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    Lizzla got a reaction from Tillyfan in Rejections 2011   
    Thanks Here are my stats (with the HUGE caveat that they don't capture the SOP, fit, etc.): I just graduated from a mid-tier state school (the sociology department is ranked higher than the university as a whole--some pretty well-known faculty) with a 3.9 overall, 4.0 in my soc. major. Two semesters as an undergrad research assistant, which turned into a temporary job until I start grad school. My GRE scores were V:800, Q: 730, AW: 3.5. That AW was pretty much a train wreck (26th percentile), but I did have a strong writing sample to counteract that (I hope!!)

    I hope this helps...really, though, there are so many X factors that could affect how your application is received: state budgets, how many students your POI already has, who's leaving, who's on sabbatical, what your adcomm had for lunch...etc.

    Good luck to everyone and deep breaths...at the very least, the uncertainty will be over soon.
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    Lizzla reacted to faculty in Probably rejected and certainly depressed   
    A forum like this didn't exist when I applied to grad school (and in many ways, I'm grateful for that), but a friend and I from undergrad applied to grad school at the same time. I got in everywhere but one school (Stanford). She was rejected everywhere but one school, a state school with no real reputation. We both started school. I stayed in my highly ranked program (which I chose, in large part, because I was so impressed at the visit weekend. I had no idea I'd like it so much). She earned her MA and switched to a top sociology program in her field. That MA did cost her a bit of time and I did end up finishing a year before she did, getting a tenure-track job in a wonderful department at a good school. One year later, though, that friend interviewed for a job in my department (through no pulling pf any strings of mine). Her starting at what was supposed to be our "fall back school" didn't hurt her one bit.
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    Lizzla reacted to qbtacoma in Old Undergrad Papers as Distraction   
    Somewhere, a professor's heart is warmed to the very cockles.
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    Lizzla got a reaction from qbtacoma in Things you could have included.   
    The year I studied abroad in France during my undergrad, I made a pilgrimage to the grave of Emile Durkheim.

    He's a good listener.



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    Lizzla reacted to dreaming 1 in It's February   
    haha food is proving an amazing distraction so far! especially hot drinks, tea, coffee and the like as you have to wait so long for them to cool down. that's three minutes more gone!
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    Lizzla reacted to Sociologia in Acceptances   
    Thought I would chime-in. I'm one of those people who looked on here everyday, but never posted anything in the forum (I do post in results). I have two accptances (UPenn, PSU) and one rejection (Wisconsin). Now that I know I got in a few places my insecurity is beginning to dissipate and I feel more comfortable reaching out. Good luck to everyone and a big thanks to those who are active here (especially @Happy to be here, @Rollright, and @jacib). I'll be happy to answer questions, and help other people through this process. Good luck to everyone.
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    Lizzla reacted to M. Swann in Some balance   
    It seems to me that there are a lot of threads here where people's doubts, worries, insecurities, and uncertainties are being aired. People are thinking of leaving their courses, having trouble with matters social and financial, struggling under intense workloads and demanding TA schedules, and so on. This is understandable: after all, it's in these sorts of circumstances, when one has concerns, that one is likely to look for assistance and advice. Without wanting to undermine or denigrate any of that though, I thought it might be nice to create a thread where people can talk about the positives that they, as graduate students, are finding in their fledgeling careers.

    Personally, I love every bit of it! I get to read and think about things in which I have an inherent interest. I get to solve challenging problems, and enjoy the feeling of satisfaction when I successfully do so. I get to see my work appearing in the journals that I read, right next to all those other researchers about whose work I have been learning since my undergraduate days. I get to teach bright young students, and share with them some of my own joy in learning. I get to crack terrible jokes to people who are polite enough to laugh at them. And best of all, I get to experience the growth of my understanding and mastery of issues in which I am interested and that I find important. In sum, I feel lucky and immensely happy to be where I am, and doing what I am.

    Please join in and share your own positive experiences.
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    Lizzla reacted to gradstudent84 in How will you celebrate?   
    Update my facebook status. Hahahah!

    No one's mentioned it yet but I KNOW for a FACT that more than half of you will do this (assuming you all have an account)

    Then I will email/visit my letter writers, take my family out to dinner, and gloat share to all my friends.

    Just being honest here.
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    Lizzla reacted to neshmi in How do you prefer to receive an Admissions decision from a school?   
    Personally, I would like a limo at the door, with a man in a tuxedo with a rich English accent coming to tell me I'm accepted, fully funded, and they're moving me out. But, an e-mail would also do.
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    Lizzla reacted to rooster34 in Facebook grad school education information   
    Could not agree more. Wow. Just, wow.
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    Lizzla got a reaction from summernights77kt in Only 4 weeks!   
    For the verbal section, I used Barron's list and Word Smart for the GRE. Personally, I think Barron's is a better resource overall, but Word Smart was useful because it pointed out alternate meanings of relatively simple words that I might not have bothered to study otherwise. Keep in mind when you take the test that if the word seems really simple, there's probably a secondary meaning.

    If you're running out of time and you feel like you need to acquire a whole lot of vocabulary, I'd stick to Barron's (you don't even need to buy the book--just google Barron's gre vocab list). If you feel like your vocabulary base is pretty solid and just needs some polishing, spend some time paging through Word Smart. It's worth pointing out that you don't need to score as high on the verbal section to get a good percentile as you do on the quantitative section, so if you take one of the ETS practice tests and get a solid verbal score, your time might be better spent on the math. Say you're aiming for the 80th percentile--you only need a 570 or so on the verbal, but you'd need a 740 quantitative, since so many people get an 800 Q. So..basically what I'm saying is don't just study hard, study smart Good luck!
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