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I think we are now all aware of that google doc, and have been bombarded in facebook feeds and otherwise with news of hiring freezes and furloughs. It would be nice if the thread can at least stay positive (any success in the market or ideas on how to move past it?) instead of being another forum for alarmism and fear mongering--there are just too many of those, no matter how "right" it might be. 

@Faith786
Congrats on your interviews and thanks for sharing your news! It's a good sign to see that positions are being postponed and not cancelled altogether.
Out of curiosity, are you in the sciences? I'm pretty sure most humanities searches are in the low season now, so I was just wondering what fields hire around this time of the year.
I was taking a look at the list of hiring freezes The Professor Is In posted. It is indeed confusing. Although she does claim that the listings are unverified, it's really hard to tell what exactly these freezes mean and how long they will last. Then I realized that list really isn't helpful for anything except stoking anxiety.....
 

Thanks for sharing the link--
I've heard that some schools are cancelling searches and not extending offers--that really sucks. And that would be terrible to be laid off as a tenured faculty member! ?
I wonder how long will this persist--it's if it's just for this semester, if these hiring freezes will affect tt searches in the fall, or if by May/June these restrictions will start to lift (I hope the latter). No one has a crystal ball, unfortunately, but I hope we will have some clarity in a couple weeks. 
If anyone else has insights I'd be interested in hearing them...
 

If we are all still alive in the fall, do you think coronavirus/current economy will have any effects on whether deans approve TT lines for next cycle? 
Obviously I'm way over thinking things (as I guess I do)..but since I know that lines usually get approved in the spring, I was wondering if anyone had any insight if we will see fewer tt openings in the fall, given the current market. Or perhaps it's too early to tell? Or perhaps even the warm weather will come and make everything better! one can hope...
 

@Faith786
First, congrats on getting a number of "bites" on the market this year. From what I've been learning while on the market it takes a couple of cycles to finally get it--some are lucky and get jobs right away, some not as much  
Anyway, out of curiosity, do you know what universities have implemented hiring freezes? Are these new freezes in response to the current crisis, or are these older policies that have been in place for a couple years now? 
I would like to be optimistic for the fall too, and am desperately looking for signs that it's ok to be optimistic (hence this thread ?). I'm also wondering how much of this will depend on freshmen enrollment numbers. 

Hi @Quickmick 
Thanks for your response!
Yes, I did indeed mean jobs that will be advertised in the fall of the AY 20-21, for positions that start in 21-22. Sorry if that was confusing  My own sense of these timelines is that college administrations approve tt lines in late spring/early summer, and then they are advertised the following fall. I suppose there is some wiggle room here, and that maybe these approvals can be made over the summer or into the early fall too. But now faced with the impending end of the world (obviously) I'm worried about how all this is going to effect the hiring processes for next year. Le sigh. 
 

I wish that I had known how to separate good advice from bad. I'd assumed that all of my professors were naturally looking out for my good, but I realize that every once in a while, there are some that are so self-absorbed and out of it when it comes to applying to graduate school nowadays, that they simply don't take the applicants personal circumstance/wishes/goals into account.

Even in some cases where I worked very closely with one professor in my program, that as the time passed and as I was no longer his student (and thus as was described to me, i no longer brought him prestige), he'd conveniently forgotten all that I'd been through to get where I am now, and gave me simply wrong advice about applying to schools that I wish I hadn't listened to. (in addition to, as I have said elsewhere on this forum going MIA in terms of my recommendation :shock: )

Watch out for people like them! There is also a certain amount of following your instincts in this whole process--if you are a serious student there will always be people willing to help you out. In the end, I truly believe that their recommendations will be stronger and more honest than type A as listed above

hey,

does anyone know of a place to buy beer (and take it home...) near campus? just got here, and can't find anywhere that sells beer except for at the grocery stores which are a bit far to walk (or drive during rush hour).

I haven't been so vocal here, but I was really rooting for you too. If it's something you really want, you'll find a way to get to Estonia no matter what. There's always more than one shot and more than one way to skin a cat Even though I'm sure it doesn't seem like that now...
 
Who knows what/if/how decisions are politically motivated when it comes to these things...anyway, you will find a way!

I really feel for you! When I found out about my alternate status for JF my advisor told me that it wasn't a rejection and it's still promising. It ain't over yet, and hopefully there will start to be some movement off the waiting lists. Something will work out, even if it doesn't seem like it will now.

Full grant to Japan!!! wooo!!!!

Anyone else have the feeling the longer they wait the more unlikely they are to get it?

Anyone else have the feeling the longer they wait the more unlikely they are to get it?

oh the false modesty!!!

nono, everyone knows that above a 600 on the verbal is very good while a 650 is excellent.
quant is of course more important in fields that use math

Extremely low GRE scores? like in the 300s? 400s? that might be a problem. above a 500 should be fine if everything else is strong.

oh the false modesty!!!

nono, everyone knows that above a 600 on the verbal is very good while a 650 is excellent.
quant is of course more important in fields that use math

Extremely low GRE scores? like in the 300s? 400s? that might be a problem. above a 500 should be fine if everything else is strong.

Are you talking about a doctoral thesis? I think in either case, isn't your supervisor's job to cut it up and criticize every single part that he/she can? If it is your PhD thesis, consider yourself lucky...some supervisors don't care enough to do that. Just work on it more, and because of those comments it'll be much stronger in the end.

I say, unless you were attending Monkey University going for a degree in poo flinging, bad smells are not good.
heck. that's how i made my choice. Smell of adviser, and how likely it would be for them to win a troll look alike contest.

oh the false modesty!!!

nono, everyone knows that above a 600 on the verbal is very good while a 650 is excellent.
quant is of course more important in fields that use math

Extremely low GRE scores? like in the 300s? 400s? that might be a problem. above a 500 should be fine if everything else is strong.

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MacBook Pro all the way. I still have the one from when they first came out in 2006, and it's working like new. Never a problem, no spam, spyware, never crashed, never lost data. I had PCs for years before, one lasted 4 years, the other only 2. My husband had PC that got messed up with internet crap after only a few years, and even the tech guys at school couldn't fix it.

Mac
Mac
Mac

Worth the price, you won't have to get another computer again ever