump joke has inspired someone else than me

Hahaha loved it.

Same timing.

At least you're waiting with an acceptance

Was kidding There were well-timed coincidences, but I wasn't necessarily seriously serious about the Princeton one being fake. Congrats to the lucky ones.

I call BS on that Princeton one.

You don't get to say what you would have done if!!! @acidtooth Yeah. I thought I had different options, but now I don't know anymore! I am thinking about teaching French as foreign language in Chile, doing internships in editing or journalism and then working while I get ready to re-apply again... We'll see...

Prunes are making the topic hot, though!

Maybe not contact them necessarily, and I saw somewhere ask if Cornell sends out rejections before admissions? You should check the results board. I truly think that if he still don't hear anything after March 1, that means we should give up.

From what you're saying it seems that the school in the MW is the best fit, which would of course be a priority logically speaking. But I also understand your dilemma with your partner, given that you have anxiety. Would you really be not just interested, but passionately interested may I say, in broadening to Anglophone lit in general?

Ha! Thanks immensely, for the nuance and for everything else. Concision, my biggest problem as well. I'll keep you posted