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congrats everyone :D

I'm hoping for the best now. ugh, I'm afraid my health is going. I'm skiving at work, but I don't feel quite well. I lost lunch :unsure: I'm not sure if I can eat dinner. I need a kitten pile. I wish they would just hurry up though with the rest

I'm the emory rejectee -- unofficial -- emailed DGS and he kindly told me my status (unofficially). just letting you guys know

it just means you have to publish more. also, they're always late with those things!

I think wyatt should just publish his poems and sooner or later they'd give him an honorary phd

I found the ultimate time-waster. use this to write your sentences while waiting....... :ph34r:

the silence. waking up ever 2 hours to check mail

no word either

O, definitely. I managed to find a 6 month contract job, but I'm so worried. I'm international which means I'm not eligible for many of the scholarships in the UK unis I've been accepted to. If I get the Leeds scholarship (and there's only one) for international students doing english I'll still have to cover accomodation as it only covers school fees only. if I get into an american program funding is more likely. sigh. I'm now in a corner with my head hurting. the worst part is the waiting. at least if all my american programs rejected me I could begin trying to plan finances for my UK programs.... now however I'm not sure of the american situation, and if they fund me with stipend I will go there (though my preferred supervisor is at Warwick). of course if Warwick funds me then I'll just go there. :unsure:

now I'm paranoid. apparently the emory interview list was already made by the time someone discovered that I was missing one LOR. although it makes no difference here or there now.

the very act of accepting and rejection implies that there is something (whatever that may be) more desirable about that person. this in itself causes more anxiety. it's a systemic problem, but don't let me go on about this or I'll write my whole thesis here. secondly, we're all 'lit majors'. I am not surprised regarding picking. it's a habit. I don't care very much for notions of 'positivity' and 'negativity' -- the latter gets a lot of flak but honestly -- I'd rather have a good critique than mere flattery. The fact is that the statement did sound arrogant. it may not necessarily imply anything about the person, but the flipside of what pol said would work rhetorically to make others ask 'what makes this more unprecented than anyone else's research?'. of course the reason for this is negative definition -- in a pool where everyone's research is groundbreaking, then it necessarily means that no one is really 'quite' groundbreaking, and hence the word seems unnecessary. I hate to say it, but no one would deny that words often operate negatively (eg pretty VS ugly, that which is pretty is that which is the opposite of ugly). The only way in which one could give a positive definition to words or things is to lay out very specific standards. Eg re looks: fulfill a or b criteria, and that is pretty. do not and that is not pretty. sounds entirely abstract, but to me anyway, important. because it seems to me that making such a statement without such criteria produces the effect of sounding arrogant (for the reasons I have mentioned). thirdly, related to the second point, it is (given that we're all academics) a bit on the hyperbolic side. I don't think anyone would've taken issue if the poster just wrote 'solid, original research project' or something to that effect. now, I'm not very concerned about why the person might've done this. I'm just talking about the text as text and its rhetorical effects. similarly, a self-deprecating statement of that magnitude jar anyone here I think -- if someone had posted a rejection with 'worst research project ever without an ounce of originality' it would (to my ears) sound equally preposterous. lastly and most importantly, regardless of whether the statement is true or offensive or inoffensive or whatever, it's not going to change anyone's results at this point. one is what one is. the essential doesn't change. that's why I didn't mention the statement's arrogance specifically. little point. it's not going to change my life nor anyone else's. and the truth is, regardless of how nice the poster is/was, there are a ton of really smarmy arrogant people out there. there will be a ton of arrogant statements made. this is academia. why are we even in this? we're in it for the research so one arrogant statement shouldn't matter. conversely however, jumping about 'the negativity' doesn't matter or help either. it only adds to the shit stirring so to speak. alright? can we guys drop this thing?

I'm actually curious to know what this 'imaginative, unprecedented research' is, and what this person's field is too.... so what's the project about?

O god, it could mean suffering for a whole month more technically speaking. Or even a fortnight more is terrible. I hope they don't ruin my chinese new year.

It depends. if you read up enough you can probably find them mentioning what they read. radiohead for instance -- things keep cropping up. Well No Logo was a big thing with them back then. Philip Larkin's poetry, and Thom's favorite poet is T.S. Eliot. Also Dante figures prominently, and Haruki Murakami (particularly Wind-Up Bird Chronicle wrt HTTT). There are references to Ray Bradbury too. Of course, Orwell's 1984 figures prominently. Ben Okri's The Famished Road figures prominently during their 1995 Bends period, particularly in one song (upvote for the person who can guess). But I am not sure about other bands -- the few I do listen to (I'm an old crone) -- are very forthright about recommending books and telling people what they're interested in reading -- so it is easy to trace references... I cribbed the recommendation to read Hamsun for instance, from one Paul Banks of Interpol.... just saying. Pretty nice reading, that man does.

I love music, only I'm actually tone deaf and useless. but I love music a lot, and when I'm sad, only music can cheer me up. Though -- radiohead, blur up to 13... and bach? Tool is awesome though, even though I'm not into that scene

I'm checking for cornell comp lit things every 10 mins

actually I'm studying the selling of research and how it affects aesthetics, so I HAVE to deal with the selling aspect! O well :ph34r:

from a friend in emory comp lit "usually there is only one round of interviewing, after which they make offers and waitlist others. the list of interviewees is already made. but sometimes they hold some candidates in reserve in case they need to go to a waitlist. these candidates are not usually interviewed." so if we didn't make the interview list, I suppose that's it. Just letting all who are interested in emory comp lit know.

thanks. I'll need it. I just finished writing half a scholarship application for Leeds. They want me to tell them why I deserve the scholarship. I'm not even sure I deserve it more than anyone else, actually. but I can't tell them that. I mean... gah. it's difficult. I'm focusing more instead on why my study is important. but of course everyone will think their studies are important!

I didn't, but I'm sure there are several who did!

no, she was accepted to cornell and USC but chose cornell instead. so right now she doesn't know about usc processes.......

I'm pretty sure the answer is more beer, which I'm going to have today also, if you're on a waitlist sometimes you're not notified, which means the wait will be longer