Grunty DaGnome
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The H and the Y schools scare me...Whatevah! You're 3 for 3, baby! They'd be lucky to get ya. Obviously, H or Y is going to be disappointed
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Or we'll just both get accepted.
Pullin' for ya.It's looking pretty good. I don't want to make the official announcement yet, but it is looking VERY good. Tentative congrats!
Guys... this is starting to freak me out... now I don't know where to go to school... and like... what if I get into... the H-school?
#PhDAdmitProblems #humblebragWhat about the Y school?
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I think when I was a kid I though people in New York/tri-state area really lead lives like THAT. Like there was something inherently better than being from the south. And I was all like, "damn Yankees" at the TV screen, watching Boston Legal or Felicity. Now I'm an adult and I've realized New York isn't all privledged and fantastic, the snow scares me, but then when I read about some of the regulars from New York area getting accepted... there is a little part of me that still says "damn Yankees!"
I have alot of friends in Germany that think all of America is like living in New York as shown on TV. Friends, Sex in the City, all that. New York is nothing like it looks on TV.
Boston really is just like onTV, though -- especially the law firms.
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Um, so I just got a voicemail from the writing department asking me to set up an interview for a teaching assistantship... so... does this mean I got accepted??? I mean, if I'm 3/3 at this point my head is going to explode.
We applied to many of the same schools, so maybe I'll sneak in off the waitinglist at one thanks to you!
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oh god don't even get me started thinking about Brown.
Let's start a new thread called "don't think about Brown."
I have to think that if I'm not in at CUNY I'm probably not in at Brown.
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the same day I figured out I had more or less been eliminated from stanford consideration, my friend got offered $50000 to do a project he said would take him maybe a couple of weeks worth of work. he's a year out of undergrad, and has a steady job on top of his contract work. meanwhile, I was hoping against hope to beat out 500 people for one of ten slots at a place where I could work for six years for the privledge of having a shot at a job that would start at a yearly salary of not-quite my friend's contract.
some days are harder than others.
on the other hand, maybe he can buy me something LOLCAPITALISM
Yeah, that's pretty much my little brother too. Be strong.
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Ughhh Little Steve's. I have heard all kinds of horror stories about that place... like the one about them mopping the flattop with the floor mop and the one about cigarette ash in the submarine sandwich... yeah... gross. Had a good date there one time though. Got laid, anyway.
Oh Crap! Little Stevie's! That's what it was called. Someone was always passed out on the pavement in front of that place. Not even the disposessed, legit citizens, I mean. I'm glad they brought the magic for you
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BTW, did you know they filmed a scene from Mystic River in Costello's? I was working that day.
Ok, I'm going to get that film on Netflix. Costello's was pretty awesome. Especially late at night. I guess that nasty pizza place is gone from next door too? I never knew why people ate there after Crazy Dough's opened, but I guess their weird sauce tasted good if you have toxic levels of costello's spirits in your blood.
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No, 1069 boyleston is a swank coffee shop now. Don't worry, that is still the corner where the most people get hit by cars in Boston, so there's still that element of danger.
Oh, and that nasty as hell Cappy's is still on Westland, so the tradition isn't completely gone from the neighborhood.
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It's tough wanting the things money can't buy...especially when it sucks up all your money, ironically, and then you can't even get the things money can buy.
If it makes you feel any better, Amazon.com eventually gets every pair of shoes on the cheap, so maybe next month for boots?
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I don't remember exactly which store front Jack's was, but I think it's a Berkelee owned cafe that puts on live music. I didn't catch the name of the new place, but I bet google map knows.
I was recently at Berkelee for a Chris Cornell concert I paid like 40 bucks to go see. I'm not really a Soundgarden fan, but the show was accoustic and the audience was packed with Berkelee nerds who sang along, perfectly on key, with ever song. It was the best concert I ever saw!
Update: I was wrong, Jack's is now a swanky coffee shop and the coffee shop/live music venue is at 939 Boyleston. We'll hang out there together when we both get in to BU.
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If at first you don't succede, apply, apply again.
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I love the Pixies! I hope you get back to Boston, Tripp.
You know, I used to live on Hemenway Street. I probably stood behind you in line at Crazy Doughs
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I logged in to check my status, which is listed as "applied," yet only two recommenders are shown as reveived. Back in December, all my recommenders appeared on the status page. Oh Umass -- why must you mess with me?
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I'm Boston til I die. Lived there for 7 years and would go back in a second. Still waiting for BU, Tufts, and Harvard to call me already and offer me a spot!
(I also have realized from day one how incredibly unlikely that last one is -- but, hey, in retrospect... glad I tried)Oh yes, it was unlikely you'd get in anywhere, oh father of the 0% acceptance thread! You're on a hot streak it seems. And Harvard is not as impossible as you might think rather all about fit. They just have 1,000s of applications, but the "pedigree" of those who finally get the spot in the end are not all prep school cradle to grave.
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You guys are very supportive. It's going to be such a long month.
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Thanks Marlowe. They are the 2 schools I thought I had a pretty good chance at based on fit and the size of their cohort. Oh well. Every day that goes by expands my list of schools to apply to next year. I'm up to about 33 schools for the Fall 2013 season.
[and, I'm not going to lie, early decisions play a big role in which schools are making my list
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Two of my schools have notified bunches of folks...but not me. Torture.
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Trip,
I'm happy for you, but does this mean you have no more love for Boston?
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Now I'm dying to hear about funding... I have a positive feeling though.
I do too, if you've been notified this early.
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There are very few universal truths in scholarship but these two: the Lit Subject test 1.) is unnecessary, 2.) costs 160 bucks. I'm so greatful for the Lit Subject test, for the power it has to bring us together across our respective, fragmented subfields.
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No doubt, most schools just have vending machines stocked with cola and sacherined juice!
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Thanks Grunty. I think no one is more shocked about this stuff than I am. I'm really pulling for you, man.
If not this year, next year. I'm not going away
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The one thing that's made me feel marginally okay throughout this process has been the continual affirmation provided by the results board that, really, the numbers don't matter. I see numbers much higher than mine getting rejected, lower getting accepted, and just about everything in between. Of course, there's a line that's drawn at some point--invisible or otherwise--but really, as long as you're in that "okay but not necessarily great" place number-wise, it really does all boil down to the real stuff: writing sample, SOP, and fit, fit, fit.
Yes, I agree. I had the feeling that my application this year was just not ready. I'm finishing my MA this semester with an independent study and I really think the process of applying, waiting, and most of all, reading the GradCafe board has helped me define my independent study course toward my ultimate scholarly goals. I'm deperate to "know" more than to get in, I think, as it will change my March/April plans considerably and I'll write my final paper for the indy study as a writing sample for next year rather than attempt to publish in response to calls for papers.
CUNY FL12 Acceptance
in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
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I see some rejections are hitting the boards. I wonder if they're emails or if you log in somewhere. I don't seem to be able to log in to a CUNY message board. I can only check if my file is complete