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Medieval archaeologists unite! There need to be more of us. Of course, then if there were more of us, we'd have to systematically kidnap them all and lock them away during application season to lessen the competition.

This happened to me too- when I was submitted my first app in October one of my scores was a 75% and by the time I finished my last (January), it was being reported by ETS as a 74%. I didn't even realize it until i was comparing the confirmation papers they send you.

Congrats Chande!

I emailed my department at Michigan the other day and they said they're going through everything this week, and that they'll call/email people with missing parts of their application package.

Speaking of jobs (Starlajane), I'm trying to figure out how soon is too soon to start looking for back-up plan jobs (is considering a job search as a back-up too optimistic?). Can't start working full-time until I graduate in May, but I figure I'm obliged to look for a job anyway, right? Any advice on this? Oh the humanities

Finally got my Fall semester grades in, but the question is, do I try and find a way to update my applications? Things I'm considering: -Said Fall grades have been the best grades I've gotten ever and pulled my overall GPA up from 3.4 to 3.5 -All of my deadlines have passed -How the heck to you update them anyway? I'm having enough trouble even getting ahold of people to ask if everything is in and complete. -Transcripts are expensive. Yeah I know I've already dumped so much into applications, an extra $10 times however many schools shouldn't make a difference, but hey- it does! That being said, I'd rather shell it out and get in than not. Does it matter? Is it worth it? Thoughts?

ME TOO. I need classes (final undergrad semester) to start so I can fixate on something other than grad apps.

Argh. THOSE PEOPLE. I'm convinced that my field is so tiny that if just one of these people exists, they're the person getting the ONE spot. On the other hand, there might be a clerical error and they might accidentaly give me the amazing person's spot. It could happen right?

Wait- nooooo! Really? Oh please say it isn't the same way with House Hunters International. I'm devastated- I love that show!

What's also killing me is the ones that say "oh yeah, some part will say Incomplete even if they aren't." Well how then am I supposed to really know if it is complete or if I have a problem witht the applicaiton?!

Floor of a tropical rain forest? One of those super-heated crystal caves in Mexico? Wherever bats live?

Woohoo! Finally finished submitting all of my apps! And now I wait.

So I've definitely been obsessing about the waiting part (months! agh!) of the applications process, you know, making lists of when I might hear back from different schools judging by the results page. Of course, I've been agonizing over how ridiculously interminable its going to be. On the other hand, I went to see a movie the other day (positively rolling in free time now that I'm getting apps done) and sat through the commercials for new movies thinking, "Ooooh Redtails! That's sounds good, when is it out? January 20! That's no time at all!" Following that thought, maybe I should stop contemplating countdowns until murky possible notification days and just pick a string of upcoming movies to do mini-waits for instead to make the time pass faster (plus, this way I actually get to go see movies when they come out!) Personally, I'm looking forward to Redtails (its got Cuba Gooding Jr.!), Haywire (looks suspiciously like a Bourne movie with a girl), and Hunger Games! Anybody else looking forward to any movies coming out while we're all waiting?

I ended up having to submit mine without images. I just left a kindly note along the lines of "images omitted because of file size restrictions, please contact me at ___ if you'd like a version with pictures."

A new phone that works!~ I've needed one since the summer, but they're too expensive. And snow! Haven't had a good snow yet!

Pushing the chair in, she wound her way to the door of her room, avoiding the neglected piles of laundry and stacks of books that littered her floor. As she reached the door, she looked back, her anxiety growing as she walked farther away from her laptop. She scampered back to the desk and snatched her phone- just in case.

Just submitted #5 of 9. First one that I've done not well in advance of its due date (it is due today). Too busy with finals to even be relieved/happy about submitting it. Back to paper writing and frantically studying for exams. At least I'm done all the December ones.

Best way to get an idea of when you might hear back is to to mosey on over to the Results Survey section of this site and search for a school and program.

YES! I've got things hiding inside folders inside more folders "Grad School Hunt > DO NOT UPLOAD > Done > School Name". Keeps me from nervously going back and looking at things. Also keeps me from accidentally opening/uploading things from schools I've already finished with for schools I'm still actively working on.

Wait- I've been having issues with mine- one of my recommender tried to send his in a month ago and never could (and no one ever got back to either of us about fixing it)- what's the email for sending it in directly??