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disidentifications reacted to Bopie5 in 2019 Applicants
That's exactly how I'm feeling! Even when pulling together my Villanova app, I realized how much I'd grown and become more focused in the last few months. But I feel the same way about the money too. I look at my bank account and realize that I could have about $900 more in there...eeeek.
I'm taking a month long break regardless too. Fingers crossed for a good internship for you!
And re: the writing sample--this warmed my heart extremely this morning! I hope you enjoy Asher Lev. Affirmation on the WS means more than you know right now!
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disidentifications reacted to Renzo in 2019 Applicants
Apropos of nothing, I don't really post here that much, and I guess you should take a random comment from a stranger for what it's worth, but: I'm absolutely positive you will end up as a professor somewhere if you're determined to make it work. I'm older, so I'm in a different boat, but you have so much time to try to reach your dream. There's no way to say that without sounding patronizing, but I'm just trying to articulate that while the disappointment must sting now, any setbacks you're having are temporary for someone as focused and bright as you seem to be. (And by the by, I'm not sure what the protocol around this is, but I think it would be really instructive for you to get some feedback from admissions committees on your package if possible, because there's a good chance they'd point you to something concrete and fixable.)
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disidentifications got a reaction from Hard times! in 2019 Applicants
I am gutted for the both of us too... Though at this point, having done more work on my thesis and gotten a stronger hold on my areas of interest, I'm also quite excited to reapply, knowing that I'll likely be a stronger applicant the second time round! (To be honest, my heart aches most for the exorbitant application fees that have gone down the drain, because that really!! wasn't!! cheap!!! The time and effort that I've spent on my applications hardly feel wasted since I've learned so much about myself, my interests, and academia through this process.)
As for my backup plans, I'm not too sure about them yet. I'll be taking a month-long break right after I graduate, just to give myself some breathing room and space to refocus. Beyond that, I might take up either an editorial or a publishing internship (I'm currently looking at one with Taylor and Francis), because if academia doesn't work out for me, I'd probably like to work in those fields anyway.
Thank you for your well-wishes, and all the best to you with your future plans! (Also, can I just reiterate how much I enjoyed reading your writing sample? I've bought a copy of My Name is Asher Lev as a result, and it's now on my TBR pile, which I'll definitely get to after the semester ends.)
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disidentifications got a reaction from jadeisokay in 2019 Applicants
Seconding these sentiments, especially since you guys have been here since the early days of this thread! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that all your backup plans work out for you, and perhaps we might see each other here again next year — hopefully with better news re: phd apps.
(I don't know when I'll sign out of this site proper, since I've gotten so invested in everyone else's applications, but I really ought to soon -- maybe after Harvard officially lets me go -- to get my thesis done ?. I'll probably be back in the summer though, to seek out advice on reapplying, so if anyone has any tips on reformulating SoPs, or on any part of the application process for that matter, I'd be your more than willing audience!)
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disidentifications reacted to Bopie5 in 2019 Applicants
@jadeisokay Honestly, same. Haven't posted or been on as much, but I've still been lurking all the topics!
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disidentifications reacted to mandelbulb in 2019 Applicants
it's nice to still see you here @jadeisokay and @Bopie5!
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disidentifications reacted to beardedlady in 2019 Acceptances
Still reeling from the Brown rejection, but I got accepted to Fordham! Email from DGS says all acceptances have been sent out, but I don't know about waitlist notifications.
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disidentifications reacted to Englishandteamakesahappyme in 2019 Acceptances
Okay folks, that's a wrap. Looks like a singular acceptance to Brown's PhD this year!
Just kidding. Trying to provide some levity. ?
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disidentifications reacted to The Wordsworthian in 2019 Acceptances
Accepted at University of Washington! My first acceptance and I am STOKED.
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disidentifications got a reaction from SomeoneAcceptMe in Where's Penn tho??
On that same note, what about Brown? (They should've notified a week ago!)
(Then again, I'm not counting on getting in at either places, so perhaps I'd rather not know.)
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disidentifications reacted to Englishandteamakesahappyme in Where's Penn tho??
Someone on another forum contacted Brown and got a pretty generic message stating that no decisions have been sent, but will be sent out in the next few weeks. "Gee, thanks" was my sentiment upon reading that post.
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disidentifications got a reaction from mustmatatus in Where's Penn tho??
On that same note, what about Brown? (They should've notified a week ago!)
(Then again, I'm not counting on getting in at either places, so perhaps I'd rather not know.)
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disidentifications got a reaction from Fedallah in Where's Penn tho??
On that same note, what about Brown? (They should've notified a week ago!)
(Then again, I'm not counting on getting in at either places, so perhaps I'd rather not know.)
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disidentifications reacted to Englishandteamakesahappyme in 2019 Applicants
I jump every time my phone rings, beeps, dings, or vibrates. I sleep with my phone under the pillow. Even my computer’s sleep mode is turned off.
Met a friend for lunch yesterday. He said I look “weathered.”
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disidentifications reacted to madandmoonly in Considering PhD. Need help answering some questions.
I also want to point towards Sunaura Taylor's Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation. It's great.
The Deleuze & Guattari full chapter name is "Becoming-Intense, Becoming-Animal, becoming-Imperceptible" & is indeed from A Thousand Plateaus!
& if you like them, @NoNameGuy, you might like Brian Massumi's What Animals Teach Us About Politics which is really Deleuzian.
I think having studied philosophy is a huge asset for you! There's a lot of synergy between the two fields -- While in an "English" program, my focus is on philosophy or "theory" more often than not.
OH, and Alexis Shotwell's Against Purity has a few chapters on animals, and talks about veganism in a way I find compelling!
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disidentifications got a reaction from dilby in 2019 Applicants
Does Columbia not also do as Chicago does and refer some of their applicants to their MA program? Perhaps that's why rejections are staggered.
Edit: In which case, it's also time for this meme to return--
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disidentifications reacted to beardedlady in 2019 Applicants
Just dropping in to share this, in case anyone could use a pick-me-up via humorous, eccentric, and historical feline portraiture. Eulalie Osgood Grover, writer of children's books and the original cat memer (c. 1911):
(enjoy further perusal: https://archive.org/details/kittenscatsbooko00grov)
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disidentifications reacted to jusrain in 2019 Applicants
Does anyone know how to sleep through the night anymore... asking for a friend
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disidentifications reacted to eddyrynes in 2019 Applicants
New week, same anxieties ??
Good luck, everyone! I hope we all get the news that we want this week ?
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disidentifications reacted to arbie in 2019 Applicants
Y’all. Some of these implied rejections out here make me feel like I’m experiencing the 7 stages of grief.
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disidentifications reacted to WildeThing in 2019 Applicants
At this rate I’d be happy to attend Trump University.
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disidentifications got a reaction from ArcaMajora in 2019 Applicants
Haven't had any dreams/nightmares about grad school per se, but I'm rereading Paul Saint-Amour's chapter on perpetual suspense in Woolf's novels (vis-à-vis the prospect of total war) for my honours thesis, and it seems I'm trapped in a perpetual waking nightmare ?♀️
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disidentifications reacted to Musmatatus in 2019 Applicants
Shout out to everyone's friends/roommates who have done this! Y'all the real heroes of this admission cycle!!
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disidentifications got a reaction from aporeticpoetic in 2019 Applicants
is anyone -- or their friend or roommate -- willing to start calling schools?