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These are such, such solid advices. Thank you so much for sharing @mandelbulb @Anonymouse124 @jrockford27 @bfat @snorkles I'm literally printing this thread!

I gotta work on those reviews... I have a few publications but no reviews. It seems like the reviews are the new currency in the academia, esp. in our field.

Why are people so generous and awesome??? Thank you for the encouragements and these incredibly helpful & refreshing tips, @natalielouise @sugilite @northwestnative! ? This is great. I hadn't given much thought to finding a community before but I already see why it is important just from getting responses here and sharing thoughts. Hopefully, I can become a better applicant next cycle and emerge as someone who can give advices/tips just like y'all did!

You are a love @kendalldinniene!!! This is some kinda info that I won't get from anywhere! Your point about looking into where peeps graduated from or looking at publications from recent grads is an awesome strategy. Since I graduated already, it's kinda frustrating not to have a place I can belong to. I'll definitely do more research on potential schools. Thanks a lot for sharing your view on this! ❤️

As some of others, a recent lurker. Congrats to all those who made it! I'm shutout this year and trying to get some grips on what to do from here. I was just wondering what you guys did or are planning to do after getting shutout from the app. cycle? When shooting for future cycles, what you do in the meantime matters much to the ad comm? I have a work-from-home job (not related to academia) that affords me to stay caffeinated and conflicted about what to do for the next year or so. Do you publish papers? Read more books (duh)? Just curious. And totally lost...

**I feel like I should've posted my question on a different board... Sorry everyone!** Thanks, @DocSportello. This is really helpful to know and plan in advance (for the next cycle...). Time for me to look into something-something Studies departments--hope the job placement at the "Studies" departments will hold out--

Thanks for the response, @Sav. I'm just amazed every year at the cohort size that seems to be decreasing all the time. Well, cheers for everyone in the same boat!

How much do you think funding matters in deciding acceptances/rejections? Like, one can get rejected if there isn't sufficient funding opps. to be offered?