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What kinds of questions should I expect in my interview next week? I'm assuming I'll get "Tell us about your research" and "Why do you want to come to this school," but are there other specific things I should be prepared for?

Hello! I got an email from the religious studies department at Iowa that they want to Skype interview me next week. They want to interview me, as in, I think I'm going to be interviewing with multiple faculty at once. The department head said in her email that she needed to "see what works with everyone" time-wise. I had imagined I would just interview with whoever was willing to advise me. Was I mistaken? Has anyone done group interviews like this, and could you tell me how they might be different from a one-on-one? Thank you!!

Pshah. I'm 35 and still get the looks from all the boys. Also, I met my husband at 29 in a grad program I was just starting at the time, and we got married when I was an old maid of 33. Come on now. Turn the voices in your head off and focus on enjoying your life.

YAAAY! Finally! Interview with Iowa next week!!! YAAAAAY!!!!

Good to hear. I have found central Illinois to be a challenging location. It's not only the lack of things to do. The local people are nice but weirdly standoffish, whereas most other places in the country where I've lived, people tend to be more engaging and warm. After 3 1/2 years here (my husband is doing his PhD), I've met a lot of people, but only made a couple of good friends. I'm really ready to go, so I'm starting my PhD before husband is done so I can get out a little sooner.

I'm really struggling with the not-knowing today. Really. Struggling. I have a TON of grading to do, which means I'm stuck in front of a computer feeling bored, so you know I've been checking this forum and the results list every 15 minutes. I applied to ten schools; I technically only need to get into one!! Just one! Oh Gods of Education, just give me one acceptance soon so I can stop worrying about whether I'm going to school next year or not!! .... And if I get like six or seven, then I can know I'm going to school and feel good about myself. Up to You, oh Mighty Ones.

What kind of job do you want to find after you graduate?

Wednesday. Still nothing. I'm gonna try to tell myself to pin my hopes to hearing from my schools on next week, just like I told myself last week to hope for this week.

No offense to anyone here, but common names with unnecessarily weird spellings. All parents are doing is making life harder for the kid and their teachers trying to learn the kid's name. Like Lyndsi, Jordyn, Zakery, Tailer, etc. I knew a little girl who told me her name was "Kennedy," and then her mom told me it was spelled "Kynnadi." What? If you want your kid to have a non-traditional name, then give them one. Don't take a common name and then use it to abuse the letter "y."

>_< I can't tell you how many times I misread assignments in school and wrote the wrong thing. So frustrating!!!!

Jimmy John's sandwiches are truly....meh. Not horrible, but not good. Definitely not worth the price. And their owner is a jerk.

Some non-academic information about UIUC is that outside of the university, social scenes and almost anything to do are far and in between. If you come to UIUC, you're life will be school, because there's simply nothing else but corn fields and a couple of microbreweries. Also, if you have a significant other, that's definitely something to keep in mind. Job opportunities and chances at making friends are hard if you're not a student.

Good luck!

Why are you telling me these things???

Did the professor mention an applicant named Andrea? Like did he say something like, "You sass that froopy Andrea and her project on early Christian art? There's a frood who really knows where her towel is" or something of the kind?

Life goes on. I thought the Theology department at Notre Dame was a stretch, but I really want to work with Robin Jensen, so I applied to work with her both in the Theology department and Medieval Institute. I haven't heard from the latter, so I'm trying to decide if I should email her with a "Hey, what's up?" or just wait it out. She seemed interested in my project when I corresponded with her via email in Nov and Dec.

I got my first rejection email! Woo-hoo! Finally, something!

Have you all crossed off schools that you know have sent out acceptances but haven't contacted you? I know you can get put on a short waiting list until students accept their offers, so part of me wants to hold out hope.

Dead eyed like this:

I would have denied having the instructions. Straight up lied, like a 6 year old with a half-eaten cookie behind her back.

Whenever I go to Starbucks, it seems like 90% of what they're selling are hot milkshakes with caffeine. Now look, if you want a raspberry mochaccino with whipped cream, go for it! Drink them to your heart's content. But don't pretend like you're drinking a coffee. You're drinking a hot milkshake with caffeine. Same thing with muffins. THEY'RE CUPCAKES WITH NO FROSTING, PEOPLE!!! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills! A muffin and frappuccino for breakfast = a cupcake and milkshake for breakfast I'm not judging; I'm just saying, call it what it is.

I'm going to wait until the first week of March. It will be difficult to wait that long, but it seems like the schools might need February to sort out acceptances (did the admitted students accept or turn down their offers?).

Hold on to that feelayayaying!!! Street light! Peahhpaaaaaaaaaalllll!!!!

In Chicago I used to live in an area that was both high student population and high family population. One day this dumb girl (looked like an undergrad) tried to go through a crosswalk where there was a crossing guard and small children. I walked straight in front of her, and she almost hit me, and I just turned and stared her down. She yelled and motioned with her arms like she thought she was tough, until the crossing guard walked behind me with the kids to the other side of the street. Open your eyes, bitch. But, where I live now I have the opposite problem. College students are CONSTANTLY walking into the street looking at their f---ing phones. They don't even look left or right! LOOK! UP! I don't want to hit them... ok, sometimes I do, but I don't want my insurance to go up, so I drive through campus at about 15 mph.