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don't know about funding, but my parents are set on sending me regardless. sigh.

I guess I'm going to the UK guys wish me best of luck

Time for the neighborhood bimbo to chime in. If you're into that sort of thing, getting a good manicure can be very theraputic. Also, shopping :ph34r: I'm afraid to say I've bought an inordinate number of things........

no word from stanford MLT I suppose.... although THAT only has like 2 places.........

LOL for me it's proving a struggle. they're testing my blood right now to see what the hell is wrong with me. I daresay it's psychosomatic in some way

I have nothing left except Stanford MLT, but since there's a 1% acceptance rate there I'm not very hopeful. also -- ok sorry -- but this has been bothering me for weeks -- and I have to get it off my chest. I can't help feeling that there might be something wrong with me because I got 75% of my british apps in but rejections from my american ones (thus far, there's only stanford left). please don't scold me for being 'negative' -- I just need to get it off my chest. can't help wondering if it's because I'm inferior in some way :unsure:

nope. I am not optimistic however. the acceptance rate is so low. the wait has done in me actually. I was running a 103 fever -- it's now a little lower -- under meds -- but I'm not even sure what's wrong and it keeps going up if not controlled by meds. I'm STILL feverish... but. agh. yeah coherence is gone

AHHH voice mail! I've emailed them..... :ph34r:

I'm going to call them now. I know it sounds insane, but regardless of the result now that they have decided on acceptances, waitlists etc I just want to know

congrats! and eek, now I can't help but envision the worst for my cornell app :unsure:

WORD. I was even told I had been (I quote) 'educated out of being a woman'

congrats to all the acceptees btw! kick ass programs! and I see someone got into UCSB too

brilliant. from which text? I am supposed to be reading the text on the sublime soon, but I haven't got down to it. instead I'm reading other things ('fiction-fiction' mainly) because of the anxiety

I am intending to apply for this -- just wondering if anyone has any advice in regard to this?

at this point I'm just sleepy. I was anxious up till yesterday and the lack of sleep has told on me. so I'm at work drinking coffee even though I have a caffeine sensitivity. I hope they just release results soon and get it over with I was a bit optimistic since UCB released results yesterday and I was hoping it would open the floodgates for comp lit but instead there was nothing much else....

? I thought you could upload documents? stanford MTL is quite careful about this; I was missing an LOR and they told me I was missing one last year. so I think if your application is incomplete in any way they'll let you know.... oddly enough I feel no anxiety for stanford because (rightly or wrongly) the acceptance rate for MTL is so low that I've taken it as such a long shot........

I agree with the r/s analogy. This is why I might choose to go to a less prestigious uni provided all things are equal -- you don't want the partner who has all the stats on paper but whom you like slightly less than the one you're crazy about (even if the one you're crazy about isn't as good on paper!). also like breakups I would rather they just tell me and 'give a quick death' as you say than wait. Here's to hoping that the UCB comp lit results mean that most other uni comp lit departments will release the news soon. I'm hoping that they do it before chinese new year.... (18th jan is cny eve)

congrats!!! so awesome!!!

yeah I completely agree. don't do it. try to remain neutral. I know it can be hard if it's your top choice and this seems like a good defense mechanism. but I'm that sort of person and what I find is that it brings you quite unnecessary misery (regardless of the final result). stay strong!

master and man and other stories.... I've only ever read tolstoy's short stories but I might get to his other works one of these days

I work long hours too, but the moment I come home.... well I'm reading tolstoy. but it's sleeping that's difficult, because I need to put everything I'm doing away........

this is silly. I'm now getting to the 'no sleep' point along with 'no food staying down'. it's because it's feb and I'm like checking my email every 30 seconds, esp at night (it's day in the USA now but we are 13 hours ahead of east coast)