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sputnik

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  1. OMG that review made me spit out my pop! What is it with this board?! LOL
  2. Ok, the option, "Finally read, 'The Secret,' made me spit out my coffee! Thanks!
  3. Sometimes you post a topic and get a reply or two, but this is, wow! I think for me, it's been very difficult to be distracted because we are STILL on winter break. We've been on break since the end of December. So, I'm running out of things to do, except worry about apps. Luckily we start classes soon, so that should give me something else to focus on. Thanks everyone for sharing. I feel a lot better.
  4. Oh yeah, I saw on Twitter that A LOT of people got rejected this year. So extra congrats!
  5. Congrats! Same here. I forgot I had posted this.
  6. Is this happening to anyone else? I feel more cranky than I did that week I tried to quit smoking. I can barely stand to be around me. I don't know how anyone else is tolerating it. And I still have months to go (in some cases) to find out. This is really pushing me to a place, mentally, I've never been before. I just want to know, either way.
  7. I just did this. I sent an updated CV to all the programs even though all my dates are past. I got one email back saying it was too late. The others, didn't say anything, so I am assuming they passed it on. I'm hoping, anyway.
  8. I think I can add to my list: the causal relationship of time spent waiting for application decisions to general deterioration of the mind/soul.
  9. XOwlfan, congratulations! I applied to MST, too. That's fantastic news for you! I haven't heard anything yet, so I am guessing I am not getting the invite this time around. Keeping my fingers crossed though. I hope it goes well for you!
  10. Thank you both for the replies and the perspective. I really appreciate it. This is my first time around the application block, so I have no idea what's happening. LOL The feeling of doom...it really comes because I have only 2 schools that I can really attend. One is the top choice, which is the top choice not just because of prestige but also because of funding. The other school, I already know their funding package and it is not enough. So, if I don't get into my top choice, then I am going to have some very difficult decisions ahead of me. Hence, the feeling of doom.
  11. I just saw on the results board that on over a week ago someone else got an email invite to the interview weekend at my top choice school. I have yet to hear from them. Now, I have this overwhelming sense of doom.....What does it mean?! Argh! The results board might just be a form of torture. I haven't decided yet.
  12. I think weather is important, and it's not just the cold. I used to live in a very cold and sunny place in the northwest, and moved to the midwest. I can handle the cold and snow (to a certain extent); it's the lack of sunshine that gets to me here. We'll go 40 days in the winter without any sunlight. And it is as awful and depressing as it sounds. Also, and someone alluded to this, it's not the winters that are so bad, it's the spring that never gets here. It'll be cold November, December, January, February, March and into April. That's a half a year of shit. Half my life is spent in utter shit. It kills me. If I could, I would get out of here so fast. But, here's the deal: if you're just coming to a place like this for a couple of years, then it's manageable. I've been stuck here now for about ten years and I don't see any way out. So, that's why I hate it so much. I just wanted to point out that it's not always the cold/snow that makes life in these climates difficult. For me, the biggest problem is the lack of sunshine.
  13. <br /><br /><br /> Thanks for this. I won't sleep for days.
  14. <br /><br /><br /> Sorry, sport. I live in the Midwest. You just described December, January, February and March to me. Of course we're not _as_ helpless as the south, but it does slow things down and it sucks.
  15. I am 30 and applying to PhD programs. My MA advisor told me that my age will help me in two ways: my GRE scores will be taken with a grain of salt because they know I've been out of the classroom for awhile and that the extensive experience I gained in the field will set me apart from the straight-through crowd. I found this last part to prove true at an open house. When we all introduced ourselves I had profs there wanting to talk to me afterward about my experiences at work. it seemed to set me apart in a good way. On the GRE thing, only time will tell. I was 99th percentile in verbal and 34th in quant. Yeah. Cough. My advisor said the quant won't hurt me as bad because of my age. So cheers to being 30 and let's hope he's right!
  16. I applied to several schools, but in reality I only applied to 2. What I mean is, due to SO there are only 2 schools that I could really attend. I applied to the others out of curiosity, and as pipe dreams. Luckily for me, my top choice is one of the schools I could attend if I get in. But only having 2 scares me a bit. My other school isn't as highly ranked but it's a perfect fit so I'd be happy there. I just really hope I get in to one of them.
  17. I hear they sell plan B's at the pharmacy, for ten bucks. Over-the-counter.
  18. I think as long as you frame your project in terms of a research question with the goal of producing original scholarship, then you'd be okay with that. So, you might say something like: My research interest is X. I am so interested in interest X that I am currently _describe project here_ While in your program, I would extend this line of inquiry by_describe how your project fits as research that addresses the research interest stated above. Etc. Etc. Just make sure that it doesn't sound like this: I am interested in X. I would like to use your resources to get my mini-business off the ground. Thanks for funding me and my project.
  19. <br /><br /><br /> LOL I think it's the one called "hope."
  20. <br /><br /><br /> Ha ha! Angry Birds has stolen hours of my life. I hate it when they smile at me after I've failed. They SMILE at me!!!!! Must kill pig. For games I love Scrabble and mirrors edge, I think it's called. Good stuff.
  21. I am a huge fan of Pages for iPad. It's totally worth the ten bucks. Goodreader I (so far) have found to have more features than I need, which makes it cumbersome. I just need to spend some time with it. Notetaker HD is my favorite app for annotating .PDF's and for taking notes. It beats the hell out of Penultimate, IMO. The only thing I like better about Penultimate is the notbook feature. But, in my world, Notetaker is my go to app for everything. I love the Edit 2 feature. It makes writing neatly very easy. Here's a video with Dan Bricklin, the inventor of Notetaker doing a demo of the program. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRUy0fg6yj8 Also, I love being able to handwrite notes on PDF's.It's like having the pdf in your hands. I also love that with Notetaker you can send right to Dropbox or pdf to your email and then to Evernote.
  22. Oooh! Good one! I'm a leg-bouncer. It's always going.
  23. Hi All, Looking for apps that are good for school work. I am trying out Goodreader but find it bulky. I really like NoteTaker HD for handwriting notes and reading .PDF documents. I am a big fan of Evernote and am starting to use Dropbox for storage. What apps do you recommend?
  24. That sounds like a lot more than the typical TA assignment.
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