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  1. San Diego State University's special collections lib has a HUGE collection of comics, zines, etc. We only have a MA program, but you might be interested.
  2. My boyfriend came with me to a welcome day, and since I was staying in a hotel that the school had paid for / arranged, I emailed them to make sure that I wasn’t going to be rooming with any prospective students. They were really nice about it and told me I should def bring him! A few other people had brought their significant others as well. However, he didn’t meet any of the people I did, but instead did his own thing while I was on campus / hearing presentations. I think it’s pretty typical for people to bring people if they have the means to do so, so then the SOs can get a feel for the town, etc
  3. The DGS at USC just let me know that they’ll be offering my just-declined spot to someone on the waitlist; hope it’s one of you all!
  4. Thank you for clarifying tax info too! I’ve been trying to start a preliminary budget and am hoping to save 25-30% of my stipend / salary after tax, but I really have no idea how much taxes will be...
  5. Can someone explain how to calculate living wage ratio?
  6. CONGRATS! I know this makes your decision harder, but what a wonderful problem to have!
  7. I'm currently on a gap year right now! I did NOT want to take a break but was shut out last year. I was lucky to find two great part-time jobs in very different fields (I work at my university's library and as a nanny) and it has been nice to be in a semi-academic setting while still getting a break. I didn't think I needed a break, but I did! The best thing I've done on my gap year is treat it as a break. I did go to an international conference last summer, but aside from that I've tried to distance myself. It's so easy to get tunnel vision in academia, and I think that -- especially if you've had a really frantic past few years, as I had -- it's good to step back and realize that there's a ton of life outside of the university. Not only has this been good for my mental health, but it made facing the uncertainty of grad school admissions much easier. When I was rejected last year I was DEVASTATED and thought my life was over. This February was still tough and my first few rejections still sucked, but I also knew that I'd be okay if I didn't get in.
  8. I heard back on Monday with an offer for admission via email. I hope you get good news soon!
  9. Finally heard back from Toronto after that cryptic email last week! They also offered a small scholarship, which was nice.
  10. I’m sure someone who has a MA could speak to this better, but: fuck prestige for BA / MAs! It matters what you do there. I went to a kinda meh-ranked school and made up for it by doing well while there, taking extra research opportunities, etc. I know that other people on this forum went to unranked MAs and got into great schools.
  11. I'm leaning heavily towards Michigan right now. I'll probably wait until visiting to accept, but I feel like it's the best for my long-term personal goals. It's hard, because UCSB has the people I most want to work with, but living there would be tough financially, the job placement isn't as good, and I'd have to be in a long-term relationship for 3+ years instead of 9 months. Also I'm so worried about moving across the country! Still, I'm really excited about Ann Arbor in general.
  12. I'm mainly gonna read Woolf because that's who I want to work on, and then Ulysses. I'll get around to finishing some stuff by Forster, Waugh, and Lewis that I've been slow to read.
  13. Just heard from McGill! Will also be turning them down. Still waiting on UBC, which is weird, but at this point it doesn't really make a difference to me. Hopefully we all get some news soon so we can move on with our lives!
  14. Ah, I'm so happy to see that people like The new Penguin Russian Course! I'm starting from scratch with Russian and this is the book I've recently picked up (I plan on supplementing it by hanging around my boyfriend's family, ha). French will be my other language and I'm definitely going to get French for Reading too! Any other suggestions from anyone about learning / improving on languages?
  15. Coming from the 2018 venting thread to make a new thread (per the suggestion of @unicornsarereal) about what books we all plan to read in the coming months to prepare for entering a grad program. Mine are mostly canonical Modernist texts, but I’m also planning on reading “The Limits of Critique” by Rita Felski, which I’ve been told is a great read for any aspiring scholar. What about y’all?
  16. I’m feeling MAJOR impostor syndrome. There’s a google doc for people visiting Michigan and after some light googling, I’m shook to see that my prospectively future cohort is full of people with a ton of serious professional experience, extensive writing backgrounds, etc. I’m over here from my little state school like “hi, I started a semi-successful club but that’s pretty much it” (and it’s not the only thing, but still!). This is made worse by the fact that I’ve never lived apart from my parents, had to move or drive in snow, don’t know what questions to ask POIs, and feel like a proper baby (I’m 21). Eek.
  17. Just saw on my POIs Twitter that they’re still reading apps.... I’m saying next week
  18. I'm also v v v v v interested in this. I'm especially interested in DH and am curious as to how that could translate.
  19. Hey all. I’m currently trying to compare placement rates for some of the schools I’ve been admitted to, and I’m running in to a staggering lack of data. Most do the vague “here’s where people have gone recently” or post updates by date, which means that someone might have been placed in a TT job in 2017 (where it’s listed), but actually graduated in 2013. Any suggestions on asking for more info from programs? Would I be better off asking grad students? Am I being too hung up on this?
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