KatiePoet

I have 12k. I mostly avoided taking out loans, except my last two years of undergrad and my first grad year. Not so bad, the payments are doable. For my PhD, I don't plan to take out any loans.

Hi All! I'm what you'd call a "lurker," but, maybe it is time to quit lurking. I think compared to you all I'm a little behind in the application process. I'm currently doing some research for my writing sample, still need to contact my profs for LORs (though, I've already mentioned it to them I haven't formally asked yet), I haven't taken either GRE but I am studying daily, and I'm still in the thinking stages of my SOP. I have, however, narrowed down my list of schools to apply for, though I'm only applying to five. If I don't get in to my ideal school, I'm kind of ok with that at the moment and will apply to more next year. I guess this is kind of a trial run for me! Now I know I need to get my butt in gear No more wasting time!

Word: Belied Def: to contradict Picture this: My fat belly belies the claim that I eat only 1200 calories per day. Love it! I do this already.

My first post! Yay! Though I've been lurking. I get mixed reviews all around. At first everyone's all - yay go Katie you can do it - and then reality sets on. Oh, so that means Katie's moving? And quiting her job? And selling her house? And won't be having children for at least seven more years?!?! I come from a pretty well educated family (both parental units have masters degrees), but no PhDs. My husband is slightly less than thrilled, though, as it means a cut in our household income, moving away from family, and just uncertainty in general. I'm just hoping everything works out :-) that we can move to a large city with good opportunities for him, too (he's a computer engineer, and I'm a... ahem... poet). I'm applying for fall 2012, so there are many unknowns at this point, which is makes things hard.