Bonkers

I'm tired of working like a common person... so... September needs to hurry up.

Mom: "Where are you going? What? Where? Spell that. So, you are going to be in school until you're old..." A Surprisingly large number of friends from back home: "Didn't you start your PhD, like, two years ago?"

Grad school apps total: (1) Approx. $100 X 15= 1500 (yep, 15 schools is overkill) (2) Undergrad transcripts $6 X 13= $78 (3) GRE scores $25(?) X 11= $275 =$1853 Yikes.

Just Me, I am so sorry to hear about your situation. It is definitely not easy to disappoint your parent(s). Growing up, my mother told me I had three career options: doctor, lawyer, pharmacist (eh, I'm Asian, these expectations are not uncommon). Of course, it came to a point in which I had to let her down. It was hard, but now I am studying what I want to study. Disappointment comes and goes. You need to draw the line at some point and it is going to suck ass when you do, but it is your life and if you have an idea of what you want to do then you should do it. My mother is still pissed I am going into sociology, but at the same time, she has learned to be supportive... pissed but supportive. Honestly, I just think she is waiting for me to marry a doctor or banker. If you are living your life for your mother, then I say, screw it, suck it up and get that damn MFA. However, you sound miserable, so stop it. You are digging yourself into debt to do something you don't want to do.

Prof B! PROF B! PROF B!

Anyone here entering the sociology program?

THANK YOU!

I recently made a visit to one of the programs I was accepted into and LOVED IT. It is PERFECT. It is a perfect fit: I love the faculty, students, current research, location... even the tiny department building itself. I LOVE IT. I am ready to say, "yes! yes! I do! I do!" And this is a lot coming from someone who does not want to leave NY and has a grad school option to allow her to stay. Tomorrow, I will contact CUNY and let them know that I will not be attending so they can give my funding to someone else. However, I was advised by my partner not to give my perfect program an official acceptance yet because I have not heard back from a few programs. I am 100% sure Harvard and NYU gave me the boot. However, there is still a chance that I might get into Indiana (WL), Amherst, and Johns Hopkins. Indiana and Johns Hopkins do fit with my research interests, not as well as my perfect school, but compatible enough. I am just SO READY to say YES to the perfect school? But should I wait? Am I just high off of my excitement? Wouldn't it be better to remove oneself off the list so others could bump up in the case that there is an unsaid wait-list?

I know they do not have a waiting list, but I am not sure whether or not all acceptances have been notified. For every declined acceptance, they will accept a new candidate.

What to do with a rejection letter? Use it as a format to write your own rejection letter, rejecting their rejection. Example, Dear You Crap Weasels Who Made The Biggest Mistake Ever---big mistake---big---huge---I have to go shopping now: Thank you for your consideration of my application. Your letter has been carefully reviewed by myself and drunk friends currently celebrating my over qualification. Unfortunately, my entourage has decided not to accept your rejection and I concur with this decision. The number and quality of rejections to graduate school are extraordinary and the decision to go beyond denial and anger and back to denial was difficult even with careful consideration of the rejection to the program. If you have questions regarding my rejection of your rejection, they should be directed to my entourage. I realize that this outcome is disappointing, but I do thank you for the time and effort you invested into denying me admissions into the graduate program at (school), as I recognize that expenditures of your baloney decision and time to notify me can be considerable---you know, it is tough sending out so many standardized emails. I wish you well in your future rejection endeavors, as I will see you anyway on the first day of class---try getting rid of me, suckers. Sincerely, Disgruntled but forgiving

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I was recently hired. During the job interview I said that I wanted to make a career for myself at the private school (only because the interviewer directly stated that they wanted someone to commit, and desperate for a job, I played the part), which was a lie since I had 12 graduate school applications floating around. Immediately upon accepting the job, I received my first acceptance. So now, knowing that I will be going to graduate school, it has been tough keeping a zipped lip especially since I am starting to like my co-workers and one is in the process of applying into graduate school. And then on bad days... I just have this urge to stand up on a desk and scream down at my student, "I am going to be out of here in a few months, you little jerks!" Oh geez... I think I will give my one month notice in July, but holy crap do I feel guilty for lying.

Dear Brown: I really thought we had something special. I'm into medical sociology, you're into medical sociology, it just made sense. I thought we had a future, you and I. What happened to all those email correspondences in which we discussed my interests? You said we could be such a good fit... and I believed you. I feel a bit cheated. Well, I'm not saying that if, hypothetically, you were to ask if you could change your mind, I'd say no... because I would definitely say yes and forgive you and say, "lets pretend all that never happened, we're together now." Oh, Brown, why don't you reconsider! Love, Bonkers

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I think so... well, I know that my motivation would be to inform the manager know that I am too good for the job, allowing him/her to expect my daily indignant attitude and poor work ethic. However, if the job really is at Starbucks, I do not think it matters whether you put down your BA degree or not because they will hire anyone that is over 16.

How far have I taken the insanity? (1) Today: it is Saturday and I am staying home so I can keep an eye on my email account. (2) The other day, after walking home from work, I really had to pee, but decided to check my email account while squirming. Almost wet myself all for nothing but a coupon from Snapfish.com. (3) I regularly re-read the two acceptance letters I have received so far just to make sure I was not imagining my acceptances the first twenty times I read them. (4) I dreamt that I was accepted into Yale, but when I went to thank the adcoms personally, I was in Turkey and topless. (5) I took the GREs in November... but I am still studying for it... without any intentions of retaking them. Seriously. What is wrong with me? Your turn.

Received fellowship for five years. Anyone going to the open house on March 2?

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