cquin
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Thanks, Trip! Looks like I'll be going the MA route this fall--but at least I have a lot of nice funded offers.
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"Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what a subtle magic there was in them! They seemed to be able to give a plastic form to formless things, and to have a music of their own as sweet as that of viola or of lute. Mere words! Was there anything so real as words?"
-Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Oh, also shoot me any question if you decide on FSU . . . well area questions. I'm not that familiar with the department, but if you need to know anything about Tally let me know.
Thank you!
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Trip! I'm so envious! I tried to snag tickets but failed. Say hi to Bjork for me
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Thanks! Should you decide to go to Wake Forest, which you should because it is completely funded and an awesome program, I grew up in Winston Salem, so I can give you all the tid bits about town. I didn't even realize you had applied there until just now. What a cawinky dinky! I'm applying to your home town and you're applying to mine! HA!
Haha, no way! I will definitely PM you with questions about the area
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Congrats Jbarks! I received an acceptance email today as well
Their open house conflicts with another school's open house, so I'm not sure how I'm going to work that out...Good luck to you, crystalleem, and anyone else waiting!
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To lolo and everyone else in this thread: HUGS and positive vibes! <3
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Rawera, I also have the time/lack of a future to re-apply. I just had a really long conversation with one of my professors. He said that it would be a good idea to move to a city with a lot of colleges (that have English graduate programs) and to audit classes/take classes as a non-matriculated student while working some job that can pay the bills. After a year of this, he said, then take GRE's over again, re-apply, and see what happens. This seems like it will be my plan if I don't get into the schools that I'm waiting to hear back from.
In my experience, auditing or enrolling in a classes as a non-matriculating student can help a lot. That's what I did after an unsuccessful round of applications last year, and this time I was able to produce a solid piece of writing that I used as my sample.
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I SEE AN ACCEPTANCE POSTED! Congrats to whoever you are.
It's 9:15 in the morning...I just got to work...and I already know today will be spent frazzled and stressed, shirking my duties in order to obsessively check gmail and gradcafe. Happy Friday!
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Yeah, I'm going a little ~cray cray~ waiting for FSU. The results board shows that notifications were already sent out by this time last year (and the year before that!). What's going on?
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I have a CERTIFICATE in creative writing. One more thing my mom gets to hang up on her wall. I seriously considered MFA programs but decided that a Literature PhD would provide a little more job security (I use that term loosely).
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Good luck Dorinda!
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Ugh, I can only imagine. UMass has been REALLY nice and welcoming to me and it's going to be shitty if/when I decline. Sometimes I feel like if I don't accept by late-March (like they're probably all expecting) that I'll hurt someone's feelings or they'll take the offer away. Yeesh.
This, totally. Texas A&M is being SO nice to me and they're paying for my flight to College Station for recruitment weekend but I just don't know if I'm in love with the program...
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Guysss can't we all just talk about pizza?!
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@cquin- I'm not a pizza lover despite being a native NY-er but Denino's is pretty epic. What part of the island were you on?
I was in Westerleigh. Joe and Pat's was a block away from my place. And Goodfellas (that vodka pie...is...unreal). Now I am starving.
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Bushwick is fine. Really. I live pretty far east on the L train and it's safe.
...Oh, except for that homicidal drug dealer who hangs out on my stoop
I also lived on Staten Island for about a year and can confirm that the ferry is awful and the express buses are too expensive. But I've never had better pizza in my life... Denino's... *sigh*
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Dorinda, if it makes you feel better, I would KILL to get into Duke. KILL. So don't let this stuff detract from the pride you should feel at getting into two extremely competitive and prestigious schools!
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C'monnnn, FSU! We're going to get notifications tomorrow, I can feel it! Also, my horoscope reads, "You are ready for challenging, intellectual activities." Hell yeah, I am.
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Did you call them? I still haven't heard a word, which I'm sure means I'm out, at this point.Yeah, I called the department and just gave them my last name.
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Thanks, Trip. I'm not *too* distraught because I still have my 2 acceptances, plus 4 more to hear back from, PLUS I'm meeting with the director of CUNY's MALS program tomorrow to investigate that possibility...
Oh well, congratulations to all the acceptees and wait-listees!
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Oh, Rutgers... You broke my heart </3
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Bummed out at the moment because my last choice school is the one offering me a really nice, guaranteed funding package for five years. My other acceptance (which I prefer much more) will only provide a 50% scholarship. The choice seems clear, but blergh! I like the other program better
#EnglishPhdApplicantProblemsBut let me end this on a positive note: the fact that we're all posting in this thread means we have at least one acceptance, and that is awesome! I am truly proud of us <3
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I feel the same way about setting your sights too high.
Like I said in the Michigan thread, I'm just starting to feel embarrassed about this whole process. Little old me earnestly applying to these top notch schools (Michigan, NYU, Texas, UNC) and telling people that I did. I feel ashamed for even having my recommenders send their letters to some of these schools.
I used a close reading as my writing sample. I didn't articulate some trendy theory in my SOP. I couldn't, as a newly minted B.A. who had never actually done any real research during undergrad, neatly describe how professor x's work aligned with my own. What did I expect?
This was me last year. I graduated with a 4.0 and with the warm blessings of my professors, so I think I got a little too cocky. I really did not understand at all how competitive this process is. All of the schools I applied to were either Ivies or in the top 15, and I was roundly rejected from all of them. It sucked. A lot. This time around, I spent a shit ton of time looking at schools that were actually good for me, and not just high up on US News and World Report's list. So far, I've had much better results.
The point of this story is: if at first you don't succeed, fucking try again! You can do it.
- MrBrooklyn and Two Espressos
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Congrats, Trip! You're knockin' 'em dead this year! I'm pretty sure Rutgers is a bust for me, but I'm still going to keep my fingers crossed for a waitlist notification... Maybe...
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