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I don't even like TV. as in I really don't I've been reading. bleaaahhh.

not so test oriented? what about the disgusting GREs? I'm jobless but feel too listless even to inebriate. Whee.

we are!! whacha working on? I think that the American system is designed to turn everyone into gibbering neurotics. Even if one wasn't like that to begin with. Perhaps it's one of those 'it's a fine line between insanity and genius' notions at work. So if they drive all of us very near insanity, some of us will turn into geniuses

well best of luck >_< I haven't even begun sedating and I'm already spaced out. I'm pretty sure something is wrong.

you're telling me. I'm just wasting my time here and I am carrying my sedatives everywhere I go. Even then it's hard to sleep. When it's hard to sleep sedated you know there's a problem. I got 3 British acceptances but I'm scared about funding...........

I wouldn't mind doing non academic work, but in Singapore it's so hard to get that with an academic degree (and english will be viewed as that). I have an MA too, which complicates matters. I hate 'education' programmes which are like, you know, degrees in education. Their notion of pedagogy totally clashes with mine. I tried one and failed one. But in Sg you can't get a teaching job without one. Frankly if worst comes to worst I wouldn't mind working in another country if they gave me the chance. Even as a checkout girl. As long as I get a job. But I can't even get a job here as a checkout girl because they think I'm 'overqualified'. I was a science major (in uni) and switched expecting to fail, so I'm perversely sanguine about my future homelessness. I faced that prospect when I changed my major without any (high school equiv) to English, so.... it's been staring at me in the face for a long time. I didn't even expect to pass. Of course, romantics end up starving. So I think I will. The bright side is I suppose it might improve my overall health, given how plump I am now ed: this is me

my friend (same nationality as me) got a skype interview last year...... so yeah it's possible ed: I had a bad feeling this year when on the 13th of jan emory told me that a letter of rec was missing. I was like WHAT? I thought they would've sorted out such things by then. It's settled now but still

not many questions I don't think there are many people interviewed, so I guess it's just burnt..... I would expect of those that frequent GC, 2 interviews sounds about right (along with the others who aren't on this forum) >_<

there was one comp lit emory interview......

if there's one thing I hate, it's uncertainty.... it sounds perverse, but I'd rather just settle on the idea that it's finished than face more uncertainty >_<

the question is: are you going to let the fact that brand name matters bother you so much? I don't mind just ekeing out a living as long as I'm left to do the research I want, generally. I think if we're going to let brand name dictate our choices too much then there's little point going to grad school in the first place -- to pursue your passions -- and it becomes just like a corporate rat race. I mean, academia HAS been corporatised, but the degree to which we will buy into the ideology of capitalism (the exchange value of the brand name, technically speaking) is another thing. Truly I think that we should just try to find the best opportunity to let us do the research we want to do, nevermind the brand name, and think about which department would give us the best support for that research, etc -- and eke out a living anyway. For things are bleak in the humanities, even for a 'brand name' student, and we don't need the kind of internal divisions that tear us researchers apart. If we're looking for money and success, even the most famous Yale prof or whatever can't compete with a successful businessman........ the question is: why are we here in the first place? and why would we want success? I've given up on it, personally speaking. I hope I can get employed but I'm not counting on it. I want a corner in which I can hide. If it means simply teaching high school at the end, I guess... well. C'est comme ca.

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The collection The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction ed. Gordon Van Gelder

eh, I applied to emory comp lit -- saw that on 15th Jan there was one comp lit interview on the results board. Does this mean I can rule emory out already? :S

saw one emory comp lit interview 15th jan, does this mean that my emory chances are busted?

me me me! hello but I'm in English Literature. Don't know about funding yet....

it certainly is!!! good to know a fellow blur fan. don't like anything after 13 though.

any news about Emory, Cornell comp lit and Stanford (modern thought and literature)? my acceptances for the UK have been good, but I don't know about FUNDING. Now on edge about US unis (more likely to fund). HELP

think it is true for Yale, which has crazy language requirements (even for English). But I know many friends of mine who got into comp lit, from my uni, who did not know much of the language when they applied -- and got in -- into good programs like Emory, etc I can read basic french (ugh, my speaking is horrid though).... nevermind, I think my chances for english and comp lit are so low, I might as well just spread it all out. I'm meeting a prof at my faculty to restrategize on mon

I'm with dorothea here. don't think it is funny at all. I'm not a huge George Eliot fan but I think one cannot deny (regardless of how much one likes her) that she is incredibly intelligent. For why her writing can be appreciated by others, you don't need a 'budding scholar'. Just to and read anyone. Even those who don't like her have something good to say. go into the uni library, access an online journal and type 'george eliot' into the search terms. you're welcome.

it was partly a matter of money and partly a matter of faculty. But I think instead of applying English this time round I might apply to a few English programs, a few comp lit programs, and so on and so forth...

thanks so much for that. I think my WS was ok tbh, but my GRE could use improvement. My POI and I are looking at my SOP to see what can be done again. No word from my own faculty though, which worries me (though it shouldn't????)

I'll apply to some comp lit next cycle........ I have an MA, but it doesn't do much for anyone, I think? I'm glad I did it though, I needed the extra writing experience and it was paid for

I still can't help the nagging feeling that I got 0/4 because I suck I know it sounds ridiculous but contrary to all good sense I feel that way