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Have fun reading my super long PM. If you still want more info, @mk-8 is a wealth of knowledge who helped me out a lot!

Sending vibes of endurance your way!

Yeah, I definitely want to second this. I thought UMN would be my pick before I visited the Twin Cities. UMN has a fantastic program and very talented people, but I was struggling in their "unusually warm" weather with borrowed Northern gear. I quickly realized how much of an adjustment that weather would be. I couldn't picture myself being happy there, and I didn't want to make my adjustment into a PhD program that much more difficult. Happiness matters for your quality of life AND your quality of work. Disclaimer: Everyone is different. I hope someone who doesn't mind the cold takes my spot and appreciates that program for how awesome it is!

@klader I decided on Clemson. You and @bigfluffybearcat have some really tough decisions to make!! @bumbleblu Waiting is the worst! Have you set a personal deadline or are you going to try to ride it out for as long as you can?

Hooray!! I'll send you a PM.

I love picturing a surfing Foucault... being freaky. CONGRATS!! And congrats to everyone else here too!! I have officially accepted my offer from Clemson.

Hahaha. Yes, I heard all about the great things people from Clemdon are presenting there and it made me wish I was attending even more!!

Me neither! I guess we had other things keeping us busy! But I looked through the ATTW program and recognized so many names! I think it would have been nice to have gone.

Not application related, but is anyone at ATTW? I really wish I was at least attending this year!

Congratulations!!!

@Crow T. Robot @WildeThing I just got my Berkeley rejection too. Can't say I'm surprised or happy, but I'm glad to stop fantasizing and wondering!

Thanks! Penn State and my remaining two schools are my worst fits. I'm very thankful for the options I do have, I and can't be too upset about this rejection (and the two more I predict coming in).

Just got a rejection email from Penn State a few minutes ago. It wasn't the best fit (on top of being a fantastic program), so this is what I was expecting.

Thanks for the update. I think you're probably right. I wish they wouldn't be so hush hush about it.

@reneaCongratulations!! Double the work and double the success!! @punctilious!!!!!!!!!!! I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU BOTH!! CONGRATULATIONS

MVP over here! Thank you!

I don't have any advice for you, but I would to add to this sentiment. When I went into my MA program I had a certain plan, but by the end of the first semester I realized that I, yet again, hadn't quite figured out what I wanted to do or study. I finally feel secure about my career goals, but it has taken some time and a lot of unique experiences to learn what they are and why I have lasting interest in them. I switched emphasis, went to some very influential workshops, produced work for non-profits, worked in finance after graduation, and then switched back to academia to teach as a lecturer. It has taken all of that to figure out what I want to do as a scholar and to truly be sure about it. Of course, some people figure out what they want to do and who they are as a scholar much more easily, and boy am I jealous of that kind of internal intuition. I just don't have it. But I don't feel bad about not having it, and I don't feel bad about trying my hand at different things to figure who I am and where I want to be in academia. If you feel like you might need to zigzag a little bit more before you commit your whole career to one specific path, that's freaking okay.

Hmm, I guess it depends on why you want him there are how long you'll stay. I'll be going to two visit days in March. The first one is for Minnesota, and I'm choosing to bring my husband. Neither one of us have ever been to (much less lived in) the midwest. I think it's important for him to see what it's like and help decide what neighborhood we'd like to live in if we do move there. Thankfully, there is a lot to do in Minneapolis, so he'll keep himself busy on the visit day. We're also taking a few extra days to explore the Twin Cites. My second visit day is for USF (in Tampa), and I don't think my husband will be joining me. He is originally from Miami FL and is familiar with Tampa. He doesn't need to revisit the area to get an idea for what it's like, and I'm not taking any extra days to explore. He doesn't have much of a reason to tag along, and we wouldn't interact much if he did anyway.

Yes. This so much. Not to derail this to a Myers Briggs discussion, but I'm an ENTP and this is definitely one of flaws. My mind is on to the next idea and the next question a little too soon.

I applied to U of M's Rhetoric and Scientific & Technical Communication program (which is in the Writing Studies department), so I don't know anything about CSCL there. BUT I'm going to visit the campus during the first week of March and will report back with impressions of the Twin Cities. People here have a lot of positive things to say about the Twin Cities and MN in general. Hopefully I join the choir in singing their praises! UMN is my top pick, the best offer, and (I think) the best fit, but I want make sure all I still think that after I see it in person and meet people.

Wooohooo!!! Congratulations on newest admittances!! And really, is there a cool way to answer those acceptance calls? Even as an extroverted person, I'm awkward af on the phone. I'm just awkward a little louder.

Yeah... that's totally.... what it means.... obviously

Haha, I realllllyyyy doubt they noticed. Maybe I'm just lazy, but I certainly don't pay that much attention to email signatures. I'm unsuccessfully trying not to imagine each admission committee pronouncing "Brititsh" and laughing at me in a circle of judgement. But like you said, they ultimately didn't mind too much...or kinda dug it--even if they did laugh at me. Take heart fellow typoer!

Hahaha, just remember me when it goes main stream. Yessss. I seriously have no idea how I my brain ignored the squiggly read line during my countless proof readings. I blame never adding my weird name or academics word to Word's dictionary. I think I've just learn to ignore the red squiggle.

Okay... looking back over my SOP, and where I meant to type "British" I typed "Brititish." I just wish my typo didn't sound so dirty.