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Amalia222

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  1. connective ideology
  2. once you get past the stilted speech, it's hilarious.
  3. great scott
  4. infinite horizons
  5. gentle caress
  6. Re: Roommates. You just never know. Even if it's a friend of a friend, you will have no way of knowing if your roomie "chemistry" is right. When I was a freshman in college, my roommate was a girl I'd known all throughout high school. The experience of being roommates destroyed our friendship. I was a night person, and she was a morning person, and we drove each other crazy )she got up at 7am to study---shudder). Many times, I lived with people (both male and female) who worked out great. I am a BIG believer in first impressions, too. Sometimes just talking to someone for 10 mins (and asking the right questions!) can give you a great idea of how you would be living together. Here are the key issues that you need to know, in my opinion: Are they a night person or a morning person? Do they like to listen to loud music while studying? How often are they home (it can suck to have someone home ALL THE TIME)? Do they have a bf/gf or frequent overnight guests? (no need for the dreaded "third roommate"!) Are they messy or clean freaks? Do they like to have parties, frequent get-togethers? Do they have pets? Stuff like that can really give you an idea if you can live with someone or not. Also, it's a good idea to set "ground rules" before moving in. I always tell my roomies: If you get a bf/gf, that's fine, but they can't be over all the time. If you want to live with your bf, you have to agree to move out. Since I am home a lot, I always love having roommates who are computer science majors or pre-med or whatnot--they're never home! I've used internet sites to get roommates. Once, I put an ad in for a roommate in the local paper, and it was great. I interviewed all the people and the person I chose later became one of my best friends.
  7. wow. Speaking as a woman, I found some of that stuff a little over-the-top. It's really quite simple: in undergrad, nobody cares what you wear unless you look like a hot mess. In grad school, there are two codes of dress. One, when you are working as a TA. You are then the prof, so you dress for work, male or female, everybody knows what "work" clothes means. For seminars, you can dress more casual, but you want to avoid, again, looking like a hot mess. As with most conformist organizations, the key is to blend in. If you can do this while retaining your distinct individuality, all the better.
  8. bee sting
  9. yep, sent an email to Scott Back, DGS for English. got the standard "I regret to inform you..." email.
  10. silver bullet
  11. hellish suburb
  12. i found out today i didn't get in. they said letters going out this week. but no worries, I have an offer elsewhere.
  13. I still hadn't heard from 8 programs so I decided to throw caution to the wind and email DGS for status inquiries. It was awesome. I got replies back from 4 schools within minutes, one rejection, one wait list, and a couple of "please be patient." But they told me when to expect letters and so finally I don't have to keep wondering when WHEN WHEN????? I think it's OK to send a quick, polite email asking for status. I explained that I had an offer and was eager to hear from the other schools I applied to before making a final decision.
  14. play around
  15. I agree. I am tired of all the people who say the profession is crap. It is, but so? Sometimes there's no other choice. I'm a teacher and a writer. Writing will never pay the bills. I don't have a credential, so I can only teach part-time. I make almost nothing, and can't even afford to live in my own place. Without a ph.d, my options are limited. The only obvious one is to get a credential and work in public school. That job is HELL. I've substituted, I know. You ever see a happy elementary school or high school teacher in the public school system? That's because there aren't any. You want to talk about low pay and bad working conditions? Ask a high school teacher. And they have to deal with just as much politics and administrative bullcrap as a prof at a university. I originally thought my MA would help me get a job at a community college. It didn't. These days, even community college profs have Ph.Ds. Sometimes, getting a Ph.D. is the only way. I'd take an adjunct position; hell, I'd take any position where I don't have to slave for 7 hours a day with surly high school kids who don't want to be there, and who try to set things on fire and/or attempt to kill you/their peers on a regular basis. The state of higher education employment in the humanities is abysmal, but for some of us, the alternative is even worse.
  16. secret sauce
  17. designer bags
  18. By far, the "Japanese for Busy People" series is the best for teaching yourself japanese. I bought the book, with CDs and Workbook, and it helped me prepare for my trip to Japan with the JET program (2005-2007). I also went through Japanese for Busy People II while in Japan, and I was able to attain a moderate level of fluency prior to departing Japan. It's a great series, but you have to be self-motivated. When I got to Japan, I also hired a tutor to help me, and took a Japanese class once a week as well. On a side note, though, Japanese is one monster of a language to learn. In two years of living in Japan, I was only able to attain a "conversational" level, without much in the way of reading and writing. If you want to be able to read and write, I would say it will take you 5-10 years.
  19. They are taking soooo long this year. I have an offer, but I still haven't heard from EIGHT schools! I want to know if I got in anywhere else before I accept the offer, but the waiting is hard because I keep having nightmares (illogical though they may be) that they'll rescind my offer because I'm taking so long to accept. They gave me till April 15, but I want to just have everything set and start planning my move. It's annoying to be in graduate limbo. But hey, that's the whole adventure of it, i guess. later i'll look back on this experience and laugh. I hope.
  20. nip ankles
  21. fertility goddess
  22. it was expensive, but I want to add that it is SO worth it. Now that I am accepted, I know that I will be able to have a career and actual income after graduate school. Right now, I am so poor the government is paying me money at tax-time, out of pity. I live in Cali, and there is no work for teachers without a credential (another expensive process), and in the last year I've only been able to find part-time, low-paying jobs which were not enough for me to live on my own. The Ph.D. is my ticket out. So, 1000 bucks? worth it, worth it, worth it.
  23. about $1000, if you include application fees, gre scores, transcripts, and postage.
  24. boogie monster
  25. my guess? they try to get the acceptances out fast so they know sooner who is actually enrolling. The sooner they notify acceptees, the sooner they make a decision, and the sooner they can nab the people on the wait list. I think they are just trying to sort out who is coming to their school, which is why the rejects come last. Notifying rejects is probably not as important to them. IMHO.
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