transcendental
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Michigan's website says this:
"Please make it clear to all recommenders that your application processing will not be complete if we do not receive your letters by the December 15 deadline. Your recommenders will not be able to submit electronic letters after this date."
I am totally boned. My professor totally fucked me over. Awesome. Nice waste of $65 and a good bit of hope.
I don't exactly remember the details of my situation as it played out last year, but one of my recommenders ended up emailing (I think, or mailing) her letter to Michigan because it was past the deadline or on the day of the deadline that she submitted. I'd recommend calling or emailing the program and your recommender again. They probably have this happen a lot and don't want to have to deal with it so they have that warning on the site, or else they just shut down access to the apps after the 15th.
(I am in no way affiliated with UMich, though, so that's my guess). Good luck!
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I think Baz Luhrman was the wrong choice for this story, because The G.G. isn't really about lavish 1920s jazz age blah blah blah (which is pretty empty and shallow to start with) -- it's more of a character driven story. But it doesn't look like Luhrman reeled in any of his more garish impulses (a la Moulin Rouge -- the movie everyone in the world but me fawns over). So I guess it's just going to be tacky CGI, gaudy color schemes (I can't wait to see the green light pffftt), and stilted acting. And Tobey McGuire as Nick Carraway? WTF? He's like a perpetual nice guy and Nick Carraway is a dick.
BUT... It's in 3-D!
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My reference to the 100 point jump was for the score itself of course, haha, though who wouldn't want to be in the 150 percentile, but yeah 11 percentiles isn't a huge deal. That test is horrible in so many ways, so I don't blame you for fretting about it. I've also heard from my former DGS that the test might be especially important for an applicant whose original major wasn't English or who maybe did poorly in lit courses (which I don't imagine to be you). Good luck on the regular GRE and congrats for surviving the lit one.
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IMO it may not be worth the money and time you'd invest to retake it. Both score sets would be reported to the schools you send it to anyway, so making an 11 point jump is not going to be that impressive of an improvement, I would think. If you needed to go up by 100 or something, that may be worth it, but if you did well enough, you should be in good shape. FWIW, the school that made me the best offer required the lit GRE and my score was awful (I think below 50 %ile, but I try not to remember). Good luck in whatever you decide to do!
(Edited for a typo!)
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Don't apologize. Just do things differently next time. In particular, if you want to get students talking, give them the opportunity to do so in small groups first, then in front of the larger group. This engages students and encourages active discussion since students don't have to risk embarassing themselves in front of the entire class. Put your questions up on the board (powerpoint, overhead, whatever), and ask them to discuss their responses in groups of 4-5. Then once they've had adequate time for small group discussion, ask one volunteer from each group to share a couple of the main points that their group discussed. This is Teaching Techniques 101. Trust me, it *always* works!
This is great advice. While teaching, there were some times where I could ask questions on the fly to the class as a whole and have students be very on top of their game that they will engage in a great discussion right away. A lot of the time though, I'd do as Andsowego suggested and would have questions prepared for them to answer in groups before sharing as a class. And yeah, you're going to remember your bad day way more than they will! If they seem glassy-eyed one day, it doesn't mean they will be the next.
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So is anyone else around these parts going to Fordham? I still haven't gotten any official word/info from anyone there except for their near immediate processing of my deposit (that doesn't sound cynical). Feel free to PM if you're going.
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My field is not nearly related to Austen, but in a JA course I took my professor was insistent on the Penguin classics versions of her work. Looking quickly at my Penguin version, it says that it is based on the 1814 original and notes variations between 1814 and the 1816 in the appendix. I don't know how helpful that is. Have fun with Fanny!
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Oh, dear God. Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. I just got this email from the LSU DGS:
"Dear [Applicant],
There are still two spots in the PhD program that are in play. It’s hard to say if we will be able to offer you a place, but you are not very far down the list. I wish I could give more concrete information, but it’s all very much in flux right now.
Please let me know if your status changes, and please feel free to ask more questions."
ARRRRGH. I had just gotten used to the thought that I wasn't getting in anywhere.
Yeah, offers definitely still go out after the deadline.
Many programs are still scrambling to complete their cohorts, so don't give up! Good luck! -
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I'm also worried about moving with my cat. She is small, but neurotic, and it's still up in the air if I'll have a car with me at all (a 12+ hour drive to live in NYC) or if I'd have to take her on the plane. I'm trying to put off worrying about all of this relocation business for as long as possible. I think I'm just so used to the anxiety from the admission process that I seem to perpetually create it for myself. But I am happy for this type of worry!
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YAY!!!! Congrats!!!
And to you! YAY! So happy we met on here
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I removed myself from the Iowa waitlist to accept Fordham! So happy!
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I'm a little late on the congratulations train, but congrats to everyone here!!
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Thanks!!
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Heard back from my DGS.
I'm at the top of the list in my field.
I'm exhilarated and terrified.
Woo! Hoping you get it!
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Ugh, I found out that I'm going to have to wait until Sunday afternoon, possibly Monday morning, and that I'm in "shooting distance" of funding. Maybe gun metaphors are not the best at this time. Wow, this is going to be insane.
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Are you on the waitlist for that department? Or are you just waiting on any news, period? Also, forgive the impertinence, but my general impression is that UIowa isn't among the most prominent programs for English--feel free to correct me though. I know their Comp Lit + Cinema department is amazing, though.
Er, yeah, I am on Iowa's waitlist. And I'm not sure what you mean by "most prominent," but Iowa is a very well-regarded program and ranks in the top 50 and top 30 in different systems, if rankings are what you mean. It's also very strong in my subfield.
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P.S. Rooting for you transcendental, and you know it! [AND ALL 'YALL]
AND ME FOR YOU! And everyone here!
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Thanks for this.
An open question which anyone can respond to: The 15th is not far away. As I understand it, this is sort of a deadline for students to whom offers have been made to respond to the university making that offer. But we all know that in academia such deadlines are more of guidelines, really. Since I'm on a waiting list, U. Iowa won't turn to that list until they've heard from all their initial offers. That in itself could take upto and including the 15th, right? So I should still expect to hear things after the 15th, possibly?
I'm also still waiting on Iowa, but for English/Lit studies. I'm about ready to throw in the towel on this one, but I'm going to email about my status tomorrow. My hair will probably be completely gray if I have to wait until the 15th, esp. since they were encouraging that they'd find aid before then.
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Most definitely, I'd say close to half my department does.
Anywhere along rt. 80 or something that gets you to it (like 17, 208, etc.) will work. Just avoid Paterson, Passaic, and the towns south of the GWB along the Hudson River like Pal Park and North Bergen (these aren't bad, but aren't good either).
Thanks! I'm completely ignorant; are these places near good public transportation? I'm thinking of NJ so I can maybe keep my car but don't want to always rely on it to get to campus.
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Just curious if many Fordham people live in NJ and commute? Any recommendations?
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Coping? What is this coping you all speak of?
I've taken to flipping coins to see where random chance will tell me I'll be going. Also, rocking back and forth.
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Maybe it is my body's natural response to the holiday feasting, but I'm getting an elevated heart rate thinking of this week.
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I've never heard this before, and this also hasn't been my experience by any means. I got my MA from a program that also offers a PhD, and the majority of the professors I had were very much involved and interested in working with MA students, particularly those of us who were working on theses and interested in moving onto PhD programs, whether in the same program or not (I can't think of one that wasn't, in fact).
I'm very glad I went to this particular program for my MA, as I think getting to work with the professors I worked with was a valuable experience that really helped me along in many ways. At the same time, I didn't want to stay there for my PhD, and the professors I worked with were totally understanding and were still very much willing to work with me, despite the fact that I wouldn't be around after the second year. While the school I got my MA from isn't a top 20, it is a respected program with some top-notch professors. I got into several of my top-choice PhD programs (many of which are more well thought of than the program I got an MA from), so I think to advise people to avoid getting an MA from a program that offers a PhD is misguided at the very least.
I'd definitely agree with this, and disagree with the comment about not getting only an MA where a PhD is offered. What if you end up not wanting to do a PhD there? Even if you did want to, most people apply to multiple programs anyway and would decide from there where they'd want to go. Programs are set up in different ways; some have a free-standing MA, as well as a PhD that requires an MA to get into; some have a straight PhD where you pick up an MA on the way. Some people can get into a PhD right away from undergrad, and that's great, but getting a funded MA is not going to look like you don't have the chops for a PhD. It means that a program wants to fund you.
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If incoming students to the city are interested in subletting a 1BR in Inwood/Washington Hts for the month of July (flexible into August), please PM me!
It'd be a good way to live somewhere and check out places before you sign a lease.