id quid

I'm planning on applying this year, finally. I graduated in 2009. I "took a year off," and it is hard to find the "right" time to get back into academics when you've already put yourself outside! I'm extremely anxious about my grades and record, and concerned about my LoRs. I transferred to my degree school, and while I was very focused and took quite a few classes with two particular professors, and know I made a fantastic impression on a third, one of the two professors I worked with doesn't like me very much! The combination of transferring, plus a lame GPA (3.5ish), plus the concern about the LoR? Well, you can see why it's taken me 3 years to get around to applying. Still waffling on how I'm going to approach applications -- MA versus MA/PhD, US vs. international, English vs. Medieval Studies. I think I'm actually using GRE study as an excuse not to face all those heady problems right away.

shoe tree

Not a member, but associations that have come up for me: Medieval Academy of America ANZAMEMS (Australia and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies) Celtic Studies Association of America Medieval Institute @ WMU-Kalamazoo Renaissance Society of America Medieval Association of the Pacific -- Curious, as a point of order: what qualifies as a "professional organization"? Maybe it's just medieval studies, but there seem to be quite a few societies/organizations that are a bit muddled about what they actually do. They don't necessarily have membership, but perhaps they have a journal, or a regular conference, or regular special faculty organizers, etc.

summer nights

tapioca pudding

bygone days

bargain bin

right turn

eating disorder

no show

cage match

I wish I had known it existed while I was an undergrad! Alas, my alma mater isn't even on the membership list, and I'm three years too far gone to rectify that situation.

talk therapy

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public relations

face painting

international airport

primordial ooze

registration deadline

grief cycle

mule deer

talk show

hard road (Can't believe I missed that reply up above - sorry!)