Yellow62

Uh...As someone who finds carceral/authoritative punishment in response to drug use to be fascistic and barbaric, I have to say this conversation has been profoundly disturbing. Gonna log off for the day, as clearly we're not seeing eye to eye on that subject. 
Genuinely wishing the best for y'all in the waiting game for results.

Uh...As someone who finds carceral/authoritative punishment in response to drug use to be fascistic and barbaric, I have to say this conversation has been profoundly disturbing. Gonna log off for the day, as clearly we're not seeing eye to eye on that subject. 
Genuinely wishing the best for y'all in the waiting game for results.

Sure, but this isn't what I'm talking about. The original post was about reporting any sort of guideline/law breakage, victimless or not. Going by this logic, it's virtuous to report seeing someone smoking weed in a state where it's illegal so that they may face expulsion from a program and/or criminal penalties. If either of you believe that's appropriate, I'd suggest tabling the MFA aspirations and picking up some applications for a job with your local police force. 

Today was a disaster, let's just...agree to not talk about this anymore. @Yellow62 @koechophe

Uh...As someone who finds carceral/authoritative punishment in response to drug use to be fascistic and barbaric, I have to say this conversation has been profoundly disturbing. Gonna log off for the day, as clearly we're not seeing eye to eye on that subject. 
Genuinely wishing the best for y'all in the waiting game for results.

Sorry, but this absurd, conservative, violent, authoritarian logic. 

I think codes of conduct (especially in grad school, and especially re: use) are generally a formality. Most Deans/profs/etc. wouldn't bat an eye even if it were reported. Adults do what they do, and if it doesn't endanger minors or contribute to academic dishonesty, most schools don't take it very seriously. Whether this is a good or bad thing depends on individual opinion. But more adults do coke than you might think, lol.

Johns Hopkins for me. Insane longshot, but its fun to shoot one's shot at least

Michener's deadline is tonight and I'm over here working on major structural revisions for a poem I'm going to include in my writing sample. Anyone else on their last-second editing grind?!

I have to say your style of trolling is disturbingly dedicated. It's actually difficult to tell whether or not you're ignorant to the fact that the article you cited was written 10 years ago based on how convincingly media-illiterate you portray yourself to be. Regardless of how accurately you present yourself on this forum, I'm sending you wishes to get well, as no healthy individual behaves like this in their spare time. 

I have to say your style of trolling is disturbingly dedicated. It's actually difficult to tell whether or not you're ignorant to the fact that the article you cited was written 10 years ago based on how convincingly media-illiterate you portray yourself to be. Regardless of how accurately you present yourself on this forum, I'm sending you wishes to get well, as no healthy individual behaves like this in their spare time. 

I was speaking to the fact that you're berating a current student for not calling out a professor who doesn't even teach in their program anymore. That's what I get for engaging with you, though. Shame on me for even responding, nothing to see here folks. 

Anyone else in the final revision stages of the sample and growing increasingly convinced that everything you've written is unsalvageable garbage? Life is pain. 

You're now using three separate accounts on here at once (Mukhil, Meso, and now Danny Melrotten), as well as posting in Draft as "Dan Melrot". I can only imagine some sort of irresolvable pain could drive someone to behave like this, and I genuinely hope you find some way to heal from what ails you in the new year. 

You're now using three separate accounts on here at once (Mukhil, Meso, and now Danny Melrotten), as well as posting in Draft as "Dan Melrot". I can only imagine some sort of irresolvable pain could drive someone to behave like this, and I genuinely hope you find some way to heal from what ails you in the new year. 

Congrats on sending in your UT app! Getting that first one in is a big accomplishment. I will similarly be drowning myself in gravy tomorrow, definitely looking forward to being too full to even think about apps for an evening. Best of luck to you as well!

Anyone else in the final revision stages of the sample and growing increasingly convinced that everything you've written is unsalvageable garbage? Life is pain. 

Hello! From what I've read, this does seem to be the general practice. If the admissions committee isn't excited about your writing sample, they aren't going to take the time to look at your other materials. Essentially, committees choose "finalists" based on writing samples, and then look at the other materials like SoP and Letters of Rec to whittle down their decisions. 

I have to say your style of trolling is disturbingly dedicated. It's actually difficult to tell whether or not you're ignorant to the fact that the article you cited was written 10 years ago based on how convincingly media-illiterate you portray yourself to be. Regardless of how accurately you present yourself on this forum, I'm sending you wishes to get well, as no healthy individual behaves like this in their spare time. 

I'm at the point where I'm revising the poems in my writing sample and oscillating daily between thinking my sample is strong or thinking it's the worst poetry ever written. Haven't started my SoP yet, but I'm not really stressed about that part this time around. I figure I'd rather spend extra time on my sample making sure it's stellar as can be as opposed to spending that time adding bells and whistles to my statement which probably won't be as consequential in the end. 
 
Phew. Rant over. How are your apps coming along?

First two apps have been sent off, to UMass Amherst and Minnesota. Yeet.

Hello, just wanted to let you know that the person you just replied to is a well-known troll around here. Their M.O. is to obnoxiously offer "harsh truths" about the MFA world to folks, most likely to compensate for their own failure to garner writing success. Best not to engage with them unless you're bored. 

Hello, just wanted to let you know that the person you just replied to is a well-known troll around here. Their M.O. is to obnoxiously offer "harsh truths" about the MFA world to folks, most likely to compensate for their own failure to garner writing success. Best not to engage with them unless you're bored. 

Hello, just wanted to let you know that the person you just replied to is a well-known troll around here. Their M.O. is to obnoxiously offer "harsh truths" about the MFA world to folks, most likely to compensate for their own failure to garner writing success. Best not to engage with them unless you're bored. 

Hello, just wanted to let you know that the person you just replied to is a well-known troll around here. Their M.O. is to obnoxiously offer "harsh truths" about the MFA world to folks, most likely to compensate for their own failure to garner writing success. Best not to engage with them unless you're bored.