perrykm2

I have had about 20000 completely different statements of purpose. My boyfriend thinks I am crazy because he wrote his in two seconds (physics phd, yeesh.) But this is actually good advice, and I would add a little tidbit on top to say to ask a mid-level professional who hasn't been out of their own PhD program for 100000 years and maybe serves on your school's adcomm.

I called Carla Mazzio. But entering the email address for your LOR DOES prompt an email so they can upload their recommendation; tried and proven.

I am in the same position, Cquin. I feel like everything I do is a regurgitation of the theorists I like.

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I wish I could have done this. I'm so slow. More power to you.

I'm just having a little joke. You're very tense.

UBC is the bomb.

Yep, you have to submit online.

So, I have what I feel is a pretty solid SOP. However, between going over my [relevant] academic history and future research interests, I don't really include any specific authors, theorists, or cultural artifacts. How tasteless is 'not completely but pretty much' just listing theorists I would use in my future research? I think a lot of it is implied by my specific interests, but people have told me that a SOP should have multiple interwoven references to specific theorists, authors, blahblah. Am I committing some kind of crime?

Katherine Hayles?

I dunno. However, if you include your blog, make sure your Internet life is squeaky clean.

I hope you didn't submit this as your writing sample. I did my undergraduate honors thesis on trauma and the Society of the Spectacle in White Noise, and I'm submitting it for my ws. We might have to fight to the death.

0% confidence I can get into the schools I want. 100% confidence I could get into 1000000 other schools I'm not applying to. The fit is right, but good programs are so competitive. I've bitten off all my nails freaking out about this.

I just asked where I could find a form for my letters of recommendation (because I assumed I had to submit hardcopies,) and she said you can submit your personal statement and letters of recommendation online. It seems that GRE scores, transcripts, writing samples, and a CV/Resume (which appears to be optional but encouraged) have to be sent hardcopy. They are pretty helpful, so you can just call if you are worried about something.

OSU, WUSTL, Duke, Brown, Penn State, and Emory. I really don't feel confident in my ability to get into any, but I'm a dreamer.

New Historicism.

Trauma theory, postmodernism. I like Delillo.

I had to call their department to figure this out. I was waiting for someone to yell at me, like "if you can't complete the application, don't bother applying."