[Projected Acceptance Dates for English PHD programs]

16 minutes ago, la_mod said:

I’ve no idea what this means. I didn’t do document tracking on mine this time. Do you remember if they have transcript upload as well? Or another place at which to I put GPA? And they opened them already this round, or last? Hoping it means they’re close.

They did have transcript upload and a box for manually inputting GPA. I remember this because my undergraduate school didn't use GPAs, so I had to make a fuss over estimating one. Good luck to everyone. I am white-knuckling it right alongside you. :-)

[Let’s talk books]

Hi everyone, first-time poster here. This is a great thread — it's exciting to discover the titles and authors we have in common, and I'm making up my to-read list from your comments! Have any Kafka fans read Clarice Lispector? I've blown through The Passion According to G.H. and Agua Viva a few times... definitely a different flavor than Kafka but her prose is so flippin' gorgeous. 

My latest long-term read was Doctor Zhivago, which I adored. @mk-8, did you read it (as a sophomore?!) or watch the 1965 movie? For nonfiction, I recently finished Rebecca Solnit's Savage Dreams. (I am applying to Lit programs with a specific focus in nuclear culture and Southwestern literary ecologies.) Definitely recommend, especially for fans of Annette Kolodny.